A few years ago, Michael Pollan wrote a best-seller, In Defense of Food, that leveled an attack on high fructose sweeteners from which the corn industry has not entirely recovered. If you’ve seen an industry effort to relabel “high fructose corn syrup” as something else — anything else — it is because of a consumer […]
In Washington, Ensyn announced ground-breaking on a new 10.5 million gallon biocrude project in Port-Cartier Quebec. The facility, which will be 50% owned by Ensyn and will receive financing support from Sustainable Development Technology Canada. The project was announced live on-stage at Bioenergy 2016 by Ensyn’s new CEO, Jeffrey Jacobs, who described the project as the “largest-ever deployment […]
In Washington, the US Department of Energy released its 2016 Billion-Ton Report: Advancing Domestic Resources for a Thriving Bioeconomy, and said that 1.2 billion tons of biomass would be available at $60 or less per ton by 2040, and 1 billion tons would be available by 2030. The Big Change You’ll see much has changed […]
A Digest reader writes: I’m looking to summarize the changes over the last 2-3 years in the biofuels market. Are you aware of any articles or summaries on this topic? It’s a good question without a ready resource to point to. So, here’s our summary of the Top 10 Trends in Biofuels.
By Lorenz Bauer, PhD, Lee Enterprises Consulting, Inc. Special to The Digest What’s up with C5 and C6 sugars? Given that a significant portion of the several billion dollars spent on renewable fuels spending involves these molecules, it is not surprising that progress is fast and furious. This note provides an overview and snapshot of […]
The front line for the biobased materials industry — long-rumored to be the halls of Washington of Brussels, or formulation laboratories around the world — may well be the short stretch of Planet Earth between your car and your house. According to a recent survey undertaken at UC-Berkeley’s Haas Business School, that’s overwhelmingly the point in time where […]
According to EIA data as analyzed by the Renewable Fuels Association, US ethanol production averaged 984,000 barrels per day or 41.33 million gallons daily. That is down 19,000 b/d from the week before. The four-week average for ethanol production stood at 990,000 b/d for an annualized rate of 15.18 billion gallons. Stocks of ethanol stood […]
The Loan Program Office of the U.S. Department of Energy recently introduced a number of important updates to the Loan Guarantee Solicitation for Applications for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Projects as well as to the Loan Guarantee Solicitation for Applications for Advanced Fossil Energy Projects. The Solicitations were issued pursuant to Title XVII of […]
In Germany, UFOP is reporting that rapeseed prices, after rising in the first half of June, has been experiencing “some uncertainty due to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates, Brexit and poor weather. Whereas old crop was traded, the contract business was stagnant as bids were sharply reduced.” UFOP added that “Trading in vegetable oil was […]
In Missouri, CleanTech Biofuels has acquired a 99% membership interest in 25 Van Keuren, LLC, a New Jersey Limited Liability Company. CleanTech Biofuels and 25 Van Keuren intend to seek the necessary permits and approvals from the New Jersey DEP to build, own and operate a transfer station and materials recovery facility at a site […]
