It’s showtime for drop-in fuels, oils in a wave of USDA co-investments — and a shift in philosophy to from “Make New” to “Make Do”. On Friday, US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced $25 million in R&D grants via the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) and its Biomass Research and Development Initiative, established […]
The US Ethanol Fleet reinvents as super-advanced technologies target the old fleet for new purposes. For some time, perhaps one of the toughest assets to manage in the Western World — possibly the Milky Way Galaxy or even the local galaxy group — has been a starch ethanol plant. They’ve been through it all, just […]
In California, Edeniq announced that California ethanol producer, Pacific Ethanol, Stockton LLC (“Pacific Ethanol”), has entered into an agreement to install Edeniq technology at the company’s Stockton, California ethanol plant. Pacific Ethanol will install Edeniq’s proprietary Cellunators™ to boost ethanol yields, and will also deploy Edeniq’s patented OilPlus™ corn oil extraction process to increase corn […]
By Janet McGurty, special to the Digest U.S. biodiesel makers were big winners in the last minute tax bill passed in Washington at year end, regaining the $1 per gallon tax credit which expired December 2011 and extending it to the end of 2013, helping an industry where many small producers closed or cut back sharply on production […]
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 […]
