Doug Sombke, President, South Dakota Farmers Union and Farmers Union Enterprise Special to The Digest Once again, the ethanol industry seems determined to play small ball and unwittingly limit itself to ever realizing its full potential. Reports out of Iowa following the renewable fuels summit that the industry is thriving defies any rational thinking. The […]
In Florida, LanzaTech, Amyris, Novozymes, Neste, POET/DSM, POET, Impossible Foods, Anellotech, Beyond Meat and BASF have taken the lead in early voting in the 50 Hottest Companies in the Advanced Bioeconomy ballot. The Digest released the early-voting totals from Subscriber Voting — which do not yet include Invited International Selector votes. Alternative meats, chemicals, organism development, aviation, strategics, […]
By Geoff Cooper President and CEO, Renewable Fuels Association Good Morning! Welcome to the 2019 National Ethanol Conference. Thank you for being here. As you just heard from Neil, I’m the new President and CEO of the Renewable Fuels Association. I was honored and humbled to assume that role in October and I am extremely […]
In California, we reported that Amyris signed a binding term sheet for a planned cannabinoid development, licensing and commercialization partnership valued at up to $255M (not including royalties once the products are commercialized) with a confidential partner. No, Amyris is not exactly transforming into an Industrial Budtender. Let’s look at this announce in depth. The […]
Lee Enterprises Consulting is the world’s largest bioeconomy consulting group with over 100 subject matter experts (SME’s) in all areas of the bioeconomy. Birdsong Auction & Real Estate Group and United Country Real Estate, members of Lee Enterprises Consulting, offers this illuminating comparison of absolute auctions vs. reserve auctions, overview of the auction process in […]
Lee Enterprises Consulting is the world’s largest bioeconomy consulting group with over 100 subject matter experts (SME’s) in all areas of the bioeconomy. Glenn Farris, of Farris Advisory Services and a member of Lee Enterprises Consulting offers this illuminating prediction of the future of ag waste and purpose grown crops, challenges to growing and using […]
IEA Bioenergy Task 42 is working on the analysis and assessment of biorefining in the whole value chain in order to meet its mission to facilitate the commercialisation and market deployment of biorefinery systems & technologies. Johannes Lindorfer from the Energy Institute at the Johannes Kepler University in Linz, Austria gave this illuminating overview of […]
The pace of bioeconomy invention and change continues at a frenetic pace. Here are the top innovations for the week of February 8th. In today’s Digest, flax fiber skis, biobased turf for 2020 Olympics, Gevo’s isoprene, Veja vegan leather, castor oil jacket membrane — these and more, ready for you now at The Digest online. […]
If you’ve seen many World War Two thrillers about strategic bombing, you’ll know that precision, precision, precision is the goal, and smart bombs as a military technology have been in the public imagination since their first successes in Afghanistan and later in the first Gulf War, and ever since. Think on an incredibly small nanoscale […]
Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All) was created to drive the energy transition, particularly in developing countries and below50 is committed to growing the demand for sustainable alternative fuels that reduce emissions by more than 50% relative to fossil. Gerard J. Ostheimer, Ph.D., Global Lead of Bioenergy Accelerator for SE4ALL and Co-Founder and Senior Advisor of […]
