Find out why the chemical industry is taking the lead in ESG initiatives and how it serves as an example of how other industry sectors can follow suit. By Bryan Sims, Content Director, Opportune LLP Special to The Digest Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) strategies present supply chains with a double-edged sword of opportunity. Global […]
Welcome news from California arrived, Fulcrum BioEnergy has completed commissioning of its waste-to-syngas phase and initial operations have started at its Sierra BioFuels Plant. The Sierra Biorefinery is processing prepared waste feedstock and producing hydrocarbon synthetic gas, or syngas, ready for conventional Fischer-Tropsch fuel production that will take place on site. Combined with Fulcrum’s operations […]
Doug Durante, Executive Director Clean Fuels Development Coalition Special to The Digest The decision by the Biden Administration last month to lift the restriction on E15 during the summer months was by all accounts a public relations disaster. How could what should have been presented to the public as a positive, health and money-in-your-pocket development […]
A team of energy industry companies led by SGP BioEnergy is joining the Government of Panama to develop the world’s largest biofuels production and distribution hub. Once complete in five years, Biorefineria Ciudad Dorada (Golden City Biorefinery), located in Colon and Balboa, Panama, will be the largest advanced biorefinery and Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) production […]
In California, Judge Evelio Grillo of the Superior Court of Alameda County has unsealed a Propel Fuels-Phillips 66 lawsuit, ordered that Propel Fuels file an unredacted copy of the suit. According to Propel, the suit alleges hat “the Texas-based oil company misappropriated Propel’s trade secrets and engaged in unlawful business practices in violation of California’s Uniform […]
Can you imagine running a computer chip on algae – yes, algae – for more than six months? Apparently, that’s now possible thanks to biochemists at the University of Cambridge who created the biobased battery alternative to power small electronics during their “pandemic project”. And speaking of the pandemic, goodness knows we’ve taken more COVID-19 […]
Josh Kittelson, PhD, former Bolt Threads VP, joins New Culture as VP of Biology In California, Bay Area-based New Culture hired Josh Kittleson, PhD, as the company’s VP of Biology. New Culture is leading the global movement to an animal-free dairy future, offering animal-free dairy products that are indistinguishable from conventional products in taste, texture, […]
By Anna Douglas, Co-Founder and CEO, SkyNano Technologies Special to The Digest In early April 2022, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released the third part of its sixth climate assessment report, outlining actions that can be taken to mitigate climate change. One of the report’s top recommendations is to replace fossil fuels with renewables. […]
Outperforms plant proteins, on path to deliver beef-level nutrition at soy cost From California comes hard data on protein made from thin air, which is to say CO2 emissions. The good news, the quality is virtually identical to beef – it’s “beef-quality protein, without the cow,” the company states. NovoNutrients announced successful production of protein […]
Almost a year ago, The Digest reported that Raízen was rising with about $1.15 billion raised in the biggest Brazil IPO of the year. And this year is no exception to the continued Rising of Raízen with the just announced BRL$2 billion (about USD$395 million) investment package to build two new cellulosic, second-generation ethanol plants […]
