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Biofuels at sea: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to Good Fuels Marine

Biofuels at sea: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to Good Fuels Marine

February 11, 2018 |

Netherlands-based GoodFuels Marine is on the move. We reported last month that VARO Energy subsidiary REINPLUS FIWADO Bunker and GoodFuels Marine will work together to make European inland shipping more sustainable. As a result, the sustainable advanced biofuels from GoodFuels Marine are now also available at the port of Rotterdam, and will be available along […]

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Biodiesel Tax Credit back in US budget deal 

Biodiesel Tax Credit back in US budget deal 

February 9, 2018 |

In Washington, the US Congress passed its budget deal, and among the items in the deal was a retroactive restoration of the $1 per gallon biodiesel tax credit for 2017. The bill did not include a provision for 2018 and future years. The budget compromise had run into headwinds in the Senate, in the form […]

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Biodiesel tax credit renewal makes US budget deal, but voting delayed

Biodiesel tax credit renewal makes US budget deal, but voting delayed

February 8, 2018 |

OK, good news and bad news on the US budget deal. First, the bad news. The budget compromise appears to be running into headwinds in the Senate, in the form of a voting delay imposed by Rand Paul of Kentucky, while opposition in the House from a group of Democrats and hardline conservatives is putting […]

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Biorefineries: Our Synthetic Biology Future

Biorefineries: Our Synthetic Biology Future

February 8, 2018 |

By Bob Kodrzycki, PhD, Encompass Biotech LLC, Member, Lee Enterprises Consulting Special to The Digest This is the eighth in a series of articles prepared by the experts at Lee Enterprises Consulting (LEC) who will be speaking at the ABLC 2018 conference in Washington DC, February 28 to March 2. Definitions are tricky. They tend […]

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Voyage to the Bottom of the Hydrocarbon Cost Curve: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to Global Bioenergies

Voyage to the Bottom of the Hydrocarbon Cost Curve: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to Global Bioenergies

February 8, 2018 |

Global Bioenergies is a pioneer in the development of one-step fermentation processes for the direct and cost-efficient transformation of renewable resources into light olefin hydrocarbons, the key building blocks of the petrochemical industry. Since inception, the company focused its efforts on the production of isobutene, one of the most important petrochemical building blocks that can […]

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Biodiesel stands its ground, won’t back down: new B20 vehicles, emissions cuts, highlight NBC 2018

Biodiesel stands its ground, won’t back down: new B20 vehicles, emissions cuts, highlight NBC 2018

February 7, 2018 |

The makers of the world’s favorite advanced biofuel — a/k/a the biodiesel industry — descended upon Texas to mingle, make and renew ties at the 2018 National Biodiesel Conference. And, to champion new ideas and find new supply chain and distribution partners. Bummer that there wasn’t a biodiesel tax credit extension on offer. Bummer that […]

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That was then, This is NOW! or The New Economics of Biogas Projects

That was then, This is NOW! or The New Economics of Biogas Projects

February 7, 2018 |

By Scott Warfield, CERES Project Services, Member, Lee Enterprises Consulting Special to The Digest This is the seventh in a series of articles prepared by the experts at Lee Enterprises Consulting (LEC) who will be speaking at the ABLC 2018 conference in Washington DC, February 28 to March 2. With respect to Susan E. Hinton […]

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Power-to-liquids: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to Solid Oxide Fuel Cell technology

Power-to-liquids: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to Solid Oxide Fuel Cell technology

February 7, 2018 |

Sunfire’s key technology is the Solid Oxide Power Core – a stack of high-temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFCs). SOFCs convert chemical energy from a gaseous fuel into electricity and heat. Unlike conventional fuel cells, Sunfire fuel cells can also be operated with different hydrocarbons, such as natural gas, bio gas, liquid petroleum gas (LPG) […]

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Advanced, to Go: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to 2G biofuels implementation timetable

Advanced, to Go: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to 2G biofuels implementation timetable

February 6, 2018 |

The biggest news out of Novozymes this month is its new yeast platform for starch-based ethanol, while also introducing the first product, Innova Drive. A completely new yeast strain, the product can reduce fermentation time by up to two hours compared to current yeasts. 1G aside, Novozymes is heavily focused on the roll-out of 2G […]

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Natural Rubber: Viable Industrial BioEconomy Crop, It’s Going to Be Big

Natural Rubber: Viable Industrial BioEconomy Crop, It’s Going to Be Big

February 6, 2018 |

By Katrina Cornish FAAAS Endowed Chair and Ohio Research Scholar, Bioemergent Materials, The Ohio State University; CEO, EnergyEne Inc., Member, Lee Enterprises Consulting Corinne Young, Special Advisor to EnergyEne, CEO Corinne Young LLC, Chief Advocate re:chem, Member Lee Enterprises Consulting Special to the Digest This is the sixth in a series of articles prepared by […]

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