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Montauk Renewables Inc. has announced its planned entrance into South Carolina with the development of a new landfill gas-to-RNG facility located with the state. The 900 MMBtu per day project is expected to be complete in mid-2024.

Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Neb., pressed U.S. EPA Administrator Michael Regan on the agency’s proposed biomass-based diesel RFS RVOs and its delayed action on a Midwest E15 petition during a March 22 Senate committee hearing.

Alder Fuels on March 21 released a high-level technical analysis of Alder SAF100, a fuel that the company is creating by combining hydrocarbons derived from its Alder Greencrude (AGC) platform with SAF produced via a traditional HEFA process.

Alaska Airlines has announced an agreement with Shell Aviation to expand the SAF market beyond a standard fuel supply agreement. The agreement addresseses technology, infrastructure, carbon accounting and policy suport.

Ethanol Producer Magazine announced this week the preliminary agenda for the 2023 International Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo (FEW) taking place June 12-14, 2023 at the CHI Health Center in Omaha, Nebraska.

The U.S. EPA in March approved a fuel pathway filed by Martinez Renewables LLC that will allow the California-based biorefinery to generate D5 RINs under the RFS for LPG made from biogenic waste FOG via a hydrotreating process.

BioTown Biogas on March 22 celebrated the commissioning of its on-farm biodigester in Reynolds, Indiana. The project will convert food waste, dairy manure, beef manure and other agricultural waste into RNG and renewable electric power.

A North Carolina administrative law judge has rejected a challenge to a general permit issued by the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) authorizing the construction and operation of methane digesters for animal waste management.

Scoular has announced it will recommission the former sunflower crush plant outside of Goodland, Kansas, that it purchased in 2021. The company will retrofit the facility to crush soybeans and canola for use as renewable diesel and SAF feedstock.

Drax Group plc on March 21 announced it is pausing its investment in its U.K. bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECSS) project while it awaits clarity regarding the U.K. government’s commitment to support BECSS.

President Joe Biden has proclaimed March 21 as National Agriculture Day. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and EPA Administrator Michael Regan issued comments recognizing the ag community for it work to provide the U.S. with food, fuel and fiber.

The U.S. Department of Energy on March 21 announced $14 million in funding to support and optimize the production of affordable biofuels and biochemicals while significantly reducing carbon emissions.