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Semi-Sweet on GREET Street: US decision on SAF tax credits is bold for residues; tepid for grains, oilseeds
In Washington, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service released guidance on the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Credit established by the Inflation Reduction Act. The Treasury Department’s guidance provides important clarity around eligibility for the SAF Credit. The credit incentivizes the production of SAF that achieves a lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions reduction of […]
ABLC Next 2024 announced: themes, topics, dates, sectors
In Florida, the Daily Digest announced that the Advanced Bioeconomy Leadership Conference on Next-Gen Projects & Technologies, ABLC NEXT 2024, will take place at the Hotel Nikko in San Francisco, October 23-25, 2024, as the industry undertakes more Networking for Net Zero. More than 600 delegates and 100 speakers are expected from more than 400 […]
The Turin Joint Statement on Sustainable Biofuels – the background
The Turin Joint Statement on Sustainable Biofuels has now been released, and is here. WHAT THE TURIN JOINT STATEMENT (TJS) IS The Turin Joint Statement seeks to focus attention on G7 Ministers (and be extension heads of state) regarding the need for sustainable biofuels to achieve climate goals such as Net Zero by 2050. The […]
The Turin Joint Statement on Sustainable Biofuels – the complete text
Turin, Italy — 28 April 2024 To Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, UK, USA, and European Commission We the undersigned, noting that, despite efforts to diversify energy sources, fossil fuels still meet 95% of the overall energy needs of the transport sector, which currently accounts for 26% of global final energy consumption and […]
For SAF’s Take-off, look to India’s policies
By Eric McAfee, CEO, Aemetis Special to The Digest The political question is simple: Is fighting climate change a war? Or is appearing to “fight” climate change, improve air quality and create domestic jobs merely a way to raise some campaign funding from major oil companies in exchange for doing nothing? We win wars by […]
8-Slide Guides
The Digest’s 2024 Multi-Slide Guide to Cemvita
We’ve engineered microbes that turn the waste such as CO2 into helpful compounds, therefore closing the carbon/waste loop and address those recovery and production processes that, in current heavy industry, creates waste and emission outputs. Cemvita’s Pedro Barcia presented these slides on the company’s production of SAF feedstocks at ABLC 2024.
The Digest’s 2024 Multi-Slide Guide to NEXT Renewables
Haffner Energy’s expertise has been forged over more than 30 years of experience. 30 years’ experience designing, developing and bringing to market a pioneering, patented technology that produces clean fuels with a neutral-to-negative carbon footprint: biomass thermolysis. Company president Marcella Francho presented these slides at ABLC 2024 on the company’s technology journey and future prospects.
The Digest’s 2024 Multi-Slide Guide to Sustainable Change, the Worley view
Worley’s come a long way from its origins in Sydney in the 1970s, a major player on the global energy scene now for nearly 30 years, and moving sharply into de-fossilized and de-carbonized strategies and projects in recent years. Tom Foster, CEO of Worley Consulting, gave an address at ABLC 2024 and presented these slides […]
The Digest’s 2024 Multi-Slide Guide to DG Fuels
DG Fuels is an emerging leader in renewable hydrogen and biogenic based, synthetic low emissions aviation and diesel fuel, and this deck looks at their second-generation cellulosic biofuel and their market expansion plans, whose hydrogen content is derived from water electrolysis and uses a Fischer Tropsch based process with 96% carbon feedstock conversion efficiency and […]
The Digest’s 2024 Multi-Slide Guide to the DOE Billion Ton Report
The US Department of Energy’s Billion-Ton Report: Assessment of US renewable carbon resources aims to inform research, development, and deployment strategies. The fourth in a DOE series, the report updates on the latest economic conditions, offers better clarity in terms of additional production potential vs current production, looks at level of resource utilization, production potential […]
The Latest World News
Holland America Line starts long-term biofuel test on flagship
