Ethanol

Colorado-based Carbon America has inked a deal for a project to capture and store about 175,000 tons/year of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the Bridgeport Ethanol LLC production facility in Nebraska. The figure is equivalent to 95% of total emissions from the facility’s fermentation process, and would have the annual impact of taking 38,043 passenger vehicles…

Navigator CO2 Ventures LLC said Wednesday it has entered a long-term agreement to supply carbon dioxide (CO2) capture, transportation and storage services to Siouxland Ethanol LLC on Navigator’s Heartland Greenway carbon capture and storage (CCS) system. Navigator reached a final investment decision last fall on Heartland Greenway, a 1,300 mile CCS pipeline that would traverse…

Battelle Memorial Institute and Catahoula Resources LLC have agreed to partner to manage carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions produced from ethanol facilities in Nebraska.  Houston-based Catahoula, and Allentown, PA-based Battelle plan to investigate solutions for the capture, transport, and sequestration of CO2 emissions from ethanol.The two plan to design and construct several low-cost storage options either…

Canadian utilities are starting trials of green uses for a natural gas substitute, hydrogen, that has to date chiefly served the Alberta oilsands production often criticized by environmentalists. In the 2021-22 heating season, household blends of hydrogen and gas are scheduled to enter field tests in Ontario and Alberta residential fuel markets. A Quebec variation…

Although most domestically produced oil, natural gas, ethanol and natural gas liquids (NGL) are transported without incident, concerns remain over the safety of transporting energy supplies via rail, according to a report by the nonprofit National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM). Meanwhile, pipelines and barges appear to have more comprehensive safety systems in place.

The American Petroleum Institute (API) and the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) continued to take divergent positions over a proposal to move the point of obligation under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program.

The American Petroleum Institute (API) has launched a campaign encouraging Congress to repeal or reform the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), on the grounds that the program is outdated and that its higher ethanol mandates will hurt American consumers.

Reaching their highest levels in 60 years, alternative fuels led by biomass-based fuels and natural gas last year accounted for 8.5% of the transportation fuel mix, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported Monday.

Reaching their highest levels in 60 years, alternative fuels led by biomass-based fuels and natural gas last year accounted for 8.5% of the transportation fuel mix, the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported Monday.