Tag: North Dakota

Meridian Energy’s Davis Refinery incorporates renewable feedstock processing

April 18, 2024 | Meghan Sapp

In North Dakota, Davis Refinery is a fully-permitted 49,500-bpd, innovative, greenfield refinery being built in Belfield, North Dakota that will utilize state-of-the-art environmental technology and controls to produce ultra clean transportation fuels for local and regional sales. In developing and permitting the Davis Refinery, Meridian developed substantial intellectual property for small full-conversion refineries that can […]

Northdale Oil considering building biodiesel plant in Grand Forks

March 30, 2024 | Juan Pedro Tomas

In North Dakota, InForum reported that Northdale Oil, a Grand Forks fuel company, is financing a feasibility study to determine whether to build a biodiesel plant in the city. The proposed biodiesel plant would process raw vegetable oil such as soybean or canola, said Tyler Stockton, Northdale Oil Inc. procurement manager. “It would not be […]

Northdale Oil studying feasibility of biodiesel plant near Grand Forks

March 27, 2024 | Meghan Sapp

In North Dakota, the Mitchell Republic newspaper reports that Northdale Oil is considering building a biodiesel plant in Grand Forks, near the company’s bulk fuel plant, that would source soybean or canola oil from local processors. The North Dakota Agricultural Products Utilization Council recently awarded the company a $50,000 grant to undertake the feasibility study […]

Red Trail Energy claims to be the first ethanol plant to enter voluntary carbon markets

March 9, 2024 | Juan Pedro Tomas

In North Dakota, Red Trail Energy (RTE), and Puro.earth announced issuance of RTE’s carbon dioxide (CO2) removal credits on the Puro Registry, making it the first ethanol production facility to generate CO2 Removal Certificates (CORCs) in the voluntary carbon market (VCM). RTE worked with clean energy advisory firm EcoEngineers to successfully register its project under […]

Red Trail Energy first to generate CO2 Removal Certificates in the voluntary carbon market

March 6, 2024 | Meghan Sapp

In North Dakota, Red Trail Energy, LLC (RTE), and Puro.earth announced issuance of RTE’s carbon dioxide (CO2) removal credits on the Puro Registry, making it the first ethanol production facility to generate CO2 Removal Certificates (CORCs) in the voluntary carbon market (VCM) and the largest durable carbon removal project registered to date. RTE will be […]

DSU researchers get $300,000 grant for microalgae research

January 3, 2024 | Juan Pedro Tomas

In North Dakota, Biodiesel Magazine reported that the USDA recently awarded two Delaware State University researchers a three-year just under $300,000 grant for a project that could leverage the properties of microalgae toward energy and cancer treatment purposes. The research is being led by Ali Parsaeimehr, Principal Investigator (PI) and DSU Postdoctoral Researcher, and Gulnihal […]