By Doug Durante, Executive Director, Clean Fuels Development Coalition Special to The Digest With the RFS still under attack from various sectors, there has been a lot of talk about RINS lately and how the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) creates RINS and how great that is. A RIN is a credit based on a Renewable […]
Aequor’s natural chemicals uniquely kill a broad spectrum of bacterial and fungal pathogens at all stages of growth – including biofilm (the first and often only resistance response of microorganisms). This is significant because every antimicrobial-resistant (AMR) pathogen and every biothreat on the CDC and WHO lists is a biofilm former – resistant to antimicrobials, […]
BDNE was formed In 2019 to commercialize proprietary Biofine technology and is the exclusive Licensee of the IP Portfolio for the Northeast Region. This is a patented continuous chemical conversion process, enabling the economic production of third-party verified GHGnegative biofuels, biochemicals, and biochar from lingo/cellulosic feedstocks. Already there is the B2P2 Pilot Plant – Operating […]
The US Department of Agriculture’s Rural Business-Cooperative Service manages a wide array of programs designed to support and accelerate deployment of the bioeconomy at scale. Among them, the Biobased Markets Program (BioPreferred®) – Sec. 9002, Bioenergy Program for Advanced Biofuels (Advanced Biofuel Payment Program) –Sec. 9005, the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) – Sec. […]
This past week Shrikant Rathi, executive director for Praj Americas, returned to the Digest stage for this fascinating deep-dive into new technologies that open up opportunities for ethanol producers through retrofit, bolt-ons or add-on technologies that expand product selections, vary feedstock inputs or find new levels of yield and carbon reduction, Here are the slides […]
Origin Materials announced 30 percent reduction in force earlier today. For several months, since the disclosure of long timelines for Origin’s first commercial OM2 project amidst soaring costs for debt and equity, observers had already surmised that Origin was going to be unable to realize its ambitions without a leaner organization, and a re-think of […]
By Daren E. Daugaard, PhD, PE, Lee Enterprise Consulting Special to The Digest Since its inception over 4,000 years ago, steel has been the foundation of global modernization in building construction, transportation, and manufacturing. Steel and iron production ranks first in total global CO2 emissions at 8% and second in overall energy consumption. The industry […]
The US Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Office’s H2 Infrastructure Technologies Subprogram is overseen by Ned Stetson, who gave this overview of the US hydrogen program, projects underway, targets, milestones ahead and more, at the Hydrogen Program 2023 Annual Merit Review and Peer Evaluation Meeting.
By Shrikant Rathi, Executive Director, Praj Americas Special to The Digest In an era defined by environmental concerns and the urgent need to transition towards renewable energy sources, ethanol has emerged as a key contender in shaping the future of sustainable energy. Its multifaceted role in ensuring energy security, its transformative capacity as a biorefinery, […]
OTTAWA — “The Inflation Reduction Act changed everything” is the headline comment as Canada’s leading bioeconomy event, Jeff Passmore’s Scaling Up 2023 got underway in its traditional home at Ottawa’s Chateau Laurier, but nothing else was traditional as speakers grappled with spiraling Canadian emissions, the unique demand in cold Canada for heat as well as […]