In the Netherlands, Holland America Line announced the start of a long-term biofuel test on its flagship, Rotterdam, leveraging 100% low carbon intensity biofuel while sailing within the Norwegian World Heritage Fjords. The ship bunkered the biofuel before leaving the Port of Rotterdam, the Netherlands, April 27, 2024, and will operate one of its four […]
FuelCell Energy and Toyota launch first-of-its-kind “Tri-gen” system in California
In California, FuelCell Energy, Inc. and Toyota Motor North America, Inc. celebrated the grand opening of the first-of-its-kind “Tri-gen” system at the Port of Long Beach, California this week. Tri-gen uses biogas to produce renewable electricity, renewable hydrogen, and usable water, and was built to support the vehicle processing and distribution center for Toyota Logistics Services (TLS) […]
Quadrise expands JDA with Vertoro to include testing at sea
In the UK, Quadrise Plc provided an update on its Joint Development Agreement with biofuel specialists, Vertoro BV. Quadrise has been collaborating with Vertoro since September 2022 to incorporate their novel and cost-effective sustainable biofuels in bioMSAR. Following the successful production and testing of stable blends of bioMSAR containing up to 40% of Vertoro’s crude […]
Archaea Energy starts up RNG plant in Kansas
In Texas, bp’s Archaea Energy announced the official startup of its largest original Archaea Modular Design (AMD) renewable natural gas plant to date in Shawnee, Kansas, just outside of Kansas City. The plant, which is fully-owned by Archaea, is located next to a large, privately-owned landfill. Using the AMD, the Shawnee plant captures the gas […]
Kent lands FEED contract for Fulcrum BioEnergy NorthPoint project
In the UK, Kent has been awarded the FEED (Front End Engineering Design) contract for a groundbreaking initiative spearheaded by Fulcrum BioEnergy. Fulcrum’s NorthPoint project is designed to convert approximately 600,000 metric tons of pre-processed waste into 100 million liters of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF). With a focus on developing projects to produce net-zero transport […]
R&D News
UNL researchers crack algae genomic code
In Nebraska, plant life first emerged on land about 550 million years ago, and an international research team co-led by the University of Nebraska–Lincoln has cracked the genomic code of its humble beginnings, which made possible all other terrestrial life on Earth, including humans. The team — about 50 scientists in eight countries – has generated […]
ETH Zurich researchers engineer bacteria to use methanol to produce products
In Switzerland, researchers at ETH Zurich have engineered bacteria in the laboratory to efficiently use methanol. The metabolism of these bacteria can now be tapped into to produce valuable products currently made by the chemical industry from fossil fuels. Bacteria that feed on methanol, known as methylotrophs, are at the centre of these efforts. Containing […]
Nigerian researcher uses eggshells as catalyst for biodiesel production
In Nigeria, the Punch newspaper reports a professor from University of Ilorin has successfully produced biodiesel by using eggshells as a catalyst for transesterification in an effort to increase the availability of locally available products for biofuel production. She said using eggshells would help to increase the economic viability of the domestic poultry indsutry while […]
Avantium R&D Solutions teams with TNO to manufacture PEM electrolyser test stations
In the Netherlands, Avantium R&D Solutions has signed a partnership agreement with The Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) for the manufacturing of PEM (proton exchange membrane) electrolyser test stations. The PEM electrolyser is the key technology for the production of green hydrogen. Under the partnership with TNO, Avantium will get access to TNO’s […]
ETH Zurich researchers have engineered bacteria in the lab to efficiently use methanol
In Switzerland, ETH Zurich said that a group of its researchers have engineered bacteria in the laboratory to efficiently use methanol. The metabolism of these bacteria can now be tapped into to produce valuable products currently made by the chemical industry from fossil fuels, ETH Zurich said. Researchers explained that methanol can be synthesized from […]
Policy & Policymakers
Spanish regulators approve rules to make biomethane grid connection easier
