Biofuel News
US Chicken Prices to Fall at Last Thanks to Green Fuel Boom
After years of butcher-counter sticker shock, Americans are likely to see a drop in meat prices thanks to an unlikely ally: the emerging renewable fuel industry. Processing the vast amounts of soybeans needed to make the plant-based jet fuel and diesel required to lower US emissions will also create mountains of co-product soymeal, widely used […]
OPIS Update: Gevo Says Engineering for Ethanol-to-Jet Project ‘Substantially Complete’
Gevo, an advanced biofuels producer, said Wednesday that the engineering work for Net-Zero 1 Development is substantially complete and it is in the “diligence phase” of the Department of Energy loan guarantee program to secure funding for the construction of the ethanol-to-jet project. In a wide-ranging business update announcement, Gevo said it is also ordering […]
First Ethanol Alcohol-to-Jet Sustainable Aviation Fuel Commercial Production Facility Unveiled
U.S. Department of Energy Deputy Secretary Turk joins U.S. Agriculture Secretary Vilsack, other government officials, and industry leaders for first-of-its-kind SAF facility ribbon-cutting. During a ribbon-cutting ceremony in Soperton, Georgia today, LanzaJet unveiled the Freedom Pines Fuels facility, the world’s first ethanol-based alcohol-to-jet sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) commercial production plant. With the completion of this facility, LanzaTech, […]
Revisiting Biomass-Based Diesel Feedstock Trends over 2011-2022
One of the most discussed and debated aspects of the renewable diesel boom is its impact on feedstock markets. In a recent farmdoc daily article (December 11, 2023), we examined feedstock usage trends for FAME biodiesel, which competes with renewable diesel, and found that soybean oil dominated as a feedstock for production of biodiesel. In another recent farmdoc […]
CSL Case Study: Biodiesel as an Effective Decarbonization Transition Solution for Existing Ships
Marine transportation-services company CSL Group Inc. announced February 8, 2023, that it had successfully completed a trial of B100 biodiesel as part of its Great Lakes biofuel program. CSL’s trial was one of the longest-running initiatives of its kind in the maritime industry. As part of the announcement, CSL publicly released a case study on its […]
Low Carbon Biofuels and Crops Set to Take Flight
Every year, airplanes crisscrossing U.S. skies burn 23 billion gallons of fuel, leaving contrails and 8% of the nation’s transportation-related greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in their wake. A recent study by researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and Sandia National Laboratories reveals which crop-based feedstocks offer the greatest potential […]