Archive for 2018

The Cannabis Opp: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to novel high-value feedstocks for advanced medical applications

The Cannabis Opp: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to novel high-value feedstocks for advanced medical applications

April 8, 2018 |

Medicinal Hemp and Cannabis Products…The endo-cannabinoid system and importance thereof…Pain management and many, many more applications…Thousands of patents…billion Dollar companies already overseas…and Big investments in non-US players. These are some of the highlights identified by veterna industry consultant Brian Goodall in an illuminating overview of opportunities to develop, cultivate and deploy high-value oils from algae […]

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No Crop Left Behind: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to USDA/NIFA’s Coordinated Agricultural Projects

No Crop Left Behind: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to USDA/NIFA’s Coordinated Agricultural Projects

April 8, 2018 |

You might be wondering what the heck this map signifies — enthroned as it is on the website of the National Insitute of Food & Agriculture, the USDA’s primary intersection with the academic community — and also visible in an updated form at ABLC Next when USDA Energy Policy director Harry Baumes took the floor. […]

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The Flava: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to bioindustrials and the flavors & fragrances industry

The Flava: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to bioindustrials and the flavors & fragrances industry

April 7, 2018 |

The Flavor & Fragrance industry is highly fragmented and differentiated and this slide deck from Scott Chaplin of SMC Consulting gives the overall picture. The industry sector is valued at $46 Billion worldwide and is divided into three areas; Flavors, Fragrances and Ingredients. The Major Globals have a 50% sales split between Flavors & Fragrances, while the […]

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Veolia to operate 2 new biomass-to-energy projects in Georgia

Veolia to operate 2 new biomass-to-energy projects in Georgia

April 7, 2018 |

In Massachusetts, Veolia Energy Operating Services, LLC, a division of Veolia North America, was selected by Georgia Renewable Power to operate and maintain three biomass-to-energy facilities. As a result of this expanded relationship with GRP, Veolia will support the startup and commissioning of the biomass projects located in Lumberton, N.C., Carnesville, Ga., and Colbert, Ga. […]

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Gemma Power Finalizes Contract for a 475 MW Power Project in NC

Gemma Power Finalizes Contract for a 475 MW Power Project in NC

April 7, 2018 |

In Connecticut, Gemma Power Systems, LLC, a subsidiary of Argan which includes biomass, biofuel, and other types of facilities, entered into an Engineering, Procurement and Construction services contract with NTE Carolinas II, LLC, an affiliate of NTE Energy, to construct a 475 MW state-of-the-art natural gas-fired power plant in Rockingham County, North Carolina. The NTE […]

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Greener, cheaper technique for biofuel production from mushroom crop residue

Greener, cheaper technique for biofuel production from mushroom crop residue

April 7, 2018 |

In Singapore, a team of engineers from the National University of Singapore discovered that a naturally occurring bacterium, Thermoanaerobacterium thermosaccharolyticum TG57, isolated from waste generated after harvesting mushrooms, is capable of directly converting cellulose, a plant-based material, to biobutanol. Associate Professor He Jianzhong from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at NUS Faculty of […]

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Ethanol production hits 4 week low

Ethanol production hits 4 week low

April 7, 2018 |

In Washington, DC, ethanol production averaged 1.038 million barrels per day (b/d)—or 43.60 million gallons daily, according to EIA data analyzed by the Renewable Fuels Association. That is down 2,000 b/d from the week before. The four-week average for ethanol production decreased to 1.038 million b/d for an annualized rate of 15.91 billion gallons. Stocks […]

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German rapeseed oil price falls to lowest in 3.5 years

German rapeseed oil price falls to lowest in 3.5 years

April 7, 2018 |

In Germany, UFOP reports that rapeseed oil prices fell to a multi-year low and weakened considerably, while soybean oil also came down sharply. The reduction of tariff rates on palm oil from Indonesia pushed through at the WTO and the lowered tariff rates on biodiesel from Argentina, which have been applied since September, increasingly weighed […]

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Report says IMO at risk due to weak governance

Report says IMO at risk due to weak governance

April 7, 2018 |

In Germany, a new study by Transparency International, an anti-corruption organization, said the International Maritime Organisation is at risk of unresolved conflicts of interest due to shortcomings in its governance. The report said that private shipping-industry concerns could have undue influence over the policymaking process at the IMO. “The IMO was assigned the task of […]

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UNICA and biofuel industry oppose lifting sugarcane for ethanol ban

UNICA and biofuel industry oppose lifting sugarcane for ethanol ban

April 7, 2018 |

In Brazil, environmentalists and the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association, UNICA, are protesting the Brazilian Senate’s consideration of lifting a ban on sugarcane production for ethanol fuel in the Amazon. UNICA is worried that if the bill is adopted, it would have a negative impact on the industry’s image, according to Euractiv. “By changing the zoning […]

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