RNG Remains the Most Immediate, Cost-Effective Way to Decarbonize Heavy-Duty Transportation Washington, DC – Last calendar year marked the fifth consecutive year that commercial fleets in the State of California fueled by bio-CNG (renewable natural gas, or RNG) achieved a carbon-negative transportation outcome, according to a report released today by The Transport Project (TTP) and RNG Coalition alongside partner California Renewable Transportation Alliance (CRTA). Lowest carbon intensity fuel: -194 Renewable …

The international biofuels industry has found an unlikely ally in the waste management sector. A heightened global urgency to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) is incentivizing renewable fuels production like never before, but the International Energy Agency (IEA) recently warned of an impending feedstock shortage for biodiesel, renewable diesel and biojet (aviation fuel) production, estimated to last through 2027 if …

Robison to Offer Customers B20 BioFuel to Save Money and the Environment  The Leading home comfort company is a leader in sustainable energy PORT CHESTER – August 29, 2023– As the home heating season begins, Robison is offering its customers a new, cleaner form of heating oil that will help the environment and save them money. “Robison is proud to …

  mtu Kinetic PowerPack for uninterruptible power supply now even more environmentally friendly Tests show: no loss of performance with HVO fuel System consists of mtu diesel engine coupled to kinetic energy accumulator via electromagnetic clutch and a synchronous machine   Rolls-Royce has approved its mtu Kinetic PowerPacks, based on the mtu Series 4000 and 1600 diesel engines, for use …

Manchester, 19 May 2022 – A gasification pioneer aims to seal the UK’s low-carbon future after winning a Government grant worth nearly £300,000 to develop waste-to-hydrogen production technology, innovation funding specialist Catax can reveal. Compact Syngas Solutions (CSS), based in Deeside, Wales, has secured £299,886 from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) with the help of Catax. The funding comes from the Low Carbon …

Report shows 70 percent of Iowa’s on-road diesel fuel contains biodiesel Iowa Biodiesel Board points to successful state policies behind growth ANKENY, Iowa – A report released by the Iowa Department of Revenue shows biodiesel-blended fuel represented 69.9 percent of the total reported sales of on-road diesel last year in Iowa. Furthermore, blends of 11 – 20 percent biodiesel (B11 – …

The development of biofuels has plenty of research and success behind it, which is good news for the transportation industry as well as the health of the planet. Transportation is a major contributor to climate change, accounting for 29% of total anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the U.S. as of 2017, according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). That …

Over 100 Clean Trucks Powered By Renewable Fuel Now Operate At The Ports Of Long Beach And Los Angeles NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. – October 29, 2019 –Meeting the challenge to clean up some of the most polluted air in the country, Southern California has hit a new milestone with over 100 trucks outfitted with the cleanest ultra low-NOx engines available now …

Biofuels, ag leaders unite over halting Small Refinery Exemptions ANKENY, Iowa – The Iowa Biodiesel Board joined other renewable fuel and farm advocates today in thanking the president for directing the Environmental Protection Agency to properly account for future small refinery exemptions in annual Renewable Fuel Standard rules. Grant Kimberley, Iowa Biodiesel Board executive director and Iowa Soybean Association director of …

Converting Isobutanol or Fusel Oils to Renewable Diesel   ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Sept. 04, 2019 — Gevo, Inc. (NASDAQ: GEVO) a leading renewable fuels and chemicals manufacturer, announced today that it has developed proprietary, breakthrough processes that converts either low-carbon isobutanol or low-value “fusel oils,” a mixture of alcohols that are byproducts from fermentation processes such as alcohol production, into renewable …

Groups Also Cite Benefits of Re-instatement, Reform of Federal Biodiesel Tax Incentive   Two weeks after calling EPA’s notice announcing potential cuts to biodiesel volumes under the Renewable Fuel Standard a ‘bait-and-switch’ tactic, Senator Chuck Grassley spoke directly Tuesday with those the proposal would harm.  At Renewable Energy Group’s (NASDAQ: REGI) Newton, Iowa biorefinery, the message from Grassley and the industry was …

Researchers in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin have used a combination of metabolic engineering and directed evolution to develop a new, mutant yeast strain that could lead to a more efficient biofuel production process that would make biofuels more economically competitive with conventional fuels. Their findings were published online in the journal Metabolic …

Iowa Biodiesel Board says on-farm use has room to grow ANKENY, Iowa – St. Patrick’s Day isn’t the only date for celebration this week – at least not for biodiesel supporters. National Biodiesel Day is March 18, and the Iowa Biodiesel Board is taking the opportunity to remind farmers to ask for and use biodiesel as they head into spring …

AORA TO PROVIDE FIRST SOLAR-BIOGAS HYBRID POWER SOLUTION FOR OFF-GRID COMMUNITIES IN AFRICA   Ethiopian Ministry of Water, Irrigation and Energy Meets with AORA Solar Ahead of Deployment of its Tulip™ Technology   ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia & REHOVOT, Israel – AORA Solar (www.aora-solar.com), a leading developer of solar-biogas hybrid power technology, today announced it has met with the Ministry of Water, Irrigation and …

Station on O’Hare property will offer compressed natural gas (CNG), biodiesel and fast-charge charging stations for electric vehicles. CHICAGO – As part of the ongoing sustainability efforts at Chicago’s airports, the Chicago Department of Aviation (CDA) announced it has contracted with a private company to develop a 4,000-square-foot fueling station and travel center featuring a range of alternative fuels and …

Initial fueling infrastructure built at 50 locations in collaboration with Propane Education & Research Council ATLANTA, March 5, 2014 – UPS® (NYSE: UPS) today announced plans to purchase 1,000 propane package delivery trucks and install an initial 50 fueling stations at UPS locations. The investment in propane vehicles and infrastructure is approximately $70 million. The propane fleet will replace gasoline- and diesel-fueled vehicles used largely …

New Worldwatch Institute analysis examines the trends in global biofuel production In 2012, the combined global production of ethanol and biodiesel fell for the first time since 2000, down 0.4 percent from the figure in 2011. Global ethanol production declined slightly for the second year in a row, to 83.1 billion liters, while biodiesel output rose fractionally, from 22.4 billion …

Image Caption: By placing colonies of E. coli engineered to produce pinene into test tubes containing glucose, researchers were able to determine which enzyme combinations produced the hydrocarbon most efficiently. Credit: Georgia Tech/Rob Felt John Toon, Georgia Institute of Technology Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the Joint BioEnergy Institute have engineered a bacterium to synthesize pinene, a hydrocarbon produced …

Gasoline-like fuels can be made from cellulosic materials such as farm and forestry waste using a new process invented by chemists at the University of California, Davis. The process could open up new markets for plant-based fuels, beyond existing diesel substitutes. “What’s exciting is that there are lots of processes to make linear hydrocarbons, but until now nobody has been …

Trucks Episode – Making Biodiesel Trucks episode using the FuelMeister creating biodiesel. RTM Productions.