In Japan, the Green Science Alliance has been synthesizing various type of metal organic frameworks and have been trying to apply MOF to rechargeable battery, fuel cell, water vapor adsorption, gas adsorption, metal adsorption, deodorizing, photocatalysis, artificial photosynthesis etc. and found that certain kinds of MOF have strong CO2 adsorption capability. This time, Mr. Tetsuro […]
In Washington, D.C., the Renewable Fuels Association reports that with just two weeks remaining before Brazil is likely to impose a tariff of at least 20 percent on all fuel ethanol imports from the United States, a bipartisan coalition of House members has joined the effort to restore fair and equitable ethanol trade with Brazil. […]
In Germany, UFOP reports that firm prices for palm, soybean and rapeseed oil drove the FAO vegetable oil price index higher in July. The cereal price index remained virtually unchanged at the previous month’s level. The FAO’s vegetable oil price index, which illustrates the changes in international prices of the ten most important vegetable oils […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
