In Washington, the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory said it is teaming up with Bridgestone to scale up a chemical process that converts ethanol into butadiene—synthetic rubber’s most important ingredient. At the center of the collaboration sits a catalyst developed by PNNL researchers that cuts out the need for heat and reduces the […]
In Washington, the Renewable Fuels Association and Growth Energy recently filed their opening brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in Environmental Protection Agency v. Calumet Shreveport Refining, LLC, Case No. 23-1229. The case seeks to overturn an opinion from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit regarding the proper venue for adjudicating the U.S. […]
In Washington, the American Coalition for Ethanol is disappointed a bipartisan provision ensuring market access for E15 on a year-round basis was ultimately excluded from year-end legislation adopted by Congress, but the fact that Congressional leadership initially included it in the continuing resolution (CR) to fund the government is an encouraging sign for success in […]
In Washington, Growth Energy urged the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) last week not to retroactively reduce renewable volume obligations (RVOs) for cellulosic biofuels under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Earlier this month EPA proposed a partial waiver that would reduce the requisite amount of cellulosic biofuels that needed to be blended into the nation’s […]
In Washington, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) announced their intent to issue funding to support high-impact research and development (R&D) projects in two priority areas: sustainable propane and renewable chemicals and algal system cultivation and preprocessing. Sustainable Propane and Renewable Chemicals Funding Opportunity The United States is the world’s second largest chemicals […]
In Washington, the US government released The U.S. National Blueprint for Transportation Decarbonization, a strategy for cutting all greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector by 2050. The Blueprint was developed by the EPA, along with Department of Energy (DOE), Department of Transportation (DOT), and Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The Blueprint provides a comprehensive, […]
In Washington, the RNG Collation released its Renewable Natural Gas Economic Impact Analysis report, and found that the RNG industry supported over 55,000 jobs and generated $7.2B in GDP in 2024. Of all feedstocks, MSW and agricultural waste projects created the largest economic impacts, and the report also found that Many jobs supported by the […]
In Washington, the National Science Foundation has funded the Carbon Utilization Redesign for Biomanufacturing Decarbonization, or CURB, Engineering Research Center, or ERC, a multi-institutional engineering research center that aims to develop transformative technologies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and foster sustainable manufacturing practices. The $26 million project is led by Washington University in St. Louis. The […]
In Washington, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Senator Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) led their colleagues in demanding answers from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on the oversight of used cooking oil (UCO) imports, which is necessary for protecting the integrity of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) and the price of homegrown commodities like soybeans. Since sending […]
In Washington, support and advance future maritime fuel technology and investment, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released a Request for Information (RFI) to establish a consistent and reliable definition for sustainable maritime fuel (SMF) that informs and aligns community, industry, governments, and other maritime stakeholders. The Action Plan for Maritime Energy and Emissions Innovation (Action Plan), a summary […]
