South Dakota Soybean Processors to Build New Multi-Seed Crush Plant
(Biobased Diesel Daily) South Dakota Soybean Processors LLC announced plans Feb. 9 to construct a multi-seed processing plant near Mitchell, South Dakota. The plant will have the capacity to process 35...
View ArticleNew Jet Biofuel Installation Opens the Door for a Greener Airline Industry
(European Commission CORDIS) The EU-funded ITAKA project has provided a pioneering jet biofuel that will be used at Oslo’s principal international airport, a first for commercial aviation. — The jet...
View ArticleYield10 Bioscience Field Test Results Show Seed Oil Content Increase in...
(Yield10) Increasing Oil Content in Oilseed Crops is Required to Meet the Projected Demand for Renewable Diesel — Yield10 Bioscience, Inc. (Nasdaq:YTEN) (“Yield10” or the “Company”), an agricultural...
View ArticleRNG, Renewable Fuels from Solar, Waste Wood & Carbon: The Digest’s 2022...
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Third generation tech is what Aemetis calls it – using renewable fuels for carbon capture & sequestration siphons carbon from the atmosphere into crops which are...
View ArticleRevised Future Fuels Act Would Tighten Minnesota’s Emissions Standards
by Rob Hubbard (Minnesota House Public Information/Biobased Diesel Daily) What can Minnesota do to play a role in slowing down climate change? Tim Sexton, Minnesota’s assistant transportation...
View ArticleChip Flory: Green Fuel Drives the Future of Soybeans
by Chip Flory (AgWeb) The soybean industry continues to prep for what’s expected to be demand growth for renewable diesel, sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), “green” marine fuels and higher blends of...
View ArticleWhat Feedstock Will Meet RD demand?: The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to LEC
by Helena Tavares Kennedy (Biofuels Digest) The big question lately – is there enough feedstock available to meet the increased demand for renewable diesel? Pete Rocha, EVP at Lee Enterprises...
View ArticleStudy Points to Armenian Origins of Ancient Crop with Aviation Biofuel Potential
by Talia Ogliore (Washington University in St. Louis/Phys.Org) Camelina, also known as false flax or Gold-of-Pleasure, is an ancient oilseed crop with emerging applications in the production of...
View ArticleSustainable Oils Opens North American Headquarters in Montana
(Sustainable Oils/Biomass Magazine) To the applause of onlookers, the ribbon was cut on Sustainable Oils’ new 20,000 square foot state-of-the-art North America headquarters building in Great Falls on...
View ArticleYield10 Bioscience Announces Winter Camelina Contract-Production Opportunity...
(Yield10 Bioscience/Biobased Diesel Daily) Yield10 Bioscience Inc., an agricultural bioscience company, announced June 23 an open-enrollment program for growers for contract production of winter...
View ArticleChevron to ZEVron: CVX’s Acquisition of Renewable Energy Group Powers Its...
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) … This summer, the Iowa-Chevron tie has been revived with Chevron’s acquisition of Iowa-based Renewable Energy Group, which now becomes Chevron Renewable Energy Group....
View ArticleCrop Science “Trait Factory”: The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Yield10...
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Yield10 is now launching camelina as a low Carbon Intensity biofuels feedstock crop. Long-term, they are looking at PHA camelina for high value PHA bioplastics. The...
View ArticleExploding Acreage
by Susanne Retka Schill (Biodiesel Magazine) Three developers take different approaches to filling the expected surge for demand in oilseeds with crops that promise low GHG scores. — Remember the...
View ArticleSustainable Oils to Develop Camelina Varieties via Gene Editing
(Sustainable Oils/Biomass Magazine) Sustainable Oils Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Global Clean Energy Holdings Inc., an ultra-low carbon renewable fuel company that will use nonfood camelina as...
View ArticleHusker-Led Team Exploiting Oilseeds’ Potential in Biofuels, Bioproducts
by Tiffany Lee (University of Nebraska) A University of Nebraska–Lincoln researcher is leading a team working to unlock the full potential of two oilseeds that may help meet the escalating demand for...
View ArticleUSDA Picks 70 Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities in Historic $2.8B...
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) News has arrived from Washington that the U.S. Department of Agriculture is investing up to $2.8 billion in 70 projects under the first pool of the Partnerships for...
View ArticleCamelina Company Opens New Innovation Center In Daimiel, Spain, Expanding...
(Seed Today) Camelina Company España, Europe’s largest camelina crop innovator and seed producer, today held the opening of their new Innovation Center in Daimiel, Spain. Camelina is grown for use by...
View ArticleHaarslev and Grön Fuels Form Strategic Feedstock, Marketing, and Investment...
(Fidelis New Energy/Haarslev/CISION) Haarslev Inc. (“Haarslev”) announced today that has entered a strategic marketing and investment alliance (the “Alliance”) with Gron Fuels, LLC (“Grön Fuels”), a...
View ArticleLess than Zero: Camelina Co., Praj, LanzaTech, Northwestern, GCH, Yale, NREL...
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) … We have three new centers of excellence to focus upon today. The Center for Camelina In Spain, Camelina Company España, Europe’s largest camelina crop innovator and seed...
View ArticleNEXT Renewable Fuels and Its Big, Big, Big, Long, Long, Long Project in Oregon
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) We’ve long admired NEXT Renewable Fuels, developing one of the largest renewable diesel and plants in the nation, at Port Westward, near Clastskanie, on the Columbia River...
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