Clean Fuels Chair Pleased With First Conference

Cindy Zimmerman

Mike Rath is senior vice president of marketing for Darling Ingredients in Dallas, Texas. He is also the first chairman of Clean Fuels Alliance America and presiding over the first conference under the new name in Tampa, Florida this week. Darling Ingredients is in the business of animal rendering, turning edible by-products and food waste into sustainable products, and a …

Audio, aviation biofuels, Biodiesel, Clean Fuels Alliance, renewable diesel

Clean Fuels 101 Sets Up Inaugural Conference

Cindy Zimmerman

The first ever Clean Fuels Conference being held this week in Tampa had a pre-event session to cover the basics of just what clean fuels are and how market factors have driven the industry beyond biodiesel and into renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel to become “United as ONE.” Jonathan Martin, Director of Economics & Market Analytics for Clean Fuels …

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Yield10 and Mitsubishi Partner for Camelina Biofuel

Cindy Zimmerman

Yield10 Bioscience, Inc. and Mitsubishi Corporation have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) to evaluate the establishment of a partnership to supply, offtake and market Camelina as a low-carbon feedstock oil for biofuels. Mitsubishi Corporation recently announced its aim to mass produce sustainable aviation fuel to decarbonize commercial aviation.  Under the MOU, the companies plan to jointly undertake a feasibility …

aviation biofuels, biofuels, biojet fuel, feedstocks

Clean Fuels Conference United as One

Cindy Zimmerman

“United as One” is the theme of the inaugural Clean Fuels Conference, January 23-26, 2023 in Tampa, Florida where the role of biodiesel, renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel in the national commitment to decarbonization will take center stage Formerly the National Biodiesel Conference & Expo, the event’s rebranding reflects the founding organization’s name change last year from the National …

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Economist Says Sustainable Aviation Fuel is the Future

Cindy Zimmerman

Renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) are big and getting bigger in the agricultural economy according to AgResource economist Dan Basse who presented his outlook for the industry at the American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) CSS & Seed Expo 2022 this week in Chicago. Basse says “green fuels” are very important to the current administration in the move toward …

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EPA Finalizes Canola Oil Pathways Rule for RFS

Cindy Zimmerman

In addition to proposing new Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) volumes and percentage standards for 2023, 2024, and 2025 this week, the Environmental Protection Agency also released a rule finalizing pathways for certain biofuels produced from canola/rapeseed oil. With this action, these fuel pathways will be eligible to generate Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs), provided they satisfy the other definitional and RIN …

aviation biofuels, Biodiesel, biofuels, EPA, RFS

Clean Fuels Elects New Governing Board Members

Cindy Zimmerman

Clean Fuels Alliance America members met in Washington D.C. this week to elect new Governing Board leaders, reflecting the interests of both large and small companies, biodiesel and renewable diesel producers, as well as soybean growers and renderers. Mike Rath, senior vice president with Darling Ingredients, was appointed Clean Fuels Chair. “This is an exciting time for the clean fuels …

aviation biofuels, Biodiesel, Clean Fuels Alliance

First Clean Fuels Conference Uniting as One

Cindy Zimmerman

“United as One” is the theme of the inaugural Clean Fuels Conference, January 23-26, 2023 in Tampa, Florida where the role of biodiesel, renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel in the national commitment to decarbonization will take center stage Formerly the National Biodiesel Conference & Expo, the event’s rebranding reflects the founding organization’s name change last year from the National …

aviation biofuels, Biodiesel, Biodiesel Conference, Clean Fuels Alliance, renewable diesel

Honeywell Announces New Ethanol-to-Jet Fuel Technology

Cindy Zimmerman

Honeywell has announced an innovative ethanol-to-jet fuel (ETJ) processing technology that allows producers to convert corn-based, cellulosic, or sugar-based ethanol into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Demand for SAF continues to grow, yet the aviation industry is challenged by limited supplies of traditional SAF feedstocks such as vegetable oils, animal fats and waste oils. Ethanol offers producers a widely available, economically …

aviation biofuels, biofuels, Ethanol, Ethanol News

Renewable Fuels Industry Holds Briefing on Set Rule

Cindy Zimmerman

Fuels America held a webinar briefing with industry stakeholders Thursday about the future of the Renewable Fuel Standard. Under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program in the Clean Air Act, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sets annual biofuel blending requirements in accordance with volumes determined by Congress through 2022. After 2022, in a rulemaking commonly referred to as “The Set,” …

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