By Maria J. L. Perez, Senior Product Line Director for Clean Fuels & Chemicals Catalysts and Milica Folic, Product Line Director for Clean Fuels & Chemicals Technology, Topsoe Special to The Digest By introducing renewable feedstocks directly into existing diesel hydrotreaters, refineries can produce a combination of renewable and fossil diesel, reducing CO2 emissions originating […]
By Shalini Nagar Special to The Digest DMFCs utilize methanol, a liquid fuel which, unlike hydrogen, can be placed directly into a fuel cell. Methanol is also more efficient than many traditional combustion processes and has the potential to reduce emissions by up to 80%. Methanol fuel cells are also much less expensive than hydrogen […]
By CJ Evans, Co-Founder, Alternative Fuels & Chemicals Coalition & Managing Director, Project Financing Assistance Special to The Digest Three phone calls. That’s all it takes. Just a few minutes of your time. One person speaking up. Calling their Representative and two Senators. Voicing support for an initiative that is underway. That’s how a $500 […]
Development of a triple-bottom line sustainability (social, environment, economic) assessment tool for local government to evaluate trade-offs of different organic waste streams and energy conversion strategies can help achieve local/regional policy objectives over the current and long-term. A team of researchers funded by DOE have undertaken a project looking at the opportunity in carbon recovery/minimizing […]
Building on previous biomass supply analysis to provide robust feedstock supply information, the US Department of Energy has a project to update the Billion Ton Study and add a Best Use of Biomass Report. Billion Ton is End-use agnostic; the Best USe of Biomass is end-use explicit. Using economic and logistics simulation models and data […]
30-50% of the CO2 removals needed for a net zero U.S. economy could come via domestic terrestrial carbon sink enhancements. What’s needed? A project supported by DOE aims to specifyU.S. cropland carbon sink strategies and quantify potential impacts on global agriculture production,land use, and related greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Patrick Lamers of NREL presented these […]
By Qi Chen, Lee Enterprises Consulting Special to The Digest In the quest for a sustainable energy future, hydrogen has been recognized as a key, offering versatile applications across industries. It has become a vital vehicle of decarbonization. As we delve into the intricate landscape of industrial-scale hydrogen production, this paper aims to unravel its […]
In this presentation, we explored the state of the industry — including the renewable diesel, DME, SAF, hydrogen, renewable chemicals, materials, advanced biorefinery, efuels and carbon capture sectors. We looked at processes, feedstocks, products, finance, p[rices and risk. The Digest’s Jim Lane presented these slides at ABLC 2024.
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At ABLC, the U.S. Department of Agriculture released a plan that will boost biomass supply chain resiliency for domestic biobased product manufacturing, while also advancing environmental sustainability and market opportunities for small and mid-sized producers. The report — Building a Resilient Biomass Supply: A Plan to Enable the Bioeconomy in America is one of the […]
