In California, CyberFuels says its Dynamo product has received approval from the California Air Resources Board, paving the way for its deployment in one of the world’s most progressive clean energy markets. The CARB approval underscores Dynamo’s compliance with California’s rigorous emissions standards, reinforcing its role as a game-changing solution in the clean fuel sector. […]
In California, the Coalition for Renewable Natural Gas announced the findings of its 2024 Renewable Natural Gas Economic Impact Analysis, underscoring the renewable natural gas (RNG) industry’s remarkable contributions to the U.S. economy. The 2024 Economic Impact Analysis, prepared by Guidehouse, highlights the broad benefits of RNG across the energy, environmental, and economic sectors. Released […]
In California, last week State Senate Minority Leader Brian Jones introduced Senate Bill 2 to repeal the recent Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) regulation passed by the California Air Resources Board (CARB), which is expected to increase gas prices 65 cents per gallon. The bill is coauthored by the entire Senate Republican Caucus. Specifically, SB 2 […]
In California, Aemetis Biogas started producing renewable natural gas from its tenth anaerobic digester built to process waste from a dairy in Stanislaus County, California. The newly constructed digesters for five additional dairies are in final stages of commissioning and construction, which is scheduled to expand the total Aemetis Biogas operations to twelve digesters processing […]
In California, Phillips 66 is teaming up with a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources, LLC to power Phillips 66’s Rodeo Renewable Energy Complex with a 30.2 megawatt (MW) solar facility. The solar facility will reduce the complex’s grid power demand by 50% and is expected to avoid approximately 33,000 metric tons a year of carbon […]
In California, Acies Bio and LG Chem have partnered to develop biobased chemicals by leveraging LG Chem’s large-scale manufacturing expertise and market access with Acies Bio’s microbial strain engineering and synthetic biology know-how. Specifically, the collaboration will utilize Acies Bio’s innovative OneCarbonBio™ microbial platform, which focuses on transforming renewable and recycled one-carbon feedstocks—such as captured […]
In California, Aemetis announced that the Universal Biofuels subsidiary of Aemetis in India successfully completed delivery of $103 million of biodiesel to the three government-owned Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) under cost-plus supply agreements for the one-year marketing period ending September 30, 2024. Aemetis recently received an initial $58 million of new allocations from OMCs for […]
In California, UC Santa Cruz chemists have discovered a new way to produce biodiesel from waste oil that both simplifies the process and requires relatively mild heat. This discovery has the potential to make the alternative fuel source much more appealing to the massive industrial sectors that are the backbone of the nation’s economy. In […]
In Florida, EnergyAgwired.com reported that The Renewable Fuels Association provided comments this week in response to a request for information from the California Air Resources Board, urging them to do more to ensure the integrity of imported used cooking oil (UCO) and tallow for biomass-based diesel production under the state’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard. According […]
In California, seaweed technology startups Umaro and Sway have been awarded a $1.5 million Department of Energy grant to jointly develop new processing techniques to convert alginate sidestreams from Umaro’s seaweed protein production into Sway’s seaweed-based bioplastics. The collaboration aims to produce both biobased plastics and protein from a single regenerative resource. Umaro’s products include […]
