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Algae food/fuel mix is best fit for food-energy-water-land-climate-resource tradeoffs: Report

Algae food/fuel mix is best fit for food-energy-water-land-climate-resource tradeoffs: Report

December 4, 2016 |

In Massachusetts, researchers affiliated with the Marine Algal Industrialization Consortium, publishing in the journal Environmental Research Letters, have found that the adoption of algae food & fuel coproduction can enable significant emissions reductions. The researchers also identify potential large-scale water savings through the displacement off water intensive crops. The paper presents a comprehensive evaluation of […]

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Corn Refining Industry hits $54.5B output level: Report

Corn Refining Industry hits $54.5B output level: Report

December 4, 2016 |

In Washington, the Corn Refiners Association released its 2016 Corn Annual: Strengthening the Fabric of Our Nation, showing an industry economic output of $54.5 billion. The report details contributions from the industry to the economy in terms of sales, jobs, salaries, purchases, taxes and charitable contributions. The vast majority of corn refining facilities are located […]

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Rapeseed cake – a cost-effective alternative: UFOP

Rapeseed cake – a cost-effective alternative: UFOP

December 4, 2016 |

In Germany, UFOP reports that decentralized oil mills are providing a considerable contribution towards supplying their regions with rapeseed cake. Due to the special method used to make rapeseed cake, this GVO-free protein feed contains more fat than rapeseed meal, with fat being a major energy source in animal feed. Whereas prices for GVO-free soybean […]

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Voyage to Mars: Braskem, NASA, MadeinSpace launch “3D printing in space” using renewables

Voyage to Mars: Braskem, NASA, MadeinSpace launch “3D printing in space” using renewables

December 4, 2016 |

In Brazil, a partnership between Braskem, NASA and MadeInSpace has developed a technology “hat is critical to future manned missions including Mars exploration” – and we are doing this with a bioplastic, Braskem “I’m green” polyethylene. In summary, the bioplastic is currently in use in the International Space Station where a zero-gravity 3D printer uses […]

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Merrick, Genifuel land ACEC Grand Conceptor Award for Hydrothermal Processing Pilot System

Merrick, Genifuel land ACEC Grand Conceptor Award for Hydrothermal Processing Pilot System

December 4, 2016 |

In Colorado, the American Council of Engineering Companies gave its Grand Conceptor Award, presented for the overall best engineering project, was awarded to Merrick & Company of Greenwood Village, for the Hydrothermal Processing Pilot System. Genifuel Corporation obtained the license from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory for its technology to transform a mixture of 20 percent […]

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80% of 2017 US vehicles now have automaker E15 approval: report

80% of 2017 US vehicles now have automaker E15 approval: report

December 4, 2016 |

In Washington, a report issued by the Renewable Fuels Association found that more than 80 percent of new 2017 model year vehicles are explicitly approved by the manufacturer to use 15 percent ethanol blends. RFA notes that the figure last year was 70 percent. In addition, Hyundai Motor Company has approved the use of E15 […]

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Amyris, Kuraray extend rubber, elastomer partnership from development to joint marketing

Amyris, Kuraray extend rubber, elastomer partnership from development to joint marketing

December 4, 2016 |

In California, Amyris and Kuraray signed a multi-year extension to their collaboration agreement for the use of Amyris’s Biofene branded ß-Farnesene in liquid farnesene rubber and farnesene-based elastomer applications. This collaboration, which originally began in 2011, features increased farnesene supply to Kuraray and joint marketing of products to industry and end-customers. Kuraray’s recent technological successes […]

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Recent Renewables Required Reading: What Can You Skip, What d’ya Gotta Read?

Recent Renewables Required Reading: What Can You Skip, What d’ya Gotta Read?

December 1, 2016 |

This week, in Washington and Brussels, four news flashes on global renewable fuel volumes appeared on the radar. Can you safely ignore them and get on with other work, or is there something to get deeply informed about? Let’s look into it. #1. The Point of Obligation RFS Crisis. The issue.  Several parties petitioned the US EPA […]

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Glycerin as Anti-Freeze Agent for Coal

Glycerin as Anti-Freeze Agent for Coal

December 1, 2016 |

By Dennis Zeedyk, Glycerin Traders, Lee Enterprises Consulting Special to The Digest Anyone who has produced biodiesel knows that glycerin can set up like wax if the process is over-catalyzed and/or animal fats are used as feedstocks. More than one of us has shoveled our share of “hard” glycerin.   As a result, many biodiesel producers […]

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Blue Marble Biomaterials to offer Equity Shares to the Public via Reg A+

Blue Marble Biomaterials to offer Equity Shares to the Public via Reg A+

November 30, 2016 |

In Montana, Blue Marble Biomaterials will become the first biomaterials company to utilize Regulation A+,  a type of equity crowdfunding regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission, and will offer equity shares to the public. Regulation A+ differs from other popular crowdfunding methods, such as Kickstarter. Under Reg A+, investors buy equity in the company. A natural-biochemical […]

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