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 64 countries. The bulk of mandates continue to come from the EU-27, where the Renewable Energy Directive (RED) specified a 10 percent renewable content by 2020 but has been scaled […]
If you find yourself among the 79 percent of people who “agree that they consider themselves an environmentally conscious person,” you’ve probably stayed up nights in recent years wondering what the heck to do with the swamp of dubious chemicals in your hair known benignly as shampoo. But if you are among the 75 percent […]
Any way you look at the US 2016 presidential elections or the turmoil within the European Union (e.g Brexit, or Italy’s referendum on membership), you can conclude that we are entering into in anti-federal cycle, and the most innovative public-private policies are likely for some time to proceed out of regions, provinces and states. In […]
On any list of 10 Colossal Failures of the Finance sector in this century, we’d put the failure of bankers and commercial-scale investors to get behind the advanced bioeconomy in a more timely fashion. “It seems as if we’re paying for the sins of others,” sighed CEO Martin Sabarsky. One CEO observed to us not […]
In Washington, data reported in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Price Outlook shows that the Consumer Price Index for grocery store items is 2.3 percent lower than the last year, all while biodiesel production is higher than ever. “Food is a universal part of most holiday celebrations, and this year prices have dropped even […]
In Germany, UFOP reports that global rapeseed consumption will clearly exceed production in the 2016/17 marketing year. This is likely to result in a decrease in ending stocks and changes in the flows of goods. According to USDA’s December forecast, global rapeseed production in the 2016/17 marketing year is going to decline by around 3.5 per […]
In Washington, according to EIA data as analyzed by the Renewable Fuels Association, US ethanol production averaged 1.036 million barrels per day (b/d)—or 43.51 million gallons daily. That is down 4,000 b/d from last week’s record high. The four-week average for ethanol production stood at 1.028 million b/d for an annualized rate of 15.76 billion […]
In Iowa, Iowa State University will bring its expertise in biorenewable technologies and pilot plant operations to the country’s tenth Manufacturing USA Institute. The recently announced advanced manufacturing institute is dedicated to improving the productivity and efficiency of chemical manufacturing. Those improvements could include combining processes such as mixing, reacting and separating into single steps. […]
In Massachusetts, Lux Research reports in ““Show Me the Money: Where Is Venture Capital Placing Bets in Bio-based?” that venture capitalists have pumped in $5.8 billion into bio-based materials and chemicals startups since 2010, reflecting the drive for sustainability, performance, and alternatives to petroleum feedstocks. While from 2010 to 2015, the investment focus was on […]
In Washington, the Regional Feedstock Partnership Summary Report: Enabling the Billion-Ton Vision is now online. The report summarizes the work of the Regional Feedstock Partnership, a multi-institutional collaboration of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the U.S. Department of Agriculture, representatives from land-grant universities, and industry. The Partnership has provided critical data to assist in […]