In Spain, the National Markets and Competition Commission (CNMC) has approved the resolution (RDC/DE/004/22 ) that will simplify the procedures for biomethane producers to connect their facilities to the gas network in an agile, transparent and non-discriminatory manner. During 2023, the 9 plants connected to the system produced 243 GWh, 40% more than in 2022. Currently, […]
European Commission awards $768M to seven renewable hydrogen projects
In Belgium, the European Commission is awarding nearly €720 million to seven renewable hydrogen projects in Europe, selected through the first competitive bidding process under the European Hydrogen Bank. The funds for this auction come from the revenues of the EU Emissions Trading System. The winning bidders will produce renewable hydrogen in Europe and will […]
Coalition urges EPA to propose robust 2026 RFS by November deadline
In Washington, nine trade associations representing feedstock providers, advanced biofuel producers, and low-carbon fuel customers wrote to EPA Administrator Michael Regan, urging the agency to propose and finalize robust 2026 Renewable Fuel Standard volumes by this November’s statutory deadline. The letter highlights the dramatic drop in the value of RFS compliance credits (or RINs) in […]
Nebraska governor signs SAF bill into law
In Nebraska, Growth Energy celebrated legislation signed last week by Governor Jim Pillen that will speed investment in Nebraska’s production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Originally introduced by state Sen. George Dungan and incorporated into a broader bill by Sen. Eliot Bostar, this Nebraska SAF tax credit (LB937) will provide a $0.75 per gallon tax credit […]
The Turin Joint Statement on Sustainable Biofuels – the background
The Turin Joint Statement on Sustainable Biofuels has now been released, and is here. WHAT THE TURIN JOINT STATEMENT (TJS) IS The Turin Joint Statement seeks to focus attention on G7 Ministers (and be extension heads of state) regarding the need for sustainable biofuels to achieve climate goals such as Net Zero by 2050. The […]
Other Recent Articles
Finland teams with Exponential Roadmap Initiative in Race to Zero
In Finland, Neste and the Exponential Roadmap Initiative (ERI) have started collaboration aiming to align with the criteria of the UN Climate Change High-Level Champion’s Race to Zero. The aim of the collaboration is to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by accelerating climate action in the business and its global value chains. The UN […]
P6 Technologies launches LCA for biogas cloud-based software solution
In Texas, P6 Technologies, Inc. announced the launch of its LCA for biogas cloud-based software solution. This marks a significant milestone for P6 as the biogas market is rapidly expanding, requiring enterprise solutions that scale. The P6 LCA for Biogas solution further positions P6 for accelerated growth as it develops software solutions that are critical towards accelerating the reduction […]
Plug secures first international PEM electrolyzer certification in Korea
In New York, Plug Power said it had secured the first international safety and performance certification in Korea for electrolyzer manufacturing, enabling the commercial sale of Plug electrolyzer systems in the Korean market. This achievement was completed through Plug’s collaboration with SK E&S in the form of SK Plug HyVerse, a joint venture aimed at […]
Actis-Fortescue consortium awarded rights to develop green hydrogen project In Oman
In Oman, a consortium between Actis and Fortescue has been awarded the rights to develop, build, own and operate a large green hydrogen project in Oman. Hydrogen Oman SPC (Hydrom), an independent entity founded by the Omani government to orchestrate and deliver the nation’s green hydrogen strategy, announced the consortium was a winning bidder in […]
BP seeks approval for hydrogen plant in the UK
In the UK, BBC reported that BP is seeking planning approval to build a hydrogen plant on Teesside, in the UK. This process follows a consultation it led into its proposed HyGreen project in Redcar in 2023, according to the report. BP said the plant would produce hydrogen by breaking down water using electricity. The […]
NGK Insulators gets batteries order for large-scale hydrogen project
In The Netherlands, Offshore Energy reported that Japan’s NGK Insulators has received a NAS batteries order from BASF Stationary Energy Storage (BSES), a subsidiary of German BASF, for a large-scale green hydrogen production project, developed by German HH2E. According to NGK, the NAS batteries that have been ordered have a maximum output of 18 megawatts […]
