In Missouri, Brownfield AG News reported that the executive director of the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association (IRFA) said sustainable aviation fuel could become the largest new market in the history of agriculture. Monte Shaw, head of IRFA, said: “We created a 14-billion-gallon a year market for ethanol in transportation fuel. Now try to wrap your […]
Nine days ago, in the story “Molecules for Christmas,” Dr. Brian Westlake opined that “the answers to all your questions are in the forest” and further evidence of his prescience arrives this week from Virginia City, Nevada, where Comstock Fuels unveiled a remarkable partnership, investment and pathway to drop-in renewable fuels focused in this announce […]
In Florida, The Digest announced the official opening of nominations for the 50 Hottest Companies in the Bioeconomy for 2024. Nominations can be made here. Voting Rules Voting will be open to all registered subscribers of The Digest and invited selectors. This year, votes will be weighted as follows: 50 percent based on votes received […]
In Fiji, FBC News reported that Fiji is looking at a transformative approach to producing sustainable aviation fuel. According to the report, Tourism Minister Viliame Gavoka said the world is currently producing 200,000 tons of SAF. However, the demand stands at over double this value, the official said. “Can you imagine what will happen to […]
In California, Reuters reports The California Air Resource Board has proposed to make the Low Carbon Fuel Standard more strict regarding what it considers to be a low carbon fuel or not after a glut of renewable diesel pushed the value of credits to $71 per ton from the previous $200. Lower credit values will […]
Why forest biomass?Advantages, it’s Abundan, biodegradable, grown on marginal lands, sustainable, avoids food vs fuel debate, has a proven supply chain, is carbon neutral, and provides a pathway to carbon negative. What, then, are the challenges. What’s the hold-up? To answer these questions and more, Top AFRY consultant Alexander Koukoulas presented these slides at ABLC […]
In India, a coalition of the willing called the Bold Goals Action Group refined and amended a series of 47 Bold Actions that must be taken by industry and government in order to achieve the global timelines for Net Zero economies that address climate change and the need for resilient national economies. The group was […]
My old mate, the mysteriously well-informed Dr. Brian Westlake, called me from the mangy old desk he keeps on the verandah at his home and laboratory, Wambangalong, a large station along the Bindiwarra River in the west central of Queensland, by Ininagai country. On this occasion the semi-annual flooding of the local billabong had cut […]
“India is on the move, from the incredible traffic pouring through its cities and interconnecting highways, to the new policy formulations emerging and taking shape out of Delhi, to the technology advances flooding out of the southern tech strongholds of Pune and Mumbai,” wrote Digest editor Jim Lane in a recent column, “You can see […]
In Indonesia, Bloomberg Technoz reports the Indonesian Biofuel Producers Association (Aprobi) said that the high demand for crude palm oil (CPO) as raw material for biodiesel will shift the need for food, especially after B40 is tested in 2024. However, Aprobi Chairman Paulus Tjakrawan said that entrepreneurs are not worried that the high demand for […]
