In Texas, Viridis Chemical, LLC completed the Phase I capital improvement to produce USP grade bio-based ethanol and the commencement of the Phase II capital improvement to produce bio-based ethyl acetate at its plant in Columbus, Nebraska. As previously disclosed, Viridis Chemical partnered with HELM U.S. Corporation in an exclusive Global Marketing Partnership regarding the […]
In California, Nebraska Corn Board (NCB), along with the corn checkoff programs from Kansas and Missouri, will provide California fuel retailers $1.25 million over the next year to increase availability of E85 (an 85% ethanol blend). Fuel will be supplied by Pearson Fuels, the largest E85 distributor in California with nearly 250 retail stations located […]
In Belgium, the European Commission has yet again approved, under EU State aid rules, the prolongation of the tax exemption measure for biofuels in Sweden. Sweden has exempted liquid biofuels from energy and CO₂ taxation since 2002. The measure has already been prolonged several times, the last time in October 2020). By the new decision, […]
In Connecticut, Starwood Energy, a private equity investment firm that specializes in energy infrastructure investments, announced an investment partnership with BerQ RNG Inc., a developer of RNG projects in the US and Canada. The new partnership will develop and acquire RNG projects in all stages, ranging from early development to operating projects, and will be […]
In Washington, D.C., the Renewable Fuels Association, Growth Energy, and the National Corn Growers Association released the following statement after the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals denied their petition for rehearing regarding the recent American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, et al. vs. EPA decision, in which the court vacated a 2019 regulation allowing year-round sales […]
In Germany, the amount of diesel fuel consumed by road traffic was lower in the first half of the year 2021 than it was in the 2020 reference period. Accordingly, the use of biodiesel dropped by one fifth. On average, biodiesel was blended in at 7.1 per cent, which compares to 8.1 per cent in […]
In the United Kingdom, Lookout Maritime, a new company formed to drive decarbonization and wider sustainability within the shipping industry, formed a strategic partnership with Anglo-Eastern, the leading global provider of independent ship management services. The partnership will support ship owners with both the prioritization and the implementation of sustainability initiatives. The service provided draws […]
In Washington, D.C., ethanol production expanded by 18,000 barrels per day (b/d), or 2.0%, to 923,000 b/d, equivalent to 38.77 million gallons daily and the first build in eight weeks, according to EIA data analyzed by the Renewable Fuels Association. However, production was 1.9% below the same week last year and 9.8% under the 2019 […]
In Washington, D.C., the Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator (IN2), managed by NREL, has reached a milestone: Its portfolio of startup companies has raised more than $1.1 billion in external funding since joining IN2. Partnering with companies such as Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, the world’s largest independent plant science research institute, allows NREL to continue […]
In this morning’s Digest (September 10th) round-up of activities announced on advances in the production of sustainable aviation fuels, we reported on an announce by Amyris and Total regarding future production of farnesene-based jet fuel, in which we picked up a storyline from all the way back in 2014 and reported what was true then, […]
