By Mark Warner, PE, Founder, Warner Advisors LLC Special to The Digest The most common question I receive from companies working to scale-up advanced biotechnology is whether their process can operate at commercial scale. My common response is that it is not a question of whether it will work at commercial scale, but whether will work […]
For some time in The Digest, we have examined the problem of matching capital to projects. As Ecostrat’s Jordan Solomon observed at ABLC Next a few weeks back, “the vast majority of projects are given junk ratings, if they can get rated at all”. And that leaves aside all the fine technologies that falter or […]
By Corinne Young and Michele Jalbert, re:chem Alliance Special to The Digest It will be some time before the new world order in Washington DC is fully defined. In the wake of his stunning victory, every media outlet and political pundit is parsing clues from President-elect Trump’s meetings, announcements, videos and tweets. For large, entrenched […]
By Brent Erickson, executive vice president, Biotechnology Innovation Organization Special to The Digest Donald Trump’s election victory has Washington insiders closely watching the incoming administration’s cabinet selections and personnel appointments for clues to the direction that federal policy will take. And there will be more tea-leaf reading down the road as Democrats and Republicans in […]
In Canada, Minister of Environment and Climate Change Catherine McKenna announced that Canada will adopt a national clean fuels standard, as an important step for climate action and the growth of Canada’s cleantech economy and green jobs. This federal leadership builds on the early actions of British Columbia, Oregon and California, and will greatly improve […]
In Finland, the national government approved its climate and energy strategy for 2030 this week, and set an objective that biofuels are the basis for 40% of all transport fuels volume by 2030. In addition, the government said that the renewable energy share of market should be raised by 50% or more by 2030. Ultimately, […]
In Germany, UFOP reports that a decline in palm oil production and sharp increase in soybean processing have sent vegetable oil prices climbing. Buoyant demand and surging crude oil prices are additional factors driving the development. The German trade group advised: “Vegetable oil prices went up substantially over the past six months. The price spread […]
In Washington, according to EIA data as analyzed by the Renewable Fuels Association, ethanol production averaged 1.014 million barrels per day—or 42.59 million gallons daily. That is down slightly by 3,000 b/d from the week before. The four-week average for ethanol production stood at 1.014 million b/d for an annualized rate of 15.54 billion gallons. […]
In Hungary, Pannonia Ethanol Zrt. announces that it has successfully completed a Euro 135 million credit facility agreement with a consortium of Hungarian banks. The facility will support expansion at the company’s Dunaföldvár, Hungary biorefinery, investment in new projects, cost reduction, additional jobs, and increases in both corn buying and animal feed output. “The plant […]
In Finland, UPM has received the PPI Bio Strategy Award 2016 for its biofuels business in Brussels, Belgium.The PPI Awards are the only global awards that are dedicated to recognizing the achievements of companies, mills and individuals in the pulp and paper sector. The judges were looking for a company that has grabbed the opportunity […]
