Archive for 2020

BETO Request for Information on residential wood heater and bioprocessing separations tech

BETO Request for Information on residential wood heater and bioprocessing separations tech

August 23, 2020 |

In Washington, D.C., the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s (EERE’s) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) is requesting stakeholder feedback on research opportunities related to residential wood heater technology advancement and bioprocessing separations development to help inform its research priorities and funding strategies. Topic 1. Residential Wood Heater Technology Advancement EERE […]

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Overall U.S. corn supply remains strong even with Derecho causes destruction in Midwest

Overall U.S. corn supply remains strong even with Derecho causes destruction in Midwest

August 23, 2020 |

In Washington, D.C., the U.S. Grains Council reports that while a powerful, 14-hour derecho hit more than 700 miles of crop land in the U.S. Midwest – mainly in Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska and Ohio – on Aug. 10, corn supply remains strong with above-average corn harvest this fall. While damage to farms and corn crops […]

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Deadline extended for used-cooking oil to biodiesel project proposals

Deadline extended for used-cooking oil to biodiesel project proposals

August 23, 2020 |

In Oman, Trade Arabia reports that Oman Environmental Services Holding Company (be’ah), a solid waste management company, extended its deadline for the submission project proposals to convert used-cooking oil (UCO) into biodiesel to August 31. “Offers, originally due by August 16, may now be handed in by August 31, 2020, the state-run utility said in […]

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Haldor Topsoe’s 16% revenue growth in 2020 driven by tech and catalysts demand

Haldor Topsoe’s 16% revenue growth in 2020 driven by tech and catalysts demand

August 23, 2020 |

In Denmark, Haldor Topsoe reports that in the first half year of 2020, revenue increased by 16% to DKK 3,202 million compared to the first half of 2019, while EBIT decreased by 5% to DKK 419 million. The revenue growth was driven by high demand for Topsoe’s technologies and catalysts even while order intake was […]

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Aemetis completes construction of Phase I dairy digester and pipeline project for RNG

Aemetis completes construction of Phase I dairy digester and pipeline project for RNG

August 23, 2020 |

In California, Aemetis, Inc. completed construction of the first two dairy digesters and four mile pipeline for the production of renewable natural gas (RNG) to supply below-zero carbon intensity RNG to displace petroleum based natural gas used at the Keyes ethanol production facility, and to provide fuel for RNG trucks and buses. “Aemetis is implementing […]

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Captain Canola – Yield10 Biosciences one step closer to canola feedstock superhero

Captain Canola – Yield10 Biosciences one step closer to canola feedstock superhero

August 23, 2020 |

News just in from Yield10 Bioscience, Inc., a Massachusetts-based agricultural bioscience company, that they have obtained a positive response from USDA-APHIS’s Biotechnology Regulatory Services (BRS) for its CRISPR genome-edited trait C3007 in canola plant lines developed for increased oil content and now have plans for U.S. field tests in 2021. In today’s Digest, how does […]

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Follow the Money: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to Industrial Bioeconomy Revolution

Follow the Money: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to Industrial Bioeconomy Revolution

August 23, 2020 |

Will Canada transform? Or stand on the sidelines? That’s the question asked by Jeff Passmore, CEO of Passmore Group who shared this illuminating “Follow the Money” slide guide that asks how tenable is fossil fuel’s future? Where could some of this repositioned investment capital go? What’s the size of the prize? What are some of these […]

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Algae Biomass Organization Appoints Dr. Rebecca White as Executive Director

Algae Biomass Organization Appoints Dr. Rebecca White as Executive Director

August 20, 2020 |

In Minnesota, the Algae Biomass Organization selected Dr. Rebecca White as ABO’s new Executive Director, effective October 1, 2020. Dr. White is a recognized leader in the algae industry having led algae production operations at several companies, represented the algae industry in Washington, DC, and helped initiate youth education and engagement programs. Dr. White will […]

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Tennessee landfill gas RNG project commissioned by BP and partners

Tennessee landfill gas RNG project commissioned by BP and partners

August 20, 2020 |

In Tennessee, Republic Services and energy partners Aria Energy and BP announced the startup of a landfill-gas-to-renewable-natural-gas (RNG) project at South Shelby Landfill. The project directly supports Republic’s commitment to send 50 percent more landfill gas to beneficial reuse by 2030. South Shelby Landfill is one of 189 active, modern-day landfills managed by Republic Services, […]

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COVID-19 forces Crimson Renewable Energy to replace UCO with rendered pig fat

COVID-19 forces Crimson Renewable Energy to replace UCO with rendered pig fat

August 20, 2020 |

In California, The Californian newspaper in Bakersfield reports COVID-19 has forced Crimson Renewable Energy to shift its partial reliance on UCO for biodiesel feedstock to rendered pig fat. UCO availability is down due to fewer people dining in restaurants as a result of quarantine. Corn oil rounds out the feedstock mix. The company is in […]

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