In Washington D.C., the U.S. Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office announced a $1.56 billion conditional loan guarantee to Wabash Valley Resources, supporting a project in West Terre Haute, Indiana, to produce low-carbon ammonia using petroleum coke as a feedstock. This facility will integrate carbon capture and sequestration technology to permanently store 1.6 million metric […]
In Washington D.C. U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm and Indian Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri met to review the progress of the U.S.-India Strategic Clean Energy Partnership. The partnership seeks to enhance clean energy innovation, strengthen energy security, and accelerate the clean energy transitions in both countries. Key areas of progress […]
In Washington D.C., the U.S. Department of Energy in collaboration with the Department of Agriculture and the Federal Aviation Administration, has announced $12 million in new funding to advance biorefinery technologies and released a progress report on sustainable aviation fuel production. The report, unveiled on September 11, 2024, at the North American SAF Conference, highlights […]
In Washington D.C., the U.S. Grains Council intensified efforts to promote ethanol blending across Central America at the recent “Cultivando Energía” conference in Costa Rica, where more than 80 industry leaders and policymakers from countries including Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, and Panama gathered to discuss the future of biofuels. The event underscored ethanol’s critical role […]
In Washington D.C., the U.S. Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office announced new efforts to accelerate bioenergy innovations, aligning with the Biden-Harris Administration’s ambitious “Bold Goals for U.S. Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing” initiative. BETO’s strategy focuses on transforming the U.S. bioeconomy by converting sustainable biomass into fuels and bioproducts, supporting the administration’s goal of net-zero emissions […]
In Washington D.C., U.S. Representatives Tracey Mann and Marcy Kaptur, along with 39 colleagues, urged the U.S. Department of Treasury to prioritize domestic fuel producers in the implementation of the Clean Fuel Production Credit. The bipartisan letter calls for restricting the credit to biofuels made from U.S. feedstocks ahead of the January 1, 2025 deadline. […]
In Washington, The Spokesman-Review reported that Washington State University’s cryogenic hydrogen research center was selected to receive $4.8 million from the federal government to advance hydrogen related technologies and build a fueling station. Coming from a pool of $62 million in grants, the funding was provided by the U.S. Department of Energy to “accelerate the […]
In Washington, the Environmental Protection Agency has extended an emergency fuel waiver that EPA issued on August 1, 2024, in response to requests made by some states waivers under the Clean Air Act (CAA) to address a fuel supply emergency caused by a power outage and resulting emergency shutdown of the ExxonMobil Joliet refinery when […]
In Washington, Clean Fuels Alliance America sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen last week, urging the agency to issue guidance, including safe harbors, to the §45Z Clean Fuels Production Credit by September 1. The new producer credit becomes available on January 1, 2025, as the existing blender credit expires. Clean Fuels’ letter emphasizes […]
In Washington state, bp America Cherry Point Refinery and Everett hydrogen-electric engine manufacturer ZeroAvia will receive large federal awards as part of over $36 million in grant funding for innovative sustainable aviation projects in the State of Washington provided under a grant program authored by U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), chair of the Senate Commerce, […]
