The U.S. renewable diesel rush is losing steam as soaring costs eat into profits, prompting the world’s top crop trader and North America’s largest energy company to pull back on planned investments. Agricultural behemoth Cargill, Inc. said it has suspended plans to build a giant soybean-processing plant that would have provided feedstock to the renewable […]
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Algae-based biofuels are, quite literally, a green energy source. The early 2000s saw a lot of hype around the promise of algae as an alternative to fossil fuels, but 20 years later, the bubble seems to have burst. Does this naturally occurring resource have a place in the renewable energy discussion? Bloom and Bust: The Pros and
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Alternative fuels and technologies can include transportation fuels such as renewable natural gas, propane autogas, biodiesel, ethanol, electricity, and more. There are currently two sustainable diesel fuel replacements meant to displace the use of traditional petroleum diesel in the marine and on-road and off-road markets in the United States – renewable diesel and biodiesel. While
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U.S. biodiesel and renewable diesel production continue to ramp up, and the upward trajectory of clean fuels will only continue as companies and municipalities increase carbon reduction efforts in their fleets. Clean Fuels Alliance America uses the slogan “Better. Cleaner. Now!” because there is urgency in the mission. Removing a pound of carbon from the
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Market forecast reports are indicating a large uptick in renewable diesel production in the U.S. as most of low-carbon fuel continues to be confined to California. The Department of Energy reported that renewable diesel production could more than double by the end of 2025 “based on several announcements for projects that are either under construction
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B20 and Higher Biodiesel Blends Powering the Way in Decarbonization Efforts At the 2023 Clean Fuels Conference in Tampa, leading diesel engine and equipment manufacturers Caterpillar, John Deere and Cummins joined major fleets including PepsiCo and Florida Power & Light on a featured panel to discuss the important role that low-carbon liquid fuels like biodiesel and renewable diesel play in
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The quest for carbon reduction is driving interest in higher biodiesel blends, and Optimus Technologies’ Vector System is enabling diesel engines to transition. A year ago, Steve Howell was focused primarily on advancing B20. Today, B100 is high on his list, thanks to a favorable 1.3 million-mile fleet trial using new biodiesel technology alongside a
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Clean Fuels & Products Shot™: Alternative Sources for Carbon-based Products To significantly reduce the negative impacts of greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) from carbon-based fuels and products critical to our way of life, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) launched the Clean Fuels & Products ShotTM. The seventh initiative associated with DOE’s Energy EarthshotsTM, this Shot
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High Quality of Today’s Biodiesel Bodes Well for the Future JEFFERSON CITY, MO – Based on compelling new biodiesel fuel quality data from some of the nation’s top research institutions, ASTM International has approved a new Low Metals (LM) grade of biodiesel in D6751, the ASTM specification for low-carbon B100 biodiesel used as a blendstock with middle
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Diverse stakeholders support fuels made from renewable resources ST. JOHNS, Michigan (May 23, 2023) – The Michigan Soybean Committee announces three new stakeholders in the Michigan Advanced Biofuels Coalition (MiABC). Formed in 2022, MiABC works to increase understanding and adoption of biodiesel and other advanced biofuels produced from renewable resources such as
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