Archive for 2020

Minnesota’s largest utility proposing state legislation promoting renewable LNG and hydrogen

Minnesota’s largest utility proposing state legislation promoting renewable LNG and hydrogen

February 10, 2020 |

In Minnesota, CenterPoint Energy, the state’s largest natural gas utility serving more than 860,000 residential and business customers, is proposing state legislation promoting innovative clean energy resources and technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and advance Minnesota’s clean energy future. The Natural Gas Innovation Act would establish a state regulatory policy allowing a natural gas […]

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3 Reasons to Scale-Up and How: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to Scale-Up of Industrial Fermentation Processes

3 Reasons to Scale-Up and How: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to Scale-Up of Industrial Fermentation Processes

February 10, 2020 |

There are 3 big reasons to scale-up a process but how exactly do you go about doing it? What should you do to prepare for scale-up? How do you successfully scale-up a fermentation process? H. Brett Schreyer from Lee Enterprises Consulting answers these questions in this illuminating presentation on scaling up for demonstration purposes, for […]

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Improving Algae Line with Faster Production: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to Cellular Metabolism

Improving Algae Line with Faster Production: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to Cellular Metabolism

February 10, 2020 |

Scott Twary from Los Alamos National Laboratory is working on how to design an integrated strain improvement platform for algae with faster production and to meet BETO’s mission goals of developing technologies for algae strain improvement to meet biomass yield and productivity goals. Get the latest developments on this research from his BETO presentation which […]

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U.S. EPA, central coast growers, federal & state partners join healthy soils dialogue

U.S. EPA, central coast growers, federal & state partners join healthy soils dialogue

February 9, 2020 |

In California, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency met with federal and state agencies and leaders from the region’s agriculture and food production industries make progress on on-farm composting and to launch an interagency collaboration between 15 federal, state, and regional agencies that is committed to developing a regulatory pathway to address permitting challenges and create […]

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Scientists uncover how cyanobacteria converts CO2 so efficiently

Scientists uncover how cyanobacteria converts CO2 so efficiently

February 9, 2020 |

In Germany, a research team from Ruhr-Universität Bochum revealed the secret of how cyanobacteria converts CO2 which makes it possible to use the information to improve the production of sustainable fuels for example. By analyzing the molecular structure of the complex using cryo-electron microscopy in combination with computer simulations and other biochemical experiments, the team […]

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Weekly ethanol production rose 5.1%, four-week average rose 0.4%

Weekly ethanol production rose 5.1%, four-week average rose 0.4%

February 9, 2020 |

In Washington, D.C., ethanol production rose 5.1%, or 52,000 barrels per day (b/d), to 1.081 million b/d—equivalent to 45.40 million gallons daily, according to EIA data analyzed by the Renewable Fuels Association. The four-week average ethanol production rate rose 0.4% to 1.063 million b/d, equivalent to an annualized rate of 16.30 billion gallons. Ethanol stocks […]

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Project results confirm development potential of biodiesel from rapeseed oil

Project results confirm development potential of biodiesel from rapeseed oil

February 9, 2020 |

In Germany, UFOP published the “Biodiesel as an integral component of pioneering diesel fuels” report, which examines the segregation and aging processes of three promising, alternative diesel engine fuels – hydrogenated vegetable oils (HVO), polyoxymethylene dimethyl ether (OME) and rapeseed methyl ester (RME). The project results confirm the development potential of RME for biodiesel. In […]

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Eastman expands Naia cellulosic staple fiber product portfolio

Eastman expands Naia cellulosic staple fiber product portfolio

February 9, 2020 |

In Tennessee, Eastman, the maker of Naia cellulosic filament yarn, which is responsibly sourced from sustainably managed pine and eucalyptus forests and plantations, has expanded its Naia fiber portfolio. Naia blends well with other eco-friendly materials, such as lyocell, modal and recycled polyester, according to Eastman. Produced in a safe, closed-loop process where solvents are […]

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Trial testimonies begin in Washakie Renewable Energy biofuel fraud court case

Trial testimonies begin in Washakie Renewable Energy biofuel fraud court case

February 9, 2020 |

In Utah, The Salt Lake Tribune reported that the trial and testimonies have started in the case of the multimillion-dollar biofuel fraud involving Washakie Renewable Energy in the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah. Jacob Kingston’s testimony has him blaming Lev Dermen who has pleaded not guilty, for escalating the biofuel fraud that […]

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Clariant expands production and launches new products for edible oils and biofuels market

Clariant expands production and launches new products for edible oils and biofuels market

February 9, 2020 |

In Switzerland, Clariant is investing in additional production capacity at their Yuncos, Spain plant for edible oils and biofuels market products, is adding a new product line that extends their portfolio of highly activated bleaching earths, and is adding production & service closer to customers in Spain of products for 3-MCPD reduction in edible oils. […]

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