In France, Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. hosted a groundbreaking ceremony at its new second-generation bioethanol plant located in Tartas, Les Landes France, on June 15, 2023. The plant’s construction commenced in January 2023. RYAM’s new bioethanol plant will capture residual sugars from existing biomaterials refinement processes and convert those sugars into 2G bioethanol. This project […]
In India, Aemetis, Inc. announced that its Universal Biofuels subsidiary in India is on schedule with biodiesel shipments to the three government-owned Oil Marketing Company (OMC) customers with $27 million (80%) of the $34 million of second quarter contracted deliveries already completed. The combined orders for Q2 2023 comprised about 8 million gallons of biodiesel […]
In California, Astra Energy California Inc. has finalized an agreement with Phambili, USA who solidifies municipal solid waste and organic waste processing to a non-waste material and refinement to valuable market commodities, such as sustainable aviation fuel. The strategic partnership is intended to combine total waste processing utilizing Regreen Technologies Inc.’s energy pellets with the […]
In Belgium, production and use of renewable ethanol from ePURE members reduced greenhouse-gas emissions by an average of 78.4% compared to fossil fuels in 2022, according to newly certified data. It was the 11th consecutive year in which EU renewable ethanol increased its GHG-reduction score. The record-breaking figure highlights the continuing innovation of the European […]
In New York state, Plug Power Inc will supply Blue EnerFreeze, the energy subsidiary of STEF, the European market leader in the transportation and logistics of food products, with a complete green hydrogen ecosystem across two distribution centers, before potentially expanding further into their network of over 100 sites. One of the distribution centers is […]
In Belgium, ArcelorMittal and LanzaTech Global Inc. announced the next step toward full operation of ArcelorMittal’s commercial flagship carbon capture and utilisation (‘CCU’) facility in Ghent, Belgium. The €200 million ‘Steelanol’ facility is a first of its kind for the European steel industry, deploying technology developed by leading carbon utilization company LanzaTech. This week saw […]
In Washington, Brownfield Ag News reports Energy Information Administration data shows ethanol production fell slightly last week to an average of 1.018 million barrels per day. As a result, ethanol stocks fell to 22.226 million, down 722,000 barrels from the week prior and 971,000 barrels from the same period last year. Exports also fell last […]
In the UK, Argent Fuels, a supplier of environmentally friendly fuel in the UK, has announced a partnership with Transdev, a prominent bus operator in the North of England. The collaboration will reduce carbon emissions by over 3,600 tonnes per year through the use of sustainable biodiesel. Under the agreement, Argent Fuels will assist Transdev […]
In Iowa, the Iowa Capital Dispatch reports that W2Fuel has decided to close its doors in part because of the uncertainty around the $1 per gallon biodiesel production credit which is required to offset the required upgrade investments. The facility was originally mothballed in 2019 when the biodiesel credit last expired and took until 2021 […]
In Ireland, Musgrave, one of Ireland’s largest business truck fleet operators, has announced the roll out of Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) fuel across its network of almost 500 vehicles. By 2030, half of the Musgrave fleet will operate on alternative fuel, with an overall ambition for the entire fleet to be net zero by 2040. […]
