In the Digest’s Sometimes We Wonder department, we see a glut in US ethanol markets and ethanol production, but we see no effort to dehydrate ethanol to make fuel ethylene. As the final installment in our look this week at Carbon Re-Use, we’ll look at this alternative for ethanol producers. Since ethylene is primarily used […]
The Digest’s recent webinar covered the Fundamentals of BioProcess Scale-Up, but if you missed it, here’s a chance to glance at the slides and get your questions answered. Is it as complex as it seems? What are the typical challenges? Why scale-up? What is scale-up risk? How do you mitigate it? How to prepare? Who […]
Here’s The Digest’s very own condensed look at 9 bioeconomy companies – Amyris, Aemetis, Codexis, Gevo, Green Plains, Neste, Novozymes, Pacific Ethanol and Renewable Energy Group, in their own words and images. From their latest projects, expansions, accomplishments, financials, to their outlook on future plans, strategic objectives, road maps, aspirations, and more.
SpongeBob SquarePants must be pretty darn excited today with Lidl’s announcement that they will soon sell seaweed-based underpants produced by Florida-based Nanonic. But that’s not all – with politics ramped up in the news comes “Trump straws”, airlines checking out your face with biometric identification so you can get onboard more quickly, BASF’s first renewables-based […]
In California, the state has cleared the way for storing biodiesel blends of up to 20 percent (B20) in underground storage tanks, removing the last major barrier to satisfying the state’s thirst for biodiesel. Through an effort lasting more than 10 years, the National Biodiesel Board, several member companies, and the California Advanced Biofuels Alliance […]
In Indonesia, Foreign Brief reports that the country’s president is meeting with his Malaysian counterpart to strategize about how to tackle the European threat to their palm oil exports. On the table are suspending free trade talks with Europe and canceling billions of dollars’ worth of trade deals in retaliation for Europe having ignored the […]
In Washington, Platts reports that Energy Information Administration data shows ethanol stocks fell by 1.351 million barrels last week, the first drawdown in stocks in six weeks. Yet stocks would have fallen more if ethanol production hadn’t kept help, increasing 9,000 b/d to an average of 1.04 million barrels per day, despite an estimated .79 […]
In Brazil, Reuters reports local newspaper coverage that the owner of ethanol producer Atvos, Odebrecht who is going through significant restructuring forced upon it by bankruptcy procedures, as proposed to the courts that it cut 75% of the ethanol company’s unsecured debt and 35% of its secured debt for a total of 46% debt reduction. […]
In Kenya, the Daily Nation newspaper reports that local company Nawasscoal in conjunction with university researchers has determined that producing briquettes from one metric ton of human waste sludge could save 88 trees from being used for cooking energy. With the aim of producing 300 tons of briquettes monthly, the company estimates it could save […]
In France, local news reports that ethanol sales have increased by 50% over the past year on the back of increased availability and installation of E85 fuel kits in vehicles that allows them to use higher ethanol blends. Depending on the kit, it can cost between 500 and 1,600 euros which is later paid back […]
