Butadiene is beginning to emerge from the Braskem Genomatica collaboration. But could it be that the real significance lies not in progress with butadiene, but in Big Data itself, the harnessing of complex mathematics to make products that are possible, but not currently produced, in Nature. News has arrived from California and Brazil that Braskem and Genomatica […]
Here are the winning Photo Votes for the week in this years’s competition for the Hottest Companies in the Advanced Bioeconomy. Amaris (two winning photo votes), REG, Sweetwater Energy and Stora Enso took home the winning bonus votes this week. Voting continues through January 15th, 2016 at 5pm ET. “There’s nothing like a photo vote to help […]
The next Nexant Petro-Bio Training course is being given in Chicago, December 8-10, 2015. It is a briefing on the petrochemical and hydrocarbon sector that bio-based industrial chemicals and fuels seek to replace, juxtaposed with the bio-based sector itself. Last year, Nexant initiated this 50/50 version in San Francisco, attended by a diversity of people from the chemical and energy industry […]
By Matt Carr, Executive Director, Algae Biomass Organization, special to The Digest The 2015 conference season is coming to a close and a common theme seems to be that the state of the bioeconomy is one of transition. Speaking for the hundreds of innovating companies in the algae industry: We wouldn’t have it any other […]
By Brent Erickson, Executive VP, Biotechnology Industry Organization, special to The Digest With his planned visit to the 2015 Paris Climate Change Conference in the coming weeks, President Obama seeks a leading role for the United States in addressing global climate change. Unfortunately, that leading role could be forfeited before the conference even gets under […]
In Washington, Renewable Fuels Association CEO Bob Dinneen dismissed a push poll released today by the American Petroleum Institute (API), which claimed that a majority of voters are concerned about using ethanol in their engines and are opposed to the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Dinneen called the poll utterly dishonest and noted that the questions […]
Starting January 2016, Oregon’s Clean Fuels Standard goes into effect, meaning you can be paid for the clean fuels you produce or build infrastructure for. For example, do you import or produce biogas in Oregon for transportation fuel? Import or produce renewable diesel or renewable gasoline? Import or produce biofuels? If you answered yes to […]
In Iowa, Iowa Biotechnology Association Executive Director Joe Hrdlicka announced a day-long Biotech Innovation Showcase event will be added to the group’s “Partnering For Growth” forum on Wednesday, March 30th. The event is the result of industry leaders and investors seeking to establish a gathering of innovators, inventors and investors to collaborate on their work […]
In Washington, according to EIA data as analyzed by the Renewable Fuels Association, US ethanol production averaged 975,000 barrels per day, or 40.95 million gallons daily. That is down 7,000 b/d from the week before. The four-week average for ethanol production stood at 968,000 b/d for an annualized rate of 14.84 billion gallons. Stocks of […]
In Washington, the Renewable Fuels Association has unveiled a redesigned version of its popular fuel market website E85prices.com. The revamped crowdsourcing site offers a highly-optimized user experience by integrating mobile device compatibility so that users can access E85prices.com no matter where they are. The layout of the site has been updated for easier navigation and […]
