Q: What was the reason for founding your organization – what was the open niche you saw that could be addressed with a new product or service? What was the problem, or gap, or opportunity? Green Cell Technologies (GCT) is a biotechnology and intellectual property development company in extract technology for the pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, cosmoceutical, […]
By Russ Freeman, CEO, Modern Rotating Impact Mill Production Company, llc. Special to The Digest So how do we choose a GOOD PATH from many alternatives carbon sources? Repurposing carbon in Municipal Solid Wastes could be exceptionally attractive to local government facing a pandemic-driven loss of both income and property tax revenue while also facing […]
Let’s be honest, it hasn’t been a banner year for the popularity of microbes, now that a coronavirus has knocked major league baseball out of the ballparks. That’s a microbe, one hundred million times smaller than you are, recording over 100,000 strikeouts, if you consider that Major League Baseball is looking now at a 48-game […]
By Mike Newman, Chief Operating Officer, Parhelion Underwriting Inc. Special to The Digest In a recent webinar hosted by Parhelion Underwriting and OPIS by IHS/Markit, we asked the question: Post-Coronavirus: What Next For the Environmental Commodity Markets? At a time when we’re concerned about an uncertain future, a forum for open discussion with fellow-stakeholders in […]
Possibly the most famous line in Dirty Dancing, you can’t put baby in a corner and that’s certainly the case lately with renewable diesel. Some still look at renewable diesel as just a baby considering the first commercial renewable diesel facility starting running in 2010. But there is a huge transformation happening with growth in […]
By Mark Laurenzo, Business Development Manager, Iowa Economic Development Authority Special to The Digest Once little more than an after-work chore for some or a weekend family outing for others, visits to the grocery store visit now feel a little different in the wake of COVID-19. Said simply, things have changed. Our collective hope is […]
Q: What was the reason for founding your organization – what was the open niche you saw that could be addressed with a new product or service? What was the problem, or gap, or opportunity? Thinking on the fuel independence, we developed in 2002 proprietary technology to make biodiesel at low cost. It was intended […]
Earlier this week The Wolfpack was in the news with a discussion that led from Resilience to the possibilities of renewable methane. We left the discussion with a hint about the potential conversion of methane to methanol, which can serve as a powerful chemical building block or, in China most prominently, as a fuel. We’ll […]
By Professor Martin Freer – Director of the Birmingham Energy Institute (BEI) Special to The Digest As the Bank of England predicts a decline in the UK’s economy with a shrinkage of 14%, the worst recession on record, with dramatic impact for UK jobs, there is a feeling of helplessness as the country emerges cautiously […]
COVID-19 has made us think about resilience, because some days it’s hard to get milk from the store, or get to the store, or hold a job to pay the bill at the store. Our economic system, to lean on the story of the Three Little Pigs, is looking these days like a house built […]
