Tag: Tennessee

EPRI and the Tennessee Valley Authority successfully test largest ever use of renewable diesel in power production

November 20, 2024 | Meghan Sapp

In Tennessee, EPRI and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) announced the successful demonstration of renewable diesel as a combustion turbine fuel for power generation. The demonstration—the first U.S. test and the largest conducted in the world—was performed on a 76-megawatt dual-fuel natural gas/diesel unit at TVA’s Johnsonville site in Tennessee. EPRI collaborated with TVA’s Innovation […]

Terragia Biofuel uses ORNL technology to produce biofuels from plant waste

November 20, 2024 | Meghan Sapp

In Tennessee, using technology developed by researchers working with the Center for Bioenergy Innovation at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Dartmouth College, startup company Terragia Biofuel is targeting commercial biofuels production that relies on plant waste material and consumes less energy. The technology can help meet the demand for billions of […]

Spooky and sustainable: Biodegradable bat habitat protects endangered species

October 28, 2024 | Rebecca Gendron

In Tennessee, Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers are using a biobased material to 3D-print custom roosting structures for endangered bats. The custom wildlife roosting structure was 3D printed at the Manufacturing Demonstration Facility at ORNL using pine wood flour and polylactic acid. The material’s biodegradability promotes a healthy habitat, since habitats that persist in the […]

Bridgestone lands DOE grant to convert ethanol to butadiene

October 22, 2024 | Meghan Sapp

In Tennessee, Bridgestone Americas (received a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Industrial Efficiency and Decarbonization Office. Bridgestone will design, build and operate a pilot plant that will advance an innovative, potentially more sustainable and cost-effective approach to obtaining butadiene from ethanol. The project will evaluate the economic and commercial viability, as well as […]

Eco-Energy renewable feedstock distribution facility comes online

October 15, 2024 | Meghan Sapp

In Tennessee, Eco-Energy has commenced operations at its newly built renewable feedstock distribution facility located in Newton, Iowa. The facility will provide Marathon Petroleum Company the ability to aggregate renewable feedstocks (e.g., distillers corn oil, soybean oil, animal fats and used cooking oil) from throughout Iowa for outbound distribution to the rapidly growing renewable diesel […]

Delek Temporarily Shuts Down Biodiesel Plants Amid Market Decline

August 8, 2024 | Jim Kendrick

In Tennessee, MarketWatch reports Delek U.S. Holdings announced that it idled its three biodiesel plants in Arkansas, Texas, and Mississippi during the second quarter of 2024 due to a significant downturn in the biodiesel market. This decision led to a $22.1 million impairment for the Tennessee-based fuels producer. The three plants, which collectively have a […]

ORNL and University of Maine researchers design 3D recyclable natural-material floor panel to replace steel

June 25, 2024 | Meghan Sapp

In Tennessee, researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Maine have designed and 3D-printed a single-piece, recyclable natural-material floor panel tested to be strong enough to replace construction materials like steel. The project is part of the Sustainable Materials & Manufacturing Alliance for Renewable Technologies, or SM2ART, program. The SM2ART […]

Trillium chooses INEOS site for biobased acrylonitrile demo plant

June 10, 2024 | Rebecca Gendron

In Tennessee, Trillium Renewable Chemicals has chosen the INEOS Green Lake site, located in Port Lavaca, Texas, for its first demonstration-scale plant to produce biobased acrylonitrile. The process, which uses glycerol as feedstock, has already been tested at pilot scale. Acrylonitrile is a key raw material in numerous industries, including toys, auto parts, aerospace components, […]

Genera breaks ground on $350M Sustainable Biomaterials Campus expansion

January 18, 2024 | Meghan Sapp

In Tennessee, sustainable molded fiber and biomaterials company Genera recently announced it has broken ground on the nearly $350 million expansion of its Sustainable Biomaterials Campus, enabling increased manufacturing, production and distribution operations. The expansion adds more than 150,000 square feet to Genera’s existing facility and will house more than 60 robotic thermoforming machines, a […]

Genera breaks ground on $350-million biobased packaging plant

December 11, 2023 | Rebecca Gendron

In Tennessee, a producer of compostable packaging solutions has broken ground on a $350-million expansion of its Vonore Sustainable Biomaterials Campus. Genera’s products are made from locally grown regenerative grasses. The expansion adds more than 150,000 square feet to Genera’s existing facility and will house more than 60 robotic thermoforming machines, a fleet of autonomously […]

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