Items Tagged with 'Gevo'

The Friant Water Authority appointed Julie Gantenbein as general counsel. She has been a shareholder in the Water and Power Law Group for the past 15 years where she has gained experience in water rights, regulatory compliance and statewide water policy. Her legal career includes extensive experience in non-federal hydropower licensing and compliance proceedings before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), natural gas certificate and compliance matters before FERC, and regulatory proceedings for federal water control facilities before the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, according to the Friant Water Authority’s news release. 

Carbon capture advocates are objecting to an EPA proposal to scrap a greenhouse gas reporting requirement for dozens of industrial sectors, arguing that energy tax credits would be negatively impacted.

Four years ago, there were high hopes in agriculture for the future of sustainable aviation fuel. The airlines joined the Biden administration in announcing a commitment to use 3 billion gallons of SAF by 2030. But SAF is still struggling to take off.

Faith Parum joined the American Farm Bureau Federation as an economist. Wayne Stoskopf was promoted to senior director of public policy for risk management and legislative strategy at the National Corn Growers Association. CropLife America hired Tonya Parish as senior manager of government relations communications. 

The National Corn Growers Association Corn Board elected Michigan farmer Matt Frostic as the organization's first vice president. Robin Bowen joined Elanco as director of U.S. government affairs. Sarah Dean joined PepsiCo as director of global public policy, sustainability reporting and human rights. 

The Biden administration is putting the finishing touches on its regulatory agenda ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration. USDA is finalizing a rule barring poultry integrators from paying producers reduced rates in tournament ranking systems. The rule, being announced today, still allows for competitive bonuses.

Red Trail Energy, an ethanol plant on a North Dakota carbon capture site, is one step closer to being purchased by biofuel company Gevo following a vote by its equity holders approving the transaction.

Ethanol plant operators are heavily funding a campaign to protect a new South Dakota law they believe will ease the construction of a carbon dioxide pipeline across the state.

The goal of turning corn ethanol into sustainable aviation fuel is a little closer with the announcement that Gevo has secured a conditional, $1.46 billion loan guarantee from the Department of Energy. It’s the department’s first such commitment for an alcohol-to-jet fuel facility. 

The Department of Energy has announced a conditional $1.46 billion loan guarantee to Gevo for a large-scale corn starch-to-jet fuel facility.