In South Korea, SK and an undisclosed Korean private equity partners have invested $50 million in Fulcrum BioEnergy, the waste-to-fuels company now commissioning its first commercial project near Reno, Nevada. SK Inc. aims to make an inroad into the Korean bioenergy market with SK Ecoplant, another SK Group company, as a potential partner. SK Ecoplant […]
Sweet sweet sugar – it’s at the core of creating biobased polymers and much more. And Fluid Quip Tech is unlocking sugar from new, albeit existing sources with their Clean Sugar Technology. From skipping the starch purification steps to scalability and more.
Biopolymers are a major category of bio-based materials that have been largely overlooked, but ExoPolymer is trying to change that with their manufacture of new and differentiated carbohydrate molecules. As a $30 billion or more market, opportunities exist for new and differentiated biopolymers…find out what those are, how ExoPolymer is innovating.
Different feedstock and process generates different wastewater quality and volume, so how can wastewater still have value for the biofuels industry? If you missed this exclusive Digest Connect with Aquatech, check out their slides on transforming waste water in the biofuel industry.
The Advanced Biofuels Association commissioned LMC International to forecast the outlook for supply of lipid feedstocks to determine their ability to meet the ABFA’s goal of reaching 21 billion gallons of biomass-based diesel (BBD) by 2040 and 9 billion gallons of BBD by 2030. So will there be enough lipid feedstock supplies in the U.S. […]
Everyone talks about “moving the needle” on jobs, decarbonization and social justice, but how do you tackle all 3 at once? Check out Ecostrat’s slide guide from ABLC in San Francisco on what BDO Zones are, how the BDO Zone Initiative helps accelerate biobased investments in economically distressed areas, and more.
Is there a Green premium? For those shielded from the decades-long debate, on account of youth or a long residency on the International Space Station, the idea is this: consumers will pay more for sustainable products than fossil-based products. Some say yes, some say no, some say heck no. About the Green Premium Dooma Wendschuh, […]
Circa converts waste biomass into a platform molecule that enables the production of high value bio-based chemicals. So how has business been going for them so far? Check out this Q3 slide guide for the latest progress on building an industrial scale plant and developing markets for its newest products.
In Washinton, the Biden Administration announced $700 million in COVID relief funding for biofuels producers that had been appropriated roughly one year ago and the USDA announced they would soon be taking steps to make another $100 million available for higher-blend biofuels infrastructure. “We do want to say a strong thank you for the COVID […]
In Washington, the Environmental Protection Agency released its proposed Renewable Fuel Standard volumes for 2021 and 2022, and a retroactive action on 2020 volumes that has the ethanol industry up in arms. Advanced biofuels producers were cautiously optimistic, biogas producers took a more positive view, noting that cellulosic volumes would increase 51% between 2020 and […]
