By Bruce Comer, Frank Kim, Zak Putlak, and John Panvica, Ocean Park Special to The Digest The US biofuels sector in 2023 registered the flourishing of new technologies and billions in new investments – and an unprecedented low level of M&A activity: only two operating biofuels plants and two non-operating plants, worth 310 million gallons […]
By Glenn Farris, Managing Director, Lee Enterprises Consulting Special to The Digest In the drive towards a clean energy future and a low-carbon energy environment, purpose-grown energy crops will play a major role. At this time and for many years, researchers associated with universities, national labs, seed companies, and other institutions both public and private […]
By Sam Rushing, President, Advanced Cryogenics, Ltd., WWW.CARBONDIOXIDECONSULTANTS.COM. Special to The Digest Carbon dioxide is generally thought of by those who are not in the gases industries as either a greenhouse gas; and/or for use in beverage carbonation, and perhaps fire abatement. To those in the gases industries, carbon dioxide is known for much more; […]
In Florida, The Digest announced the opening of nominations for the Bioeconomy 500, which recognizes individuals for their leadership contributions to the bioeconomy’s development and project deployment. The 500 is expected to honor scientists, engineers, policy makers, financiers, project developers, feedstock pioneers, offtakers, advocates and supply-chain and distribution partners. Every Digest subscriber can nominate an […]
By John R. Kirkwood, Virginia M. Speck, Joshua L. Andrews, Aaron L. Szabo, Jason Deppen, Bryan Michael Allen Special to The Digest In connection with the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), on December 22, 2023, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released a Proposed Regulation related to Section 45V of the Internal Revenue Code. The Proposed Regulation, […]
By Terry Mazanec, Ph.D., Lee Enterprises Consulting Special to The Digest The late Sir John Cadogan, renowned organic chemist and Welsh Member of Academia Europaea, was the first person whom I heard exclaim that we were on a path towards the ‘hydrogen economy.’ It was 1986, and my company, SOHIO (The Standard Oil Company (Ohio)), […]
By David J. Patterson and Gord Crawford, Expander Energy Inc. Special to The Digest Expander’s Enhanced Biomass to Liquids (EBTL™) and Biomass Electrolysis to Liquids (BETL™) processes produce and combine hydrogen and carbon monoxide into paraffin carbon chains in the diesel boiling range to produce “drop-in” synthetic diesel or jet fuel. The three elements for […]
In Georgia, the glitterati of the bioeconomy world — including U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, U.S Deputy Secretary of Energy David Turk, Georgia Public Service Commissioner Tim Echols, Treutlen County Commissioner Phil Jennings, and Soperton Mayor John Koon.and many government officials, industry leaders, partners, and supporters — gathered in the wilds of southwest Georgia […]
By: Mark Robertson Special to The Digest Renewable diesel (“RD”) and sustainable aviation fuel (“SAF”) can be produced by hydrotreating virtually any type of biogenic feedstock lipid (oil). In processes involving hydrotreated esters and fatty acids (“HEFA” processes), the most common feedstocks are animal fats, waste greases, and vegetable oils, which are made up mostly […]
In Florida, The Digest announced the official opening of voting for the 50 Hottest Companies in the Bioeconomy for 2024. In all, a record 437 companies were nominated for the ballot this year. Voting Rules Voting is open to all registered subscribers of The Digest and invited selectors. To subscribe to the Digest, click here. […]
