By Bob Kodrzycki, PhD, Encompass Biotech LLC, Member, Lee Enterprises Consulting Special to The Digest This is the eighth in a series of articles prepared by the experts at Lee Enterprises Consulting (LEC) who will be speaking at the ABLC 2018 conference in Washington DC, February 28 to March 2. Definitions are tricky. They tend […]
The makers of the world’s favorite advanced biofuel — a/k/a the biodiesel industry — descended upon Texas to mingle, make and renew ties at the 2018 National Biodiesel Conference. And, to champion new ideas and find new supply chain and distribution partners. Bummer that there wasn’t a biodiesel tax credit extension on offer. Bummer that […]
By Katrina Cornish FAAAS Endowed Chair and Ohio Research Scholar, Bioemergent Materials, The Ohio State University; CEO, EnergyEne Inc., Member, Lee Enterprises Consulting Corinne Young, Special Advisor to EnergyEne, CEO Corinne Young LLC, Chief Advocate re:chem, Member Lee Enterprises Consulting Special to the Digest This is the sixth in a series of articles prepared by […]
The gold bricks are flying in to Montreal at a pace even Auric Goldfinger would approve of, and the reason is Enerkem’s monster $223 million investment round. It’s Enerkem’s largest to date, and just about anyone’s largest to date, anf that makes then the “Tech with the Midas touch,” to paraphrase Shirley Bassey. Existing Enerkem […]
By Lorenz Bauer, Ph.D., Member Lee Enterprises Consulting Special to The Digest This is the sixth in a series of articles prepared by the experts at Lee Enterprises Consulting (LEC) who will be speaking at the ABLC 2018 conference in Washington DC, February 28 to March 2. In 2007 the US government established a national […]
In the EU and Asia, the chaos continues about the proposed EU palm oil ban and outlook. The Backstory In case you haven’t heard about it and in a very simplified explanation, palm plantations have been expanding in several countries like Indonesia and Malaysia, leading to deforestation concerns. Environmental groups have long been against palm […]
By Joelle Simonpietri Special to The Digest On Jan 21st 2018, Carlyle-backed Philadelphia Energy Solutions (PES), the largest refinery complex on the U.S. east coast at 335,000 barrels per day, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, blaming Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) compliance costs. In the week since the filing, the Washington Examiner reports several other small […]
by Bruce Comer, Ocean Park Advisors Special to The Digest More industry players chose to develop and build new capacity rather than buy plants The North American biofuels industry experienced the fewest merger and acquisition transactions in recent history in 2017. There were only six M&A transactions, with a total estimated value of more than […]
This week in the Digest, we begin a Special 8-part Series: The State of the Advanced Bioeconomy: Challenges and Priorities for 2018. As we head into the final month before ABLC 2018, these in-depth examinations from a group of renowned industry experts will set the stage for the leadership discussions in Washington DC that will […]
By Brian Goodall, PhD; First Garden City Consulting, Member Lee Enterprises Consulting Special to The Digest This is the first in a 8-part series of articles — the State of the Advanced Bioeconomy 2018 — more on the complete series here. Extracting vegetable oils is both an art and a science, with some being practiced […]
