(Growth Energy) Today, Growth Energy sent a letter to the U.S. Department of the Treasury on implementation of Inflation Reduction Act of 2022
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Back TO HOMEWestJet Begins Using 'Sustainable' Biofuel Blend on San Francisco Route
by Josh Aldrich (Calgary Herald) The biofuel will be blended with regular jet fuel with the goal of reducing CO2
November 03, 2022 Read Full Article
The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide ABLC Guide to Aemetis
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In this presentation, Aemetis CEO Eric McAfee took the ABLC Next 2022 stage in San
November 03, 2022 Read Full Article
QUOTE OF THE WEEK -- Derrick Morgan
"This (the Biden Administration's EPA and DOT regulatory efforts to mandate transition to electric vehicles) completely inverts the statutory system,
November 01, 2022 Read Full Article
Royal Caribbean Ship Becomes First to Run on Renewable Diesel Fuel in US
by Laurie Baratti (Travel Pulse) This past week, Royal Caribbean International’s Navigator of the Seas set sail from the Port of Los Angeles
October 31, 2022 Read Full Article
CDTSC Will Hold Engagement Sessions in November on a Definition of Sustainable Chemistry November 1 and November 3
by Lynn L. Bergeson and Carla N. Hutton (B&C® Biobased and Sustainable Chemicals Blog) The California Department of Toxic Substances
October 31, 2022 Read Full Article
Clean Fuels Highlights Biodiesel and Renewable Diesel Role in California's GHG Drop
(Clean Fuels Alliance America) Clean fuels made up 21% of California's diesel pool in 2020, buoying state's drop in transportation
October 28, 2022 Read Full Article
Advanced Diesel, Other ICEs, and Low-Carbon, Renewable Fuels Are Essential to Achieving California’s Climate and Clean Air Goals for Trucking
(Diesel Technology Forum) The Diesel Technology Forum (DTF) issued the following statement with regards to the California Air Resources Board’s consideration
October 28, 2022 Read Full Article
Hot Spots: The 50 Hottest Project Development & Deployment Spots in the Advanced Bioeconomy
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Here are the 50 Hottest Project Development & Deployment Spots in the Advanced Bioeconomy for
October 28, 2022 Read Full Article
Ag, States Challenge EPA Action on EVs: Ag Groups, States Say EPA, California Used Back Door to Spread Electric Vehicle Use
by Todd Neeley (DTN Progressive Farmer) Agriculture, fuel interests and several states see EPA's March 2022 decision to reinstate California's legal
October 28, 2022 Read Full Article
Renewable Diesel & SAF Roundup
(Biomass Magazine) U.S. renewable diesel capacity continues to rapidly expand and is poised to surpass operating biodiesel capacity, according to
October 27, 2022 Read Full Article
US West Coast/Gulf Coast Renewable Diesel Market Growth Accelerates
by Eric Wieser, Max Tang and Bayan Raji (OPIS) Renewable diesel (RD) shipping volume between the U.S. Gulf Coast and U.S. West
October 27, 2022 Read Full Article
UWO, Agra Energy Break Ground on Biogas-to-Liquid Fuel Project
by Natalie Johnson (University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh/Biomass Magazine) Marked by a groundbreaking ceremony on Oct. 17, the University of Wisconsin
October 26, 2022 Read Full Article
Let’s Keep Future Truck and Fuel Options Open in California
by Allen Schaeffer (Diesel Technology Forum) Later this week the California Air Resources Board (CARB) will consider a controversial rule that
October 26, 2022 Read Full Article
Qatar Airways Enters into New Fuel Sales Agreement with Gevo for 5 Million Gallons of Sustainable Aviation Fuel Per Year Over Five Years
(Gevo/Globe Newswire) Gevo, Inc. (NASDAQ: GEVO) is pleased to announce a new fuel sales agreement with Qatar Airways (Qatar). The agreement
October 26, 2022 Read Full Article
Fuels Groups Flag ‘Major Questions’ In Suit on California Auto GHG Rules
(Inside EPA) Liquid fuels interests challenging EPA’s reinstated approval of California’s vehicle greenhouse gas rules are focusing their legal attacks
October 26, 2022 Read Full Article
Growth Energy Outlines Opportunity to Reduce Emissions before Washington and Oregon Lawmakers
(Growth Energy) Growth Energy recently submitted comments to the Washington Department of Ecology and Oregon Department of Environmental Quality in response
October 25, 2022 Read Full Article
British Columbia Continues Progress to Modernize Low Carbon Fuel Standard Regulation
(Advanced Biofuels Canada) Target increase anticipated by January 2023, other amendments in 2024 -- Advanced Biofuels Canada applauded the British Columbia government’s
October 24, 2022 Read Full Article
Unleaded 88 Fuel Is Spreading in Ohio, but Is It Good for Your Car and the Climate?
