article thumbnail

Strategic Biofuels successfully tests carbon capture and storage for renewable diesel plant

Green Car Congress

Strategic Biofuels announced that its Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) Test Well Program was successfully completed at the company’s Louisiana Green Fuels Project (LGF) in Caldwell Parish, Louisiana. LGF is the first renewable diesel fuel project to achieve this milestone.

Renewable 353
article thumbnail

Air France KLM signs 210M gallon SAF offtake agreement with DG Fuels

Green Car Congress

DG Fuels (DGF), a provider of cellulosic drop-in sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), signed a multi-year SAF offtake agreement with Air France KLM for up to 60,408 metric tons (21 million gallons) per year from DGF’s initial plant to be located in Louisiana.

France 426
article thumbnail

USDA provides $91M loan guarantee to Cool Planet for biogasoline blendstock plant; biomass pyrolysis and catalytic conversion

Green Car Congress

USDA has reached an agreement with Silicon Valley Bank to provide a $91-million Biorefinery Assistance Program loan guarantee to Cool Planet to help the company finish construction on an advanced biofuel plant at the Port of Alexandria in Louisiana. One of the catalytic conversion processes creates the high-octane gasoline blendstock.

article thumbnail

DOE to Award $106M to Six CO2 Conversion Projects; $156M in Matching Private Funding

Green Car Congress

Novomer will develop a process for converting waste CO 2 into a number of polycarbonate products (plastics) for use in the packaging industry. Novomer has secured site commitments in Rochester, NY, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Orangeburg, SC and Ithaca, NY where Phase 2 work will be performed. DOE Share: $18,417,989). Alcoa, Inc.

article thumbnail

Startup New Oil Resources commercializing hydrothermal process for conversion of biomass to gasoline-range hydrocarbons

Green Car Congress

Louisiana-based startup New Oil Resources (NOR) is commercializing a near-critical (i.e., New Oil Resources licensed the technology (US Patent 6,180,845 ) in 2009 from Louisiana State University (LSU); the original developers of the process are Drs. Click to enlarge.

Oil 199
article thumbnail

Renewable fuels and biochar company Cool Planet closes on $100M Series D financing

Green Car Congress

Catalytic Conversion: Cool Planet has developed a number of proprietary catalytic conversion processes to convert these useful hydrocarbon components into different types of fuels. The company broke ground on its first biofuel production facility in Alexandria, Louisiana, on 26 February 2014.

Financing 225
article thumbnail

Sundrop Fuels partners with ThyssenKrupp Uhde for inaugural drop-in biogasoline plant

Green Car Congress

a gasification-based drop-in advanced biofuels company ( earlier post ), is partnering with ThyssenKrupp Uhde for its inaugural biogasoline production facility near Alexandria, Louisiana ( earlier post ). The HTW process can convert a broad range of feedstocks—including biomasses or municipal waste—into syngas.

Fuel 210