Archive for 2018

Table’s Been Set in 2018: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide ABLC Guide to Cellana

Table’s Been Set in 2018: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide ABLC Guide to Cellana

December 22, 2018 |

Cellana develops algae-based products and has demonstrated commercially scalable yields for multi-products. Their algae is the world’s first biomass with two high-value product applications from different components. Martin Sabarsky, Cellana’s CEO gave this illuminating overview of cellana’s technology and products, going full commercial scale with “Last Mile,” and single-digit-millions of equity financing at ABLC Global […]

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New composite advances lignin as a renewable 3D printing material

New composite advances lignin as a renewable 3D printing material

December 22, 2018 |

In Tennessee, scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have created a recipe for a renewable 3D printing feedstock that could spur a profitable new use for an intractable biorefinery byproduct: lignin. The discovery expands ORNL’s achievements in lowering the cost of bioproducts by creating novel uses for lignin—the material left over […]

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House GOP pushing to eliminate ethanol mandate

House GOP pushing to eliminate ethanol mandate

December 22, 2018 |

In Washington, D.C., House GOP Republicans are trying to get a requirement added in that cars built from 2023 tun only on gasoline with a minimum 95 octane and get rid of the federal mandate that ethanol be blended into the fuel supply. “We have to put consumers and the environment first, not our own […]

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Ethanol production remains unchanged

Ethanol production remains unchanged

December 22, 2018 |

In Washington, D.C., ethanol production averaged 1.046 million barrels per day (b/d)—or 43.93 million gallons daily, —unchanged from the week before, according to government data released and analyzed by the Renewable Fuels Association. The four-week average for ethanol production rose to 1.053 million b/d for an annualized rate of 16.14 billion gallons. Stocks of ethanol […]

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2019/20 world rapeseed production set to be stable

2019/20 world rapeseed production set to be stable

December 22, 2018 |

In Germany, UFOP reports that the rapeseed area for the 2019 harvest is expected to increase in many countries, whereas in the EU it is anticipated to decline substantially. For this reason, the International Grain Council (IGC) assumes the global area planted with rapeseed to expand minimally by less than 1 per cent. Following an […]

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MTI Issues RFP for Emerging Technology Challenge for Maine’s Forest Resources

MTI Issues RFP for Emerging Technology Challenge for Maine’s Forest Resources

December 22, 2018 |

In Maine, the Maine Technology Institute (MTI) announced a request for responses to the Emerging Technology Challenge for Maine’s Forest Resources. The goal of the challenge is to deploy a forest industry technology in Maine, preferably co-located at an existing industrial facility, where forest biomass is used in the production of a value-added product for […]

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Sugarcane milling in Center-South Brazil reaches 556M tons

Sugarcane milling in Center-South Brazil reaches 556M tons

December 22, 2018 |

In Brazil, UNICA reports that sugarcane milling in the Center-South totaled 12.6 million tons in the first half of December. In the accumulated harvest of 2018/2019 until December 16, processing reached 556.85 million tons, down 4.10% over the same period of the previous cycle (580.68 million tons). In the first half of December, sugar production […]

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Stora Enso and FSC join forces in strategic partnership

Stora Enso and FSC join forces in strategic partnership

December 22, 2018 |

In Finland, Stora Enso and the Forest Stewardship Council signed an international partnership agreement establishing a long-term strategic collaboration to develop and promote sustainable forestry. The new partnership agreement aims to increase FSC certification, especially among small- and medium-sized private forest owners in the Nordics, Baltics, and across Europe. The aim is to increase the […]

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Covestro breaks ground on new production line in Thailand

Covestro breaks ground on new production line in Thailand

December 22, 2018 |

In Germany, Covestro has started to build up a new manufacturing line for polycarbonate films at Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate, Thailand. The project is the first step of a global capacity increase for Covestro´s film production. The total investment of more than EUR 100 million also includes an expansion of the associated infrastructure and […]

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Happy Holidays for many thanks to 2018 Farm Bill

Happy Holidays for many thanks to 2018 Farm Bill

December 22, 2018 |

The 2018 Farm Bill, more formally known as the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 was signed by President Trump on Secretary of Agriculture, Sonny Perdue’s birthday last week. So what does it mean? What stays the same? What changes? What’s the reaction? First, you can see what President Trump had to say at the signing […]

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