In Washington, D.C., ethanol production scaled up by 21,000 barrels per day (b/d), or 2.3%, to 991,000 b/d, equivalent to 41.62 million gallons daily, according to EIA data analyzed by the Renewable Fuels Association. Production was 1.2% more than the same week last year and 4.7% above the five-year average for the week. The four-week […]
In South Carolina, a Mercedes-Benz Vans plant in Ladson, South Carolina, is now using renewable natural gas (RNG) converted by Charleston-based GreenGasUSA from methane captured at the McCall Farms commercial vegetable cannery in Effingham, South Carolina. GreenGasUSA installed equipment last year at McCall Farms to capture the methane from its Wastewater Treatment Facility and convert […]
In Washington, D.C., the U.S. Department of Energy Bioenergy Technologies Office is looking for a diverse pool of subject matter experts in areas like municipal solid waste preprocessing and utilization, organic waste stream recovery, biochemical conversion, thermochemical conversion, and other expertise areas, to review federal funding applications. They are striving to expand their reviewer pool […]
In California, renewable fuels company, Aemetis, reported a 22% increase in revenues for the first quarter of 2022 compared to the first quarter of 2021 as expanded demand for liquid transportation fuels raised their average ethanol price to $2.58 per gallon and total revenues to $52.0 million. “We are pleased with the milestones accomplished during […]
In Georgia, Gas South, one of the natural gas marketers in the Southeast, signed an agreement with Element Markets to offer a new, first-to-market sustainable energy product, FlexRNG which is a blend of renewable natural gas, natural gas derived from organic waste material, and certified carbon offsets generated by a range of projects that reduce […]
In the UK, Protos Biofuels Ltd, a project developed by Advanced Biofuel Solutions Ltd and Greenergy, announced that its first municipal waste to advanced biofuels project has progressed into the front-end engineering design (FEED) phase. Petrofac has been appointed to deliver the FEED, with Sumitomo SHI FW (SFW) to supply the gasifier that converts the […]
In Wisconsin, U.S. Gain, a division of Wisconsin-based U.S. Venture, Inc., and a leader in the development and distribution of alternative fuel and renewable energy, recently announced a new offtake agreement with EnTech Solutions at their agricultural biodigester near Madison, Wisconsin. This project is a partnership between EnTech Solutions, Northern Biogas, and four local Dane […]
In California, Phillips 66 made a final investment decision Wednesday to move forward with Rodeo Renewed, the project to convert its San Francisco Refinery in Rodeo, California, into one of the world’s largest renewable fuels facilities. The project, which recently received approval from Contra Costa County, is expected to cost approximately $850 million and begin […]
In New York state, Green Rock Energy Partners LLC, a sustainable infrastructure focused private equity firm which invests in renewable energy companies and projects, acquired a stake in Bio Town Biogas LLC a producer of renewable power that is expanding into renewable natural gas, in partnership with Bio Town Ag and lenders. Green Rock’s announcement […]
In Poland, Valmet will deliver key technology areas for ORLEN Poludnie’s S.A. planned second generation bioethanol (B2G) plant in Jedlicze, Poland. The engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) delivery includes a pretreatment BioTrac system with a capacity to process approximately 400 tons of dry straw per day, a BioPower 48 MWth lignin fired combined heat and […]
