Republic Services, a non-hazardous solid waste operator, has announced that it has entered into an agreement with Clean Energy Renewable Fuels, a supplier of natural gas fuel for transportation in North America, for recovering renewable biomethane from its landfill in Tennessee. Landfill gas is a natural byproduct of decomposition.
On August 20, 2012, the first of a sequence of events focusing on algae will be started as part of ‘Summer of Algae II,’ a countrywide campaign to demonstrate the assurance of the algae industry in the generation of domestic fuels, food and feed products and jobs.
United Airlines has joined the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Users Group (SAFUG), a consortium promoting the development and commercialization of biofuels for the aviation industry. This move shows the commitment of United Airlines towards sustainability and the environment.
The Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2012 international maritime exercises were recently completed by the U.S. Navy. The exercises featured the Navy’s “Great Green Fleet” which runs on 50% biofuels blend. These exercises were conducted despite criticism from various quarters including the Congressional Republicans.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a mandate directing consumers to purchase a minimum of four gallons of gasoline from gas stations that dispense fuel of different blends through the same hose.
Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego and Southern California Gas (SoCalGas) have signed a contract targeting the design of a novel system in which CO2 emissions are consumed by algae from natural gas combustion and they are economically converted into valuable byproducts such as biodiesel, biomethane and animal feed.
Renewable Energy Group (REG) now offers biodiesel through truckload from its new terminal situated in Clovis, New Mexico. Colorado Petroleum, also called as Arizona Petroleum, has recently picked the first Arizona Petroleum from the terminal for blending at its facility located in Tucson, Arizona.
Eco-Energy, an integrated biofuel supply chain firm, has collaborated with NuStar Terminals Operations Partnership for the joint development of an ethanol unit train and storage facility to provide services for the Northern, VA and Washington, DC regions.
Oxford Catalysts Group has announced the selection of microchannel Fischer-Tropsch (FT) reactor technology, a process devised by its subsidiary Velocys, for utilization in a waste-to-liquids (WTL) commercial demonstration facility to be built in northern California by Sierra Energy.
The US Coast Guard entered into an interagency agreement with the Forest Service to aid renewable energy ventures and to support forest products. The agreement will translate as further federal buy-in to the Southeast Alaska Investment strategy of USDA. It is also in line with the Coast Guard’s efforts in Alaska to shift to a renewable energy source such as biomass.
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