Archive for 2019

BioTork teams with Lallemand Biofuels & Distilled Spirits on improved yeast strains for ethanol

March 11, 2019 | Meghan Sapp

In Florida, BioTork, LLC and Lallemand Biofuels & Distilled Spirits (LBDS) announced the formalization of a collaboration for the development of improved yeast strains for the ethanol industry. Located in Gainesville, FL, BioTork is a privately-owned biotechnology company focusing on the development of microbial strains and bioconversion processes capable of producing bio-based chemical commodities such […]

Association for the Work Truck Industry sees biodiesel continuing to play major fueling role

March 11, 2019 | Meghan Sapp

In Indiana, new research revealed this week by NTEA – The Association for the Work Truck Industry confirms that fleets across the country are increasingly relying on the power and performance of biodiesel, America’s Advanced Biofuel, to get the job done in their existing and new diesel vehicles. For the third time in four years, […]

Shell teams with local UCO biodiesel producer to supply delivery trucks in Hong Kong

March 11, 2019 | Meghan Sapp

In Hong Kong, Shell announced that it has launched its pilot program with Maxim’s Group to use biodiesel from Maxim’s used cooking oil to power its fleet in Hong Kong. The first-of-its-kind program in Hong Kong will support over 100 delivery trucks, with annual consumption of 396,000 liters. Maxim’s Group is the first restaurant group […]

Flint Hills Resources to install FQPT technology at second ethanol plant

March 11, 2019 | Meghan Sapp

In Iowa, Flint Hills Resources it will install Fluid Quip Process Technologies’ (FQPT) patented Maximized Stillage Co-Products (MSC)TM system at its Shell Rock, Iowa, ethanol plant. This is the second installation of the FQPT MSCTM system among Flint Hills’ seven ethanol plants located in Iowa, Nebraska and Georgia, and the fourth site in the nation […]

Boeing follows Airbus lead by offering to deliver planes with biofuel blend

March 11, 2019 | Meghan Sapp

In Washington state, Boeing will begin offering airlines and operators the option of powering their new commercial jet with biofuel for the flight home. The program is designed to further spur the use of sustainable aviation fuels – which cut emissions up to 80 percent – and support the industry’s drive to protect the environment. The […]

Throw Deep: Heard on the Floor at the Washington Sustainable Aviation Fuels Summit

March 11, 2019 | Jim Lane

Ken “Snake” Stabler was a Super Bowl-winning quarterback and made the NFL Hall of Fame, but his life and philosophy had never, to my knowledge, been invoked at a conference on the prospects for sustainable aviation fuels. That is, until former Navy Secretary Ray Mabus told last week in Seattle of an erudite sportswriter who […]

Hot 50 PhotoVote: Haldor Topsoe

March 10, 2019 | Jim Lane

This is an official photo vote submitted for the 2019 Hot 50 by Haldor Topsoe. Photo Votes are distributed via the Digest, Twitter and LinkedIn (subject to review for taste and originality) and each Like for each photo vote counts for 1 additional vote in the Hot 50. Notes on PhotoVotes. This year, you may […]

Hot 50 PhotoVote: REG

March 10, 2019 | Jim Lane

This is an official photo vote submitted for the 2019 Hot 50 by REG. Photo Votes are distributed via the Digest, Twitter and LinkedIn (subject to review for taste and originality) and each Like for each photo vote counts for 1 additional vote in the Hot 50. Notes on PhotoVotes. This year, you may submit […]

Hot 50 PhotoVote: REG

March 10, 2019 | Jim Lane

Hot 50 PhotoVote: REG

March 10, 2019 | Jim Lane

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Archive for 2019

BioTork teams with Lallemand Biofuels & Distilled Spirits on improved yeast strains for ethanol

Association for the Work Truck Industry sees biodiesel continuing to play major fueling role

Shell teams with local UCO biodiesel producer to supply delivery trucks in Hong Kong

Flint Hills Resources to install FQPT technology at second ethanol plant

Boeing follows Airbus lead by offering to deliver planes with biofuel blend

Throw Deep: Heard on the Floor at the Washington Sustainable Aviation Fuels Summit

Hot 50 PhotoVote: Haldor Topsoe

Hot 50 PhotoVote: REG

Hot 50 PhotoVote: REG

Hot 50 PhotoVote: REG