article thumbnail

Marathon Petroleum, ADM to form soybean oil JV to support renewable diesel production

Green Car Congress

MPC) and ADM announced an agreement to form a joint venture for the production of soybean oil to supply rapidly growing demand for renewable diesel fuel. When complete in 2023, the Spiritwood facility will source and process local soybeans and supply the resulting soybean oil exclusively to MPC. Marathon Petroleum Corp.

Oil 334
article thumbnail

JGC & Cosmo Oil to use Honeywell Ecofining technology in first commercial-scale SAF project in Japan

Green Car Congress

JGC Holdings Corporation and Cosmo Oil Company will use Honeywell Ecofining technology ( earlier post ) for the first commercial-scale sustainable aviation fuel project in Japan. The project will convert used cooking oil locally collected in Japan into renewable jet fuel meeting ASTM D7566 standards with start-up scheduled in 2025.

Japan 170
article thumbnail

Diamond Green Diesel to more than double renewable fuel capacity using second Honeywell Ecofining unit; 675M barrels renewable diesel per year

Green Car Congress

Diamond Green Diesel facility in Norco, La., will more than double its annual production of renewable diesel with the completion of a second Honeywell Ecofining process unit with a capacity of 30,000 barrels per day (bpd). Diamond Green Diesel is owned by Valero Energy Corp. and Darling Ingredients Inc., Ecofining unit.

Renewable 397
article thumbnail

Research consortium investigating use of DME blends in diesels with minimal retrofitting

Green Car Congress

A research consortium led by Ford Research and Innovation Center Aachen is currently investigating the technical conditions under which diesel vehicles can run on dimethyl ether (DME) as an alternative fuel. With dynamic blending, even flex-fuel operation (diesel or DME/diesel) would be possible while retaining the original diesel system.

Diesel 367
article thumbnail

Acelen to invest $2.44 billion over 10 years to produce renewable diesel and SAF in Brazil

Green Car Congress

billion) over the next 10 years in the production of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) through the hydrotreatment of vegetable oils and animal fat. In Abu Dhabi, Acelen signed a memorandum of understanding for the production of renewable diesel and SAF with the government of the Brazilian state of Bahia.

Brazil 296
article thumbnail

Viridos executes agreement with ExxonMobil to help scale algae biofuels toward commercial levels

Green Car Congress

earlier known as Synthetic Genomics, has signed a joint development agreement with ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company (EMRE) with the intent to bring Viridos’ low-carbon intensity algae biofuels toward commercial levels. Viridos Inc., Earlier post.).

article thumbnail

Viridos raises $25M in Series A for algae-based jet and diesel fuel

Green Car Congress

The funding will be used for R&D to further increase algae oil productivity to reach commercially deployable levels. Globally, diesel and jet fuel account for more than one-third of the liquid fossil fuel used. SAF and RD made from Viridos algae oil are expected to have a 70% reduced carbon footprint.

Diesel 243