In Texas, Darling Ingredients’ Diamond Green Diesel (DGD) joint venture has received the necessary air permit from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), making construction one step closer on the proposed renewable diesel plant known as DGD III in Port Arthur, Texas. DGD continues to work through its gated project development process and a […]
In Texas, the San Antonio Business Journal reports Earth Energy Renewables has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, listing debts of between $1 million and $10 million against assets of between $10 million and $50 million. The company uses a waste-to-energy technology developed by Texas A&M University professor that produces organic acids and esters. It […]
In Texas, a cell-based meat startup aims to have a brisket prototype ready in just two years. Katie Kam, cofounder and CEO of the cleverly named BioBQ, tells The Spoon the company grows fat, muscle, and collagen cells using scaffolding to produce the marbling associated with the slow-cooked barbeque mainstay. “With each sheet about two […]
In Texas, Platts reports it estimate for corn crushing margins for ethanol have been squeezed by rising corn futures prices to just 4.57 cents per gallon on Oct. 12 compared to 5.76 cents the week prior. Between Oct. 5 and Oct. 12, corn futures prices rose to $3.89/bu, an increase of 9.5 cents, following a […]
In Texas, a team of scientists from nine universities and research facilities hope to find out how to make switchgrass — a fast-growing perennial native to the U.S. — into a biofuel powerhouse. It’s part of new project from the U.S. Department of Energy. In nature, switchgrass sequesters carbon underground in its roots, produces cellulose […]
In Texas, Lummus Technology announced the successful start-up of its CDTaee unit for Hellenic Petroleum’s refinery in Aspropyrgos, Greece. For this start-up, the existing CDTame® unit was revamped to the latest generation of CDTaee technology for bio-ethers production. The new CDTaee unit will not only help Hellenic meet its biofuel requirements in Greece, but also […]
In Texas, researchers at Texas A&M University have created a stronger carbon-fiber composite by incorporating recycled wood waste. The newly discovered material overcomes a persistent challenge with such composites and be a gamechanger for creating stronger, lighter materials, researchers say. Polymers reinforced by carbon fibers are strong but also lightweight, and for that reason can […]
In Texas, Seeking Alpha reports that Valero’s most recent Q2 earnings show that renewable diesel has surpassed refining and ethanol as the primary source of operating income. The other two segments suffered severe losses due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The company expects renewable diesel margins to remain about $2 per gallon throughout […]
In Texas, TechnipFMC says its proprietary Hummingbird ethanol-to-ethylene technology has been selected by LanzaTech Inc. for a key application which, when combined with LanzaTech’s Alcohol-to-Jet (ATJ) technology, can be used to manufacture sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) using ethanol as raw material. LanzaTech’s spin off sustainable aviation fuel company, LanzaJet, is the exclusive licensor of the […]
In Texas, ICIS reports that after suffering a slight dip and then flattening out, spot ethanol prices are rising again in line with increased gasoline demand as COVID-19 travel restrictions ease up. Prices still haven’t recovered to pre-COVID levels but supplies remain tight, so the support is there for prices to continue higher. Even though […]
