Archive for 2020
Using Current Tech to Reach 80% Carbon Reduction: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to Xcel Energy’s Carbon-Free Future
Xcel Energy is aiming for an 80% reduction in carbon emissions by 2030, but how do they plan to achieve this? Check out this slide-guide from Frank Novachek, Manager of Planning and Technology Assessment at Xcel Energy to see how they see a plan to increase renewables, how to attack the challenge to incremental renewables, […]
First patient dosed with Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine candidate
Earlier this week, we focused in on technologies around messenger RNA, or mRNA, as key players in the search for a coronavirus vaccine. More news on that front. In Massachusetts, Moderna disclosed that the first participant has been dosed in the Phase 1 study of the Company’s mRNA vaccine (mRNA-1273) against the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). […]
Cristal Union shifts from fuels to pharma-grade ethanol at Arcis plant in coronavirus response
This news in from Cristal Union in France: “In the current context of an unprecedented health crisis, with an increasingly rapid spread of the Covid-19 virus, the Cristal Union Group has decided to stop the production of bioethanol at the Arcis distillery in Aube to redirect its production towards ethyl alcohol, labeled BIOCIDAL and PharmEthyl […]
There’s More than One Way to Save the Planet! Carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) another new market for Bioenergy
By Mike Newman. COO of Parhelion Underwriting Special to The Digest Carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) is an important strategy to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and mitigate climate change. CCS is a process by which large amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2) are captured, compressed, transported, and sequestered. The sequestration component of CCS includes CO2 injection into geologic formations […]
California accomplice to $1 billion Utah biodiesel polygamy scam convicted by federal jury
In Utah, a federal jury in Salt Lake City, Utah, convicted California businessman Lev Aslan Dermen, also known as Levon Termendzhyan, of criminal charges relating to a $1 billion renewable fuel tax credit fraud scheme. According to evidence presented at a seven-week trial, Dermen was the owner and operator of Noil Energy Group, a California-based […]
Thailand’s PTG to invest $15.5M in PPP Green Complex JV
In Thailand, the Bangkok Post newspaper reports that energy major PTG has allotted $15.5 million for this year to invest in its PPP Green Complex joint venture it operates together with partners Thachang Green Energy and RD Kasetpattana. The facility that produces 450,000 liters per day of biodiesel and another 200,000 liters per day of […]
Chicago Argo ethanol crashes to lowest price ever at $1.04/gallon
In Illinois, Platts reports that the Chicago Argo ethanol benchmark price has fallen to a historic low of $1.04/gallon on the back of falling demand brought about by the coronavirus outbreak that is keeping people at home and off the roads. The last time the price was near this level was in July 2003 when […]
Royal DSM, SABIC, and UPM Biofuels team on reducing environmental footprint of Dyneema
In the Netherlands, Royal DSM, SABIC, and UPM Biofuels announced a partnership that will help to reduce the environmental footprint of Dyneema®, the world’s strongest fiber. The collaboration will see Dyneema transition to bio-based feedstock leveraging SABIC’s ground-breaking TRUCIRCLE™ solutions for certified renewable products. As such, DSM is delivering on its commitment to improve the […]
Brazil’s corn-based ethanol industry taking the brunt of oil price collapse
In Brazil, Bloomberg reports that the country’s fledgling corn-based ethanol industry is taking the hardest hit from the sudden drop in oil prices that are in turn pushing ethanol prices into the floor. Already crush margins for corn-based ethanol in Goias state have flipped negative and if the trend continues for much longer, as many […]