by Patrick Cooley (The Columbus Dispatch) ... Ohio has at least 88 gas stations that sell unleaded 88, up from 10
October 24, 2022 Read Full Article
Ethanol: A Pathway to Reward Climate Smart Agriculture
by Brian Jennings (American Coalition for Ethanol/Ethanol Producer Magazine) A few years ago, ACE began alerting our industry that it
October 21, 2022 Read Full Article
Research Team Receives $15.8M to Modify Poplar for Bioproducts
by Maria Lameiras (UGA Today) Cutting-edge technologies will enable researchers to reengineer poplar trees to produce alternatives to petroleum-based products
October 21, 2022 Read Full Article
11th Annual OPIS LCFS & Carbon Markets Workshop --- December 7-9, 2022 --- San Diego, CA
Next year rings in a new era for jurisdictional cap-and-trade programs as Washington state finally takes a seat at the
October 20, 2022 Read Full Article
Signature Aviation Expands the Supply of Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel to All of Its Operations in California
(Neste) Signature Aviation, the world’s largest network of Fixed-Base Operations (FBO) delivering essential support services at private aviation terminals, announced today
October 20, 2022 Read Full Article
FuelerLinx Adds SAF Locating and Pricing Functionality
by Curt Epstein (AIN Online) Online fuel marketplace provider FuelerLinx (Booth 4332) is debuting new capabilities to its fuel availability maps,
October 20, 2022 Read Full Article
Fleet Spotlight: Athens Services Fuels a Carbon-Negative Collection Fleet
(Advanced Clean Tech News/Trillium) Trillium customer, Athens Services is a family-owned waste collection and recycling company that has been a fixture
October 20, 2022 Read Full Article
Ethanol Plant CCS: Sequestration Sensors
by Katie Schroeder (Ethanol Producer Magazine) With CCS expanding rapidly, there is an accompanying need for technology to monitor the
October 17, 2022 Read Full Article
Fleet Spotlight: Athens Services Fuels a Carbon-Negative Collection Fleet
(Advanced Clean Tech News//Trillium) Trillium customer, Athens Services is a family-owned waste collection and recycling company that has been a fixture
October 13, 2022 Read Full Article
Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Day Highlights Clean Fuel’s Accelerating Developments
by Eleanor Johnstone (Advanced Clean Tech News) While it may be Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Day, hydrogen has been having
October 13, 2022 Read Full Article
Agile BioFoundry Selects New Collaborations
(U.S. Department of Energy) Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) and the Division of Molecular and
October 13, 2022 Read Full Article
U.S. Forest Service Awards Cooperative Agreement to Strategic Biofuels to Develop a Renewable Fuel Standard Compliance Tracking System
(Strategic Biofuels/Business Wire) Standardized requirements will be instrumental for environmental credits enabling commercialization of forestry waste-derived renewable fuels -- Today (October
October 13, 2022 Read Full Article
Atlantic Aviation Teams with 4AIR for 100% SAF Book & Claim at NBAA-BACE
(Atlantic Aviation) Atlantic Aviation and 4AIR will be advancing their commitment to sustainability at this year’s NBAA Business Aviation Convention
October 13, 2022 Read Full Article
FAA, Universities Pursue Critical Research to Achieve U.S. Aviation Climate Goals
(Federal Aviation Administration) The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued more than $16 million in grants to 14
October 13, 2022 Read Full Article
Keeps Getting' Better, Part 2 - Project Eyes Using Ethanol to Make Bioethylene, Renewable Alkylate, SAF
by Housley Carr (RBN Energy) In these uncertain times, with the energy transition in flux and a recession looming, it takes
October 13, 2022 Read Full Article
Barrio Logan Residents Want ‘Putrid’ Odors from Biodiesel Plant to Stop Public Comments Due October 20, 2022
by Tammy Murga (San Diego Union Tribune) Barrio Logan residents want county air quality regulators to put an end to odors
October 13, 2022 Read Full Article
Divert, Inc. Announces Renewable Natural Gas Offtake Agreement with bp
(Divert/Business Wire) 10-year deal worth approximately $175 million will support bp’s efforts to curb harmful greenhouse gas emissions and boost
October 12, 2022 Read Full Article
Chevron, CalBio Expand Partnership on Dairy Biomethane Fuel Projects
(Chevron) Chevron U.S.A. Inc., a subsidiary of Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX), and California Bioenergy LLC (CalBio) announced a joint investment in
