Nanotech

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Department of Energy (DOE) announced on February 22, 2024, the release of a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), “Inflation Reduction Act Funding for Advanced Biofuels,” for up to $9.4 million for the development of advanced biofuels.

Biofuels

Nanotech

APRIL 30, 2024

On April 10, 2024, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) and Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) announced the MACRO: Mixed Algae Conversion Research Opportunity funding opportunity announcement (FOA). According to BETO, the FOA will award up to $18.8

Biofuels

Nanotech

MARCH 5, 2024

Department of Energy’s (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) and Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) announced on February 13, 2024, their intent to issue funding to support research and development (R&D) projects for converting algae and other wet waste feedstocks to low-carbon fuels, chemicals, and agricultural products.

Biofuels

Legal Planet

OCTOBER 26, 2023

A 2016 statute, SB 1383 , limited the Board’s authority to enact regulations of methane emissions from livestock operations until January 1, 2024. It’s not hard to see why CARB has taken this approach: dairy digesters are a technological intervention that require little change to the operation of industrial dairies.

Regulations

HumanNature

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Guest Post by Sabari Kumar , 2023-2024 Sustainability Leadership Fellow, and Ph.D. For context, the perennial problem in designing novel chemical materials, like new biofuels or energy storage materials for batteries, is one of scale. To illustrate this, let’s consider designing a novel biofuel blend to replace diesel.

Biofuels

Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The growing credits for electricity reflect the growing number of EVs on the road in California, and support California’s goal of phasing out combustion technologies in favor of zero emissions vehicles. The CI of an electric vehicle charged with solar power is zero, and most of the biofuels fall somewhere in the middle [i].

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

MAY 20, 2024

Supported alternative fuels include electricity, compressed natural gas, liquefied natural gas, propane, hydrogen, hythane, biodiesel, ethanol, methanol, and other advanced biofuels. Posted: May 20, 2024] PA Environment Digest Visit DEP's Alternative Fuels Incentive Grants webpage for all the details.

Biofuels

Nanotech

APRIL 9, 2024

Department of Energy (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) will hold an informational webinar on April 16, 2024, on the recently released 2023 Billion-Ton Report (BT23), an assessment of renewable carbon resources potentially available in the United States.

2024

Nanotech

JULY 30, 2024

The Agile BioFoundry’s (ABF) 2024 Industry Day will be held virtually on September 12, 2024. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO), ABF aims to develop biomanufacturing tools, processes, and partnerships that enable sustainable industrial production of renewable fuels and chemicals. Funded by the U.S.

2024

Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

The bill authorizes the Air Resources Board to initially implement incentive-based strategies to achieve reductions, and directs it to implement an enforceable regulatory strategy for manure methane beginning in 2024 if the strategy meets several criteria such as technological, economic, and infrastructural feasibility. Conclusion.

Renewable Energy

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 6, 2024

It plans to develop renewable hydrogen production facilities from renewable and nuclear electricity using both established and innovative electrolyzer technologies, where it can help reduce costs and drive further technology adoption. Posted: June 6, 2024] PA Environment Digest

Recycling

PA Environment Daily

MAY 31, 2024

Visit DEP’s Assessment Of Solar Development On Previously Mined Lands webpage for more information. Read the entire PA Bulletin notice for more information. Questions should be directed to Louie Krak at lkrak@pa.gov.

Clean Energy

Nanotech

JULY 26, 2024

Department of Energy’s (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) announced on July 18, 2024, that it selected 13 small businesses to develop innovative biobased products and biomass processing technologies.

Technology

Nanotech

JULY 23, 2024

Department of Energy’s (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office’s (BETO’s) Feedstock-Conversion Interface Consortium (FCIC) intends to issue in September 2024 an Industrial Partnership Call (IPC) to allow collaboration between industry stakeholders and FCIC researchers.

2024

Law Columbia

MAY 22, 2024

June 2023 case before the UK Advertising Standards Authority The first Repsol case before the ASA was investigated in June 2023, and related to an online advertisement which stated, ‘At Repsol, we are developing biofuels and synthetic fuels to achieve net zero emissions,’ against an image of leaves.

