In Kansas, in a recently signed contract with KAAPA Partners Aurora, LLC, ICM has agreed to be the engineering, procurement and construction contractor for a portion of an ethanol plant upgrade in Aurora, Nebraska. The plant, owned by KAAPA Partners Aurora, L.L.C., will be retrofitted with ICM’s P10 Process Optimization™, which is designed to reduce […]
In Michigan, Michigan Milk Producers Association (MMPA) and Canadian Dairy Distillery announced a joint initiative that will transform a dairy byproduct into the world’s lowest carbon-intensity ethanol, adding to the biofuel supply for cars and trucks. Ontario-based Dairy Distillery developed technology to transform a lactose-rich dairy byproduct, called milk permeate into vodka, aptly named Vodkow. […]
In Finland, UPM Biochemicals has further expanded its distribution network in Europe and Turkey for its UPM BioMotion Renewable Functional Fillers (RFF), an innovative new category of bio-based products. This strong distribution partner network expands the reach of RFF into new markets and will enable UPM Biochemicals to accelerate the sustainable transformation of the chemical […]
In Washington state, the Seattle Times newspaper reports that SkyNRG has chosen to build its $800 million sustainable aviation fuel facility, in part thanks to Washington state’s new policy supporting SAF production and speeding up permitting. The 30 million gallon per year facility should be online by 2028 or 2029. The exact location is still […]
In California, Frontier has facilitated its first set of offtake agreements with Charm Industrial, totaling $53 million. Frontier buyers will pay Charm to remove 112,000 tons of CO₂ from the atmosphere and store them permanently underground between 2024 and 2030. Buyers will pay a price per ton that will decline by at least 37% between […]
In Nebraska, electrofuels provider Infinium and comprehensive carbon management company Navigator CO2 have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding and long-term relationship for Navigator to deliver 600,000 tons per annum of biogenic carbon dioxide from its Heartland Greenway system to a future Infinium facility for the production of electrofuels, also known as eFuels. Infinium is […]
In California, Capstone Green Energy Corporation announced that Micropower Europe S.L., its distributor in Spain and Portugal, has secured an order for a C800 Signature Series with a Micropower biogas treatment unit and four heat recovery modules. The unit will be operated at a landfill to produce electricity for waste management and recycling operations. It […]
In Washington, Ijomah Oputa, 54, of Los Angeles, California, pleaded guilty and was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Trevor N. McFadden to 40 months’ imprisonment for wire fraud in connection with the generation and sale of fraudulent renewable fuel credits, from 2017 through 2021. Oputa created a fake renewable fuel importing company and fraudulently generated […]
In the Netherlands, SPIE Netherlands and C-Green are collaborating on the first Dutch modular plant to convert sewage sludge into biofuel. The innovative system – developed by C-Green – converts wet biomass (sludge) into the dry product hydrochar in an energy-efficient manner. During the production process, five kilos of sludge are converted into one kilo […]
In California, Origin Materials, Inc. and Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited announced a strategic partnership to accelerate the mass production of bio-based materials to explore initiatives related to the rapid commercialization of low-carbon, bio-based materials. Initiatives include evaluating the use of existing Indorama Ventures’ units in the United States with some modification to commercially produce […]
