A group of 29 members of Congress on July 30 sent a letter to U.S. EPA Administrator Michael Regan urging the agency to prioritize rulemaking to set RFS RVOs for 2021 and 2022, along with the biomass-based diesel RVOs for 2022 and 2023.
Summit Carbon Solutions announced it has received a strategic investment from John Deere to advance the world's largest carbon capture and storage project, which will enable the production of low-carbon ethanol.
Valero Energy Corp. released second quarter financial results on July 29, reporting improved earnings for its ethanol and renewable diesel business segments. Ethanol production volumes and renewable diesel sales volumes were both up in Q2.
A group of nine senators led by Sens. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., and Roger Marshall, R-Kan., sent a letter to President Biden on July 28 requesting a meeting with him and members of his cabinet to discuss the Renewable Fuel Standard.
Biotechnology company LanzaTech UK, and cleantech company Carbon Engineering, have partnered on a first-of-a-kind project to create sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) out of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2).
Valero Energy Corp. released second quarter financial results on July 29, reporting improved earnings for its ethanol and renewable diesel business segments. Ethanol production volumes and renewable diesel sales volumes were both up in Q2.
Green Science Alliance has been developing various types of electrode and solid electrolyte for SOFC. This time, Hideki Yoshioka and Ryohei Mori at Green Science Alliance have created SOFC that can produce electricity from ethanol.
July 28 marks the four-year anniversary of the July 2017 ruling in Americans for Clean Energy v. EPA. The 2017 ruling required EPA to address its improper waiver of 500 million gallons for 2016 renewable fuel blending requirements under the RFS.
U.S. fuel ethanol production was down more than 1 percent the week ending July 23, according to data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration on July 28. Stocks of fuel ethanol were up 1 percent.
The government of Alberta on July 27 announced C$4.7 million in support for Canary Biofuels' 70 MMly (18.49 MMgy) biorefinery that will convert agriculture waste, inedible animal fats and used cooking oil into biodiesel and glycerin.
To build on the USGC's work to promote U.S. distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) in Turkey, USGC staff from the Middle East and Africa region recently offered a virtual educational event that demonstrated the benefits of the coproduct.
In a letter sent on July 27 to President Joe Biden, Renewable Fuels Association members from across the country memorialized their commitment to ensuring ethanol achieves a net-zero carbon footprint, on average, by 2050 or sooner.
Archer Daniels Midland Co. released second quarter financial results on July 27, reporting that earnings for its Carbohydrates Solutions segment, which includes ethanol, were almost double those reported for the same period of last year.
The U.K. Department for Transport on July 23 named eight companies that have been shortlisted to receive a share of £15 million to develop first-of-a-kind production plants in the U.K. to convert waste into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
Neste released financial results for the first half of 2021 on July 27, reporting solid performance for its renewable products segment. Demand for renewable diesel was robust, but feedstock markets were tight, the company reported.
Poet Bioprocessing – Alexandria is now producing purified alcohol following an improvement project launched in late 2020. The facility will produce purified alcohol, including grain neutral spirits (GNS) and USP-grade alcohol.
Although sugarcane processing is down in the south-central region of Brazil this harvest season, the production of anhydrous ethanol is up significantly, according to data released by UNICA, the Brazilian sugarcane industry association.
The Governors Biofuels' Coalition on July 23 sent a letter to U.S. EPA Administrator Michael Regan and Shalanda Young, acting director of the OMB, urging the Biden administration to include a higher octane gasoline standard in the upcoming SAFE rule.
The U.K. Department for Transport on July 23 opened a public consultation on a proposal that would establish a SAF mandate requiring jet fuels suppliers to blend an increasing portion of SAF into aviation fuel starting in 2025.
The Summit Carbon Solutions' pipeline, a visionary multi-billion dollar project in the making representing about 15% of the U.S. ethanol industry, will allow producers to permanently sequester their carbon dioxide and cut their CI scores in half.
Sugarcane is the most energy efficient plant in the world and will play a vital role in the jet fuel revolution. With air travel expected to skyrocket in the coming decades, and carbon reduction a must, the aviation industry needs renewable options.
Beyond transportation fuel, ethanol could contribute to greener electricity. From large-scale power generation to support the grid to small and decentralized applications that provide renewable energy for remote electric vehicle charging.
Aspiring Univere Corp., a spinout of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has created a massive database of every plot of farmland across the globe. The tool could help ethanol plant managers better anticipate local grain availability.
Aemetis' refinery will produce renewable diesel and renewable jet fuel from almond orchard and forest wood waste, which will also yield a negative carbon sugar source for ethanol. The Keyes, California, plant is also ditching fossil-based power.
The USGC conducted a forum with key industry importers and stakeholders from West Africa in June, with a high concentration of participants from Nigeria and Ghana. The virtual workshop addressed the ethanol supply chain and benefits of ethanol fuels.
The National Corn Growers Association launched a new campaign in Washington D.C., outlining the environmental benefits of corn ethanol that can be realized today. The camapign targets government workers and other key policy influencers.
The DOE on July 19 released its 2021 U.S. Energy Employment Report, which shows fuel ethanol employment fell slightly last year, but at a much lower rate than the overall U.S. fuels sector. Corn ethanol employment is expected to rebound this year.
Manchester United has reinforced its commitment to environmental sustainability through a global partnership with Renewable Energy Group Inc. with a shared mission to tackle climate change and create a cleaner world.
The U.S. Department of Energy on July 19 released its 2021 U.S. Energy Employment Report, which shows jobs in biobased fuels fell last year, but at a lower rate than overall job losses in the U.S. fuel sector.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration released data on July 21 forecasting that U.S. renewable diesel production capacity will reach 5.1 billion gallons per year by 2024, up from an estimated 600 MMgy in 2020.
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