October 12, 2022 Read Full Article
California Fleets Fueled with Bio-CNG Achieve Carbon-Negativity for Second Straight Year
(NGV America) Bio-CNG Below Zero Again with Annual Average Carbon Intensity Score of -44.4 gCO2e/MJ for 2021 -- Natural Gas Vehicles
October 12, 2022 Read Full Article
Climate Smart Agriculture and Low Carbon Fuel Standards
(Biofuels Digest) Joining us as our lead speaker is Virginia Jameson, Deputy Secretary for Climate and Working Lands at the California Department of Food
October 11, 2022 Read Full Article
Biomass Magazine's Podcast Series: Targeting a Green Hydrogen Economy in Northern California
(Biomass Magazine) This week's Biomass Magazine podcast features, Chris Headrick, Founder & Executive Chairman of H2 Energy Group, Interviewed by
October 06, 2022 Read Full Article
Oil and Gas Industry’s Top Lobbying Arm Considers Another Climate Policy
by Maxine Joselow and Vanessa Montalbano (Washington Post) ... American Petroleum Institute weighs clean fuel standard after backing carbon tax
October 06, 2022 Read Full Article
California Adopts Comprehensive Strategy to Meet Federal Ozone Standard over Next 15 Years
(California Air Resources Board) Strategy calls for control measures by state, federal, international entities to ensure California meets federal 70
October 05, 2022 Read Full Article
Goodbye to All That (Palm): Kao Joins, Unilever, Geno in Post-Palm Oil Development
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) News arrives from California that global consumer products giant Kao has joined a venture to scale and commercialize
October 04, 2022 Read Full Article
Carbon America to Launch Nebraska’s First Commercial Carbon Capture and Sequestration Project
(Carbon America) The carbon capture and sequestration facility will capture 95 percent of emissions from a Nebraska ethanol production facility
October 04, 2022 Read Full Article
NY Implements 2035 All-EV Plan after California Clears the Way
by Kira Bindrim (Bloomberg) New York is the second state to set an end date for sales of gas-powered cars
October 03, 2022 Read Full Article
‘It Makes Climate Change Real’: How Carbon Emissions Got Rebranded as ‘Pollution’
by Kate Yoder (Grist) California activists paved the way for defining climate change as an air pollution problem. Now it's
October 03, 2022 Read Full Article
Summary: Clean Fuels Alliance Foundation 2022 Congressional Tours
(Clean Fuels Alliance Foundation) In 2022 Clean Fuels Foundation hosted or supported three Congressional Tours. The first was in New York
October 01, 2022 Read Full Article
California Gov. Newsom Sends SAF Bill, AB 1322, Back to Legislature Unsigned
by Ron Kotrba (Biobased Diesel Daily) California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Sept. 28 he will not sign a bill the California
September 29, 2022 Read Full Article
Aemetis Biogas and APG Demonstrate Low-Cost Conversion of Diesel Trucks to Utilize up to 65% Renewable Natural Gas
(Aemetis/Globe Newswire) Transitioning From Diesel Fuel to Carbon Negative RNG, Aemetis and the American Power Group Demonstrated a Dual Fuel
September 29, 2022 Read Full Article
Amazon to Bring Low Carbon Electrofuels to Its Trucking Fleet
(Amazon) Agreement with Infinium will help Amazon reduce carbon emissions for roughly 5 million miles of travel per year -- Amazon
September 28, 2022 Read Full Article
The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to the State of Renewable Chemicals
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Policymakers and energy security hawks love fuel, but consumers love renewable chemicals that power the
September 28, 2022 Read Full Article
Just Two Development Companies Drive One of California’s Most Controversial Climate Programs: Manure Digesters
by Grace van Deelen, Emma Foehringer Merchant (Inside Climate News) State funding intended to lower emissions on dairy farms is
September 27, 2022 Read Full Article
Amazon Makes Inroads into Electrofuel-Powered Trucks. Why It’s Better than Ethanol.
by Al Root (Barrons/Market Watch) ... The start-up, Sacramento, Calif.–based Infinium, was founded in 2020 and got funding from Amazon’s Climate
September 26, 2022 Read Full Article
The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to the State of Renewable Diesel and DME
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) What’s up with the most exciting molecule in the bioeconomy as measured by capacity building?
