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Neste submits three pathways for California LCFS for renewable diesel produced at Porvoo refinery

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Finland-based Neste has submitted three new Tier 2 Pathways for California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) for renewable diesel produced at its Porvoo, Finland refinery. Two pathways are for Renewable Diesel from Tallow & Animal Fat and one is for Renewable Diesel from Used Cooking Oil (UCO). gCO 2 e/MJ. gCO 2 e/MJ.

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Grand opening of Neste Oil renewable diesel plant in Singapore; ISCC certification

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Neste Oil celebrated the grand opening of its ISCC-certified renewable diesel plant in Singapore. It uses a variety of renewable feedstocks to produce NExBTL, including palm oil and side stream products of palm oil production from Indonesia and Malaysia, as well as waste animal fat from Australia and New Zealand.

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ARB staff posts five more LCFS fuel pathways: biodiesel, RD, ethanol

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California Air Resources Board (ARB) staff has posted five new Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) fuel pathway applications to the LCFS public comments website: two for biodiesel, one for renewable diesel, and two for ethanol. The corn oil that Methes obtains is from a dry mill ethanol plant that dries all of its DGS. g CO 2 e/MJ.

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Perspective: The UN Approval Process for Carbon Offsets

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Since 2005, when major greenhouse-gas emitters among the Kyoto signatories were issued caps on their emissions and permitted to buy credits to meet those caps, there has been more than $300 billion worth of carbon transactions. The approval process for carbon offsets has two goals. THE APPROVAL PROCESS.

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Boeing, UOP, Masdar Institute and Industry Team Launch Study on Sustainability Of Renewable Jet Fuel Made from Halophytes

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Yale University’s School of Forestry & Environmental Studies and UOP will also participate in the analysis, which will include an assessment of the total carbon lifecycle of biofuels. Halophytes can be productive sources of biomass energy; for example, salicornia seed is 32% oil by mass. Global Seawater Inc.

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LanzaTech China JV reports 9M gallons of ethanol made from steel flue gas; new JV for PET

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Beijing Shougang LanzaTech New Energy Science & Technology Co., Currently being sold to the road transport market in a low-carbon fuel blend, ethanol from this facility will now be converted into PET to be used for production of CarbonSmart consumer goods (T-shirts, bottles, packaging).

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Study details viable pathway to develop sustainable aviation biofuels industry in Pacific Northwest; hydroprocessing of natural oils seen as the most immediate opportunity

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aviation fuel at the scale or speed needed to achieve industry goals, the report focuses on a portfolio of options, including different conversion technologies and sources of potentially sustainable biomass, including oilseeds, forest residues, solid waste, and algae. environmental conditions and spur regional economies. Hydroprocessing.

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