In Illinois, DTN reports the 7th District federal appeals court has overturned the lower court’s decision to throw out Green Plains’ lawsuit against Archer Daniels Midland for allegedly price fixing ethanol. The appeals court said the lower court had misread a law in its strictest terms, rather than a more open way that may be […]
In Illinois, a research chemist at the USDA Agricultural Research Service National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research has converted dairy waste into renewable polyurethane and other bioplastics. More specifically, Atanu Biswas has used lactose—a kind of sugar found in dairy—as a bioplastic feedstock. He noted that the bioplastics made from dairy waste would work well […]
In Illinois, Midwest Bioprocessing Center (MBC), a leading producer of biobased chemicals for human health, nutrition, and personal care announced that it has been awarded a $1.8MM grant from the National Institutes of Health entitled “Production of Natural Deoxysugars for Use in Chemical Synthesis of Glycosides.” The technology being developed will allow the company to […]
In Illinois, LanzaTech Global, Inc. and Tadweer (Abu Dhabi Waste Management Company), the sole custodian of waste management for the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, have joined forces to initiate an integrated Waste-to-Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) feasibility study to scale SAF production from municipal and commercial solid waste. This is the first major project in LanzaTech […]
In Illinois, a new report from GTI Energy, Designs for Net-Zero Energy Systems: Meta-Analysis of U.S. Economy-Wide Decarbonization Studies presents a comparison of five comprehensive U.S. net-zero studies revealing a wide range of possibilities and key commonalities for achieving net-zero emissions. The Meta NZ report examines five in-depth studies that modeled designs for net-zero energy systems […]
In Illinois, the Chicago Tribune newspaper reports that Irish start-up Silicate is trialing its concept of spreading concrete dust to capture CO2 from the air on corn and soybean farm 60 miles south of Chicago. Between 500 and 1,000 tons of fine dust from ready-mix concrete that has been returned was spread over 100 acres […]
In Illinois, Wolf Carbon Solutions U.S. has voluntarily submitted a motion to withdraw its current certificate application with the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC). Wolf intends to update and refile an application with the ICC in early 2024. The pending application requests a certificate of authority for the development and operation of a state-of-the-art carbon dioxide […]
