From Washington, the bioeconomy’s (usually) annual Rorschach test has arrived again, with the release of Renewable Volume Obligations (RVOs) for 2020 (retroactive), 2021 (uh, retroactive), and 2022. These are the annual Federal mandated volumes for the blending of renewable fuels in the US. More than a dozen trade associations and policymakers offered reaction to the EPA […]
Sequestering captured CO2 into long-lived products for permanence and into supply chains with large market volume or high growth potential is what Mars Materials is all about. How they use nitrilation carbontech to make it happen, acrylonitrile (ACN)’s $12 billion chemical market that can now be made from atmospheric CO2, how Mars Materials version compares […]
From Washington comes word that the Bioenergy technologies Office at the Department of Energy has announced $59 million to accelerate the production of biofuels and bioproducts. The Scale-Up of Integrated Biorefineries announce The “Scale-Up of Integrated Biorefineries” funding opportunity announcement (FOA) will advance biorefinery development and feedstocks improvement projects in alignment with a broader DOE […]
Licella’s Cat-HTR decarbonization platform could help customers meet their net-zero carbon commitments, said Dr. Alan Del Paggio, Licella’s SVP Americas, at the recent ABLC. How do they use water as the agent of change and turn biomass and mixed plastics into low CI biocrude? What is their multi-year path to commercial readiness? What about work […]
Yes, biological ocean carbon sequestration could help prevent catastrophic climate change, according to Christopher Barry from SNAME (Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers). How? What are the physical and biological options? What are the moving parts that can make it happen? What are the economics involved?
By Mika Tienhaara is CEO at ROCSOLE Special to The Digest One of the primary polluting industries in terms of carbon-based emissions has been the Oil & Gas industry. Nowadays, we have an energy transition phase ongoing, bringing a variety of renewable energy sources into the energy mix. However, by producing these biofuels based on […]
What’s happened in the last 20 years in biobased chemicals? What is NexantECA’s new approach to the building blocks of more green chemicals and existing markets for them? From naphtha, ethanol, methanol, green hydrogen, aromatics, lactic acid, nylon intermediates, and more.
By Scott Romenesko, President of EnTech Solutions Special to The Digest The use of renewable energy in the agriculture industry is an exciting new frontier that – with the right partners – can bring environmental and economic benefits to farmers, surrounding communities and the renewable transportation fuel industry. The utilization of livestock manure is nothing […]
Take a look at how NovoNutrients is transforming CO2 emissions into microbial, alternative protein ingredients. In this illuminating slide guide, David Tze, CEO of NovoNutrients, shares thoughts on the explosive growth in carbon utilization to make fuels, chemicals, materials, food, feed as well as their recent 3rd party validation of their CO2 utilization strategy based […]
Today, we bring you the Top 10 CO2 utilization projects that have found the optimal blend of affordable, reliable, scalable technology and product sets with large markets to transition the world to a circular economy with many uses for the one carbon molecule. Find out who these Top 10 hottest CO2 utilization projects are, what […]
