In Washington, D.C., ethanol production scaled back by 2.8%, or 25,000 barrels per day (b/d), to 881,000 b/d—equivalent to 37.00 million gallons daily and the smallest output in fifteen weeks, according to EIA data analyzed by the Renewable Fuels Association for the week ending September 25. The four-week average ethanol production rate declined 1.2% to […]
In Florida, Transform Materials, a company that uses microwave plasma technology to convert natural gas into acetylene and hydrogen, signed a global licensing agreement with DSM Nutritional Products Ltd. which allows DSM to use the patented Transform technology to produce certain vitamins, carotenoids, and nutritional ingredients, with Transform providing technical support to ensure success of […]
Ballard just hosted a 5-hour analyst day with no breaks and there was a lot to unpack in terms of how the company intends to apply fuel cells in the bus, truck, trains and even marine sectors. But the key message was the huge expanding fuel cell and hydrogen market applications – specifically the Heavy […]
In San Francisco, startup company Wildtype gives salmon cells nutrients, sugars, salts, amino acids and growth factor to “grow” salmon tissue in its lab. If you are still hungry after that, Netherlands-based Mosa Meat is scaling up their industrial-sized production line to demonstrate the safety of cultivated meat and introduce the first cultivated beef to […]
It’s Tuesday and we’ve got two hot-off-the press technologies making news today. And if that isn’t enough Ts in one sentence, they also hit the target in terms of solving today’s tough trials. Converting otherwise wasted natural gas into high-value hydrogen and acetylene In Florida, Transform’s patented commercial-scale microwave plasma reactor system accelerates hydrogen infrastructure […]
By Mark Bustard, CEO at Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC) Special to The Digest The idea of a net zero carbon emissions and zero waste economy isn’t as far-fetched as some may think. The key promise of a bio-based economy is that we can grow the sources of raw materials for every day products. Industrial […]
In Colorado, through a novel chemistry using nontoxic resources like linseed oil, waste grease, or even algae, scientists at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory developed a groundbreaking method for producing renewable polyurethane without toxic precursors. It is a breakthrough with the potential to green the market for products ranging from footwear, to automobiles, to mattresses, […]
In Brazil, Argus Media reports that Brazil’s hydrocarbons regulator ANP will reduce individual carbon credit targets for fuel distribution companies for 2020, after it halved the industry’s overall pre-pandemic target as a result of the economic slowdown. “Brazil’s energy policy council CNPE slashed the overall 2020 target for the sale of Cbios – financial instruments […]
In Washington, D.C., S&P Global Platts reports that Growth Energy took its challenge of the Environmental Protection Agency’s 2019 biofuel blending mandate before an appeals court, saying the EPA should have taken small-refinery waivers into account before setting the required volumes. “A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia […]
In France, Amoéba announces its 2020 half-year results which were in line with those of 2019 and continues to develop its biocide and biocontrol applications, albeit with some areas slightly delayed such as the application for the marketing of the biocide activity in the United States, previously planned for mid-2020 is postponed and will be […]
