In Illinois, United Airlines further strengthened its reputation as an aviation industry leader in environmental sustainability by committing $40 million toward a new investment vehicle focused on accelerating the development of sustainable aviation fuels and other decarbonization technologies. The carrier, which earlier this year agreed to purchase up to 10 million gallons of sustainable aviation […]
In Washington, U.S. Under Secretary of Energy Mark W. Menezes and Deputy Under Secretary Donald LaVoy announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the two departments to promote rural energy and the development of technologies that will support and advance rural and agricultural communities and domestic manufacturing. The newly signed MOU, which was required under section 6501 […]
In Canada, G4 Insights Inc. has successfully demonstrated in a field trial that forestry industry residues can be turned into renewable natural gas (RNG). Their RNG technology demonstration project has been supported by a federal-provincial-industry partnership with the common goal of clean energy distribution into homes, businesses and industry connected to the natural gas infrastructure […]
In Minnesota, Heartland Corn Products, an ethanol producer in Winthrop, has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $53,000 to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) for a variety of environmental violations at its facility. The violations came to light when the company conducted its own environmental audit in 2018 after a change in management. […]
In Washington, the Energy Information Administration says on August 9, 2019, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it had granted 31 Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) Small Refinery Exemptions (SRE) for the 2018 compliance year, or 4 fewer than were approved for the 2017 compliance year. As of October 2019, two SRE applications were […]
In the UK, the Counsel General and Brexit Minister visited Aberystwyth University last week to open the new Bio-refining Centre and Seed Biobank buildings at the University’s Innovation and Enterprise Campus. The minister who is responsible for EU funding in Wales announced a £3.7 million EU investment to extend the award-winning BEACON bio economy program, […]
In Washington, Iowa Senator Joni Ernst says she is putting the pressure on the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to follow through with President Trump’s promises to make up for gallons lost from small refinery hardship waivers, but she is clear that if he doesn’t follow through then she is going to ask for […]
By Michele Rubino, Special to The Digest I attended the Argus Biofuels & Carbon Markets Summit in Napa Valley October 21-23 2019. Time flies. The last time I was at the gathering was 2015. Donald Trump had recently announced his candidacy riding down the now famous escalator in Trump Tower alongside Melania, while David Cameron […]
It’s ABLC Week and the semi-annual State of the Industry Address and a host of industry outlooks will be forthcoming in two Industry Horizons Forums and two Next Technologies Summits taking place on Thursday and Friday. We’re rounding out our coverage with the annual long-range forecasts from the oil majors Shell, BP and ExxonMobil — […]
In our Next 50 Companies to Disrupt the World, one company which is intensively followed by the Digesterati but perhaps less known in the broader world is Arzeda. That has a lot to do with the fact that the entire idea of designing proteins using modern tools has completely revolutionized the scope and scale of […]