September 23, 2022 Read Full Article
Canola Sector Eyes More Acres as Yields Stall
by Sean Pratt (Western Producer Magazine) The Canola Council of Canada is encouraging acreage expansion in the brown soil zone of
September 23, 2022 Read Full Article
Neste Finalizes Transaction to Establish a Joint Venture for Production of Renewable Fuels with Marathon Petroleum in the United States
(Neste) On 1 March 2022, Neste Corporation and Marathon Petroleum Corporation (Marathon) announced an agreement to establish a 50/50 joint venture
September 22, 2022 Read Full Article
New Flex Fuel Gas Station in Sunnyvale, CA
by Sharon Ji* (Advanced Biofuels USA) On July, 2022, Alliance Gas, Located at 1296 Sunnyvale Saratoga Road in Sunnyvale, CA
September 22, 2022 Read Full Article
Oregon, Washington Plan to Ban All New Gas-Powered Cars by 2035. What's Next?
by Pat Dooris, David Mann (KGW8) In just over a decade, all new cars sold in Oregon and Washington will
September 22, 2022 Read Full Article
Within Clear Sight: The California Air Resources Board Is Working on Its Latest Scoping Plan
by Katie Schroeder (Ethanol Producer Magazine) The California Air Resources Board is working on its latest scoping plan, which could
September 21, 2022 Read Full Article
UPDATE 2-GM Backs Setting Tough U.S. Emissions Targets for 2030
by David Shepardson (Reuters) General Motors Co said on Tuesday it backed establishing tougher federal emissions standards to help ensure at
September 21, 2022 Read Full Article
Booster® Expands Renewable Diesel Product Offering to Fleets Across California, Marking Major Milestone
(Booster®/Business Wire) By converting its fleet customers in three major markets to renewable diesel, the company has transitioned nearly every California
September 21, 2022 Read Full Article
Aemetis Signs Agreement with Cathay Pacific to Supply 38 Million Gallons of Sustainable Aviation Fuel
(Aemetis) Fuel to be delivered to San Francisco International Airport -- Aemetis, Inc.(NASDAQ: AMTX), a renewable fuels company focused on negative
September 20, 2022 Read Full Article
GEVO Breaks Ground on Its First Commercial-Scale Sustainable Aviation Fuel Facility, Net-Zero 1, in Lake Preston, South Dakota
(Gevo) Gevo, Inc. (NASDAQ: GEVO) is pleased to announce the groundbreaking of its first commercial-scale sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) facility, Net-Zero
September 19, 2022 Read Full Article
Measuring Up Corn Fiber Ethanol
by Katie Schroeder (Ethanol Producer Magazine) Ethanol made from corn fiber has a low carbon intensity and the potential to
September 19, 2022 Read Full Article
Marco Rubio Says California Electric Car Plan 'Self-Defeating': People Will Be 'Charging Their Cars with Coal'
by Ronn Blitzer (FOXBusiness) The Florida senator warned that imposing a mandate before the necesssary scientific advancements exists will result
September 19, 2022 Read Full Article
Soy’s Stake in Renewable Fuels
by Bethany Baratta (Iowa Soybean Association) ... As a feedstock used in producing biodiesel and renewable diesel, the soybean industry
September 16, 2022 Read Full Article
Brown Announces $2.5 Million for Biofuel Research at The Ohio State University
(Office of Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH)) Today (September 13, 2022), U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the Department of Energy
September 15, 2022 Read Full Article
SfL’s Vision for Scaling Climate Smart Agriculture Solutions Is Taking Root
(Solutions from the Land) ... SfL’s vision for how farmers can bring agricultural solutions to climate challenges has begun to
September 15, 2022 Read Full Article
SoCalGas and the University of California, Irvine Announce Hydrogen Blending Project to Promote Clean Energy and Resiliency Goals
(Electric Energy Online) Project would build upon prior research to blend electrolytic hydrogen into existing pipelines -- Southern California Gas
September 14, 2022 Read Full Article
SoCalGas and Landi Renzo USA Convert 200 Additional Field Service Trucks to Run on Renewable Natural Gas
(Southern California Gas Company/PR Newswire) Approximately 44% of the utility's fleet will run on clean fuels -- Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas)
September 13, 2022 Read Full Article
Biofuels, Refining Industry Executives Decry California ZEV Mandate
by Patrick Newkumet (OPIS) ... In a panel bringing together several representatives from major refining and biofuel groups -- interests
September 12, 2022 Read Full Article
Scientists Find a Simple Way to Produce Hydrogen from Water at Room Temperature
by David Nield (Science Alert) ... In the new research, scientists describe a relatively simple method involving aluminum nanoparticles that are
September 12, 2022 Read Full Article
California Drivers Embrace Renewable Diesel from San Francisco Refinery
by William Zander (Phillips 66) Nearly two years of planning and teamwork have cemented Phillips 66’s position as one of the
September 09, 2022 Read Full Article
Aemetis Finalizes $7 Billion of Supply Contracts for 100% of Riverbank Plant Production of Sustainable Aviation Fuel and Renewable Diesel for up to 10 Years
(Aemetis) Aemetis, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMTX), a renewable fuels company focused on negative carbon intensity products, announced today (September 7, 2022) that $7
September 08, 2022 Read Full Article
Whodunnit? The Murder of Carbon Intensity (Hint: Aemetis, Mitsubishi amongst the Suspects)
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ... Aemetis completed the installation and commissioning at the Keyes ethanol plant in California of the
September 08, 2022 Read Full Article
Inflation Reduction Act Charts a New Course for US Biofuels Industry
by Corey Lavinsky (S&P Global) ... Though ethanol is mentioned only thrice in the lengthy law, ethanol producers will benefit from
September 08, 2022 Read Full Article
As the Back-to-School-Season Begins, Neste Makes School Buses Cleaner for Students
(Neste) There are approximately 500,000 school buses in the US, moving more than 25 million children between school and home.
