Montana Renewables LLC announced on Aug. 3 that it received its Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation certificate via the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification and as developed by the ICAO.
PBF Energy Inc. on Aug. 3 announced that both the renewable diesel production unit and the feedstock pretreatment unit (PTU) at the St. Bernard Renewables biorefinery co-located with its Chalmette oil refinery in Louisiana are now operational.
The Lufthansa Group and the HCS Group have signed a letter of intent (LOI) to partner on the production and supply of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Starting in 2026, HCS could supply Lufthansa with SAF produced via ATJ technology.
SunGas Renewables Inc. on July 26 announced the formation of Beaver Lake Renewable Energy LLC, which will construct a new green methanol production facility in Louisiana with the capacity to produce 400,000 metric tons per year.
Waga Energy has signed a commercial agreement with the Waste Commission of Scott County and Linwood Mining and Minerals Corp. to produce renewable natural gas (RNG) at the Scott Area landfill in Davenport, Iowa.
Enerkem Inc. and Technip Energies have signed a MOU to enter into a collaboration agreement aimed at accelerating the deployment of Enerkem's technology platform for biofuels and circular chemical products from non-recyclable waste materials.
Operable biofuels production capacity in the U.S. fell slightly in May, with reductions for both ethanol and biodiesel, according to date released by the U.S. EIA on July 31. Feedstock consumption was up from both the previous month and May 2022.
Marathon Petroleum Corp. announced that feedstock pretreatment capabilities at its Martinez Renewable Fuels facility in California are expected to come online this year. Total production capacity is expected to reach 730 MMgy by the end of 2023.
CVR Energy Inc. expects the feedstock PTU at its Wynnewood refinery in Oklahoma to become operational in Q4. The company is also in discussions with potential partners to develop an additional renewables project that could include SAF capacity.
Hamilton RNG Holdings LLC has broken ground on its new food waste digester project, which will produce RNG. The digester is expected to be completed in late 2024 and will process approximately 190,000 tons of food waste annually.
A bipartisan group of 21 federal lawmakers on July 28 sent a letter to U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen urging the Treasury Department to adopt the U.S. DOE's GREET model as the secondary methodology for calculating the SAF tax credit.
Aemetis Inc. has close its second $25 million, 20-year term loan guaranteed by the USDA for a total of $50 million of Aemetis Biogas project financing arranged by Greater Commercial Lending in the past nine months.
The Coalition for Renewable Natural Gas (RNG Coalition) on July 31 announced that North America now has 300 operational renewable natural gas (RING) facilities, up from just over 30 facilities in 2011 when the RNG Coalition was founded.
Imperial Oil Ltd. on July 28 announced work is underway to construct a renewable diesel facility at the company's Strathcona refinery near Edmonton, Alberta. The 20,000-barrel-per-day project is expected to begin production in 2025.
The DOE's BETO often requires FOA award recipients to comply with technical and economic validation of their novel technologies. The agency has released a new set of web resources to help awardees and applicants under the process.
IHI Power Services Corp. has been selected by Northwest Advanced Bio-Fuels LLC to provide pre-mobilization, mobilization, start-up, commissioning, asset management and O&M services for its proposed SAF plant.
Valero Energy Corp. released second quarter financial results on July 27, reporting improved operating income for both its renewable diesel and ethanol business segments. The company also said its SAF project is progressing on schedule.
The United Airlines Ventures Sustainable Flight Fund, which aims to increase the supply of SAF through the support of start-ups, has increased its investment power to nearly $200 million and added eight new corporate partners.
Enerdyne Power Systems, a Landfill Group Company based in Charlotte, has commenced operation of a project collecting and upgrading landfill gas into pipeline quality RNG at the Twin Chimneys Landfill in Honea Path, South Carolina.
West Biofuels LLC announced $1.5 million in grant funding from the USDA, including $1.2 million that will support the Burney, California-based Hat Creek Bioenergy Facility and $300,000 for a planned bioenergy facility in Mariposa, California.
Vertex Energy Inc. on July 25 announced the renewable diesel unit at its refinery in Mobile, Alabama, achieved the company's phase 1 installed capacity target of 8,000 barrels per day during the second quarter.
Reps. Mike Flood, R-Neb., and Nikki Budzinski, D-Ill., on July 25 introduced the Sustainable Aviation Fuels Accuracy Act of 2023, a bipartisan bill that aims to identify the standards required to meet the definition of SAF at the FAA.
Gevo Inc. has entered into a master services agreement with a subsidiary of McDermott International Ltd. to provide front end engineering and early planning services for Gevo's development of multiple SAF facilities in North America.
Advanced Refining Technologies LLC, a joint venture of Chevron and W. R. Grace & Co. has launched ENDEAVOR, a hydroprocessing catalyst solution to produce renewable diesel and SAF from 10 percent renewable sources.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., on July 20 introduced the Biomanufacturing and Jobs Act, which aims to strengthen the USDA's BioPreferred Program. Sens. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa; Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., and Pete Ricketts, R-Neb., are cosponsoring the bill.
International Airlines Group has announced an investment into Nova Pangaea Technologies, an U.K.-based cleantech company whose technology converts agricultural waste and wood residue into ethanol that can be processed into SAF.
More than 2.04 billion RINs were generated under the RFS in June, up from 1.86 billion generated during the same month of last year, according to data released by the U.S. EPA. Total RIN generation for the first half of 2023 reached 11.39 billion.
California accounts for nearly all renewable diesel consumption in the United States, but most of it isn't made in the state. More than eight times the renewable diesel was consumed in California than was produced there in 2021.
Virgin Atlantic and Rolls-Royce on July 20 confirm the successful SAF blend ground test on the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engine. The airline plans to fuel a transatlantic flight on 100 percent SAF on Nov. 28.
WM announced on July 17 it has opened a new 14,430 square-foot RNG facility in Springdale, Arkansas. The $35 million WM Eco Vista RNG facility is expected to recover and distribute approximately 750,000 MMBtu per year of RNG.
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