In Tennessee, Republic Services and energy partners Aria Energy and BP announced the startup of a landfill-gas-to-renewable-natural-gas (RNG) project at South Shelby Landfill. The project directly supports Republic’s commitment to send 50 percent more landfill gas to beneficial reuse by 2030. South Shelby Landfill is one of 189 active, modern-day landfills managed by Republic Services, […]
In California, The Californian newspaper in Bakersfield reports COVID-19 has forced Crimson Renewable Energy to shift its partial reliance on UCO for biodiesel feedstock to rendered pig fat. UCO availability is down due to fewer people dining in restaurants as a result of quarantine. Corn oil rounds out the feedstock mix. The company is in […]
In Canada, Prairie Clean Energy is exploring the use of flax straw as feedstock for biomass power, saying it is close to wood fiber. Saskatchewan produces more than 700,000 metric tons of flax straw annually, and with a commercial facility requiring 250,000 tons, the company is keen to put the waste material to good use. […]
In Brazil, Reuters reports CONAB data shows sugar mills continue to heavily favor sugar production over ethanol this season. Although the overall sugarcane crush is seen holding mostly steady with last year at just over 642 million metric tons, ethanol production is expected to fall 14% on the year to 30.56 billion liters, including 2.61 […]
In India, the Business Standard newspaper reports that the government has agreed to set the ethanol price for five years, which is expected to give sugar mills stability and increase revenues. Yet at the same time, the government has also increased the price mills must pay farmers for sugarcane. Policy over the past many years […]
In Finland, Neste and Air bp have signed an agreement to offer an increased volume of sustainable aviation fuel to airport customers in 2020 and 2021. The volume is five times larger than that supplied by the businesses in 2019. Air bp will make the Neste-produced SAF available at selected airports in Europe, with deliveries […]
In Colorado, through a research partnership with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), ExxonMobil that once urged motorists to “Put a tiger in your tank,” may one day suggest they fuel up with some algae. A year into their unique collaboration, NREL and ExxonMobil are navigating a multi-pronged effort toward a future where clean-burning biofuels […]
In Austria, EUWID Pulp and Paper reports Austrocel’s 30 million liter per year ethanol facility co-located at its pulp mill in Hallein should be commissioned by year’s end. The company concluded a multi-year ethanol offtake agreement with OMV in October. The second-generation ethanol produced at the new facility is equivalent to 1% of the country’s […]
In Germany, Reuters reports that farmers have been hit hard by extreme weather conditions for the third year in a row which will not only push production below average levels again but will also risk the viability of the farms themselves. Winter rapeseed production saw an increase of 500,000 metric tons to 3.3 million tons […]
In Washington, DTN reports Energy Information Administration data shows ethanol production rose last week for the first time in three weeks to 926,000 bpd which helped to build stocks that were at a 3.5-year low the week prior. Stocks in both the East Coast and Midwest regions rose with national stocks at 20.270 million barrels. […]
