By Mike Carr Special to The Digest Starting with Iowa voters in the earliest part of his campaign, one of Donald Trump’s most explicit promises has been to farm country voters that he would protect and expand the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Instead, President Trump has repeatedly buckled under pressure from fossil fuel interests and […]
By Anoosheh Oskouian, President & CEO and Mike Pawlowski, Senior Technical Sales Engineer, Ship & Shore Environmental, Inc. Special to The Digest Most ethanol production facilities at some point must deal with the issue of destroying the byproducts created in processing. Several sources of process gas contain Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs), and the use of […]
By Michael A. Fatigati, Senior Consultant, Vantaggio Renewables Special to The Digest Preface: The term ‘infrastructure’ recalls images of roads, highways, bridges, dams, power plants, trains, various modes of shipping, navigable waterways, and airports. This infrastructure has, in some cases, been funded via private, profit-making sources or, in other cases, via public budgetary means. Because […]
By Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and former Sen. Timothy Wirth (D-Colo.) Special to The Digest The question of how best to address environmental challenges has increasingly become a partisan flashpoint. So, when there is a green solution on which many Republicans and Democrats see eye-to-eye, as we do, it’s worth paying attention. It’s time to […]
By David Kaminski, Senior Vice President, Vice President of Technology, QED Environmental Systems, Inc. Special to The Digest In all types of environmental testing, using proper sample collection methods is vitally important, as the data analyzed in the laboratory is only as good as the quality of samples collected in the field. Soil testing and […]
By Ron Cascone and Steven Slome, Nexant Special to The Digest Filling the tank on the road to the future The term “fatty acid methyl ester” or FAME has been synonymous with biodiesel for the better part of the last two decades that have seen its widespread promotion and use. This has been due to […]
By Michael Newman, Chief Operating Officer, Parhelion Underwriting Inc. Special to The Digest Trading in the climate finance market – the systems designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions – sometimes create areas of uncertainty. The risk of invalidation of credits worry market participants – but insurance risk capital can be used to mitigate these concerns […]
By Douglas L. Faulkner, The Cleantech Conservative Special to The Digest The Swedish firm, Elmia AB, held a seminar on 07 June near Jӧnkӧping, Sweden, on Sweden’s role in the emerging global woody bioenergy industry. Doug Faulkner, the Digest’s own “Cleantech Conservative” and President of his firm, Leatherstocking LLC, gave the keynote address and then […]
By Mark Riedy, Partner and Head of Energy Team and Eddie Wang, Senior Associate, both from Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP Special to The Digest The recently-established Opportunity Zone Program offers developers, including start-up technology companies attempting to develop and commercialize new technologies in the energy, chemical, and infrastructure industries, an exciting, new opportunity to […]
By Dennis Zeedyk, Lee Enterprises Consulting Special to The Digest Glycerin Traders LLC’s flagship operation, based in Defiance, OH, takes in waste raw glycerin from biodiesel companies and acidulates it to remove the fats, methanol and some water that is then further distilled to nearly 100% purity. This year the Defiance plant spent an average […]
