News and Updates

Here’s where you’ll find the latest news and information from the Michigan Advanced Biofuels Coalition.

Sustainable Shipping Surges on the Great Lakes

Biodiesel is a readily available solution to decarbonize ports The Great Lakes region is a marine shipping superpower. Each year thousands of vessels transport 90 million tons of cargo on the five Great Lakes, supporting 146,500 jobs.1 Commercial shipping serves more than 100 ports1 in eight U.S. states and the Canadian provinces of Quebec and […]

Meat Prices to Fall at Last Thanks to Green Fuel Boom

The cost of chicken, for example, which soared to $4.75 a pound, has inched back to earth but is still elevated. 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 […]

On the Ground in Colorado, NREL Is Simulating Sustainable Aviation Fuel Combustion During Flight

Gasoline became unleaded in the 1970s. The sulfur content of diesel has been lowered over decades. Ethanol has been blended into gasoline for years. The historical timeline of liquid transportation fuels is colored by change after change to fuel chemistry. However, that cannot be said of petroleum jet fuel. Its properties have changed little since […]

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, […]
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