Chevron Renewable Energy Group

The business is headquartered in Ames, Iowa, USA, and is part of Chevron, which is building a renewable fuels business that combines renewable fuel production and feedstock aggregation with its distribution and commercial marketing position. The site regi.com is Chevron branded and still refers to Renewable Energy Group by name.

Its roots go back more than two decades to West Central Cooperative in Ralston, Iowa, where the first batch of biodiesel was made in 1996. Today it is described as one of the largest biodiesel producers by volume in the United States, operating 9 active biorefineries in the U.S. and Europe through a global procurement, distribution and logistics network.

In 2023 Renewable Energy Group produced 408 million gallons of fuel, which the company equates to 3.8 million metric tons of carbon reduction.