In Canada, Greenlane Renewables Inc.’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Greenlane Biogas North America Ltd., signed a contract valued at approximately $9.8 million (US$8.1 million) for supply of equipment for a new renewable natural gas project in the Midwest United States. This project will utilize Greenlane’s pressure swing adsorption (“PSA”) biogas upgrading system. Engineering work will begin immediately […]
In California, Aemetis was notified of a grant from the U.S. Forest Service toward the commercialization of a patented process that extracts cellulosic sugars from waste orchard wood, waste forest wood, and other biomass. The sugars from waste wood could potentially be used to produce high value cellulosic ethanol at the existing 65 million gallon […]
In Japan, Neste, Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. and Toyota Tsusho Corp. are joining forces to enable Japan’s first industrial-scale production of renewable plastics and chemicals from 100% bio-based hydrocarbons. In this collaboration, Mitsui Chemicals will use Neste RE, 100% bio-based hydrocarbons produced by Neste, to replace a part of the fossil feedstock in the production of […]
In Washington, D.C., for the first time in four years, EPA relaunched its Climate Change Indicators in the United States website for the public. The site features interactive data-exploration tools offering a closer look at graphs, maps, and figures, the importance of indicators and how climate change can affect human health and the environment. This […]
In Germany, UFOP reports that the German Bundestag (the federal parliament) decided to increase the greenhouse gas reduction obligation for fuels. The law provides for an even increase from 6% today to 7% in 2022 and to 25% in 2030. UFOP had repeatedly called for a more ambitious GHG quota system. The aim was to […]
In Washington, Brownfield Ag News reports the CEO of the Renewable Fuels Association expects crushing margins to shrink further in light of increasing corn futures prices. With higher oil prices and strong demand for DDGS as well as record high prices for corn oil, many producers have been able to keep afloat despite thinner margins, […]
In Nebraska, Renewable Energy Group, Inc. has closed its previously announced private offering of $550 million aggregate principal amount of 5.875% senior secured notes due 2028 in a private placement pursuant to exemptions from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The net proceeds from the private placement […]
In the Netherlands, a new partnership between Samskip, Unilever, and TMA Logistics is trialing the use of HVO100 fossil-free biofuels supplied by Schouten Olie B.V. by trucks carrying goods for Unilever from the TMA Logistics terminal. In carbon dioxide (CO2) metric ton equivalent terms, Samskip’s aim is to save up to 14,500 kilograms of CO2 […]
In Washington, the Renewable Fuels Association hailed an order from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit vacating three small refinery exemptions granted by EPA to Sinclair the day before President Joe Biden was inaugurated. The court’s decision came promptly after EPA petitioned for the vacatur and remand of the exemptions on April […]
In the Netherlands, Platts reports European T2 ethanol are starting to stabilize as the post-pandemic reality starts to set in. Prices jumped more than 50% since the start of the year but prices aren’t expected to remain so high for much longer despite currently hovering around seven-month highs. But even so, short-term spot prices continue […]
