In Washington, the 7th Environmental and Clean Energy Inaugural Ball on Monday, January 21, 2013 will once again be held at the Sequoia Restaurant located on the Washington Harbour waterfront in Georgetown, from 8:00-12:00 AM. This bi-partisan celebration has become a Washington tradition over the past 24 years, as the environmental and clean energy communities […]
Great Scott! Look up in the Sky! There hasn’t been a hotter sector in biofuels demand than aviation. Now, flight tests and fuel development has given way to real capacity building. Who’s in the lead to win in this $180 billion sector? Faster than a speeding bullet…more powerful than a locomotive…that’s the growth and momentum […]
CAAFI, FAA, US Navy, DOE, USDA, Australian Initiative for Sustainable Aviation Fuels, AIREG, European Commission, United Airlines, Airlines for America, Lufthansa, Virgin Australia among the mix. ABLC’s special aviation meeting — planned in partnership with CAAFI, Airlines For America and Biofuels Digest. A central part of ABLC is the annual Aviation & Military Biofuels Leadership […]
When headlines run dire, ask yourself: are they real? In today’s Digest, we give you a guide to managing the myth minefield — and the roaring trade in disinformation about biofuels, feedstocks, and social impact. The news headlines could not be more distressing. Australia has to add another color to its weather map because this […]
12 months, 4400 stories. From 2012, here are the 16 most viewed stories in Biofuels Digest. Biofuels Digest Jobs – Job seeking is always a priority The 50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy for 2012-13 are announced – The always popular Hot 50 and Hot 30 lists How Joule may turn biofuels upside down – Joule’s low-cost, drop-in “fuels […]
As cellulosic biofuels reach commercial-scale, is the tipping point for wide deployment near – and will it be based on breakthroughs in capex, opex or yield? Actually, it may be feedstock costs, in the end. At the 2011 ABLC, Wes Bolsen (then with Coskata) — reflecting on the long-term prospects for advanced biofuels — offered […]
Fungi, mold, mildrew – time to roll back the “eew, yuk, ack, blech, and gak” and roll out the red carpet. Turns out that fungi may be your very best biofuelsian buddies. Bacteria, algae, yeast — there’s so much development around these platforms that sometimes we wonder if that’s how San Francisco and environs became […]
By Brent Erickson, Executive Vice President, BIO Industrial & Environmental Section It is not often I disagree or take issue with Biofuels Digest; however, the recent article and analysis on cellulosic tax credits left out some key points. There are a number of policy tools to help the biofuels industry compete with entrenched incumbents and […]
$4/gallon capex, low opex, $15 million upfront. Existing offtakers. Cellulosic RINs. Expandable. Product diversification. Operating next year. What’s not to like? So, you’re an ethanol producer, and you’d like to improve returns, create more certainty for your investors this year, or access higher-price markets. In so many ways, cellulosic ethanol sure looks like a good idea, […]
Oil Majors, capacity building shortfalls, green diesel, waste to energy, and sustainability on the radar for 2013 By Mackinnon Lawrence Despite a relatively down year with respect to investment and production capacity expansion, the biofuels industry grew modestly in 2012, continuing a shift from first generation facilities to next generation, advanced biorefineries. Although it was […]
