By: Dr. Randy Simpson Expert, Lee Enterprises Consulting Special to The Digest Cyanobacteria are a group of photosynthetic bacteria that can live in diverse environments, such as soil, water, and rocks. Handled properly, they can have several beneficial effects on crop growth, including helping control plant disease, reducing pest damage, increasing crop quality, and improving […]
By Jim Kendrick Special to The Digest As I attended the 39th annual International Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo in Omaha, Nebraska held June 12-14, memories of dinner table lessons received as the son of an Ag Economics professor come back to mind. I was taught to doubt ‘70s Gasohol, now known as E10. Although […]
In Washington, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), one of the Senate’s only corn farmers, today criticized the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) final rule setting minimum biofuels blending levels for the next three years below current production capabilities. While the plan makes modest increases to blend levels for certain biodiesel products, the overall biofuels volume remains unchanged […]
In Washington, the cause of rapid decarbonization received its annual cold shower from the Environmental Protection Agency. EPA announced a final rule to establish low-carbon renewable fuel volume requirements for 2023–2025, and received low marks from the associations representing heavy-duty fuels. Here’s the Tale of the Tape: What the EPA said This final rule includes […]
By Chingis Idrissov, Technology Analyst, IDTechEx Digest note. This column from Chingis Idrissov focuses on production of hydrogen from methane, with an underlying assumption that the methane will come from fossil gas reserves. But, not necessarily so. There’s renewable methane, which we would style not so much as classic green hydrogen (made from water splitting), […]
The aviation sector, as a consumer-facing industry, has long been a high-profile contributor to global carbon emissions. It accounts for around 1 billion tonnes of CO2 per annum or over 2 percent of the world’s entire CO2 emissions. And with the demand for aviation fuel expected to more than double by 2050 compared to pre-COVID […]
By Jim Kendrick Special to The Digest The US carbon capture market has grown, experts say, to $13 billion in 2023 and according to ExxonMobil is on the way to $4 trillion. That could mean that a bonanza for infrastructure in the form of carbon dioxide pipelines is on the way in ethanol country. […]
In Washington, emails obtained through the Freedom of Information Act show that EPA and oil interests collaborated to manipulate computer models used to certify fuel emissions and set standards, say authors Burl Haigwood and Doug Durante in their explosive new chronicle of the“stranglehold on the motor fuel market. They contend it led to consumer gasoline […]
By Melich Seefeldt, Vice President – Business Development, Europe, Praj Industries Special to The Digest Advanced bioethanol (also named 2G or cellulosic bioethanol from inedible biomass) and its co-products lignin, stillage, and biogenic CO2 are sustainable key tools to decarbonize the difficult-to-abate transport sector. In addition, they can be chemical precursors and intermediates for next-gen […]
By Dr. Ashish Gupta, Process Manager, S&B; Muhammad Islam, Vice President, Commercial and Technology, S&B; and Clint Johnson, Vice President, Saber Equity Special to The Digest As the world works towards decarbonization, one sector contributing significantly to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is transportation. To address this issue, the concept of e-fuels has emerged as a […]
