In Washington, the Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative will hold a webinar on Thursday, October 17, 2019 at 1pm ET on “ Low-Cost, Low-Volume Prescreening of Novel Sustainable Aviation Fuels” Dr. Joshua Heyne, University of Dayton, CAAFI R&D Team Co-Lead will present. The evaluation and qualification process for synthesized jet fuel components (ASTM D4054) can […]
In Washington state, Evrnu closed $9.1M in Series A financing for regenerative fiber technologies, including the recent debut of NuCycl, . The financing round was led by Radicle Impact who has joined the Evrnu board. Additionally, new investors include Twynam Investments Pty Ltd, Plum Alley Investments, The Mills Fabrica Fund and Giant Leap Fund. They […]
In California, the U.S. Department of Energy has announced a $1M SBIR Phase II grant award for a collaboration between Industrial Microbes and Opus 12 to facilitate the integration of Industrial Microbes’s methane-to-industrial-chemicals platform with Opus 12’s CO2-to-methane platform. The companies’ combined technology addresses remediation of the two most important GHG gases: CO2 and methane. […]
In the Netherlands, SkyNRG officially launched its ground-breaking Board Now program together with its launching members. By committing themselves to Board Now, companies reduce their own business air travel emissions and at the same time contribute to the development of a new production facility for sustainable aviation fuel. Board Now is the world’s first program […]
In Finland, Valmet will deliver biomass pretreatment system to PRAJ Industries for their second-generation bio refinery project which is under execution in India. The delivery is planned for the year 2020. The order was included in Valmet’s orders received of the third quarter 2019. The value of the order will not be disclosed. The scope […]
In Ohio, The Andersons, Inc. announced that it and Marathon Petroleum Corporation have merged four ethanol entities with and into the new legal entity The Andersons Marathon Holdings LLC (TAMH). The ethanol facilities involved in the merger include those in Albion, Mich.; Clymers, Ind.; and Greenville, Ohio, which were all previously jointly owned by The […]
In Washington, Reuters reports that the biofuel deal President Trump is set to sign this week is likely to include partial hardship waivers for small oil refineries but it is not clear if those partial waivers would be applied to the 31 full waivers awarded in August or if the policy would be applied to […]
In Illinois, the University of Illinois says poor ethanol plant margins, plants idling production, and continued haggling over small refinery exemptions provide the background for ethanol production moving into the 2019-20 marketing year. Corn use for ethanol production during the 2019-20 marketing looks set to recover slightly from the weak levels seen during the 2018-19 […]
In Washington, the idling of an ethanol plant—even if temporary—sends damaging shockwaves throughout the entire community in which the facility operates, including the immediate loss of a local market for corn and a sudden drop in local corn prices. According to a new case study conducted by the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA), the idling of […]
In Washington, Bloomberg reports that the ongoing fight between oil and biofuel interests over the lost gallons associated with the Environmental Protection Agency’s approval of 31 hardship waivers for small refineries, RIN prices are feeling a lot of pain. As of earlier this week, the news agency estimates $1.4 billion in RIN value has been […]
