In Washington, D.C., the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management awarded $8 million in federal funding for four projects to develop and test algae-based technologies that capture and utilize carbon dioxide from power systems or other industrial sources to create valuable products and services, biomass and bi-products. Using algae, the […]
In Oregon, Governor Kate Brown signed a new law, HB 3051, that revises state law to clarify that gasoline sold in Oregon must contain at least 10 percent ethanol and gives retailers the ability to offer higher ethanol blends, like E15, across the state benefitting consumers and the environment. The new law is an important […]
In Brazil, Good Food Institute Brazil’s Biomas Project will allocate up to $27,500 (R$135,000) to each research project that transforms native Amazon and Cerrado plant species, such as babaçu and macaúba, into raw materials for the alternative protein industry. The deadline to apply is July 13. In Brazil, a new species of fauna and flora […]
In heartbreak for biofuel producers, Friday’s 6-3 ruling from U.S. Supreme Court backed oil refineries and overturned a lower court’s decision with regard to small refinery exemptions from the Clean Air Act’s Renewable Fuel Standard requirements, even though the companies’ prior exemptions expired. The long battle of oil vs biofuel seems to go on and […]
The world’s first “whole muscle seafood alternative” via fermentation is here according to AquaCultured Foods, thanks to using fungi to produce seafood substitutes for products like calamari, shrimp, whitefish, and tuna. And North Carolina-based Biomason has commercialized its tiles and bricks made out of bacteria as an alternative to CO2 high-polluting cement, with H&M planning […]
In New York, Reuters reports that U.S. merchant refiners have amassed up to a $1.6 billion shortfall in credits they need to comply with U.S. biofuel laws, according to a Reuters review of corporate disclosures, an apparent bet that the Biden administration could let them off the hook or that credit prices will fall. Some […]
In Spain, Repsol, Bilbobus, and Alsa launched the first pilot project in Spain to use HVO, a net zero emissions fuel. Over the next four months, 12 buses in the fleet of Bilbobus, the Bilbao city bus line, will run on advanced residue-based biofuels. HVO is an advanced, 100%-renewable biofuel that meets the European Union […]
In the Netherlands, Delta Energy Fuel Supply & Trading was granted the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification and will be supplying Biobunkers in the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp region from July 2021. Delta Energy is now a member of ISCC and is working on reducing their own GHG savings and looking to a sustainable future within the full […]
In Washington, D.C., the Renewable Fuels Association slammed the Wells Fargo note to investors on the subject of the Renewable Fuel Standard and its compliance credit (RIN) market mechanism, saying it is so replete with factual errors and falsehoods that they want to correct the record. Secondly, RFA understands the Wells Fargo note is being […]
In California, enzyme engineering company, Codexis, is raising its guidance for 2021, following the receipt of a binding purchase order for up to $13.9 million of a proprietary high performance enzyme product from an undisclosed global pharmaceutical company. The majority of this order was not included in Codexis’ prior guidance for 2021; accordingly, the Company […]
