{"id":122588,"date":"2023-02-16T07:07:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-16T06:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=122588"},"modified":"2023-02-13T09:21:16","modified_gmt":"2023-02-13T08:21:16","slug":"shell-and-sw-enter-joint-venture-to-develop-and-produce-sustainable-biofuel-feedstocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/shell-and-sw-enter-joint-venture-to-develop-and-produce-sustainable-biofuel-feedstocks\/","title":{"rendered":"Shell and S&W Enter Joint Venture to Develop and Produce Sustainable Biofuel Feedstocks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n

Equilon Enterprises LLC (\u201cShell\u201d) and S&W Seed Company (Nasdaq:\u00a0SANW<\/a>) (\u201cS&W\u201d), a global agricultural company,\u00a0today announced the execution of an agreement to establish a joint venture (the \u201cJV\u201d) for the purpose of developing novel plant genetics for oil seed cover crops as feedstocks for biofuel production. The JV company, named Vision Bioenergy Oilseeds LLC, will be jointly owned by Shell and S&W.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

S&W will contribute its expertise in seed research, technology, production, and processing to the JV, including its seed processing and research facilities in\u00a0Nampa, Idaho.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Camelina is regarded as a scalable and commercially viable oilseed with the potential to be a sustainable feedstock source for the energy transition. Camelina also is recognized as a low greenhouse gas cover crop in the US. Cover crops are planted between main crop growing seasons, with the aim of not influencing the price or availability of crops grown for food and feed. Using effective controls and management, Camelina has the potential to provide sustainable feedstocks, and create social and environmental co-benefits by diversifying farmers\u2019 income streams and reducing soil erosion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Biofuels, such as those made from Camelina oil, may be an effective way to help decarbonize customers in hard-to-abate sectors, where energy density in fuels is key, including the aviation, marine, and heavy-duty road transport sectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The JV expects to carry out initial grain production in late 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are pleased to be entering this JV with Shell, which leverages our seed and technology capabilities with Camelina and demonstrates how agriculture and energy can work together to lower carbon emissions by producing domestically sourced sustainable biofuel feedstocks,\u201d commented\u00a0Mark Wong, CEO of S&W Seed Company. \u201cShell shares our vision on the long-term opportunity Camelina provides, including enhancing farmland food production. As arable farming acreage decreases, Camelina can be a key contributor to maximizing use of every acre of farmland.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

About S&W Seed Company<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Founded in 1980, S&W Seed Company is a global agricultural company headquartered in\u00a0Longmont,\u00a0Colorado. S&W\u2019s vision is to be the world\u2019s preferred proprietary seed company which supplies a range of forage and specialty crop products that supports the growing global demand for animal proteins and healthier consumer diets. S&W is a global leader in proprietary alfalfa, sorghum and pasture seeds, with significant research and development, production and distribution capabilities. S&W also utilizes its research and breeding expertise to develop and produce stevia, the all-natural, zero calorie sweetener for the food and beverage industry. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Equilon Enterprises LLC (\u201cShell\u201d) and S&W Seed Company (Nasdaq:\u00a0SANW) (\u201cS&W\u201d), a global agricultural company,\u00a0today announced the execution of an agreement to establish a joint venture (the \u201cJV\u201d) for the purpose of developing novel plant genetics for oil seed cover crops as feedstocks for biofuel production. The JV company, named Vision Bioenergy Oilseeds LLC, will be […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","nova_meta_subtitle":"The JV intends to develop Camelina (\u201cCamelina sativa\u201d) and other oilseed species from which oil and meal can be extracted for future processing into animal feed, biofuels, and other bioproducts","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572],"tags":[13556,5714,13462,14683,12518,15629,11857],"supplier":[21755,647,21756],"class_list":["post-122588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bio-based","tag-bioenergy","tag-biofuels","tag-biooil","tag-camelina","tag-feedstocks","tag-oilseed","tag-sustainable","supplier-sw-seed-company","supplier-shell-group","supplier-vision-bioenergy-oilseeds-llc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122588"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122588\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122588"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=122588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}