Category: Top Stories

Fortunately, Unfortunately: The Spring Saga of American Ethanol

Fortunately, Unfortunately: The Spring Saga of American Ethanol

April 12, 2018 |

The ethanol signals from Washington DC are more inexplicably mixed than cocktails with names like Sex on the Beach. Let’s parse through the wigwagging over the future of American biofuels supply and demand — ethanol and otherwise. Fortunately: Trump backs year-round E15 ethanol blends In Washington, President Trump endorsed year-round E15 ethanol availability as an […]

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“Brexit is the impetus to reinvigorate”: The advanced bioeconomy, resilience, and a new role for the Commonwealth?

“Brexit is the impetus to reinvigorate”: The advanced bioeconomy, resilience, and a new role for the Commonwealth?

April 11, 2018 |

“Brexit serves as an impetus to reinvigorate the Commonwealth,” Commonwealth head and Maltese Prime Minister Dr. Joseph Muscat told the delegates at the Commonwealth Innovation Forum in Brisbane. Highlights of the discussion will be fed into the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting dialogue later this month. Blockchain, gene editing and protein CHOGM delegates will hear […]

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The Digest’s Top 10 Innovations for the week of April 11th, 2018

The Digest’s Top 10 Innovations for the week of April 11th, 2018

April 8, 2018 |

The pace of invention and change is just too strong, we’ve realized, to highlight annual or even quarterly or monthly rankings and summaries of significant product and service advances. For now, we’re going to be tracking these on a weekly basis to keep pace with the changes. Here are the top innovaions for the week […]

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Jet fuel from hooch comes closer as ASTM clears way for ethanol-to-jet, higher ATJ blends

Jet fuel from hooch comes closer as ASTM clears way for ethanol-to-jet, higher ATJ blends

April 8, 2018 |

In Washington, an ASTM International Sub-Committee has voted in favor of revising specification D7566 (Standard Specification for Aviation Turbine Fuel Containing Synthesized Hydrocarbons) to include ethanol in addition to isobutanol; and increase the approved blend levels from 30% to 50% — that is, the percentage of alcohol-to-jet fuel allowed when blended with petro-based jet fuel. […]

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Food waste to biofuels developments offer hope for when we don’t eat it all

Food waste to biofuels developments offer hope for when we don’t eat it all

April 7, 2018 |

Parents may tell their kids to eat all the food on their plate, we may know all the lyrics to Weird Al Yankovic’s “Just Eat It” satire song, or even watched the movie about foods waste called “Just Eat It,” but according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, food waste is still […]

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US Midwest, farm belt in crisis as US-China trade war, Corn-Oilco RFS war escalate

US Midwest, farm belt in crisis as US-China trade war, Corn-Oilco RFS war escalate

April 4, 2018 |

In Washington, China has proposed a 25 percent tariff on US soybeans in response to a list of 1300 Chinese products that may be subject to a 25 percent tariff. China purchases 61 percent of total U.S. soybean exports, and more than 30 percent of overall U.S. soybean production. In other news, the US Environmental […]

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The Hog’s a Hot Dog: N-Sense, Gen3Bio, Nebullam, PowerPollen, TeselaGen takin’ biotech to the next level

The Hog’s a Hot Dog: N-Sense, Gen3Bio, Nebullam, PowerPollen, TeselaGen takin’ biotech to the next level

April 3, 2018 |

For a number of years we have been pointing to Iowa’s intriguing combination of feedstock, infrastructure and political consensus on renewables as a potent force in bioeconomy deployment. But these days, toss in some serious innovation chops, too — a corridor of invention stretching from St. Louis to Minneapolis and running hot across most of […]

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ABLC Global 2018 announced – 180 speakers, 17 distinctive summits & forums on the global advanced bioeconomy

ABLC Global 2018 announced – 180 speakers, 17 distinctive summits & forums on the global advanced bioeconomy

April 2, 2018 |

In Florida, The Digest, in partnership with the US Department of Energy Bioenergy Technologies Office and the International Energy Agency (IEA) Bioenergy announced that the Advanced Bioeconomy Leadership Conference on the Global Bioeconomy (ABLC Global) will be held November 6-9, 2018 at the Hotel Nikko in San Francisco, and outlined the agenda, themes and announced […]

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The Digest’s Top 10 Innovations for the week of April 4th, 2018

The Digest’s Top 10 Innovations for the week of April 4th, 2018

April 1, 2018 |

The pace of invention and change is just too strong, we’ve realized, to highlight annual or even quarterly or monthly rankings and summaries of significant product and service advances. For now, we’re going to be tracking these on a weekly basis to keep pace with the changes.

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Is there a green premium?  New report from Germany says “Ja!”

Is there a green premium?  New report from Germany says “Ja!”

March 29, 2018 |

In Germany, almost 70% of industry experts are reporting GreenPremium prices for bio-based products, based on a survey on prices for bio-based products conducted by nova-Institute in partnership with the European project BIOFOREVER. This study asks, Are there differences along the value chain? Differences between distinct applications and sectors? Does the feedstock question, first or […]

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