In Texas, DTN reported more details regarding Valero’s lawsuit against Sundive for failing to provide the 106 million RINs contracted for the Q4 2020 compliance period. Sundive’s failure to provide the RINs forced Valero into the open market to buy the required RINs, unnecessarily costing the company $10.1 million. Sundive said it was having difficulties […]
Renewable Energy Group is the largest operator of renewable diesel and biodiesel plants in the US, with 12 refineries and a fast-growing capacity, especially in red-hot renewable diesel. In today’s Digest, we take a DigestData DeepDive™ with Actionable, Relational, Granular, Global Hard Data on REG’s Bioeconomy Projects, technologies, capacities, status and partners. Taken from the […]
In Florida, the Digest today releases its annual review of biofuels mandates and targets around the world, looking at the state of biofuels mandates in 65 countries. Get the latest up to the minute new information on the Canada Clean Fuels Standard as well as a new section on SAF mandates in the EU, and more.
By Pierroberto Folgiero, Maire Tecnimont Group’s and NextChem’s CEO Special to The Digest Global emissions will have to decrease very quickly, in order to match 2050 carbon neutrality goals, and the transportation sector is one of the most likely contributors to the targets, being the top contributor to GHG emissions production. The future of mobility […]
Red Rock Biofuels’ 8-year offtake agreements with FedEx and Southwest Airlines are driving the advanced biofuels production facility to convert waste woody biomass into renewable drop-in jet, diesel and gasoline blendstock fuels at a conversion rate of about 166,000 BDT/year of woody biomass into about 16.1mm gallons/year of renewable cellulosic fuels. Get the latest details […]
A mere “The Year in Rewind” as we sail into 2021? Not the good ship Digest! Instead, we dust off our crystal ball and offer our predictions for the year ahead. As the sunset of 2020 gives way to the dawn of 2021, once again roll the dice as we list the Digest’s 10 Top […]
UC Berkeley’s Dr. James Bentley Brown shared this illuminating slide guide at ABLC Digital on pattern discovery, the multi-scale analytical requirements of the bioeconomy, examples from a biotic field trial in corn, how artificial intelligence is enabling the engineering of agronomic systems, and more.
Fortiva Hemi launches with 9-figure upside potential for US biorefining industry. From North Carolina comes news that Novozymes launched Fortiva Hemi to increase revenues for the enervated but still enthusiastic corn biorefineries of the US heartland. Fortiva Hemi is a cocktail of novel enzymes for liquefaction that deliver greater than 10% oil yield improvement and […]
Four critical challenges in biochemical and thermochemical processing were addressed in the just released “Bioprocessing Separations Consortium Three-Year Overview” U.S. BETO report, including targeting the fractionation of lignin to enable valorization; Developing technologies to enable process intensification to cut bioprocessing capital costs and make processes more efficient; Recovering carbon from dilute aqueous streams that are common […]
In Florida, the 2021 rankings for the 50 Hottest Organizations in Biodesign & Engineering was published today, as voted by invited international Selectors and subscribers of The Daily Digest, the world’s most widely-read bioeconomy daily, and part of the overall 50 Hottest Companies in the Advanced Bioeconomy rankings. The annual rankings recognize innovation and achievement in […]
