Economists are saying that the US is experiencing the “most-unloved bull market in history”. You might wonder why, if shares are rising, GDP is rising, unemployment is falling and inflation is steady, why is everyone so nervous? Let’s start here: If your story matches the average American investment experience, roughly half of your worth is […]
By John Diecker, Lee Enterprises Consulting, Inc. Special to The Digest Being a tropical country with a largely agricultural economy, Thailand is blessed with an abundance of biomass. The country ranks among the world leaders in production of palm oil, sugar and cassava which make it a natural location for the manufacture of biofuels. As […]
By James Cogan, industry, technology and policy analyst with Ethanol Europe Renewables Ltd. Special to The Digest There should be no cap on the amount of sustainable European bioethanol energy counted towards the EU’s 2030 carbon emissions goals. The European Commission in Brussels is right now putting the finishing touches to a Communication on […]
By Brent Erickson, Executive Vice-President, Biotechnology Innovation Organization Special to The Digest In setting the 2014-2016 Renewable Fuel Standards (RFS), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) cited “practical and legal constraints” on the oil industry’s ability to meet the volumes established by Congress. The agency’s methodology in that rule – which it has now proposed […]
In California, Intrexon Corporation has appointed Geno Germano to the new role of President of Intrexon effective June 1, 2016, reporting to Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Randal J. Kirk. As President, Mr. Germano will help lead Intrexon’s management team and commercialization efforts utilizing the Company’s technology platform for biologically-based solutions across a broad range […]
In Washington, according to EIA data as analyzed by the Renewable Fuels Association, US ethanol production averaged 948,000 barrels per day (b/d)—or 39.82 million gallons daily. That is down 14,000 b/d from the week before. The four-week average for ethanol production stood at 940,000 b/d for an annualized rate of 14.41 billion gallons. Stocks of […]
In Kansas, ICM said that its Fiber Separation Technology is now being operated at four major commercial plants in North America. FST is part of ICM’s EPA-approved pathway to cellulosic ethanol and is a value-added platform technology that removes fiber from the Generation 1.0 ethanol process. FST increases ethanol and corn oil throughput and creates […]
In Brazil, Clariant reports that its partnership with Scania for the ethanol-powered trucks used at the Clariant Suzano plant has reduced CO2 emissions by approximately 90%. The ethanol fuel used is manufactured with the Master Batch ED 95 additive produced by Clariant in Brazil. The ethanol fuel used by the Scania trucks contains the Master […]
In California, Amyris and CJ CheilJedang Corporation have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to support large-scale manufacturing of Amyris’s farnesene in existing CJ facilities. CJ is a leading producer of fermentation-based products such as feed amino acids, MSG, and nucleotides. The arrangement described in the MOU would enable Amyris to utilize CJ’s state of the […]
In Washington, the U.S. Energy Information Administration posted a summary of two cases of energy projections covering 2015 to 2040 from the forthcoming Annual Energy Outlook 2016 (AEO2016). EIA also posted the full results of these cases in spreadsheet files and in its AEO Table Browser. The cases released today are the Reference case, which […]
