News arrives from Fiji today, so a hearty Bula to everyone. I first visited the islands in 1974 as a young boy, and have wandered the low hills and the sugarcane fields from time to time, since. This hard-working people are challenged by changijng times, yet good news is in the offing. Fiji Airways, Fiji […]
Paper sludge typically taken to landfills (50%), incinerated (20%) or spread on land as soil enhancement (10%). In total, there’s 8 million wet tonnes (4MT dry) of paper sludge that costs $240 million each year to truck and landfill. In this project , researchers propose to develop a technology for converting the carbohydrates in paper […]
The pace of commercialization in the world of renewable chemicals is not often compared to the Jump to Light Speed. Nor does a hot and harried scamper across the Valley of Death come to mind. Actually, it feels like more like the push of the Indian subcontinental plate against the Asian continental mass, slow, disrupted […]
Renewable natural gas (RNG) is typically produced from biogas using gas separation technology – keeping the CH4 – venting the CO2. Upgrading CO2 present in biogas using naturally-occurring organisms can increase production 60 – 70%. In this project, researchers aimed to develop, innovate, reduce costs and de-risk the biomethanation process to upgrade biogas sources to […]
As Bonanza episodes go, this is one storyline we need to frame around Big Hoss, not Little Joe. So, get ready for it Comstock Fuels has landed $325M in capital and announced that it is underway on three biorefinery projects with 300 million gallons of fuel. In all, more than one million tonnes of feedstock […]
Most current wastewater plants recover <33% of incoming energy & have a negative energy balance. So, there’s an opportunity to increase net energy yield from municipal wastewater treatment. Yet, Anaerobic membrane bioreactors (AnMBRs) facilitate mainstream anaerobic digestion but previous AnMBRs suffer from high costs and energy inputs. A research team proposed a project to resolve […]
Energy production from sewage sludge especially at small-scale using Anaerobic Digestion (AD) typically does not produce significant value with the current available AD technology due to low Carbon Conversion Efficiency (CCE) (generally less than 50%). A research team proposed a novel concept, which will overcome this problem and produce significant more energy in the form […]
By Milica Folić, Product Line Director | Clean Fuels & Chemicals, Topsoe and Maria Jesus Lorences Perez, Senior Product Line Director | Hydrotreating Catalyst, Topsoe Special to The Digest For over a century, refineries have mastered the art of processing fossil fuels. However, the emerging field of converting renewable feedstocks into transportation fuels, such as […]
In Washington, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) announced $12 million in funding to support the advancement of integrated biorefinery technologies to decarbonize the transportation and industrial sector. This funding opportunity announcement (FOA), FY24 Scale-Up of Integrated Biorefineries, will help reduce technology uncertainty and demonstrate bioenergy technologies that produce low carbon […]
A handful of industrial biotechnology companies have the strength and purpose to make it as a public company — others remain private, are acquired, or wind down. What makes companies able to succeed with public investors? What combination of product mix, experienced management, technologies that excel, capital at work, and effective vision make it possible […]
