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A team from Northwestern University, LanzaTech NZ Inc., Yale University, and NREL received $18.5 million in DOE funding for integrating cell?free systems and genome engineering to accelerate biosystems design for carbon?negative biomanufacturing.

The U.S. exported 880,876 metric tons of wood pellets in August, up from 649,185.7 metric tons the previous month and 647,922.9 metric tons in August 2021, according to data released by the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service on Oct. 5.

The USDA’s Forest Service awarded more than $712,000 from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to the Alliance for Green Heat to expand firewood banks in 2022 and to add more banks in 2023 to serve more people.

Chevron U.S.A. Inc., a subsidiary of Chevron Corp., and California Bioenergy LLC (CalBio) announced a joint investment in their second holding company to produce and market dairy biomethane as an RNG transportation fuel in California.

The U.S. Department of Energy on Oct. 6 began accepting letters of interest from applicants for loans under a new $2.1 billion Carbon Dioxide Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation program.

Divert Inc. on Oct. 6 announced a 10-year renewable natural gas (RNG) offtake agreement with bp worth approximately $175 million. Under the new agreement, bp expects to purchase RNG from three facilities under development by Divert.

Michael McAdams, president of the Advanced Biofuels Association, explains that advanced biofuels can help mitigate higher fuel prices that are expected to result from OPEC's planned cuts to petroleum production.

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Oct. 5 signed HB 3. The legislation, in part, retroactively extends the state’s wood energy tax credit program from June 30, 2020, through June 30, 2028. Wood pellet producers are among those eligible to claim the credit

Drax has agreed to acquire the remaining 10 percent minority interest in the Alabama Pellets LLC joint venture from Two Rivers Lumber Co LLC for $22 million. Alabama Pellets is comprised of the Aliceville and Demopolis pellet plants.

SRP has approved a contract to continue purchasing renewable energy from a Nova BioPower, a biomass plant that will provide reliable baseload power while helping to cut the risk of devastating forest wildfires in northern Arizona.

Republic Services and Archaea Energy have announced plans for a renewable natural gas (RNG) facility at Middle Point Landfill in Tennessee to be developed through the companies' Lightning Renewables LLC joint venture.

Enviva Inc. has published a white paper that discusses unlocking the future of biomass beyond fossil fuels into other industrial applications, including steel, cement, lime, chemicals, and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), among others.