DigestConnect hosted a wildly popular webinar in late April with Clariant’s Head of Business Line, Biofuels & Derivatives at Clariant but there were so many fantastic audience questions we didn’t to, that we decided to follow up and put together The Digest’s Q&A with Clariant on the latest and greatest about cellulosic ethanol. In today’s […]
Suspended. Reminiscint of the ‘bad kid’ at school who was always getting in trouble, we are hearing the word ‘suspended’ over and over again in 2020. Calyxt isn’t any different. In their Q1 2020 investor call, they shared the latest financials and ‘suspended’ 2020 predictions. Check out this slide guide including commentary from their CEO, Jim Blome, […]
Australian Renewable Energy Agency, or ARENA, has invested $1.48 billion in 513 projects since 2012, and of those approximately $50 million are across 28 hydrogen projects. A pathway to a renewable hydrogen industry has many benefits but there are still several key issues like barriers to large scale deployment, demand drivers that are still evolving, and […]
By Lloyd Ritter, Esq., Director, Green Capitol LLC Special to The Digest A timely new report came out recently on sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), “Ready for Takeoff: Aviation Biofuels Past, Present, and Future,” written by the Atlantic Council (herein AC). The key takeaways are three-fold. First, aviation emissions are one of the most recognizable sources […]
COVID-19 has put the world on hold and Novozymes is no different in terms of suspending their 2020 outlook. Why? Because none of us have a crystal ball and how can you predict the future now, especially concerning U.S. ethanol demand and stockpiling effects? Novozymes is an agile organization, however, and was able to meet demand despite […]
If you missed last week’s DigestConnect webinar, you can catch up on what exactly a Bioeconomy Development (BD) Zone is vs. a Bioeconomy Development Opportunity (BDO) Zone and why you should care about both. Think about a certified investment-ready industrial site program but to drive bioeconomy development – a BD Zone – and what it can mean […]
With some places starting to open up again, maybe you are looking at shopping for clothes – thanks to some quarantine weight gain or weight lost – so let’s talk about some new threads today. What are the latest innovations with apparel materials? We’ve read about mushroom shirts and algae dresses, but here’s a quick summary from […]
By Jordan Solomon, President, Ecostrat Inc. Special to The Digest The US has over a billion tons of biomass which can be used as a key lever to drive economic recovery. USDA estimates that 3.4 million jobs and nearly $660 billion of economic benefits would be created by using biomass to manufacture alternative fuels, renewable […]
From Canada comes news that NOVA Chemicals and Enerkem entered into a joint development agreement to explore turning non-recyclable and non-compostable municipal waste into ethylene, a basic building block of plastics. NOVA Chemicals has committed to enabling 100 percent of plastics packaging is recyclable or recoverable by 2030; and 100 percent of plastics packaging is […]
