By Neil A. Belson Special to The Digest The biobased economy or “bioeconomy” has the potential to create new companies, new jobs and even entirely new industries. In a bioeconomy, renewable biobased materials such as crop residues and dedicated energy crops replace petroleum as a primary source of industrial and energy raw materials. A growing […]
By Dr. Mahmood Ebadian Special to the Digest The procurement of low-cost feedstock has been the focus of the pioneering bio-conversion technology developers in commercializing their first industrial-scale projects. Low-cost feedstock is critical in such projects as most of the existing bio-conversion technologies are not yet mature enough to process multiple streams of biomass and […]
Today, we inaugurate a three-part, in-depth series – “First of Kind” – the Financing of Advanced Bio-Refineries, from our trusty correspondent Tim Sklar, whose last series on torrefaction was so well received. In Part I, today, we look at “Identifying Risks”. By Tim Sklar Background The February 7th issue of Biofuels Digest (BD) provided a […]
