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Diamond Green Diesel facility in Norco, La., will more than double its annual production of renewablediesel 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.
Now, Argent has switched its fleet from petroleum diesel to Neste MY RenewableDiesel. We decided to switch to renewablediesel once our quality and availability concerns were satisfied. We decided to switch to renewablediesel once our quality and availability concerns were satisfied.
Darling and Valero jointly announced that their 50/50 joint venture, Diamond Green Diesel (DGD), has received approval from both companies’ Boards of Directors to proceed with the construction of the renewablediesel production facility to be located at Valero’s Port Arthur, Texas refinery. billion gallons per year.
ECB Group Paraguay and Shell Trading (US) Company signed a multi-year contract that will provide more than 500 million liters (130 million gallons US) of renewablediesel and renewable jet fuel per year to Shell, one of the world’s largest energy companies. The contract is expected to run from 2024.
Grön Fuels, LLC’s renewablediesel and jet fuel option facility at the Port of Greater Baton Rouge is based on Topsoe’s proprietary HydroFlex hydrotreating and H2bridge hydrogen technologies, including an option to capture ~1 million tons per year of bio-CO 2 for carbon sequestration in suitable deep saline aquifers located below the project site.
Heavy-duty diesel vehicles using mixing controlled compression ignition (MCCI), the most common ignition and combustion strategies for heavy-duty diesel engines, contribute significantly to the emissions of GHG, oxides of nitrogen (NO x ), and particular matter (PM) and are subject to stringent emission standards. Skaggs et al.
Renewable Energy Group (REG) has entered into an agreement with Hunt & Sons, Inc. REG Ultra Clean blends biodiesel and renewablediesel. The patent-pending combination delivers both biodiesel’s excellent lubricity and renewablediesel’s high Cetane and low Cloud Point in a 100% renewablefuel.
Historically, the refinery has produced diesel from crude oil and has a capacity of 70,000 barrels per day. GCEH will immediately commence retooling the refinery to produce renewablediesel from organic feedstocks such as vegetable oils. a Primoris Services Corp subsidiary.
In August 2020, Phillips 66 announced that it planned to reconfigure its San Francisco Refinery in Rodeo, California, to produce renewablefuels. The plant will no longer produce fuels from crude oil, but instead will make fuels from used cooking oil, fats, greases and soybean oils. Earlier post.).
At CONEXPO, Cummins showcased its new fuel-agnostic 15-liter engine platform with hydrogen, natural gas and advanced diesel engines offering low-to-zero carbon fuel capability. Running on zero-carbon green hydrogen, it can use a 700-bar pressure high-capacity fuel storage system for maximum operating hours between refueling.
New research by economic and public policy consulting group M.Cubed finds a proliferation of backup generators across California, with nearly 90% being diesel-fueled, posing significant obstacles to achieving greenhouse gas reduction targets and driving nearly $136 million in annual health costs. Of these, 20,907 are diesel-fueled.
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 renewabledieselfuel project to achieve this milestone.
Biofuels producer Renewable Energy Group joined Iowa State University (ISU) at the BioCentury Research Farm (BCRF) to mark the start of a new hydrotreater pilot plant. REG converts waste and byproduct fats and oils into biodiesel and renewablediesel.
Chevron USA kicked off a road trip across the US Gulf Coast to showcase an innovative new gasoline blend with more than 50% renewable content. During the tour, Chevron representatives will talk with members of the public about the benefits of lower carbon fuels such as biofuels and renewable gasoline blend.
Neste, the world’s leading provider of renewablediesel (RD) and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) has launched Neste MY RenewableDiesel in the Belgian market. The fuel, produced from 100% renewable raw materials, is brought to the Belgian market in collaboration with the channel partner EG Group.
Anheuser-Busch is transitioning more than 180 trucks—representing approximately 30% of its dedicated fleet—to Renewable Natural Gas (RNG). In 2014 and 2015, Anheuser-Busch converted 160 diesel-fueled trucks in Houston and St. Louis to fleets powered by Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) engines. million miles each year.
Neste Corporation and Marathon Petroleum Corporation (Marathon) announced an agreement to establish a 50/50 joint venture to produce renewablediesel following a conversion project of Marathon’s refinery in Martinez, California (the Martinez RenewableFuels project ). Earlier post.).
MPC) and ADM announced an agreement to form a joint venture for the production of soybean oil to supply rapidly growing demand for renewabledieselfuel. In addition to the Spiritwood joint venture, the companies anticipate working together to explore other opportunities for agriculture to support renewable transportation fuels.
The production of renewablediesel at Neste’s Singapore refinery expansion has been restarted in early August, according to the company’s plans. With the growth projects in Singapore and Martinez, the company targets to increase its total nameplate capacity of renewable products to 5.5 Co-processed marine fuel to Swedish market.
