In the UK, Living Fuels has launched its newest biofuel production facility using used cooking oil as a feedstock. The company operates combined heat and power facilities around the country using the fuel, which is has called LF100. The new facility at Hockwold cost $1.56 million. So far the company has collected more than 1 […]
In India, a coalition of the willing called the Bold Goals Action Group refined and amended a series of 47 Bold Actions that must be taken by industry and government in order to achieve the global timelines for Net Zero economies that address climate change and the need for resilient national economies. The group was […]
By Jeff Allen, Project Director, Lee Enterprises Consulting Special to The Digest The Bioeconomy – Investment Community Grand Challenge The pace of decarbonization and the success of net zero initiatives are closely tied to financial returns. Bioeconomy technologies are now primed for mainstream investment, but a crucial missing piece is the bioeconomic analytics framework needed for […]
The Energy Independence and Security Act is sixteen years old this year, going on seventeen, and when I think the industry that has sprung up to deliver the advanced fuels contemplated by the Bush Administration, I think of the old lyric from The Sound of Music: You are sixteen going on seventeen Baby, it’s time […]
BATON ROUGE, LOUSIANA – February 2, 2023 – The Daily Digest, the Baton Rouge Carbon Reduction Alliance, and the Baton Rouge Area Chamber today announced the launch of REenergize the Gulf Coast™, an online community and event series which will feature the rise of new low-carbon technologies that are transforming the US Gulf Coast economy. […]
“Plastic waste must be tackled for the sake of all life in the ocean.” – David Attenborough, biologist, natural historian, and author. Something must be done to solve the plastic problem. Not only for the good of ocean life, but to dramatically reduce the amount of waste that’s sent to landfill and incinerated, and to remove virgin […]
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 […]
In Brazil, Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) responded negatively to the proposal that had been circulated by entities representing the biodiesel sector to boost blending to 13% to reduce the impacts of Covid-19 along the entire supply chain. The request had been submitted to the MME at the end of last month. According to […]
In Jamaica, the University of Technology, Jamaica (UTech, Ja.) and Elhydro Limited on October 2 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to formalize collaboration in biodiesel production and research. UTech, Jamaica and Elhydro Limited were brought together by the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) to have meaningful discussions on the Medium Scale Castor-based Biodiesel Processing […]
In Idaho, researchers at Idaho National Laboratory have have cut the modeled cost of harvesting, storing, transporting, and preprocessing biomass from $149.58/dry ton to $82.86/dry ton. As INL’s Kevin Kenney explained, “when applying least-cost formulation and blending strategies in an analysis of data from DOE’s 2016 Billion-Ton Report, INL researchers achieved a 46% reduction […]
