By Charlie Fredrickson, Vice President of Energy Asset Management, EnTech Solutions Special to The Digest Facilities that produce low-carbon fuels to sell credits within the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) program face ever-increasing benchmarks to reduce their carbon intensity (CI) scores to maximize revenue. In the production of these low carbon fuels such as renewable […]
Earlier this month, the Digest announced the official opening of nominations for the 50 Hottest Projects in the Advanced Bioeconomy for 2022. The 40+ projects so far nominated by readers paint a fascinating portrait of an industry shifting to new technologies. Shocking highlights 1. Ethanol shockers. No existing ethanol manufacturing site nominated, despite a number […]
By Mr. Ghanshyam Deshpande, President, Center of Innovation and Applied Technologies, Praj Industries Special to The Digest A sudden need for pharma-grade Ethanol With the backdrop of the Covid-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization has issued guidelines on sanitization practices stating frequent use of sanitizers, disinfectants to prevent virus infection. Governments & various health agencies […]
News came in late Friday that the CBH Group partnered with leading dry bulk operator Oldendorff Carriers to conduct the first biofuel trial on a grain vessel exporting from Australia, using biofuel supplied by big name bp. The grain being shipped? ISCC-certified barley going to Intermalt whose largest brewing customer is Heineken. Sustainable grain on […]
By Doug Durante, Executive Director, Clean Fuels Development Coalition Special to The Digest The late December passing of Senator Robert Dole triggered an outpouring of tributes and accolades bringing back memories of a different era in American politics. His involvement in landmark legislation on Civil Rights, Voting Rights, and countless other bills during his long […]
Here in Digestville, we’ve covered many ways that waste is useful with trash to treasure, trash to cash, poop to power, poop to plastic, poop pigments, dairy doodoo, and more (and now we realize just how frequently we use the word ‘poop’ – New Year’s Resolution #1: find synonyms for ‘poop’), but this week’s Top […]
By Douglas L. Faulkner, President, Leatherstocking LLC and “The Cleantech Conservative” And, Michael McAdams, President, Advanced BioFuels Association Special to The Digest Buried in the recent release of the three-year biofuels production volumes by the Environmental Protection Agency was an announcement of a proposed major change to future regulation of advanced biofuels. The new rule’s […]
It may not be easy for Kermit, but green hydrogen announcements have been many lately. What about the different routes to get that lovely green hydrogen? From splitting water via excess green power (power-to-hydrogen), to stripping hydrogen out of renewable methane or out of DME, here’s a look at some of the latest hydrogen initiatives. […]
A mere “The Year in Rewind” as we sail into 2022? Not the good ship Digest! Instead, we dust off our crystal ball and offer our predictions for the year ahead. As the sunset of 2021 gives way to the dawn of 2022, once again roll the dice as we list the Digest’s 10 Top […]
