In California, Savage, a global industry infrastructure and supply chain services company, announced a new multi-commodity transload terminal in San Joaquin County, near Stockton, CA, that will serve as a gateway for the distribution of renewable fuels into the state of California. Savage Railport – Stockton, CA is part of the company’s growing Savage Transload […]
In Texas, HollyFrontier Corporation and Holly Energy Partners, L.P have entered into definitive agreements under which HollyFrontier and HEP will acquire Sinclair Oil Corporation and Sinclair Transportation Company from The Sinclair Companies. Under the terms of HollyFrontier’s definitive agreement, HollyFrontier will acquire Sinclair’s: • Branded marketing business and all commercial activities, which build on an […]
In Minnesota, CHS Inc. will expand access to higher ethanol blend fuels by offering E15 through 19 additional fuel terminals starting in early August 2021. CHS is registered with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as an E15 manufacturer and sells E15 as an approved grade of fuel through its Cenex® brand retail locations. CHS […]
In Maine, Biofine Developments Northeast (BDNE), a biofuel producer and member of the National Energy & Fuels Institute (NEFI), announced an agreement with the town of Lincoln to establish a biorefinery at the former mill site located at 20 Depot Street. The plant will convert forest waste into a biofuel called ethyl levulinate (EL), which can replace […]
In Japan, JGC Holdings Corporation, REVO International Inc., Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd. and JGC Japan Corporation, a domestic EPC company of the JGC Group have announced that their joint proposal for “Establishment of a Supply Chain Model for Bio-jet Fuel Production from Domestic Used Cooking Oil” has been selected as a public call project of […]
In Brazil, Renewables Now reports CerradinhoBio’s Newmille plans to build an $196 million corn-based ethanol plant in Maracaju, Mato Grosso do Sul that will produce 510 million liters annually. Construction is expected to start as soon as next year with environmental studies and permitting ongoing the rest of this year. The new facility should be […]
In Belgium, Reuters reports the European Commission has decided to extend its antidumping tariffs on US-origin biodiesel imports for another five years on the back of concerns that dumping is still a risk if the tariffs were removed. A recent European Commission investigation revealed that the US biodiesel industry is already dumping fuel at below […]
In Oman, the Oman Observer newspaper reports the used cooking oil-based biodiesel facility under construction in the Barka Industrial Area is nearly complete. Developed by Qatar’s Erigo Biofuel and Dubai’s Neutral Fuels, the facility is expected to produce 800,000 gallons of biodiesel annually. The Oman Environmental Services Holding Company estimates 600,000 liters of UCO is […]
In California, NovoNutrients, an alternative proteins company that uses industrial carbon dioxide emissions, cheap hydrogen and naturally occurring microbes to create high-grade proteins for human and animal consumption, announced a $4.7 million raise led by Hong Kong-based global venture firm, Happiness Capital. NovoNutrients previously raised $4.3 million in venture backing, as well as a multiple […]
In California and China, Bota Bio raised more than $100 million in an oversubscribed Series B funding round, which will be used to expand the company’s global operations and build out Bota Bio’s lab-to-pilot scale platform to facilitate the rapid scale-up and deployment of the company’s product pipeline in consumer goods, food, nutrition, and pharmaceutical […]
