The Digest looks at ICCT’s comprehensive report on diesel vehicle NOx emissions in the EU and US. Where will the emissions crisis spread? The VW crisis just keeps getting worse, with Volkswagen suspending its VW, Audi, and Porsche R&D chiefs, as Audi confirmed that 2.1 million of its vehicles were outfitted with defeat devices, and reports […]
By Bill Brandon, Special to The Digest Fooling with computers to give false readings has happened before. It is important to recognize similarities to earlier cases and EPA’s role in them. The 1998 consent decree In October 1998, the DOJ and EPA entered into a consent decree with heavy-duty diesel engine manufacturers for installing ‘defeat’ device […]
西去，直到你东西。As President Xi visits North America, China signs 3 major deals in industrial biotechnology. The East is Red, it’s been said, and the future looks that way too. The US is no place to deploy advanced fuels technology these days, many say. The costs are high, the politics stink, resistance to change is everywhere and the […]
License agreement adds countries in Southeast Asia; Optional capacity for up to 75,000 metric tons per year; Targeting large-scale commercial production of renewable butanediol using Genomatica technology In California, BASF and Genomatica have expanded the scope of their license agreement for the production of 1,4-butanediol based on renewable feedstock (renewable BDO) using Genomatica’s patented process. The parties […]
An end to EV range anxiety, endless battery re-charges, and the infrastructure cost of electric vehicles? In a word: biobatteries. Here’s the why and how. In the long-term, the advantage of molecules over electrons is that they store more energy with less weight than traditional electrical battery systems. When it comes to transportation, the longer the trip, the more […]
In oil & gas and biofuels, we hear about crack spread and crush spread. But fuse spread is a critical factor in advanced, low-carbon fuels. Here’s the what and why and who. The most fundamental economic in the oil & gas business has historically been the crack spread, which is the price difference between the […]
Board OK’s CEO resignation; “expecting further personnel consequences in the next days”; company asks for German criminal probe; “All participants in these proceedings will be subject to the full consequences.” In Germany, the Executive Committee of the Supervisory Board of Volkswagen Group AG released the following statement: In a meeting on Wednesday, September 23, the Executive Committee […]
In Germany, Dr. Martin Winterkorn has resigned as CEO of Volkswagen Group AG. No successor has yet been named. The VW board indicated that a new CEO will be named by Friday,and that further changes in personnel would happen rapidly as the investigation unfolds. “I am shocked by the events of the past few days.,” […]
A 6-year Volkswagen scheme to defraud emissions regulators on NOx emissions, uncovered by the US Environmental Protection Agency and disclosed publicly in recent days, is leading to more investigations. The German Government is denying reports that it “knew about VW emissions rigging but did nothing to stop it” according to a report in the UK’s Daily […]
Based on early voting through September 22, 2015, the leaders in the 50 Hottest Companies in the Advanced Bioeconomy are detailed below. Complete notes on early voting are here. Complete voting rules and deadlines for the 2016 Hot 50 are here. 50. Myriant 49. AkzoNobel 48. BP Biofuels 47. ICM 46. CoolPlanet Energy Systems 45. […]
