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European Bioeconomy Alliance Position on the EU Green Deal

European Bioeconomy Alliance Position on the EU Green Deal

May 5, 2020 |

By The European Bioeconomy Alliance (EUBA) Special to The Digest The ambitious European Commission strategy to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the EU and achieve climate neutrality by 2050 has recently been set in motion as the European Green Deal. The European Bioeconomy Alliance (EUBA), representing twelve organisations in various sectors active in the […]

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RNG’s Untapped Potential

RNG’s Untapped Potential

May 4, 2020 |

By Michael Bakas, EVP Distributed Energy Systems, Ameresco Special to The Digest In the final weeks of 2019, the American Gas Foundation updated its nearly decade-old report assessing the market and technical potential for renewable natural gas (RNG) supply and emissions reductions. One of the biggest takeaways was this: RNG could reduce emissions from natural […]

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From Food to Fuel – White Dog Labs converts ethanol plant to alternative protein production

From Food to Fuel – White Dog Labs converts ethanol plant to alternative protein production

May 3, 2020 |

The ‘Rona Cyclona pandemic is creating havoc on the agricultural industry, not just in the U.S. but around the world. The ethanol industry and corn farmers have had several years of low profitability even before Covid 19, thanks to natural weather disasters like droughts and floods, tanking of oil prices, a trade war with China, […]

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Iowa agriculture plows ahead on front lines of pandemic

Iowa agriculture plows ahead on front lines of pandemic

May 1, 2020 |

By Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig Special to The Digest    As crop farmers charge ahead into the spring planting season, livestock producers are putting in longer hours to keep meat, dairy and eggs on the grocery store shelves. As a leading producer of corn, soybeans, pork, eggs, […]

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Competitive Edge: MetGen

Competitive Edge: MetGen

April 30, 2020 |

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? MetGen vision is to empower industries to get the most out of biomass. According to our vision, we are driven […]

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Vale Male: Big Changes at the BioEnergy Technologies Office

Vale Male: Big Changes at the BioEnergy Technologies Office

April 29, 2020 |

On Monday, we’ll wake up to the work of the bioeconomy, and something will be different. Jonathan Male, the Director of the BioEnergy Technologies Office at the U.S. Department of Energy, will not be at his desk. He’s off to another adventure which we hope to report on shortly. It was the Biomass program when […]

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Tobacco Glowers – A trip up the Na’vi into the Heart of Lightness

Tobacco Glowers – A trip up the Na’vi into the Heart of Lightness

April 28, 2020 |

Today, we start with Lucifer, as in the devil (who is supposed to be in the details). He plays a role in these details, for sure, because there is this substance called luciferin, which you find in certain species of fungi, though not your everyday ‘shrooms. It causes them to glow, and if you find […]

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Using Waste Carbon Feedstocks to Produce Chemicals

Using Waste Carbon Feedstocks to Produce Chemicals

April 27, 2020 |

By Elizabeth R. Nesbitt, Senior International Trade Analyst (Pharma/Biotech/Nanotech), U.S. International Trade Commission Special to The Digest Using waste carbon from industrial emissions as a feedstock for chemical manufacture appears to be a viable complement to ongoing abatement efforts. For one thing, such processes can reduce the amounts of CO2 emitted to the atmosphere, helping […]

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Oberon Fuels combats Covid-19 economy with new hires, renewable DME facility upgrades

Oberon Fuels combats Covid-19 economy with new hires, renewable DME facility upgrades

April 26, 2020 |

It’s a tale of optimism and hope during ‘Rona Cyclona as we look for any good news in the biofuels industry. In comes news of public-private investments, rural economic development and employment, and even human health. With two new executive position veteran hires, up to 8 new plant managers, and putting to use a $2.9 […]

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The Competitive Edge: Marine BioEnergy, Inc.

The Competitive Edge: Marine BioEnergy, Inc.

April 23, 2020 |

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? The U.S needs a billion tons of biomass per year, both predictable and affordable.  While corn and other land crops […]

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