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Kinder Morgan and Neste partner on major renewable fuels logistics project in US

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Upon completion of the project, Kinder Morgan’s Harvey, Louisiana facility will serve as the primary hub where Neste will store a variety of raw materials including, for example, the used cooking oil it collects from more than 40,000 restaurants across the United States. million cars zero emission according to the US EPA’s GHG calculator.

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NYC to use REG renewable diesel in more than 1,000 city vehicles, including many sanitation trucks

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The Synthetic Fuels Division was launched in 2014 as part of the acquisition of Syntroleum ( earlier post ) that included the 75 million gallon per year nameplate capacity biorefinery located in Geismar, Louisiana. Currently, San Francisco uses renewable diesel for its entire municipal fleet.

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DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

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Bright Silicon Technologies (San Francisco, California). Offshore Wind Turbine Digital Twin for the Prediction of Component Failures, $200,000. Prometheus Innovations (Lafayette, Louisiana). Prometheus Innovations, LLC (Lafayette, Louisiana). Electrochaea GmbH (Munich, Germany). Los Alamos National Laboratory.