Biofuels

Nanotech

APRIL 2, 2024

On March 15, 2024, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the release of the Bioenergy Technologies Office’s (BETO) 2023 Billion-Ton Report (BT23), the fourth in a series of assessments of potential biomass resources available in the United States.

2024

Nanotech

MAY 22, 2024

Department of Energy’s (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) announced on May 7, 2024, the release of the “Progression of Net-Zero Emission Propulsion Technologies for the Off-Road Sector Request for Information” (RFI).

Technology

Nanotech

MAY 24, 2024

Department of Energy’s (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) announced on May 22, 2024, that it awarded $2.18 million in funding to four additional projects as part of the Feedstock-Conversion Interface Consortium (FCIC) 2023 Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) call.

2024

Nanotech

JULY 31, 2024

On July 31, 2024, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) announced the release of the first two parts of the Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) State-of-Industry Report.

Renewable Energy

Nanotech

JUNE 3, 2024

On June 12, 2024, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office’s (BETO) Chemical Catalysis for Bioenergy Consortium (ChemCatBio) will hold a webinar on artificial intelligence (AI) for catalysis.

2024

Nanotech

MAY 30, 2024

Department of Energy’s (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) announced on May 23, 2024, that it released a Summary Report from a September 2023 Request for Information (RFI) on building supply chains to meet Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Grand Challenge goals.

2024

Enviromental Defense

MAY 18, 2021

The rest of our power comes from a mix of nuclear power, renewables like hydro, wind and solar power, and biofuel. The Pickering nuclear plant is scheduled to retire in 2024 (or later, depending on how long past its retirement date Ontario wants to push the aging plant!), Ontario Energy Output by Fuel Type: 2020 . Source: IESO [link].

Electricity

Greenbuilding Law

DECEMBER 10, 2023

To state the obvious, these regulations are only proposed to be published on December 15, 2023, and will not be final until, at best, months hence, after building owners are mandated to begin collecting GHG data on January 1, 2024, using methodologies proposed in those regulations.

Regulations

Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 10, 2024

Biofuels can play a productive role when used at a sustainable level. Source EIA Monthly Biofuels Capacity and Feedstocks Update ) Using more oils and fats for fuel instead of food and animal feed has consequences for competing users of these products and for the global agricultural system. Source US Energy Information Administration.

Biofuels

Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 8, 2025

Biofuels are often marketed as homegrown low-carbon fuels, but that’s not an accurate description of where the industry is headed. Between 2022 and 2024 bio-based diesel (BBD) consumption soared, but more than 70 percent of the growth came from imported fuels or fuels made with imported vegetable oils and animal fats (called feedstocks).

Biofuels

ESA

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

The Government Accountability Office issued five new priority recommendations to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. White House : The Office of Science and Technology Policy released draft templates for disclosing current and pending sources of support in federal grant applications. Read the full report here.

2022

A Greener Life

AUGUST 6, 2024

Moreover, industry giants knew that many of the technologies they presented publicly as solutions to the climate crisis – such as algae-based biofuels and carbon capture and storage (CCS) – were neither as green nor as feasible as they promised, the study reveals. Closeup of biofuel in a laboratory.

Biofuels

ESA

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Congress Bipartisan members of Congress ask White House to provide $425 million for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative in 2024 President’s Budget Request. 8, 2022) CNSF – FY 2024 Letter to White House OMB and OSTP (Oct. 17, 2022) ESC – Letter of Support for the DOE Foundation for FY 2024 (Sept.

2023

ESA

MAY 23, 2022

In response to a question from a BIO AC member, an NSF representative shared that the federal government is considering how to improve how it collects gender demographics at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy level. What You Need to Know About Biofuels – PoliticoPro. remains the world’s magnet for top STEM talent.

2022

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Of Environmental Professionals Host March 18 Webinar On Emerging PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' Treatment Technologies PA Recycling Markets Center Hosts March 11 Webinar Update On Recycled Paper Commodities Markets, Including Impacts Of Tariffs Call For Presentations: PA Assn.

Natural Gas