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NextEra Energy Resources LLC and Coffee County, Alabama, announced plans to build the first landfill renewable natural gas (RNG) production facility in the state of Alabama. The project is currently expected to be operational in early 2024.

Enviva released Q3 financial results on Nov. 3, reporting in the company benefited from high wood pellet prices during the three-month period. Enviva also discussed the impacts of Hurricane Ian and announced progress with new capacity development.

Representatives of the biofuels industry are slamming a report on the Renewable Fuel Standard’s small refinery exemption (SRE) program released by the U.S. Government Accountability Office on Nov. 3, calling the report shoddy and obsolete.

Sunweb Group, one of the leading European travel organizations, and Neste have entered into a new partnership based on which Sunweb Group purchases 306 tons (385,000 liters) of Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) from Neste.

Impact Bioenergy, a Seattle-based renewable energy company on Oct. 27 announced it has completed its Series A funding round in the amount of $3.6M. ITOCHU Corp., one of Japan’s leading general trading companies, is an anchor investor in the round.

Macquarie Asset Management’s Green Investment Group, via its Macquarie GIG Energy Transition Solutions fund, has acquired BayWa r.e. Bioenergy GmbH from BayWa r.e. AG. BayWa r.e. Bioenergy currrently operates five biogas plants.

Gevo Inc. has announced a new fuel sales agreement with Iberia Airlines, which is part of International Airlines Group . The agreement provides Iberia Airlines 6 million gallons per year of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for five years.

Acciona Energía has announced the construction of a 49.9 MW biomass plant in the municipality of Logrosán (Cáceres, Extremadura) in Spain. Construction is scheduled to start in Q2 2023, with plans to commence energy production in 2025.

Anaergia Inc. has received the Biogas Groundbreaker Award for 2022 from the European Biogas Association. The award recognizes the company’s growth and dedication to research activities as well as its ambition to accelerate biogas production.

CVR Energy Inc. has reported its renewable diesel unit at the Wynnewood refinery in Oklahoma continued to increase production during the third quarter. A feedstock pretreatment unit is expected to be operational next year.

ITOCHU Corp. has been selected for a SAF demonstration project by the Japanese Civil Aviation Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT). The project aims to demonstrate the blending of imported SAF.

Growth Energy, RFA, ACE and NFU on Nov. 1 filed a motion to intervene in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals in support of the U.S. EPA’s decision to deny 69 petitions from refineries seeking small refinery exemptions (SREs) under the RFS.