Category: Top Stories

The Bioeconomy 500 for 2023 – outstanding leaders of the bioeconomy’s development and deployment

February 6, 2023 | Jim Lane

In Florida, The Daily Digest announced the Bioeconomy 500 for 2023, which recognizes individuals for their leadership contributions to the bioeconomy’s development and project deployment. The 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 and vote for candidates […]

Yield10, Mitsubishi ink camelina-for-SAF MOU: Has camelina’s hour arrived?

February 5, 2023 | Jim Lane

News has arrived from Yield10 Bioscience and Mitsubishi that they are noodling over a partnership to supply, offtake and market Camelina as a low-carbon feedstock oil for biofuels; the two companies have now progressed to a memorandum of understanding of a deal which would ultimately be aimed at supporting Mitsubishi’s stated goal o mass produce […]

Update to Guidance on Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 – Prevailing Wage and Apprenticeship Training Requirements – With Guidance from Notice 2022-61

February 2, 2023 | Jim Lane

By John Kirkwood and Jason Deppen and Virginia Speck, FaegreDrinker Special to The Digest On August 16, 2022, President Biden signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the “Act”), which extends and expands existing tax credits and adds several new energy tax credits to encourage the production of clean energy and reduce carbon […]

REenergize the Gulf Coast debuts: online community and event series to support the transformation of the US Gulf Coast economy through decarbonization technology and projects.

February 2, 2023 | Jim Lane

From Louisiana comes a long-awaited piece of news that impacts every Digest reader, everywhere. We’ve all seen the tremendous surge of decarbonization technology along the US Gulf Coast. More than $25 billion in low carbon projects have been announced in the Baton Rouge-Geismar industrial corridor alone. The story is more than about size, it’s about […]

That’s not Banana, it’s a new path to SAF: United, Tallgrass, Green Plains form Blue Blade to make billion and billions of gallons of sustainable aviation fuel

February 1, 2023 | Jim Lane

News has arrived from the heartland that United Airlines will be buying up to 2.7 billion gallons of SAF, and up to 135 million gallons per year, from a new venture, Blue Blade Energy, which has been formed by Green Plains, Tallgrass and the airline. It’s new tech emerging this decade out of PNNL, going […]

$A clearer picture: What does legislation mean for chemical recycling?$

A clearer picture: What does legislation mean for chemical recycling?

January 30, 2023 | Jim Lane

“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 […]

DOE awards $118M to juice domestic biofuels, as Georgia’s AVAP Biorefinery nabs $80M of it

January 26, 2023 | Jim Lane

In Washington, the U.S. Department of Energy has awarded $118M in funding for 17 projects to accelerate the production of sustainable biofuels Projects selected as part of this funding opportunity will contribute to meeting DOE’s goal to achieve cost-competitive biofuels and at least a 70% reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2030. The Big […]

Who Should Want More Ethanol In The Pool? Would you Believe Oil Refiners?

January 26, 2023 | Jim Lane

By David Hallberg, President, Dakota Ag Energy Special to The Digest Sound Crazy? Maybe so, but not so crazy when you break it down. First of all, we are seeing the slow turn of the wheel as the buzz of EVs is starting to wear off and we may be looking at a hangover. They […]

Raven Nabs Mavens: The hydrogen pioneer signs H3 Dynamics, Chevron, Hyzon as partners in its quest to decarbonize

January 24, 2023 | Jim Lane

In Wyoming, Raven SR and hydrogen aviation developer H3 Dynamics have inked an MOU to collaborate on waste-to-hydrogen energy systems to support the decarbonization of airport operations and the adoption of hydrogen at airports. H3 Dynamics will provide hydrogen power systems to replace conventional fuel and other energy sources at airports, especially in Asia, Europe and […]

ABLC 2023 agenda announced

January 23, 2023 | Jim Lane

In Florida, the Digest announced the agenda for ABLC 2023 in Washington DC, March 22-24, and the first 50 committed speakers. Complete details are available at the ABLC website here. Official networking for ABLC opened yesterday at digestevents.com including one-to-one messaging and meeting set-up, groups and forums by sector and the opportunity to connect with […]