September 07, 2022 Read Full Article
Inside Innovation: Long Live Electric, But Diesel’s Not Dead Yet
by John Bleasby (Daily Commercial News) ... When projected over 10 years between 2022 and 2032, it found considerable advantages with
September 07, 2022 Read Full Article
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners and University of California Berkeley, to Develop Technology Converting Air to Sugar
(Coca-Cola Europacific Partners) CCEP Ventures to partner with Peidong Yang Research Group to develop scalable methods of converting captured air
September 07, 2022 Read Full Article
Will the Electric Grid Be Able to Power EVs — And Everything Else?
by Meghan McCarty Carino (MarketPlace) If all cars in California were electric, the state would need to produce around 50%
September 07, 2022 Read Full Article
Ethanol and EVs Pt 1
by Bob Larson (Ag Information Network/Washington State Farm Bureau Report) ... The same week California announced it will end the
September 07, 2022 Read Full Article
Southwest Airlines Adds Sustainable Aviation Fuel to Operations at Oakland International Airport
by Ron Kotrba (Biobased Diesel Daily) Southwest Airlines announced in late August that, through a collaboration with Neste Corp., the airline
September 06, 2022 Read Full Article
California Legislature Passes Bill to Achieve 20% SAF Use by 2030
by Ron Kotrba (Biobased Diesel Daily) In late August, the California Legislature passed a bill to incentivize sustainable aviation fuel (SAF)
September 06, 2022 Read Full Article
Big Changes Afoot in US Trade of Biobased Diesel
by Ron Kotrba (Biobased Diesel Daily) A big shift is occurring in U.S. trade of biobased diesel so far this year,
September 06, 2022 Read Full Article
RFA and Ethanol at the Farm Progress Show
by Cindy Zimmerman (AgWired) Ethanol was in the spotlight at the Farm Progress Show in Iowa this week and the Renewable Fuels Association was there
September 06, 2022 Read Full Article
The Digest’s 2022 State of Advanced Ethanol
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) This week on ABLC CONNECT, we looked at the world of Advanced ethanol – markets,
September 05, 2022 Read Full Article
Ethanol Report from Farm Progress Show
by Cindy Zimmerman (Energy.AgWired.Com) Ethanol was in the spotlight at the Farm Progress Show in Iowa this week and the Renewable Fuels Association was
September 02, 2022 Read Full Article
Grassley: Attacks on Ethanol Could Result in Job Loss
(RFD TV) Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley recently fielded questions from reporters this week regarding ethanol production in the U.S. as
September 01, 2022 Read Full Article
U.S. Department of Energy Announces $16.5 Million in Funding for Carbon Utilization Projects
(U.S. Department of Energy) The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) and the Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management’s (FECM’s)
August 31, 2022 Read Full Article
Department of Energy Announces $29.5 Million for Improved Bioenergy Resource Recovery and Conversion Systems
( U.S. Department of Energy) The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded $29.5 million to 15 projects to improve the current science
August 31, 2022 Read Full Article
Clean Energy Continues to Decarbonize Transportation with New Fuel Contracts, Blazes Ahead with Renewable Natural Gas Development
(Clean Energy Fuels Corp./Business Wire) Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (NASDAQ: CLNE), the largest provider of the cleanest fuel for the transportation market,
August 31, 2022 Read Full Article
‘Cow Power’ Goes Dark as Manure-to-Electricity Fizzles
by Marc Heller (E&E News/Climatewire) After almost two decades making power from manure, Jon Patterson is done. The electric generator he
August 31, 2022 Read Full Article
The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Neste
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Neste — a company that built massive renewable diesel capacity when it was not fashionable,
August 31, 2022 Read Full Article
The Digest’s Sustainable Aviation Fuel around the World 2022
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Many countries are now active with Sustainable Aviation Fuel — but how much where, and when,
August 31, 2022 Read Full Article
DOE Awards $29 Million to Advance Clean Hydrogen Production
(U.S. Department of Energy) Industry and Universities Will Work to Reduce the Cost of Clean Hydrogen to Deliver Cheap Electricity;
August 29, 2022 Read Full Article
SoCalGas: Kore Begins Commissioning of RNG, Hydrogen System
(Southern California Gas Co./Biomass Magazine) Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) today announced that Kore Infrastructure has successfully begun testing and demonstrating its carbon-negative, waste-to-energy
August 26, 2022 Read Full Article
California Poised to Phase out Sale of New Gas-Powered Cars
by Kathleen Ronayne (Associated Press) California is poised to set a 2035 deadline for all new cars, trucks and SUVs sold
August 25, 2022 Read Full Article
Renewable Diesel Poised to Overtake Biodiesel
by Sean Pratt (Western Producer) Renewable diesel production is expected to overtake biodiesel production in the United States in October, according
August 24, 2022 Read Full Article
Toyota Finally Supports California’s Long-Standing Authority to Set Vehicle Emissions Standards
(Sierra Club) Yesterday, Toyota announced its support for the state of California’s authority to set vehicle emissions standards under the Clean Air Act.
