In Sweden, Stora Enso will build a pilot facility for producing Cellufoam by Stora Enso, a lightweight, fiber-based foam material for protective packaging and cushioning. Bio-based foams are renewable and recyclable and can be used in packaging, for example, to replace oil-based polymer foams which are widely used today. The pilot plant will be located […]
In North Dakota, as part of the conversion of Marathon’s Dickinson Refinery to produce renewable diesel, the North Dakota Public Service Commission has approved two pipelines for the project. One pipeline will carry liquid soybean and corn oil from the rail terminal to the refinery while the other project will do the reverse trip, carrying […]
In Brazil, Reuters reports Czarnikow has received permission from the ANP energy regulator to open CzEnergy, a company dedicated to trading ethanol and power in the country. CzEnergy is looking to be involved in both the ethanol and power markets, so it will work with mills that produce both products in addition to just sugar, […]
In Iowa, at a virtual event with former Iowa Governor and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and Wapello County educator Melinda Jones last night, businesswoman Theresa Greenfield highlighted and answered questions about her commitment to creating more opportunity throughout rural Iowa, including supporting biofuels. Theresa and Gov. Vilsack laid out how Senator Joni Ernst […]
In Washington, AFPM issued the following statement about the ‘gap year’ applications that have been submitted by small refineries in order to make the case that RFS obligations in previous years have been a source of disproportionate economic harm. EPA is currently reviewing these petitions: “The refining industry is under immense financial pressure, and the last thing […]
In New York state, researchers from the University of Buffalo are collaborators on a $2 million project funded by the U.S. Department of Energy that will study the use of algae to purify wastewater while simultaneously producing biomass for fuel production. They will focus on looking at the make-up and function of algae, which the […]
In Washington, Reuters reports decisions on neither the gap-year applications nor the 2021 blending levels have been made by the Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA Administrator told reports that COVID-19 was the main reason for the delay in deciding on a proposal for the 2021 RVO and hoped a proposal would be finalized soon. He […]
By Sam Nejame, CEO of Promotum & Simão Soares, CEO of SilicoLife Special to The Digest Most people have a hard time dealing with climate change deniers. We say, they’re backward, there’s overwhelming evidence, they’re anti-science. Anthropomorphic green house gases accumulate in the atmosphere and if we don’t live more sustainably the earth’s temperature will […]
Q: What was the reason for founding your organization – what was the open niche you saw that could be addressed with a new product or service? What was the problem, or gap, or opportunity? Scipio Biofuels was founded to use the company’s innovative algaculture technology to do its part to alleviate the effects of […]
In Washington, responding to the oil industry’s effort to undermine the expansion of E15 (gasoline containing 15% ethanol), Growth Energy, the Renewable Fuels Association, and National Corn Growers Association on Friday filed a brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit supporting and defending the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s 2019 regulation that finally allowed […]
