In Canada, Covenant Energy is developing a renewable fuel processing plant which is planned to be constructed in southern Saskatchewan with the following approximate characteristics: 6,500 barrels a day, 300-325 million liters per year of production capacity. Finished fuels including renewable diesel, arctic-grade renewable diesel, and sustainable aviation fuel are all to be produced at […]
In Texas, Viridis Chemical, LLC and HELM U.S. Corporation announced an exclusive Global Marketing Partnership for the purchase and sale of USP grade bio-based Ethanol and bio-based Ethyl Acetate to be produced at the Viridis Chemical manufacturing plant in Columbus, Nebraska. HELM will immediately assume the exclusive responsibility for global sales, marketing and logistics management […]
In Hungary, following several years of research and development MOL has stepped up the value chain and has become a biofuel producer, through the realization of an investment in the Danube Refinery. Bio feedstock will be co-processed together with fossil materials increasing the renewable share of fuels and reducing up to 200,000 tons /year CO2 […]
In Germany, at approximately 3.025 million metric tons, the incorporation of biofuels in diesel fuel blends reached its highest level in the past year since the quota regime was introduced in 2007. In providing this information, the Union zur Förderung von Oel- und Proteinpflanzen (UFOP) e.V. refers to statistics published by the Federal Office for […]
In China, People’s Daily Online reports the city of Shanghai’s municipal bus fleet moved to 100% B5 at the end of 2020, helping to get gutter oil out of the food supply chain and into clean fuel. Trials with B5 first began in 2013 and transition to B5 amongst the fleet began in earnest in […]
In Iowa, Renewable Energy Group announced the pricing of an underwritten public offering of 5,000,000 shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $67.00 per share. The size of the offering was upsized from 4,500,000 shares to 5,000,000 shares. The gross proceeds to REG from this offering, before deducting underwriting discounts and […]
In California, Aemetis, Inc announced that by a unanimous vote the Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors accepted and approved the Aemetis Biogas Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration for construction of a 32-mile extension to the existing Aemetis Biogas four mile private pipeline that was completed in 2020. The pipeline is designed to carry biogas from dairies […]
In Washington, Brownfield Ag News reports Energy Information Administration data shows ethanol production rose to an average of 971,000 barrels per day last week, the highest seen since December 2020, but even so, stocks continued to shrink to a three-month low. Ethanol production remained 64,000 barrels per day lower than during the same period last […]
In Washington, Bloomberg reports that RIN prices are soaring, in part due to increased fuel consumption and in part due to expectations that refineries won’t be able to get out of their obligations to buy RINs. Some analysts say that may lead to RIN hoarding, which will boost RIN prices further. Ethanol production remains below […]
In Spain, Petronor and SENER agreed the development of an electrolyzer plant that will be located in Bizkaia. Construction of the plant will begin in 2021 and it is expected to come into operation in 2022 in its first phase. It will have an investment of 120 million euros, and will have a positive impact […]
