You’ve heard its psychoactive cousin, marijuana, described as weed, smoke, ganja, bud, grass, mary jane, reefer, or herb…but advanced bioeconomy feedstock? Yep, no kidding, there’s a movement to bring hemp back in a big way. The Digest investigates. We first started tracking hemp back in 2009, when a 43-acre biomass trial launched in California that features […]
Thought you knew everything there was to know about some of biofuels’ favorite feedstocks? Here are 18 free reports that may dampen or re-ignite your enthusiasm. Just about anything important these days in biofuels starts with an F — though whether your current favorite F-word is feedstock, finance, feasibility, or FUBAR will depend a great […]
In Minnesota, at the 13th annual Automotive composites Conference & Exhibition, BASF granted tours as part of the opening. Plastics Today reports that BASF demonstrated a prototyping line for a woven kenaf and foamed water based Acrudur acrylic latex binder resin biocomposite. The materials were then put in a radio-frequency dryer. BASF is pushing to […]
In Canada, Naturally Advanced Technologies has entered into a development and supply agreement with Target evaluate the use of its CRAiLAR Flax fiber in Target’s domestic textiles category beginning December 1. The agreement includes two years of exclusivity in the category and calls for Target’s evaluation of CRAiLAR Flax in a number of products. The […]
Turns out that predictions of biodiesel’s demise were a tad premature. The fuel’s boosters are gathering this week at the National Biodiesel Conference & Expo, touting a stream of good news. Highlights: “The EPA has said that they are going to enforce the 800 million gallon volume RFS2 requirement” said National Biodiesel Board CEO Joe […]
In China, Bio-Dynamic Group a joint venture agreement with Shanghai Zhongwei Biochemistry to produce cellulosic ethanol from kenaf. The companies said that they will develop a 2.8 million gallon (10,000 ton per year) plant in 2011, and expand that facility to between 28 and 56 million gallons by 2013. Shanghai Zhongwei will control 75 percent […]
