CHS, North American farmer-owned cooperative and a global energy, grains and foods company, has acquired the Patriot Renewable Fuels ethanol plant from Patriot Holdings. The Annawan, Illinois facility produces 125 million gallons of ethanol annually, and is the second ethanol plant that CHS has purchased; in June 2014 it acquired the former Illinois River Energy plant... [Read More]

Ensyn Fuels, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ensyn , has signed a contract with Youngstown Thermal for the supply of RFO – Ensyn's advanced cellulosic biofuel. Ensyn Fuels is to provide Youngstown Thermal up to 2,500,000 gallons of RFO per year, with deliveries to begin as soon as the fourth quarter of 2015, in time for the 2015-2016 winter season. Youngstown Thermal... [Read More]

At the end of April, Genscape D6 ethanol Q-RINs were generated within the EPA Moderated Transaction System (EMTS) for the first time. Four ethanol facilities are now generating Q-RINs, with more expected to come online in the coming months. Genscape is the EPA approved QAP provider for all four of these facilities, including three Poet plants. 'Poet understood early on... [Read More]

Alaska Airline is teaming up with the Washington State University-led Northwest Advanced Renewables Alliance (NARA) to advance the production and use of alternative jet fuel made from forest residuals, the tree limbs and branches that remain after a forest harvest. As the airline partner for NARA, Alaska Airlines intends next year to fly a demonstration flight using 1,000... [Read More]

Archer Daniels Midland Co. is temporarily stopping production at its biodiesel plant in Leer in Germany due to uncertainty about the future of biodiesel in the country, it said on Tuesday, according to Reuters. ADM states it will reassess biodiesel market requirements in the third quarter of this year. Targets for biodiesel use in Germany have been... [Read More]

St1 Biofuels Oy's first Etanolix ethanol plant has been delivered to the international market and was inaugurated on 5 June in Gothenburg, Sweden. The 5 million litres per year ethanol plant, which was delivered to North European Bio Tech Oy (NEB), converts bio-waste and process residues from local bakeries and bread from shops into ethanol for transport fuel. The production... [Read More]

Gevo has announced a breakthrough to its fermentation technology that will allow it to produce isobutanol from cellulosic feedstocks such as wood waste which can then be converted into Gevo's alcohol-to-jet fuel. Gevo currently makes isobutanol from corn at its plant in Luverne, Minnesota, but its process has always had the flexibility to adapt to other feedstocks. The... [Read More]

In Brazil, Solvay has opened its first fully dedicated Industrial Biotechnology Laboratory (IBL) to boost the development of innovations and solutions based on sustainable chemistry, used in a growing range of end-markets. The fully integrated laboratory in Paulinia will chiefly focus on researching new processes and molecules derived from biomass, which is mostly plant... [Read More]

FCStone Merchant Services is to originate and supply corn for Gevo's plant in Luverne, Minnesota after the two companies entered into an agreement. Engaging FCStone to conduct Gevo's corn purchasing at Luverne is expected to free up more than $1 million (€900,000) of working capital, which has previously been tied up in corn inventory. By leveraging FCStone's scale... [Read More]

China New Energy (CNE), a bioenergy technology solutions provider, has invested €250,000 to acquire a 24% stake in the Hungary-based Visontai Bioetanol Fejlesztő Korlátolt Felelősségű Társaság (Visontai) bioethanol plant. In November 2013, CNE was contracted by Visontai to design and construct a biorefinery for the production of 150,000... [Read More]

Natura Cosméticos, one of Latin America's largest cosmetics and personal care products company, and renewable oils and ingredients company Solazyme have announced that, after completing testing and product validation phases over the past year using Solazyme's oils, Natura is purchasing Solazyme's AlgaPūr Microalgae Oil, which will be incorporated into the company's... [Read More]

Borregaard, operator of the world's largest biorefinery, and Rayonier Advanced Materials (RYAM), a supplier of cellulose specialties natural polymers for the chemical industry, have entered into a non-binding letter of intent regarding the establishment of a new lignin operation adjacent to RYAM's Fernandina Beach pulp mill in Florida. The new company will be owned 55%... [Read More]

Renewable energy targets are now a defining feature of the global energy landscape, according to a new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Renewable Energy Target Setting has found 164 countries have adopted at least one type of renewable energy target, up from just 43 countries in 2005. Two more countries – Canada and the United Arab Emirates... [Read More]

Ergon Biofuels has announced that its ethanol plant in Vicksburg, Mississippi is back to full operation following a brief suspension in services to facilitate renovations and upgrades. The plant was originally established in 2007. On 31 December 2013 the facility became a wholly owned subsidiary of Ergon BioSciences and was rebranded as Ergon Biofuels. The installation... [Read More]