In California, Aemetis Biogas completed a key milestone of constructing and operating dairy digesters with a capacity to produce more than 300,000 MMBtu of renewable natural gas (RNG) per year. Additionally, the planned construction of new digesters is expected to increase the annual RNG production rate to over 800,000 MMBtu by the third quarter of […]
In California, a team led by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) has invented a technique to study electrochemical processes at the atomic level with unprecedented resolution and used it to gain new insights into a popular catalyst material. Electrochemical reactions — chemical transformations that are caused by or accompanied by the flow of electric […]
In California, the Bakersfield Californian newspaper reports that although Global Clean Energy Holdings’ refinery conversion into renewable diesel should begin the start-up phase this month, there are doubts that the project that is a year behind and hundreds of millions of dollars over budget can make it to commissioning. The company has to restructure senior […]
In California, Chevron Lummus Global LLC (CLG) announced its ISOTERRA technology has been selected for a groundbreaking sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) project in China. CLG will provide the technology license, engineering services, and supply proprietary equipment and catalysts for this first-of-its-kind facility. The grassroots renewable fuels plant is expected to have a capacity of 400 […]
In California, Sevana Bioenergy, a leading developer and operator of large-scale renewable natural gas (RNG) facilities, recently announced the successful acquisition of the Rialto Bioenergy Facility located in Rialto, California. The Rialto Bioenergy Facility is the largest organic waste to energy facility in North America. The plant has a permitted capacity of 1,000 tons per […]
In California, Transport Project (TTP) and Coalition for Renewable Natural Gas (RNG Coalition) – with partner California Renewable Transportation Alliance –announced that California fleets fueled with bio-CNG achieved carbon-negativity in their transportation operations last calendar year for the fourth straight year. Renewable natural gas (RNG) accounted for 97% of all on-road fuel used in natural […]
In California, Cemex and Clean Energy Fuels Corp. announced a new fueling agreement to provide ultra-clean renewable natural gas (RNG) to power 39 of Cemex US’s ready-mix and cement bulk trucks in Southern California. Cemex’s collaboration with Clean Energy is the latest addition to its lower-carbon fuels portfolio for its California fleet. Forecasted to provide […]
In California, earlier this year, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) postponed a hearing and vote to finalize revisions to its Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) until the Friday after the 2024 U.S. elections in November. The vote had been expected in March and the International Council on Clean Transportation says it’s a good sign […]
In California, BASF has sold its bioenergy enzymes business based in San Diego to Lallemand’s subsidiaries, Danstar Ferment AG and Lallemand Specialties Inc. This includes the Spartec® product portfolio and related technologies in development. Lallemand will integrate the business and associated employees in its Lallemand Biofuels & Distilled Spirits (LBDS) business unit. As of June […]
In California, UC Berkeley’s Goldman School of Public Policy and Energy & Environmental Research Associates released two reports on decarbonizing ocean-going vessels, detailing technologies for low and zero-carbon fuels, engine efficiencies, and operational improvements. commissioned by Pacific Environment. These reports, “Policy Options to Decarbonize Ocean-Going Vessels” and “Ocean-Going Vessel Decarbonization Technology Assessment,” aim to guide […]
