SOURCE: U.S. Energy Information Administration
July 9, 2024
BY Erin Voegele
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Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., and a bipartisan groups of colleagues on Jan. 16 reintroduced the Farm to Fly Act, a bill that aims to accelerate the production and development of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
Terviva Inc. on Jan. 14 announced a strategic investment from Idemitsu Kosan Co. Ltd. Idemitsu, in partnership with Terviva and Australia-based Stanmore is beginning a trial plantation of Terviva’s pongamia in Queensland, Australia.
The USDA on Jan. 15 published an interim rule that establishes guidelines for quantifying, reporting and verifying GHG emissions associated with the production of biofuel feedstock commodity crops grown in the U.S.
The U.S. EIA maintained its forecasts for 2025 renewable diesel and biodiesel production in its latest Short-Term Energy Outlook, released Jan. 14. The 2025 outlook for “other biofuel” production, including SAF, was also unchanged.
The U.S. DOE Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) has announced $25 million to develop a U.S.-led marine energy hydrocarbon and industrial commodity supply through the deep-water cultivation of seaweed biomass at million-ton scale.