Checkerspot designs high performance materials such as microbes to express new molecular building blocks that they then apply chemistry to create materials that are built into parts and products they prototype. Charles Dimmler, Checkerspot’s CEO gave this illuminating overview of their innovations, proven fermentation at commercial scale, joint development agreements, and their vision for the […]
By Robert Boslego, Member of Lee Enterprises Consulting, Inc. Special to The Digest Ethanol accounts for around ninety-four percent of the renewable fuel market in the United States. Average daily production and consumption is over one million barrels per day. This represents more than ten percent of the U.S. gasoline market, the largest in the world. […]
In Canada, Cielo Waste Solutions Corp. announced the closing of $270,000 in the second tranche of the previously announced non-brokered private placement of up to 15,384,615 (“Units”) at $0.13 per Unit, by the issuance of 2,076,923 Units. A total of C$1,144,406 in gross proceeds has been raised in the initial two tranches by the issuance […]
In Malaysia, in light of the largest palm oil stocks seen in 18 years and prices currently three-year lows of around $505 per metric ton, Reuters reports that the government is looking at ways to boost demand locally for palm oil to help reduce the surplus and boost prices. Already the government cut export duties […]
In Indonesia, the Jakarta Post reports that despite cutting the export levy on palm oil that was then used to subsidize biodiesel blending, the Indonesian Oil Palm Estate Fund will continue to subsidize in the meantime thanks to 40% higher revenues generated from the levy during 2018 than expected. The fund collected $992 million in […]
In Hawaii, The Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) Clean Water Branch has issued a Notice of Violation and Order (NOVO) to Hū Honua Bioenergy, LLC for an unauthorized discharge of industrial wastewater on Nov. 9, 2018, at their facility in Pepe‘ekeo on Hawai‘i Island. The NOVO states that Hū Honua Bioenergy, LLC, violated Hawai‘i Revised […]
In Paraguay, local press reports that biodiesel blending of 2% will be mandatory as of January 1 in an effort to try to promote a local industry. Already ethanol is blended at between 25% and 27%, depending on the octane level of the fuel. Fueling stations in the country worked together with local stakeholders to […]
In Argentina, the first two buses to operate on B100 have begun operation in Buenos Aires as part of a pilot project that will be evaluated later in the year for possible expansion among other bus lines. The city is working on the project alongside the national government’s transportation ministry who estimates that using 100% […]
In Tennessee, a team from the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has made several fundamental discoveries related to the challenges associated with breaking down biomass using supercomputers. In a recent paper published in Nature Reviews Chemistry, ORNL researchers summarize key concepts derived from a decade of molecular-level simulations of biomass […]
In India, the Principal Scientific Advisor to the Prime Minister’s Science, Technology and Innovation Advisory Council says waste-to-energy is a key priority for the PM as a way to reduce energy poverty and increase environmental sustainability through value-based waste management. The country is beginning to collaborate with countries like Japan whose best practices can help […]