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In a commentary in the journal Joule , Rob McGinnis, founder and and CEO of Prometheus , a company that is developing technology to remove carbon dioxide from the air and turn it into fuels, discusses the technology advances that could lead to the potential price-competitiveness of renewable gasoline and jet with fossil fuels.
Diesel is the predominant technology in commercial trucking, school, and transit bus sectors, according to the Diesel Technology Forum’s analysis of data sourced from S&P Global Mobility TIPNet data of vehicles in operation for Class 3-8 as of December 2021. Of the largest trucks (Class 8) in operation, 97% are diesels.
Aemetis, a renewablefuels company focused on negative carbon intensity products ( earlier post ), has signed a 10-year, 450-million-gallon renewablediesel supply agreement with an industry-leading travel stop company, which is expected to generate more than $3 billion in revenue. Combined with $2.1
Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and John Barrasso (R-WY) led their colleagues in introducing the RenewableDiesel and Sustainable Aviation Fuel Parity Act of 2022. The bill would require the Department of Energy to track foreign imports and domestic production of renewablediesel and sustainable aviation fuel.
announced that supply trucks are now able to load Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel at the NuStar-operated Selby Terminal near San Francisco, California. This is the latest collaboration between Neste and NuStar to bring sustainable aviation fuel into the US. Neste and NuStar Energy L.P. million trees.
a waste-to-fuels company, closed a $20-million strategic investment from Chevron USA, ITOCHU, Hyzon Motors and Ascent Hydrogen Fund. Raven SR plans to build modular waste-to-green hydrogen production units and renewable synthetic fuel facilities initially in California and then worldwide. Raven SR Inc., Earlier post.).
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Cresta Funds Management (Cresta) has chosen Topsoe’s HydroFlex solution for revamping the Braya RenewableFuels refinery (Braya) in Newfoundland, Canada. The refinery’s hydrocracker and diesel hydrotreater will be revamped to produce renewablediesel and SAF from various renewable feedstocks.
Renewable Energy Group has introduced a line of branded fuel solutions, EnDura Fuels. This branded product launch supports Renewable Energy Group’s ongoing efforts to help the transport industry meet its sustainability and business growth objectives, while strengthening the company’s position in the marketplace.
Simulations show promising results when the resulting fuel is compared to regular E10 gasoline. Measurements show that the fuel has research octane number (RON) = 97.4 units, respectively, and suggesting that the new fuel blend is suitable for spark-ignition engines. A fuel is ?-sensitive and octane sensitivity (S) = 13.6,
billion) over the next 10 years in the production of renewablediesel 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 renewablediesel and SAF with the government of the Brazilian state of Bahia.
GM announced new commercial applications of its HYDROTEC fuel cell technology. These fuel cell generators could ultimately replace gas- and diesel-burning generators with fewer emissions at worksites, buildings, movie sets, data centers, outdoor concerts and festivals. Mobile Power Generator. Retail EV Charging Stations.
Altair Paramount, LLC (Altair) has applied for California LCFS fuel pathways for renewablediesel, renewable naphtha and renewable jet fuels derived from rendered animal fat feedstock and processed at their facility in Paramount, California. gCO 2 e/MJ.
Bosch and Weichai Power have increased the efficiency of Weichai truck diesel engines from their current level of roughly 46% to 50%. Even though the diesel engine is nearly 130 years old, its development continues. Bosch provides its modular common-rail system for the six-cylinder diesel engine with 12.9 liters displacement.
Following on the introduction of R33 Blue Diesel ( earlier post ), Bosch, Shell, and Volkswagen have now developed a low-carbon gasoline. The new fuel, called Blue Gasoline, similarly contains up to 33% renewables, ensuring a well-to-wheel reduction in carbon emissions of at least 20% per kilometer driven. Every bit of CO?
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Cummins will launch the next engine in the fuel-agnostic series, the X10, in North America in 2026. The diesel version will be first available, with other versions for gaseous fuels introduced later. The diesel version will be first available, with other versions for gaseous fuels introduced later.
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Total has begun producing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) at its La Mède biorefinery in southern France and its Oudalle facility near Le Havre. The biojet fuel, made from used cooking oil, will be delivered to French airports starting in April 2021. The Group will create a dedicated RenewableFuels Business Unit in May.
A new study by Zemo Partnership (formerly LowCVP) shows that with a market average of 30% high blend renewablefuels (HBRF), used in place of fossil fuels (diesel and natural gas) by 2030, the transport sector could save an additional 46m tonnes in GHG emissions over the next decade, with savings continuing to 2050.
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Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) is helping a client develop a simple post-refinery treatment process that reduces exhaust emissions from diesel engines by overcoming the soot/nitrogen oxides (NO x ) reduction trade-off that has plagued engine researchers for decades.
a nationwide distributor of propane, fuel oil and related products and services, as well as a marketer of natural gas and electricity, is purchasing a 39% stake in Oberon Fuels, a San Diego, CA-based development-stage producer of low-carbon, renewable dimethyl ether (rDME) transportation fuel. Earlier post.).
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