In the UK, Fulcrum BioEnergy, Inc. announced that its United Kingdom subsidiary, Fulcrum BioEnergy, Ltd., has received a grant of approximately $20.2 million from the UK Department for Transport Advanced Fuels Fund. The grant, which runs through to 2025, will support development of Fulcrum NorthPoint, a residual waste to sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) facility which […]
In California, Fulcrum BioEnergy, Inc. it has successfully produced a low-carbon synthetic crude oil using landfill waste as a feedstock at its Sierra BioFuels Plant, the world’s first commercial-scale landfill waste-to-fuels plant. This significant achievement positions Fulcrum as a renewable fuels leader producing and selling net-zero carbon fuel and addresses climate change by supporting the […]
From Nevada comes the long-awaited news that Fulcrum BioEnergy has successfully produced a low-carbon synthetic crude oil using landfill waste as a feedstock at its commercial-scale Sierra BioFuels Plant. Sierra is the first and at present the largest landfill waste-to-fuels plant. Whew. They made it by Christmas. In fact, they saved Christmas, for so many […]
In Illinois, the Chicago Tribune newspaper reports Gary Advocates for Responsible Development plans to file a petition claiming potential health concerns resulting from the proposed Fulcrum BioEnergy sustainable aviation fuel facility in Gary. The Indiana Department of Environmental Management approved the project’s air permit in August but the environmental group plans to file the petition […]
If the bioeconomy were a galaxy and the heavy-duty fuels were the constellation Big Heavy, two of the brightest and longest-lived stars would be Fulcrum BioEnergy and Ensyn Fuels. Of late, attention has been steering towards newcomers such as Alder Fuels, T2C Energy, and a host of new projects getting off the ground — DG […]
In Indiana, the Chicago Tribune reports Fulcrum Bioenergy has received its air permit from the Indiana Department of Environmental Management for the company’s proposed $600 million Fulcrum Centerpoint waste-to-SAF facility near Gary in the Buffington Harbor area. The facility would use 530,000 tons of preprocessed nonhazardous organic and carbon-based household trash to produce 33 million […]
In California, SK Innovation, the energy arm of South Korea’s SK Group has completed a $20 million equity investment in Fulcrum Bioenergy. In addition, Fulcrum and SK Innovation will work together to enter into an exclusive licensing agreement providing the opportunity to explore the possibilities of bringing Fulcrum’s patented and proprietary waste-to-fuel process to South Korea […]
Welcome news from California arrived, Fulcrum BioEnergy has completed commissioning of its waste-to-syngas phase and initial operations have started at its Sierra BioFuels Plant. The Sierra Biorefinery is processing prepared waste feedstock and producing hydrocarbon synthetic gas, or syngas, ready for conventional Fischer-Tropsch fuel production that will take place on site. Combined with Fulcrum’s operations […]
In California, Fulcrum BioEnergy, Inc announced the completion of an interim financing to fund Fulcrum’s second waste-to-fuels project, culminating in the issuance by the Indiana Finance Authority of $375 million of Environmental Improvement Revenue Bonds through Fulcrum’s wholly owned subsidiary Fulcrum Centerpoint, LLC (Centerpoint). Proceeds from the offering will be held in escrow with the […]
In South Korea, SK and an undisclosed Korean private equity partners have invested $50 million in Fulcrum BioEnergy, the waste-to-fuels company now commissioning its first commercial project near Reno, Nevada. SK Inc. aims to make an inroad into the Korean bioenergy market with SK Ecoplant, another SK Group company, as a potential partner. SK Ecoplant […]
