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SECTIONS LOG IN Home Magazines Articles Plants Podcasts Events Jobs Directory Advanced Biofuels Biochar Biogas Business Carbon Capture Cellulosic/Advanced Chemicals Coproducts Feedstocks Hydrogen International Markets Operations Pellets Policy Policy & Regulation Power Production Research Sustainable Aviation Fuels Thermal UK Use Latest News 14 hours ago By Erin Voegele Advanced Biofuels Sustainable Aviation Fuels Business Operations Calumet Specialty Products Partners L.P. on May 10 reported that operations at its Montana Renewables biorefinery improved sequentially through Q1 and was operating at planned production levels in April, producing both renewable diesel and SAF. Read More Aemetis reports increased revenues for Q1 By Erin Voegele 14 hours ago Business Operations Sustainable Aviation Fuels Aemetis Inc. released Q1 results on May 9, reporting increased revenues. Company officials confirmed the company’s biodiesel, RNG and ethanol segments performed well during the quarter and provided an update of proposed SAF and CCS projects. Read More bp: 3 policies the US needs to boost RNG By bp 14 hours ago Biogas Policy bp has outlined three steps the U.S. should take to boost RNG production, including fixing Treasury’s proposed biogas ITC guidance, opening a new pathway for RNG to power electric vehicles, and incentivizing the use of RNG for low-carbon hydrogen. Read More USDA predicts 14 billion pounds of soybean oil will go to biofuel production for 2024-‘25 By Erin Voegele May 10, 2024 Feedstocks The USDA currently predicts soybean oil use in biofuel production will increase by 1 billion pounds to 14 billion pounds for 2024-25, according to the agency’s latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates Report, released May 10. Read More NREL biomass technology a cornerstone of SAFFiRE Renewables biofuel pilot plant going up in Kansas By National Renewable Energy Laboratory May 10, 2024 Sustainable Aviation Fuels Business On its path to opening a facility designed to turn agriculture residue into a scalable biofuel business, SAFFiRE Renewables LLC plans to break ground on its pilot plant near Liberal, Kansas, in late 2024. Read More Featured Articles Beacon of the Biomass World Beacon of the Biomass World By Katie Schroeder Biogas Pellets Power Thermal Advanced Biofuels The International Biomass Conference & Expo was held in Richmond, Virginia, in early March. Read More A Sustainable Strategy A Sustainable Strategy By Maria Church Pellets A new player in the wood pellet industry, Peak Renewables has fired up its Dothan, Alabama, plant, with more projects in the works. Read More Our Evergreen Legislative Priority Our Evergreen Legislative Priority By Tim Portz Policy Pellets The Pellet Fuels Institute discusses the importance of advocacy efforts and the upcoming Farm Bill. Read More Opportunities Ahead Opportunities Ahead By Anna Simet Pellets Markets From power plants to steel mills to hospitals, the continued global push to decarbonize may lead to new market opportunities for wood pellet producers. Read More Fueled by Flax Straw Fueled by Flax Straw By Keith Loria Feedstocks Pellets Business Prairie Clean Energy is finding success in its pursuit of an environmentally sustainable solution to burning agricultural waste, beginning with flax straw waste pellets. Read More Pellet Fuel Essential to Decarbonization Goals By William Strauss January 19, 2024 A strategy that is already well-developed will be part of the just and orderly transition to a decarbonized future. Read More Restore and Revive By Katie Schroeder January 18, 2024 Located across the road from a pellet plant, a new biochar facility is under construction in Virginia—the carbon credits of which have been purchased by Microsoft. Read More The Quest to Capture Carbon By Anna Simet January 18, 2024 Policy, regulation and project finance were main topics of discussion at the National Carbon Capture Conference & Expo Read More Pathways for Carbon-Negative Biomass Fuels By Anna Redmond and Stefan Unnasch January 18, 2024 Read More Recent Issues Subscribe to our print magazine. Subscribe Apr 10, 2024 A Sustainable Strategy A new player in the wood pellet industry, Peak Renewables has fired up its Dothan, Alabama, plant, with more projects in the works. Read More. View Full Print Edition Mar 4, 2024 Fueled by Flax Straw Prairie Clean Energy is finding success in its pursuit of an environmentally sustainable solution to burning agricultural waste, beginning with flax straw waste pellets. Read More. View Full Print Edition Jan 15, 2024 The Keyes to Success With operations in ethanol, biogas and RNG, sustainable aviation fuel, biodiesel and more, Aemetis’ endeavors have a common denominator: waste utilization and low carbon intensity. Read More. View Full Print Edition Nov 16, 2023 Success By Design Tyler Player, owner of Player Design Inc., discusses the company’s journey from a dryer and furnace supplier to launcher of a proven steam-treated wood pellet technology. Read More. View Full Print Edition Upcoming Events Carbon Capture & Storage Summit June 10-12, 2024 MINNEAPOLIS CONVENTION CENTER | MINNEAPOLIS,MINNESOTA Capturing and storing carbon dioxide in underground wells has the potential to become the most consequential technological deployment in the history of the broader biofuels industry. Deploying effective carbon capture and storage at biofuels plants will cement ethanol and biodiesel as the lowest carbon liquid fuels commercially available in the marketplace. The Carbon Capture & Storage Summit will offer attendees a comprehensive look at the economics of carbon capture and storage, the infrastructure required to make it possible and the financial and marketplace impacts to participating producers. View More Biodiesel Summit: Sustainable Aviation Fuel & Renewable Diesel June 10-12, 2024 MINNEAPOLIS CONVENTION CENTER | MINNEAPOLIS,MINNESOTA The Biodiesel Summit: Sustainable Aviation Fuel & Renewable Diesel is a forum designed for biodiesel and renewable diesel producers to learn about cutting-edge process technologies, new techniques and equipment to optimize existing production, and efficiencies to save money while increasing throughput and fuel quality. View More 2024 International Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo June 10-12, 2024 MINNEAPOLIS CONVENTION CENTER | MINNEAPOLIS,MINNESOTA Now in its 40th year, the FEW provides the ethanol industry with cutting-edge content and unparalleled networking opportunities in a dynamic business-to-business environment. As the largest, longest running ethanol conference in the world, the FEW is renowned for its superb programming—powered by Ethanol Producer Magazine —that maintains a strong focus on commercial-scale ethanol production, new technology, and near-term research and development. The event draws more than 2,000 people from over 31 countries and from nearly every ethanol plant in the United States and Canada. View More North American SAF Conference & Expo September 11-13, 2024 SAINT PAUL RIVERCENTRE | SAINT PAUL,MINNESOTA Taking place September 11-13, 2024 in Saint Paul, Minnesota, the North American SAF Conference & Expo, produced by SAF Magazine, in collaboration with the Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative (CAAFI) will showcase the latest strategies for aviation fuel decarbonization, solutions for key industry challenges, and highlight the current opportunities for airlines, corporations and fuel producers. View More RNG Conference December 9-12, 2024 WALDORF ASTORIA MONARCH BEACH RESORT | DANA POINT,CALIFORNIA RNG CONFERENCE 2024, the annual gathering of RNG leaders from across North America and around the world will take place December 9-12 at the Waldorf Astoria Monarch Beach Resort & Club, a Five-Star, Five-Diamond venue in Dana Point, the crown-jewel of southern California’s Orange County. RNG CONFERENCE is the renewable gas industry’s premier annual Conference. RNG CONFERENCE appeals to and brings together industry...