Tag: Minnesota

CIBO Technologies to equip biofuels producers with platform to source regeneratively-grown feedstock

June 11, 2024 | Meghan Sapp

In Minnesota, CIBO Technologies, the climate software company for agriculture, has joined the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association to equip biofuels producers with an end-to-end technology platform that helps source and facilitate low-carbon feedstocks from growers using regenerative practices. Joining the IRFA will allow CIBO to better reach organizations involved in renewable fuel production, standards advocacy, and policy recommendation. […]

NatureWorks lands $350M financing from top Thai bank for PLA manufacturing

May 28, 2024 | Meghan Sapp

In Minnesota, NatureWorks recently announced the historic financial support from Krungthai Bank PCL to optimize the capital structure for the new fully-integrated Ingeo PLA manufacturing facility in Thailand. The financing from Krungthai Bank, Thailand’s third largest bank, amounting to $350 million, is one of the singular largest loans in the bank’s decades-long history and shows confidence […]

Heartland Corn Products fined $11,200 for air permit violations

May 1, 2024 | Meghan Sapp

In Minnesota, according to a Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) enforcement investigation, Heartland Corn Products failed emission stack tests in November 2021 and February 2022 at its ethanol production facility in Winthrop, Minn. The tests show the company emitted both volatile organic compounds and particulate matter above what is allowed by its permit. A carbon […]

Minnesota Pollution Control Agency fines POET Biorefining-Glenville for five years of air permit violations

April 25, 2024 | Meghan Sapp

In Minnesota, according to a Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) enforcement investigation, POET Biorefining-Glenville LLC violated several air permit conditions between 2018 and 2023 at its ethanol production facility in Albert Lea, Minn. Violations included emitting more particulate matter and volatile organic compounds than allowed by permit over the course of five years. An MPCA […]

Solugen breaks ground on Bioforge facility

April 24, 2024 | Meghan Sapp

In Minnesota, Solugen broke ground on its new state-of-the-art biomanufacturing facility recently during a ceremony held in Marshall, Minn. The new facility is the result of a strategic partnership with ADM and aims to meet the increasing demand for sustainable solutions while bolstering domestic biomanufacturing capabilities. The 500,000-square-foot Bioforge™ Marshall is being constructed on a […]

Solugen breaks ground on Minnesota biobased chemicals plant

April 15, 2024 | Rebecca Gendron

In Marshall, Minnesota, Solugen has broken ground on a new biomanufacturing facility adjacent to an Archer Daniels Midland corn processing complex. The 500,000-square-foot Bioforge™ Marshall plant will utilize ADM-sourced dextrose to manufacture low-carbon organic acids for applications in water treatment, agriculture, energy, and home and personal care. “[The] groundbreaking represents a key milestone in our […]

NatureWorks and IMA create compostable coffee pod

April 8, 2024 | Rebecca Gendron

In Minnesota, a two-year partnership between IMA Coffee and polylactic acid producer NatureWorks has resulted in the development of a compostable coffee pod. Unveiled at the recent AMI Single-Serve Capsules conference in Boston, the pod features a rigid capsule body, filter, and lidding made from Ingeo™️ PLA biopolymer. Every IMA Coffee pod filling and sealing […]

Minnesota Biofuels Association working to ensure biofuel inclusion in Clean Transportation Standard

February 21, 2024 | Meghan Sapp

In Minnesota, Brownfield Ag News reports the state’s biofuel association is working hard to ensure that biofuels are included in the Clean Transportation Standard the legislature’s working group is currently developing, modeled after California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard. California’s law is based on carbon intensity of fuels, but the Minnesota Biofuels Association is concerned about […]

Cargill awards Forever Green Initiative $2.5M to study winter camelina and domesticated winter pennycress

February 19, 2024 | Meghan Sapp

In Minnesota, Cargill has awarded $2.5 million to the Forever Green Initiative at the University of Minnesota to support research into two novel oilseed crops—winter camelina and domesticated winter pennycress—that can produce seed-based oil for low-carbon transportation fuels while also protecting soil, improving water quality, and providing new revenue streams for farmers. Fuel made from […]

Ethanol contributed $2.5B to Minnesota’s GDP in 2023

February 15, 2024 | Meghan Sapp

In Minnesota, a new study by the University of Minnesota Extension shows the ethanol industry contributed $2.5 billion to Minnesota’s gross domestic product (GDP) in 2023. It said the industry produced 1.35 billion gallons of ethanol in 2023, which in turn resulted in $6.6 billion of economic activity and supported 20,914 jobs. The industry also […]

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