By Ron MacDonald, President and CEO of Zinc8 Energy Solutions Special to The Digest The Biden Administration’s Environmental Protection Agency issued an emergency fuel waiver a few days ago to allow E15 gasoline to be sold during the summer driving season which will increase fuel supply, reduce our reliance on fossil fuels especially from Russia […]
By Lisa Colicchio, Sustainability Director, Metrolink Special to The Digest The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) recently released its newest report and it may be their most important work yet. The report looks at climate mitigation — that is, what governments, corporations and individuals can do to avert the climate cliff and there are options […]
By Dieter Bockey, Head of Division, UFOP Special to The Digest The Black Sea region is of great importance for the global supply of agricultural commodities such as wheat, maize, sunflower, rapeseed and soya. The war in Ukraine affects important agricultural markets; this is reflected in the rise in quotations and has an impact on […]
Pierre Poitras, Technical Consultant at Conidia Bioscience, looks at how the increased percentage of biofuels can raise the cost of fuel as well as leave it susceptible to microbes. The analysis is based on the white paper Protecting equipment from microbial contamination when changing fuel chemistry We live in a world where we simply must […]
By Arianna Baldo, Programme Director, RSB and Tjaša Bole-Rentel, Bioenergy Programme Manager, WWF South Africa Special to The Digest Invasive alien plants (IAPs) are a scourge across Southern Africa – with species like black wattle and port jackson found across the region. It is estimated that more than 10% of South Africa’s land mass is […]
By Andreea Moyes, Air bp’s sustainability director, and Peter Nowobilski, bp’s senior advisor for hydrogen and eFuels Special to The Digest With the aviation industry committed to curtailing lifecycle carbon emissions, sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) has an important role to play. Air bp is already working alongside airlines and airports around the world to deliver […]
By Fernanda Martins, Sr. Marketing Manager for Chemical and Process Industries at AVEVA Special to The Digest In a world transitioning away from fossil fuels, the business case for biofuels may soon become easier to make. But for biofuel producers to stay competitive in a burgeoning field right now, they need to keep watch over […]
By Bill Hagy, EVP Federal Funding, Lee Enterprises Consulting Special to The Digest In considering applying for federal funding for a commercial scale bioeconomy project, one should know that there are many types of federal funding available – grants, direct loans, loan guarantees or combinations of two of these funding resources – each with different requirements. […]
By William Echt, Technology Licensing Director, and David Jackson, Technology Manager, Merichem Company Special to The Digest Introduction As part of the energy transition and refinery rationalization taking place around the world, many refiners are investigating projects for renewable fuels production (mainly diesel and jet fuel) from sustainable sources such as used cooking oils (UCO), […]
By Elena Schmidt, Executive Director, and Nicola Noponen, Technical Director, RSB Special to The Digest The urgent move away from fossil resources means that biomass use will be heavily incentivised for the use in fuel, energy and material supply chains and this presents serious sustainability risks which must be addressed. RSB’s multi-stakeholder member community has […]