August 24, 2022 Read Full Article
PTL Marine Prepares for Future Renewable Diesel Needs
by Shelley Byrne (The Waterways Journal Weekly) With its recent expansion to providing renewable diesel fuel at the Ports of Los
August 24, 2022 Read Full Article
Birth of the Post Fossil Industry: World Energy Grabs the Reins in SAF, Renewable Diesel and Hydrogen
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) What in the World is up with World Energy? News has arrived of two massive storylines in
August 24, 2022 Read Full Article
Heliogen and Dimensional Energy Announce First-of-its-Kind Collaboration to Produce Carbon-Free Sustainable Aviation Fuel from Concentrated Sunlight and Green Hydrogen
(Heliogen) Initiative to demonstrate technology and produce jet fuel reserves for commercially viable carbon neutral flight -- Heliogen, Inc. (NYSE: HLGN),
August 23, 2022 Read Full Article
SoCalGas Constructing Hydrogen Fueling System for Transit Agency
by Ariana Fine (NGT News) Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) has begun construction of an advanced hydrogen generation system at SunLine Transit
August 23, 2022 Read Full Article
Aemetis to Supply Aer Lingus and British Airways with Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) for Flights from San Francisco International Airport
(Aemetis/Globe Newswire) Multi-year partnership with parent company IAG will see 78,400 tonnes (26m gallons) of SAF delivered to the airlines
August 23, 2022 Read Full Article
Speed-the-Leaf: RIPE’s Photosynthesis Breakthru Offers a 20% Increase in Crop Yield
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)... Some years ago, the RIPE team went down the rabbit hole of transforming photosynthesis,”harnessing the
August 23, 2022 Read Full Article
Farm to Fuel Tank: How Used Cooking Oil Is Fueling Biodiesel
by Alex Bell (ABC10) VIDEO: Meet the people who make it all happen -- Article: Find out how cooking oil
August 22, 2022 Read Full Article
World Energy to Build Its Second SAF Facility at Its Current Houston Ship Channel Production and Distribution Hub
(World Energy/PR Newswire) Facility to serve fast growing U.S. and global markets efficiently by pipe and water, replicating current initiative
August 19, 2022 Read Full Article
Comstock Cellulosic Ethanol Technology Ready for Commercial Deployment
(Comstock Mining/Globe Newswire) Targets First Generation Corn Ethanol Facilities For Commercialization -- Comstock Inc. (NYSE: LODE) (“Comstock” and the “Company”) today
August 19, 2022 Read Full Article
NREL Study: Refineries Increase Revenue and Reduce Carbon Footprint with Renewable Propane
(Propane Education & Research Council/CISION PR Newswire) Major refiners like Chevron see value in commercializing renewable propane -- A new study by the
August 18, 2022 Read Full Article
CARB’s Advanced Clean Fleets Regulation Will Transform California’s Fleets
(ACT News) There is a regulatory hurricane on the horizon in California. The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is just a
August 18, 2022 Read Full Article
Climate Bill, State Mandates Jump-Start EVs' Future But Experts Say It Will Be 20 to 30 Years before EVs Fully Replace Gas-fueled Cars.
by Anne C. Mulkern (E&E News/Politico Pro) ... Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker (R) last week signed legislation banning sales of
August 18, 2022 Read Full Article
Creating a More Sustainable Future from Deep in the Heart of Texas
(Neste) When Neste started doing business in North America in the '80s, our focus was on oil products. We used
August 17, 2022 Read Full Article
INNIO Powers Raven SR’s Waste-to-Hydrogen Plant with Renewables
(INNIO/Biomass Magazine) INNIO in collaboration with Raven SR on Aug. 11 announced Raven SR’s plans to use INNIO’s Jenbacher engines [60
August 17, 2022 Read Full Article
California Lawmakers Are Ready to Decarbonize the Shipping Industry. The Technology Isn’t There Yet.
