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Coskata starts up cellulosic ethanol production in Pennsylvania: “Open for business and ready to scale,” says CEO
In Pennsylvania, Coskata announced the successful start-up of their semi-commercial flex ethanol facility located in Madison. The accomplishment by the #1 company in last year’s 50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy “represents the successful scale-up of the company’s technology, and will serve as a showcase for the world’s first commercially-viable flex ethanol process,” according to a [...]
EPA leaders respond to Sen. Grassley’s invitation to visit a farm: “They would like to try and work something out”.
Readers of the Digest will remember that last Friday, we ran an exclusive interview with Senator Charles Grassley of Iowa in which the Senator invited the Director of the EPA’s office of Transportation and Air Quality, Margo Oge, to visit his farm in Iowa.
The invitation came after it was revealed in House testimony that Ms. [...]
Biofuels Digest Interview: Randy Kramer, CEO, KL Energy
KL Energy (formerly KL Process Designs) has been in the news all year. First, by opening the first commercial-scale ethanol production facility this year. Then, with the news rumbling out of South Dakota that they were considering the construction of a second plant. Third, rave reviews from industry insiders who have visited the facility. Fourth, [...]
The Weather Channel’s Natalie Allen, anchor of Forecast Earth: “Don’t continually show me the polar bear floating on the melting ice. Tell me what I can do.”
Over the past weeks, a number of readers have written in about one program on television they are following with great interest. It’s the Weather Channel’s Forecast Earth, which airs Saturdays and Sunday at 5 PM, 7 PM, 1 AM and 3 AM (Eastern). It focuses on climate change, green businesses and inventions, and the [...]
Biofuels Digest Newsmaker: Ethanol guru Dr. Bruce Dale
Professor Bruce Dale is Professor of Chemical Engineering and former Chair of the Department of Chemical Engineering at Michigan State University. In 1996 he won the Charles D. Scott Award for contributions to the use of biotechnology to produce fuels, chemical and other industrial products from renewable plant resources. Dr. Dale has authored over 90 [...]


