Last week the Des Moines, Iowa, area was hit with not one, but two blizzards. Sandwiched between them on the one halfway decent day of the week, the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association (IRFA) hosted the 2024 Iowa Renewable Fuels Summit (Summit).
The renewable fuels and carbon capture industries regularly use dozens of acronyms and other jargon. Here are the terms you need to know to understand the latest news and how it impacts the broader agriculture industry.
Today LanzaJet celebrated the grand opening of the world's first ethanol-to-sustainable aviation fuel production facility.
“This is a historic milestone in a long history of firsts for LanzaJet, the United States, and the SAF [sustainable aviation fuel] industry globally,” says LanzaJet CEO Jimmy Samartzis in a statement. “Our novel LanzaJet ethanol-to-SAF process technology is now deployed at our commercial plant in Georgia which will convert ethanol into drop-in SAF.
To reduce carbon emissions and industrial practices on farmland, an increasing number of producers are finding ways to get the most out of their operations using sustainable methods that also carry revenue opportunities.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded $207 million in grants and loans to renewable energy and fertilizer projects on Monday, with the majority of funds supporting solar infrastructure and anaerobic digestion.
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Although the food industry has touted carbon credits as a powerful tool to incentivize farmers to lessen their climate impact, businesses tend to rely on intermediaries such as Indigo Ag to handle the logistics. Organic Valley is taking the unique step of essentially operating its own carbon credit program, cutting out the middleman entirely.
To reduce carbon emissions and industrial practices on farmland, an increasing number of producers are finding ways to get the most out of their operations using sustainable methods that also carry revenue opportunities.
Traditional wind turbines make clean energy but come with several disadvantages. If you have ever stood near one, you understand the issues of noise pollution, danger to wildlife, and their incredibly large size. To address these issues, clean tech startup Aeromine Technologies has developed what they call a motionless wind turbine to quietly harness wind energy.
As part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today released a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), entitled, “Inflation Reduction Act Funding for Advanced Biofuels,” for up to $9.4 million for the development of advanced biofuels. This investment through a new agreement between EPA and DOE is funded by President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act and will support high-impact biofuel technology projects to improve the performance and reduce the cost of biofuel production technologies, scale up production systems in partnership with industry, and accelerate the nation’s bioeconomy. Advancing renewable and sustainable energy sources is essential to achieving the Biden-Harris Administration’s ambitious clean energy and climate goals.
