National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s study looks at the impact of ethanol-blended fuel at various blending levels (10%, 15%, and 20% vol.) on “in-operation” vehicles built to differing emissions and manufacturing standards around the world – focusing on vehicles used in Canada, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, and Mexico. So are vehicles in targeted countries […]
By William Echt, Technology Licensing Director, and David Jackson, Technology Manager, Merichem Company Special to The Digest Introduction As part of the energy transition and refinery rationalization taking place around the world, many refiners are investigating projects for renewable fuels production (mainly diesel and jet fuel) from sustainable sources such as used cooking oils (UCO), […]
Converting low-value biomass to bio-crude oil upgradable to advanced biofuels and chemicals at existing refineries via hydrofaction is hot. Find out how Steeper Energy is using hydrofaction for advanced biofuels in cost-effective ways and at scale, the latest on commercialization partners, and more.
By Elena Schmidt, Executive Director, and Nicola Noponen, Technical Director, RSB Special to The Digest The urgent move away from fossil resources means that biomass use will be heavily incentivised for the use in fuel, energy and material supply chains and this presents serious sustainability risks which must be addressed. RSB’s multi-stakeholder member community has […]
Excellent performance in a year of major scheduled maintenance shutdowns and high input costs is a good way to sum up 2021 for Neste. See how their renewable products segment did, what the feedstock market looked like, how U.S. RIN and LCFS prices affected it, their outlook for 2022 and more.
Who’s hot, what are they building, where, how and with whom? Where’s your opportunity in the bioeconomy boom? If you missed last week’s ABLC CONNECT, check out these slides highlighting the 50 hottest projects in the advanced bioeconomy. Let the countdown begin!
February is here and already is it looking like SAFbruary — announcements are flying around and the world is gearing up for a major ramp-up in capacity,. Big players with access to affordable capital, too — making the limiting barriers more about affordable feedstock and a drive to squeeze every point out of the Carbon […]
Q: What was the reason for founding your organization – what was the open niche you saw that could be addressed with a new product or service? What was the problem, or gap, or opportunity? OMNI was founded to convert waste to a clean syngas. By diverting waste from landfill and producing a syngas for […]
Since the summer of last year, a cadre of algae and energy R&D veterans have been hammering away to create The Algae Prize, to catalyze student teams to tackle Production, Downstream Processing, Identification of Novel Products or Tools and compete for $130,000 in prizes, in a $300,000 initiative now sponsored by the US Department of […]
Stora Enso’s Annual Report 2021 runs at 198 pages full of financials, reflections on 2021, their business strategy, 5 key innovations they developed in 2021, and more. But don’t worry.
