In Texas, Ameresco, announced that it achieved mechanical completion at its McCarty Road landfill gas to renewable natural gas plant located in Houston, Texas. This facility has a gross nameplate in excess of 1.1 million Dekatherms per year and is capable of processing 4,500 scfm of raw landfill gas. The Ameresco team broke ground on […]
In the Netherlands, Royal DSM and TU Delft have established the Artificial Intelligence Lab for Biosciences (the AI4B.io Lab). This laboratory will be the first of its kind in Europe to apply artificial intelligence (AI) to full-scale biomanufacturing, from microbial strain development to process optimization and scheduling. The AI4B.io Lab will be part of the […]
In Iowa, compared to 2019, Iowa ethanol production fell 500 million gallons, or 12 percent, in 2020 as a result of dramatic demand destruction resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, trade disputes around the globe, and illegal exemptions granted from the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Producing only 3.7 billion gallons, 2020 was the second year in […]
In Sweden, following a redevelopment of Preem’s Green Hydro Treater (GHT) plant in Gothenburg, the plant’s production capacity of renewable diesel is increased by 40 percent. And for the first time, the GHT plant is able to produce 100 percent renewable products. Focus on renewable fuels is a cornerstone of Preem’s business strategy and the […]
In Texas, Sundive Commodity Group, the company sued by Valero and allegedly others for failure to provide RINs despite contracts to do so which led to Valero spending more than $10 million extra to comply with its 2020 obligations, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas. […]
In Colorado, researchers developing renewable plastics and exploring new processes for plastics upcycling and recycling technologies will now be able to easily baseline their efforts to current manufacturing practices to understand if their efforts will save energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Benchmark data calculated and compiled at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) provide […]
In Washington, in response to an emergency motion filed Tuesday evening by the Renewable Fuels Association, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on Thursday ordered that EPA’s action on Tuesday to grant three small refinery petitions must be “administratively stayed pending further order of the court.” The order prevents EPA from further […]
In Sweden, the collaboration between Vattenfall and Swedish fuel company Preem, aimed at producing fossil-free hydrogen for biofuel production, is entering the next phase. A study is now being conducted to examine opportunities for building a large-scale production facility at the refinery in Lysekil in Sweden. Preem’s target of producing 5 million cubic meters of […]
In Finland, the Dutch environmental organization Milieudefensie published a report “The Dark Side of Neste’s biofuel production” in November 2020 claiming Neste’s supply chain was unsustainable, which Neste followed up with a report. Since then, Neste continued to investigate the allegations in cooperation with its suppliers. Gathering enough information to make decisions is a time-consuming […]
In Brazil, National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES) approved a $177.46 million financing to Grupo São Martinho S / A to carry out a series of investments in its plants located in the cities of São Paulo and Goiás. The group will build a new corn ethanol plant at Usina Boa Vista (UBV) […]
