In Tennessee, Eco-Energy has commenced operations at its newly built renewable feedstock distribution facility located in Newton, Iowa. The facility will provide Marathon Petroleum Company the ability to aggregate renewable feedstocks (e.g., distillers corn oil, soybean oil, animal fats and used cooking oil) from throughout Iowa for outbound distribution to the rapidly growing renewable diesel […]
In Tennessee, MarketWatch reports Delek U.S. Holdings announced that it idled its three biodiesel plants in Arkansas, Texas, and Mississippi during the second quarter of 2024 due to a significant downturn in the biodiesel market. This decision led to a $22.1 million impairment for the Tennessee-based fuels producer. The three plants, which collectively have a […]
In Tennessee, researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Maine have designed and 3D-printed a single-piece, recyclable natural-material floor panel tested to be strong enough to replace construction materials like steel. The project is part of the Sustainable Materials & Manufacturing Alliance for Renewable Technologies, or SM2ART, program. The SM2ART […]
In Tennessee, Trillium Renewable Chemicals has chosen the INEOS Green Lake site, located in Port Lavaca, Texas, for its first demonstration-scale plant to produce biobased acrylonitrile. The process, which uses glycerol as feedstock, has already been tested at pilot scale. Acrylonitrile is a key raw material in numerous industries, including toys, auto parts, aerospace components, […]
In Tennessee, sustainable molded fiber and biomaterials company Genera recently announced it has broken ground on the nearly $350 million expansion of its Sustainable Biomaterials Campus, enabling increased manufacturing, production and distribution operations. The expansion adds more than 150,000 square feet to Genera’s existing facility and will house more than 60 robotic thermoforming machines, a […]
In Tennessee, a producer of compostable packaging solutions has broken ground on a $350-million expansion of its Vonore Sustainable Biomaterials Campus. Genera’s products are made from locally grown regenerative grasses. The expansion adds more than 150,000 square feet to Genera’s existing facility and will house more than 60 robotic thermoforming machines, a fleet of autonomously […]
