In Canada, plans to build renewable diesel refineries from waste using Cielo’s technology in both Medicine Hat and Grand Prairie, Alberta appear to be moving forward, even if not as quickly as developers would like. Cielo’s first demonstration facility in Alberta has nearly reached production capacity. The planned $20 million facility in Grand Prairie needs […]
In Connecticut, American GreenFuels recently launched its “You Are What You Heat” campaign, which is dedicated to educate consumers about the option to heat their home with Bioheat® heating oil, utilizing certified biodiesel produced by American GreenFuels. American GreenFuels’ biodiesel is a renewable, cleaner-burning alternative to diesel fuel that reduces dependence on foreign oil, creates […]
In Washington, Reuters reports that Exxon Mobil received a hardship waiver for its Montana 60,000 bpd refinery from the Environmental Protection Agency so that the smaller refinery didn’t have to comply with its RIN requirements for 2017 under the Renewable Fuels Standard. Now Exxon is the largest company known to have received a hardship waiver. […]
In South Dakota, the Associated Press reports that project developers are looking to build an ethanol plant in the Napa Junction area where a grain shuttling business opened recently and a pelleting business is under construction. Already a condition use permit for the proposed facility will be voted upon December 28 by the Yankton County […]
In Nebraska, Reuters reports that Pacific Ethanol has laid off nearly half of its workers at the Aurora ethanol plant, shutting down 45 million gallons of production with no immediate plans to restart. The plant’s remaining 110 million gallons of production continues to operate despite low ethanol margins that are forcing facilities to wind down […]
In Sweden, starting December 19 bio aviation fuel will be used for a couple of days at Swedish airports Stockholm Arlanda Airport, Göteborg Landvetter Airport, Bromma Stockholm Airport, Visby Airport and Luleå Airport. Swedavia is one of only a few companies in the world that have been supplied with aviation biofuel during 2018. Swedavia’s delivery […]
In Illinois, University of Illinois researchers report they can convert wet biowaste, such as swine manure and food scraps, into a fuel that can be blended with diesel and that shares diesel’s combustion efficiency and emissions profile. The researchers report the findings in the journal Nature Sustainability. Hydrothermal liquification is a potential solution to this […]
In Indonesia, the Jakarta Post reports that despite implementation of a B20 mandate in September, oil imports even rose in November by more than 26% over October despite the aim of the policy being to lower fossil fuel imports. Total fossil fuel imports for the year through November were nearly 6% higher on the year. […]
It looks like the BioIncredibles from Industrial Microbes in Emeryville, CA have come up with something that may well be in the long run more potent than even the stunning 2018 box-office performance of The Incredibles 2 from Pixar, also in Emeryville, which recently passed the billion-dollar box office mark and is now Pixar’s biggest […]
Carbon Engineering is commercializing two clean energy technologies that can rapidly accelerate our shift to a net-zero world by removing carbon dioxide directly from the atmosphere and converting it to fuel. Geoffrey Holmes, Business Development lead from Carbon Engineering gave this illuminating overview of their Direct Air Capture technology and their Air to Fuels technology […]
