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Intrexon, Dominion partner for natural gas-to-isobutanol potential in Marcellus and Utica shale basins

Intrexon, Dominion partner for natural gas-to-isobutanol potential in Marcellus and Utica shale basins

August 20, 2015 |

In California, Intrexon Energy Partners and Dominion Energy said they are exploring the potential for commercial-scale biological conversion of natural gas to isobutanol, using Intrexon’s proprietary methanotroph bioconversion platform, which can convert natural gas into higher carbon compounds such as isobutanol and farnesene under ambient temperatures and pressures. Background on the announcement: The shale basins […]

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Methane’s Sputnik moment? The 7 Hottest meth techs to watch, as US methane regulation steps up

Methane’s Sputnik moment? The 7 Hottest meth techs to watch, as US methane regulation steps up

August 19, 2015 |

Are these 7 companies the big winners from the EPA’s proposed rules for oil & gas well methane emissions? In Washington, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed a set of new regulations for the oil & gas industry that the Obama Administration said would cut ultimately methane emissions by 40-45 percent from current levels. The proposal […]

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7 Blendwall Busters

7 Blendwall Busters

August 18, 2015 |

What are the infrastructure hold-ups with renewable fuels? What are 7 Blend Wall Busters that can get renewable fuels back into high gear? 3 factors stand currently retard the expansion of renewable fuels volume in the United States and elsewhere around the world. 1. Sustainable, affordable, reliable, available feedstock. When the feedstock costs too much […]

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Propel Fuels reports 15X jump in California renewable fuel sales (diesel) in 2015

Propel Fuels reports 15X jump in California renewable fuel sales (diesel) in 2015

August 17, 2015 |

West Coast renewable fuel retailer says the launch of 100% drop-in renewable diesel has spiked sales on a per-outlet basis — 5X jump in renewable content, and 3X jump in gallons sold. In California, Propel Fuels is reporting a 15X jump in per-outlet sales of renewable fuel for diesel engines, based on a 3X increase in […]

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Financing the Olympics & the $100 Billion Gen 2 Biofuels Rollout

Financing the Olympics & the $100 Billion Gen 2 Biofuels Rollout

August 16, 2015 |

By Sam Nejame & James Evangelow, Special to The Digest Two weeks ago the International Olympic Committee pulled Boston’s bid to host the 2024 Olympics. If you lived here, you couldn’t avoid the controversy over how much it might cost and the nagging questions about how the gargantuan facilities would be used afterward. The lost […]

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Who’ll Stop the Rain?

Who’ll Stop the Rain?

August 13, 2015 |

Future Farm, Future Crop: Part 5 of 5. What happens when the rain moves, as it already is moving? Are farms in the right places? Are cities? Are the rivers and lakes? If you haven’t noticed lately, the rain is moving. It’s not raining exactly where it used to, the way it used to. So […]

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EPA’s plan puts 1MM cars-worth of emissions back on the road: report

EPA’s plan puts 1MM cars-worth of emissions back on the road: report

August 13, 2015 |

A proposal by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to change ethanol blending rules would significantly increase carbon emissions to the equivalent of adding nearly one million more passenger vehicles on the road, according to an analysis conducted by the Energy Resources Center at the University of Illinois at Chicago. The findings come in the wake […]

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A Reality Check For Setting Goals For Advanced Renewable Fuels Use And Advanced Renewable Fuels Plant Capacity 

A Reality Check For Setting Goals For Advanced Renewable Fuels Use And Advanced Renewable Fuels Plant Capacity 

August 13, 2015 |

By Tim Sklar, special to The Digest A series of articles that recently appeared in last month in Biofuels Digest addressing the continued struggle to increase renewable fuels plant capacity to support anticipated advanced renewable fuels requirements. Also appearing in The Digest in late July were excerpts from a speech given by a CEO of […]

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Future Farm, Future Crop: Utopia or Dystopia? Part 4 of 5

Future Farm, Future Crop: Utopia or Dystopia? Part 4 of 5

August 12, 2015 |

As AgTech software-as-a-service deploys, and Farm Belt job counts related directly to farming prepare to fall —  how will agriculture and industrial biotech command the attention they need? Over at Monsanto, they speak in terms of reaching 300 bushels per acre in corn yields, and all this week we have been looking at an explosion of agricultural […]

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Future Farm, Future Crop: Utopia or Dystopia? Part 3 of 5

Future Farm, Future Crop: Utopia or Dystopia? Part 3 of 5

August 11, 2015 |

DYSTOPIA. As automation arrives in force (and we mean, in force) — who votes for farmers when there are no farmers to vote?  Are there downsides for feedstocks and supply chain if a technology wave goes wrong? “Did you ever wonder why we had to run for shelter when the promise of a brave new world unfurled […]

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