Category: Top Stories

Bold Goals Action Group release 40 Bold Actions to Accelerate the Bioeconomy

Bold Goals Action Group release 40 Bold Actions to Accelerate the Bioeconomy

March 13, 2024 |

In Washington, the Bold Goals Action Group released the final text of the 40 Bold Actions to Accelerate at ABLC 2024. The release capped a year-long, multi-national effort by bioeconomy stakeholders to define specific actions that must be accomplished by industry, financiers and government in order to reach ambitious Net Zero defossilization goals set by […]

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Vanguard Renewables 10 years on

Vanguard Renewables 10 years on

March 11, 2024 |

“In a very short timeframe over several months back in 2012 for a series of completely disassociated reasons – I had a whole bunch of folks coming to me and talking about anaerobic digestion.” So begins John Hanselman in telling the 10-year evolution of Vanguard Renewables, which has become an anaerobic digestion industry leader and […]

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Location, Location, Location – A Vital Component to Making SAF Accessible

Location, Location, Location – A Vital Component to Making SAF Accessible

March 9, 2024 |

By Dave Rubenstein, President and CEO of California Ethanol + Power Special to The Digest Some 20+ years ago, as California announced plans to reduce transportation emissions through carbon reduction mandates and diversification of its energy portfolio, an inspired group of Imperial Valley farmers came up with an idea. Amid the 2008 recession, they saw […]

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Lujan Grisham signs New Mexico’s Clean Transportation Fuels Standard, unleashing new clean fuels era in the Land of Enchantment

Lujan Grisham signs New Mexico’s Clean Transportation Fuels Standard, unleashing new clean fuels era in the Land of Enchantment

March 6, 2024 |

In New Mexico, state Governor Lujan Grisham today signed the Clean Transportation Fuels Standard, highlighting both the growing appeal and support for a technology-neutral policy to decarbonize transportation, and the substantial benefits it delivers to climate, air quality, and economic development. The Low Carbon Fuels Coalition established the New Mexico coalition supporting the bill and […]

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The Bioeconomy 500 for 2024 – outstanding leaders of the bioeconomy’s development and deployment

The Bioeconomy 500 for 2024 – outstanding leaders of the bioeconomy’s development and deployment

March 4, 2024 |

  In Florida, The Daily Digest announced the Bioeconomy 500 for 2024, which recognizes individuals for their leadership contributions to the bioeconomy’s development and project deployment. The Bioeconomy 500 honors scientists, engineers, policy makers, financiers, project developers, feedstock pioneers, offtakers, advocates and supply-chain and distribution partners. All Digest subscribers were eligible to nominate candidates of […]

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Soil Carbon Capture Sequestration, Low Carbon Intensity Scores and the Small Water Cycle: The Symbiotic Connection  

Soil Carbon Capture Sequestration, Low Carbon Intensity Scores and the Small Water Cycle: The Symbiotic Connection  

March 3, 2024 |

By Joel Stone, LEC Partners Special to The Digest Soil Carbon Capture Sequestration (SCCS), low carbon intensity (low CI) scores and the Small Water Cycle are connected through various ecological and hydrological processes that occur within terrestrial ecosystems. SCCS refers to the process of capturing and storing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere in soil […]

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International Airlines Group inks 14-year Twelve eSAF deal, jumpstarting era of fuels made from CO2, water

International Airlines Group inks 14-year Twelve eSAF deal, jumpstarting era of fuels made from CO2, water

February 28, 2024 |

International Airlines Group announced a fourteen-year contract with Twelve to supply IAG with 785,000 tonnes* of e-SAF, made from made from CO2, water and renewable energy, to support five European airlines — British Airways, Iberia, Aer Lingus, Vueling and LEVEL. The next-generation fuel will reduce lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions by up to 90% versus conventional […]

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Development Capital & Unsolicited Proposal Talking Points

Development Capital & Unsolicited Proposal Talking Points

February 26, 2024 |

By CJ Evans, Co-Founder, Alternative Fuels & Chemicals Coalition and Managing Director, Project Financing Assistance Special to The Digest Here are some talking points to help the  Alternative Fuels & Chemicals Coalition (AFCC) create a $500 million development capital grant program in the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Loan Programs Office (LPO) and obtain more funding […]

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You Can Help Expand Access to Development Capital & Federal Funding to Advance Game-Changing Bioeconomy Projects, … and mitigate the climate crisis

You Can Help Expand Access to Development Capital & Federal Funding to Advance Game-Changing Bioeconomy Projects, … and mitigate the climate crisis

February 26, 2024 |

By CJ Evans, Co-Founder, Alternative Fuels & Chemicals Coalition & Managing Director, Project Financing Assistance Special to The Digest You can make a difference. You can raise your voice and make your voice heard … you can help create a grant program within the federal government to provide development capital … and you can help […]

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Unsolicited Proposals, Needed: More Access, More Flexibility, More Funding to Advance Game-Changing Projects

Unsolicited Proposals, Needed: More Access, More Flexibility, More Funding to Advance Game-Changing Projects

February 25, 2024 |

By CJ Evans, Co-Founder, Alternative Fuels & Chemicals Coalition & Managing Director, Project Financing Assistance Special to The Digest Time is of the Essence in Addressing the Climate Crisis… every technology and innovation that can help needs to be deployed as rapidly as possible. Unfortunately, five obstacles stand in the way of advancing MUCH NEEDED […]

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