by Joseph Winters (Grist) ... Many companies have plans to launch or have already launched ships powered by biofuels — fuels produced from plant crops,
August 16, 2022 Read Full Article
A Simple, Cheap Material for Carbon Capture, Perhaps from Tailpipes
by Robert Sanders (Berkeley News) ... Using an inexpensive polymer called melamine — the main component of Formica — chemists have
August 16, 2022 Read Full Article
LCFC Recommends the California Air Resources Board to Recognize Relevance of Climate Smart Agriculture
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In California, the Low Carbon Fuels Coalition sent a letter to the California Air Resources Board
August 15, 2022 Read Full Article
Quest for Feedstock: The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to the State of SAF
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) This week on ABLC CONNECT, we networked and exchanged information about the world of Sustainable
August 15, 2022 Read Full Article
Renewable Diesel Plant with Potential to Save 880 Million Pounds of Carbon Emissions per Year Launches Operations in Reno
(Greater Commercial Lending/PR Newswire) New Rise Renewables Reno Deploys Breakthrough Technology to Turn Renewable Feedstocks into Diesel that Burns Clean;
August 11, 2022 Read Full Article
The Business of Their Biology, the Biology of Their Business: 10 Years after IPOs, How Are Amyris, Gevo, Codexis Doing?
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) It’s been more than 10 years since the celebrated IPOs of Amyris, Codexis and Gevo showed
August 10, 2022 Read Full Article
Group Urges CARB to Limit Biobased Diesel from Lipids under California LCFS
by Ron Kotrba (Biobased Diesel Daily) The International Council on Clean Transportation suggests setting a cap on lipids “would prevent
August 09, 2022 Read Full Article
(Not) Plowing to Net Zero Carbon Emissions
by Jerry Perkins (Successful Farming) As a farmer and ethanol services director at EcoEngineers in Des Moines, Iowa, Mark Heckman
August 09, 2022 Read Full Article
En Route to Market: Alder Fuels and NREL Partner to Scale Sustainable Aviation Fuel Technology for Commercial Use
by Erik F. Ringle (National Renewable Energy Laboratory) A critical pathway for producing large quantities of low- to negative-carbon sustainable aviation
August 09, 2022 Read Full Article
RFA Provides Input on Future of California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard
(Renewable Fuels Association) In comments filed with the California Air Resources Board today, the Renewable Fuels Association stressed that the next
August 09, 2022 Read Full Article
Alaska Airlines Makes Significant Investment in Sustainable Aviation Fuel
by Emily Holbrook (Environomental + Energy Leader) Alaska Airlines announced today it has finalized an agreement with biofuel company Gevo Inc., to
August 04, 2022 Read Full Article
Gevo’s Jet Bet Bonanza: A Series of SAF Offtake Stunners from Denver’s Biofuels Broncos
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) This week we received the long-anticipated news that Gevo closed on the purchase of approximately 245
August 03, 2022 Read Full Article
Bonta Announces Federal Halt to Oil and Gas Drilling in Central California
by Madison Hirneisen (The Center Square) New oil and gas leasing in central California will be prohibited until the U.S. Bureau
August 02, 2022 Read Full Article
CARB Acceptance of RFA, Growth Energy Report Moves California One Step Closer to E15
(Renewable Fuels Association) On Friday, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) posted the Renewable Fuels Association’s (RFA) and Growth Energy’s joint multimedia evaluation
August 02, 2022 Read Full Article
Investment Urgently Needed in New Technology to Mitigate CO2 Emissions at Airports, Cranfield University Report Reveals
(Cranfield University) Multi-million-pound investment needed in technologies such as direct air capture; Some airports could become green energy ‘power stations’ to fuel
August 02, 2022 Read Full Article
State of Louisiana Passes Parish-Specific Law Benefiting Strategic Biofuels Project
(Strategic Biofuels/Business Wire) New August 1 Legislation Reflects the State’s Commitment to Supporting Renewable Energy Initiatives -- -Strategic Biofuels, the leader
July 28, 2022 Read Full Article
Coastal Effect: Comparable to California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard, Pro-Biofuel Policies in Oregon, Washington and British Columbia Offer a Vast Region of Opportunity for Reduced-CI Ethanol on the Pacific Coast.
