In Alaska, Alaska Airlines launched a program with the aim of engaging its corporate customers in decarbonization initiatives through the purchase of SAF credits as well as efforts to expand education and awareness about opportunities to improve the sustainability of business travel. The program builds on a previous program launched with Microsoft in 2020 to […]
In Canada, Advanced Biofuels Canada, the national association for producers, distributors, and technology developers of advanced biofuels and renewable fuels, announced the addition of seven companies as new members. New members include Parkland, Christianson PLLP, Expander Energy, Farmers Business Network, Murex, Spartan Controls and 3Degrees. “The addition of new members grows ABFC’s ability to expand […]
In Denmark, MAN Energy Solutions has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Stena Teknik and methanol producer Proman Under the terms of the deal, all parties will cooperate on a project to retrofit MAN 48/60 engines to make them capable of dual-fuel, diesel and methanol operation. Stena and Proman had announced their partnership to […]
In Nevada, one of the country’s most advanced renewable fuel plants will officially launch operations at Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center in Storey County, Nevada. New Rise Renewables Reno will produce 44 million gallons per year of renewable diesel made from triglyceride oils from sources such as corn. The renewable diesel produced by New Rise Renewables Reno […]
In Germany, through a new partnership with Hapag-Lloyd, a leading global liner shipping company, Forto has launched a biofuel program for ocean shipping customers who seek to reduce their transport emissions. Customers booking full container load (FCL) sea freight shipments with Forto can now add the use of advanced biofuel to their bookings, effectively reducing 100% […]
In Canada, on May 31, 2022, Skyline Clean Energy Fund acquired a biogas facility located in Lethbridge, Alberta through the purchase of 100% of the units in Lethbridge Biogas LP and the shares in Lethbridge Biogas General Partner Inc. The Lethbridge facility is expected to convert 120,000 metric tons of organic waste into renewable natural […]
In Washington, Brownfield Ag News reports Energy Information Administration data shows ethanol production fell slightly to 1.022 million barrels a day from the week prior, down 21,000 barrels, while stocks also fell to to 23.256 million. A year ago, ethanol production was an average of 36,000 barrels per day lower, yet stocks were half a […]
In California, Sustainable Oils, Inc. announced a joint licensing agreement with Corteva Agriscience and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard for CRISPR-Cas9 and related gene editing tools to further develop their patented camelina varieties. Under the agreement, Sustainable Oils has the ability to use the technology to create targeted changes to camelina DNA and […]
In New York state, Carbon Direct and Eco-Engineers have developed a prototype protocol (“proto-protocol”) on bio-oil sequestration, the first in a series of science-led draft protocols. In collaboration with Charm Industrial, this analysis focuses on the carbon accounting, life-cycle analysis, and monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) foundations for a new carbon removal practice: bio-oil sequestration […]
In Brazil, Reuters reports UNICA data shows ethanol production gave way to sugar production during the second half of July with sugar mills dedicating 52.3% of sugarcane crushed during the period to ethanol compared to 53.8% during the same period last year, indicating that sugar is currently more profitable to produce than ethanol. Ethanol production […]
