Snubbed by Washington as the EPA slashes biodiesel targets despite record production. Now, the National Biodiesel Board gathers for its annual convention, in San Diego, to chart the next moves on its innovative path. What could biodiesel 2.0 look like? Can it really lop 70-80 cents per gallon off the cost by opening up low-cost […]
Addressing the strategic opportunities in the bioeconomy. In Florida, Biofuels Digest announced that Green Plains Renewable Energy CEO Todd Becker and DSM’s President of Bio-based products and Services Anton Robek will present addresses at ABLC 2014’s – looking at transformative company strategies and technologies that have proved to be game changers in first-gen and advanced […]
These are the voyages of the ethanol fleet. Their continuing mission: to explore strange new fuels, seek out new biologies and re-power our civilization, to affordably go where no technology has gone before. Today, the crew of the news-ship Digestprise visit the University of Wisconsin, where a group of researchers have found a path to […]
Is succinic acid’s path to success right through Maleic Anhydride (MAN)? And can it change the narrative for every biobased molecule replacing a fossil-based one? And what does this exactly have to do with the poet Alexander Pope? We investigate. When Alexander Pope opined in “Essay on Man” 1734 that the “proper study of Mankind is […]
New and improved! Crops aquatic and terrestrial on show at ABLC 2014. In Florida, Biofuels Digest announced that NexSteppe CEO Anna Rath, Chromatin CEO Daphne Preuss, Cellana CEO Martin Sabarsky, Aurora Algae CEO Greg Bafalis and BioProcess Algae CEO Tim Burns will present addresses at ABLC 2014’s – addressing the topic of establishing and improving […]
What’s a biobased technology doing in the middle of the shale boom? Siluria’s biobased technology lands a signature partnership with Braskem as it heads for demo scale in the race to turn natural gas into ethylene, affordably. Over the years, I have never found a more reliable method for promoting Depend adult diapers than to […]
Addressing Building Fermentation Technologies into great companies. In Florida, Biofuels Digest announced that Butamax CEO Paul Beckwith, Iogen CEO Brian Foody, Green Biologics President Joel Stone and OPX Bio CTO David Hogsett will present addresses on ABLC 2014’s opening morning — addressing the topic of Building fermentation technologies into great companies “Three hot Bs in […]
Down in the northeast of Brazil, a signature cellulosic biofuels project nears completion. What does it look like? Here’s our biggest picture set ever. It’s the GranBio first commercial project in 122 pictures and a comprehensive video. Among the signature project openings we expect in the next few months — Abengoa’s cellulosic ethanol plant in […]
In Florida, Biofuels Digest announced that Sweetwater Energy CEO Arunas Chesonis and Proterro CEO Kef Kasdin will present addresses on ABLC 2014’s opening morning — addressing the topic of Hot Sugars – making industrial sugars into a commercial reality. “First comes the sugars, then comes the glory,” noted Biofuels Digest editor & publisher Jim Lane. […]
In Florida, Biofuels Digest announced that Virent CEO Lee Edwards, Avantium CEO Tom Van Aken, Imperium Renewables CEO John Plaza and Maverick Biofuels CEO Sam Yenne will present addresses at ABLC 2014 — addressing the topic of Building Great Companies from great Catalytic Technologies. “Catalysts and catalytic processes have been as hot in the past […]
