By Chuck Sorensen, Ph.D., P.E., Lee Enterprises Consulting Special to The Digest Conventional jet fuel is made in oil refineries by a variety of processes that convert crude oil into intermediate streams that boil within the allowable range of jet fuel. These intermediates, called kerosene, are then blended together so that the final product meets […]
Later this week, the United States is conducting a webinar to describe in detail the U.S. National Clean Hydrogen Strategy and Roadmap, including an explanation of the benefits of clean hydrogen and its role in the clean energy transition. Leaders from DOE and the White House will also discuss progress on the whole-of-government approach to clean […]
Here is my Astronomy of Plastics, since you didn’t ask. Doomsayers about the shortcomings of plastics, they are like comets in the Kuiper Belt, too numerous to count, full of Hollywood disaster movie scenarios, ultimately and usually way off base. Proposers of solutions for the problems of plastics, those are more like the planets, fewer […]
Late last week, following the Q2 earnings announce, the stock price for Origin Materials dropped by 66 per cent in a day, and you might think the company announced it had a) announced bankruptcy, b) abandoned its core technology or c) revealed misdeeds by management that could lead to prison and ruin — none of […]
Here follows the complete Amyris statement with respect to its Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing. Amyris, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMRS) (“Amyris” or the “Company”), a leading synthetic biotechnology company accelerating the world’s transition to sustainable consumption through its Lab-to-Market™ technology platform and clean beauty consumer brands, today announced that it is moving forward with an operational and […]
Is Direct Air Capture of CO2 really the most dangerous technology in the world? Following a column penned by BioVeritas CEO Dave Austgen that led The Digest yesterday, a friend wrote: The headline made me want to open up [The Daily Digest], but there are no significant facts or reasoning stated in [the] article as […]
By Dave Austgen, CEO, BioVeritas It may not be the stupidest idea ever postulated, but it is unequivocally one of the most dangerous. Direct Air Capture or DAC! To the average person it sounds like a fantastic solution to climate change driven by the increasing stock of CO2 in the atmosphere – let’s just take […]
Today, a word or two in praise of sludge, the fudge we cannot budge, the smudge we cannot nudge. Sludge perplexes with complexity as it dazzles with carbon-negative opportunity. Abundant, cheap, unstoppable, impervious to the supply curves of economists, and disdainful of the attempts of landfillers to contain it. It has nowhere to go, and […]
By Jennifer LeRow, Project Director, Lee Enterprises Consulting Special to The Digest The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officially released the long-awaited Renewable Volume Obligation (RVO) numbers and other important updates to the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) in its Final Rule on June 21, 2023, establishing annual obligations for the years 2023-2025. The optional 2026 […]
The Digest as reported elsewhere turns 16 today, the age where you might get Dad to give you the keys to the car. It’s that time when adolescence begins to fade and adulthood beckons — and in the bioeconomy, we’re seeing signs of that same turn. There’s a tranquility at the point of inflection. Reminds […]
