By Dr. Stephany McClements, Vice President of Business Development, Lantha Sensors Special to The Digest We know that the world is adapting to the effects of climate change, and biofuels are reaching a pivotal role in making those changes less impactful for future generations. However, problems in the industry still pose daunting challenges. One in […]
By Dan Szeezil, Business Leader, Renewable Fuels, Honeywell Special to The Digest The first renewable diesel project in South America will be built in Paraguay. The Omega Green renewable fuel complex developed by ECB Group has an investment cost of more than $800 million and is the largest private investment in the country’s history. The […]
By Will Thurmond, Emerging Markets Online Special to The Digest A new study titled Renewable Diesel and Sustainable Aviation 2030, Vol 2 (September, 2021) has discovered some surprising answers and useful insights to key questions regarding feedstock availability, scale up, partnerships and from 2020 to 2030 where many states and nations have targets. For example, […]
By Mike Newman, Director, Parhelion Underwriting Special to The Digest The Oil industry is under pressure on many fronts in the climate change era and faces an existential threat from alternative, renewable sources of energy – but the industry is also best-positioned to win the Prize in energy’s green future. It’s “code red for humanity” […]
By Doug Durante, Executive Director Clean Fuels Development Coalition Special to The Digest The release of the highly anticipated revision of the Safe Affordable Fuel Efficient Vehicle (SAFE) proposed rule this month was, for the biofuels industry, yet another poke in the eye as the EPA totally ignored reality and continued their long history of […]
By Salim Rahemtulla, President, PowerTap Hydrogen Fueling Corp. Special to The Digest As the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) indicates in its Hydrogen Program Plan it published in 2020, “Hydrogen, as a versatile energy carrier and chemical feedstock, offers advantages that unite all of our nation’s energy resources—renewables, nuclear, and fossil fuels—and enables innovations in […]
By Tom Brown, Chief News Correspondent, ICIS Special to The Digest It seems beyond question at this point in the market’s development that biofuels will be a significant factor in the evolution of the transportation and petrochemical sectors, but the space remains in flux, with the winners and losers yet to be declared. Materials such […]
By Patrick O’Brien, Summer Intern, Opportune LLP Special to The Digest Find out why knowing the difference between renewable diesel and biodiesel can go a long way in understanding the benefits of each. Fuel standards programs such as the federal Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS-2) and California’s Low-Carbon Fuels Standard (LCFS) have incentivized fuel producers to […]
By Jenn Donahue, Founder of JL Donahue Engineering Special to The Digest Being a woman in a male-dominated environment has its challenges. If you are like me, the last thing you want is for your gender to be your defining characteristic and the basis upon which all judgments of your worth are made. In most […]
By Oliver Peoples, Ph.D., CEO of Yield10 Bioscience Special to The Digest During President Biden’s April 22nd climate plan speech at the Virtual Leaders’ Summit on Climate, he announced his goal of cutting 50 percent of U.S. carbon-emissions levels by 2030. This is no simple task, and consumers, investors and businesses alike are aware of […]
