From the Netherlands comes exciting news: BioBTX, a pioneering developer of renewable aromatics technology, has secured over €80 million to launch its first commercial-scale plant. This investment will fund the world’s first renewable chemicals plant utilizing BioBTX’s innovative ICCP Technology to produce sustainable aromatics — benzene, toluene and xylene — from plastic waste and biomass. […]
By Sam A. Rushing Special to The Digest Carbon dioxide is principally sold in the developed markets to the food and beverage industries; ‘food grade’ standards and somewhat vague at times; however beverage applications demand strict quality standards. CO2 specifications for food related service, as I have observed over the years, has a range of […]
News arrives from Brazil that has been eagerly awaited by all. Raízen has inaugurated its new, $228 million, second-generation ethanol plant, at the Bonfim Bioenergy Complex, in Guariba, in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The plant is the largest in the world and has 80% of its 82 million liters annual production capacity (21.6M […]
A government-led, multi-stakeholder initiative aimed to promote international coordination on the sustainable low-carbon bioeconomy. The BioFuture Platform aims to promote technology cooperation and constructive policies; to forge consensus on biomass sustainability, availability and governance (sustainability workstream); and, to develop supportive financing mechanisms. Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Keith L. Kline presented these slides on behalf of […]
In this presentation from the most recent Digest Webinar on the Ethanol Decarbonization Revolution Value, National Corn Growers Association board member Kelly Nieuwenhuis presented these slides the Nieuwenhuis Farming Operation, with illustrations of the deployment of wind power generation, advanced harvesting and the tilling perspective.
I first visited Pearl River, New York during the July 4th celebrations of 1986, when the Statue of Liberty turned 100, and amidst tremendous traffic jams owing to the holiday, I discovered a path to Tuxedo Park that did not require chancing the crowds near Paramus Mall, and I have returned many times to Rockland […]
In this presentation from the most recent Digest Webinar on the Ethanol Decarbonization Revolution Value, PROtect VP Andrea Foglesong presented these slides on building out a carbon reduction strategy, looking for big reducers (CCS, CHP, RNG); immediate impacts (enzymes, thermal coating, energy efficiencies); plus, regulatory program implementation, cohesion, and compliance.
In this presentation from the most recent Digest Webinar on the Ethanol Decarbonization Revolution Value, Whitefox CEO Gillian Harrison presented these slides on the importance of focussing on Scope 1 Emissions, Whitefox ICE Solutions – as an approach to CI Score Reduction, and natural gas reduction within the Inflation Reduction Act
I wonder at PLA, I wonder about it, it’s a wonder, it’s a mystery. Two of the most bullish newsbites about the prospects for biobased polylactic acid are sitting on my desk. News that we have reported that n Thailand, leading polylactic acid producer NatureWorks has obtained a $350-million loan to finance its fully integrated […]
By Gregory T. Benz, LEC Partners/Benz Technology International Inc. Special to The Digest There are many ways to produce hydrogen: electrolysis, catalytic methods on alkane gasses, pyrolysis or organic matter and “wet” processing of biomass, usually converting to sugars before conversion to hydrogen. This brief paper is not about the reaction chemistry, but is about […]