by Melissa Anderson (Ethanol Producer Magazine) Eleven years ago, California led the way with the implementation of its Low Carbon
July 25, 2022 Read Full Article
Janesville Ethanol Plant Boosting Efficiency
by Mark Fischenich (Mankota Free Press) At a time when oil prices have made it particularly painful to gas up a
July 25, 2022 Read Full Article
Research Finds More Emissions Benefits at Lower Cost from Accelerated Fleet Turnover and Use of Bio- and Renewable Fuels than Switching to Electrified Medium and Heavy-Duty Trucks
(Diesel Technology Forum/Globe Newswire) A new study that evaluates several approaches to reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) and other emissions from medium
July 25, 2022 Read Full Article
Avfuel and Neste Supply SAF to Viva Aerobus
(Avfuel) Fulfilling its commitment made on World Environment Day, Viva Aerobus—Mexico’s ultra-low-cost airline—took its first flight powered by sustainable aviation fuel
July 25, 2022 Read Full Article
Exploding Acreage
by Susanne Retka Schill (Biodiesel Magazine) Three developers take different approaches to filling the expected surge for demand in oilseeds
July 22, 2022 Read Full Article
Sequestering In Place
by Luke Geiver (Ethanol Producer Magazine) Pipeline aggregation of ethanol plant CO2 has captured industry attention, but stand-alone CCS projects might
July 22, 2022 Read Full Article
In Pursuit of Pure: The Quest to Make E85 a Totally Biobased Fuel
by Melissa Anderson (Ethanol Producer Magazine) San Diego-based Pearson Fuels is showing its wholesale customers that E85 can be made
July 22, 2022 Read Full Article
Victor Tango Foxtrot – The Pursuit of Affordable Sustainable Aviation Fuels at Scale
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In aviation fuels as elsewhere in life, it’s sustainable, affordable, available, pick two out of three.
July 21, 2022 Read Full Article
The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Aemetis
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Earnings season calls, and one of the bioeconomy’s most dynamic and innovative public companies has
July 20, 2022 Read Full Article
Chevron to ZEVron: CVX’s Acquisition of Renewable Energy Group Powers Its Search for Net Zero
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ... This summer, the Iowa-Chevron tie has been revived with Chevron’s acquisition of Iowa-based Renewable Energy Group,
July 20, 2022 Read Full Article
Lawmakers Are Urging EPA to Get RFS Back on Track
by Currey McCullough (RFD TV) Just this morning (July 19, 2022) on a call with ag reporters, Iowa Senator Chuck
July 20, 2022 Read Full Article
Union Pacific Tests 100% Biobased Diesel Fuel in 4 Locomotives
(Union Pacific Railroad/Biobased Diesel Daily) Four Union Pacific locomotives providing service to a San Bernardino sand and gravel mine are
July 19, 2022 Read Full Article
Can We Hack DNA in Plants to Help Fight Climate Change?
by Madeleine Stone (National Geographic) Using CRISPR genome editing on a few common crops, a team of plant and soil
July 19, 2022 Read Full Article
CEMEX USA Chooses CNG & Bio-CNG for Southern California Truck Fleet
(CEMEX/NGV Journal) CEMEX USA has added close to 40 low-emission CNF-powered trucks to replace diesel powered vehicles in its Southern California
July 19, 2022 Read Full Article
Boeing and Alder Fuels Partner to Scale Sustainable Aviation Fuel Globally
(Boeing/CISION PR Newswire) - Conversion of sustainable forest and agricultural residues can displace the need for typical jet fuel by up
July 19, 2022 Read Full Article
Optimus Technologies, Inc. Secures California Executive Orders: Decarbonizing the Heavy-Duty Transportation Sector through the Use of 100% Biodiesel
(Optimus Technologies) B100 Technology Arrives in California for the First Time -- Optimus Technologies, Inc. is a clean energy technology
July 19, 2022 Read Full Article
Two Cheers for the EU’s New Fit for 55 Transport Fuels Policy -- Um, Why Not 3 Cheers?
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ... The EU policy includes a blending obligation for fuel suppliers. Starting in 2025, the aviation
July 19, 2022 Read Full Article
Moving Stepwise toward State Clean Fuel Standards
by Susanne Retka Schill (Ethanol Producer Magazine) From Minnesota to Nebraska, discussions around performance-based fuel standards are bringing a broad
July 19, 2022 Read Full Article
Biobased Diesel by the Numbers
by John Campbell (Biobased Diesel Daily/Ocean Park) Renewable diesel and biodiesel production capacity may soon exceed domestic feedstock availability and
July 18, 2022 Read Full Article
RFA: California Takes Big Step toward E15 Approval with Release of Emissions Study
(Renewable Fuels Association) The state of California took an important step toward approving the use of cleaner, lower-cost E15 today (July
July 18, 2022 Read Full Article
Jacobson: Ethanol Production Critical to Nebraska Ag
by Mike Jacobson (North Platt Telegraph) ... In 2021, approximately 31% of Nebraska’s corn crop was utilized in ethanol plants.
July 15, 2022 Read Full Article
Twelve to Deploy World’s First Industrial-Scale Carbon Transformation Platform
(Twelve/Business Wire) DCVC leads a $130 million financing to increase the production of materials made from captured CO2 for customers