Groucho Marx once wrote Many Happy Returns, a tongue-in-cheek tax guide. If he were here for Section 45Z, he might add a subtitle: “Provided You Registered Before the IRS Looked.” The good news: Treasury has — wait for it — released the proposed regulations for the 45Z clean fuel production credit. The document contains proposed […]
Green Plains reported strong 3Q 2025 progress, highlighting the completion of its Obion, Tennessee plant sale to repay $130.7 million in debt. The company’s decarbonization strategy is advancing with carbon capture fully operational at its York, Nebraska facility, while systems at Central City and Wood River are ramping up. Management executed a 45Z tax credit […]
It’s Oh-dark-thirty at Fort Methanol. Reveille has sounded. Intake complete. Heads shaved. Civilian clothes gone. Racks made. Fall in! “I don’t care where you came from,” the drill instructor shouts. “Corn stover. Landfill gas. Forest residues. Steel mill exhaust. Direct air capture. Doesn’t matter. I’m going to run you through heat, pressure, and current until […]
By CJ Evans, Co-Founder, Alternative Fuels & Chemicals Coalition, Project Manager, Federal Funding Services Special to The Digest Editor’s Note: CJ Evans and his teams of subject matter experts have helped more than 250 companies of all sizes prepare applications for federal grants and loan guarantees over the past 20 years. He has seen far […]
By CJ Evans, Co-Founder, Alternative Fuels & Chemicals Coalition, Project Manager, Federal Funding Services Special to The Digest Editor’s Note: CJ Evans and his teams of subject matter experts have helped more than 250 companies of all sizes prepare applications for federal grants and loan guarantees over the past 20 years. He has seen far […]
Ten years ago, Visolis entered the federal innovation pipeline through Cyclotron Road—the DOE-backed fellowship that helped define the climate-tech generation. Founder Deepak Dugar was part of a wave of scientists trying to turn low-carbon chemistry into real industry. Today, Visolis is winning scale-up funding from the Department of Defense. Same company. Same core science. Different […]
Dyadic is pivoting from R&D to revenue generation with recombinant protein product launches slated for 2025–2027. Highlights include successful Phase 1 results for their DYAI-100 COVID-19 vaccine candidate and significant funding wins—a $4.5 million CEPI grant and $3 million from the Gates Foundation—to accelerate affordable vaccine and mAb production for global health. The company is […]
There’s a quiet bond among people who choose this work, the bioeconomy. You don’t end up here because it’s easy. If easy were the goal, there are cleaner career paths, simpler markets, less friction. Heck, go get rich working on petroleum. Here, progress comes with resistance. Every gain seems to arrive with a counterforce — […]
dsm-firmenich is advancing its strategic portfolio transformation by separating its Animal Nutrition & Health business, with an exit expected in 2025. The company is focusing on high-growth segments in Nutrition, Health, and Beauty, showcasing innovations like plant-based tuna alternatives and microbiome-targeted gut health solutions. Financial highlights include a planned €1 billion share buyback, the completion […]
In Washington, Growth Energy was very unhappy after it was announced that a legislative fix for year-round E15 was dropped from the January government funding bill. It was further incensed that Congress would instead form a “rural energy council” to formulate another compromise bill with petroleum interests, and with expectations for a vote in February. […]
