In Denmark, AFP reported that Danish shipping company Maersk launched what it claims to be the world’s first container ship running on bio-methanol. Maersk has set out a target to become carbon neutral by 2040. European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen christened the new ship at an inauguration ceremony in Copenhagen’s harbor, The ship, […]
In Washington, with Congress back in session after the August recess, a new survey from the polling firm Morning Consult found continued strong voter support for policies promoting the use of lower-cost, lower-carbon American-made ethanol. In the latest results, registered voters also indicated robust support for specific legislation to allow the year-round sale of E15 […]
In Germany, a team of researchers from the University of Freiburg and the Leibniz Institute for New Materials (INM) in Saarbrücken is working on in the DELIVER project to develop wood replacement products from microorganisms. The aim is to create a database of hundreds of materials with a broad range of controllable properties for various […]
Last week on the main stage at the G20 Heads of State meetings in New Delhi, there was a photo call with Indian prime minister Modi, Brazil’s president Lula da Silva, and US President Joe Biden, among many other heads of state, celebrating the foundation of the Global Biofuels Alliance. It was certainly the highest […]
In Spain and the UK, researchers at Polytechnic University of Valencia and University of the West of England have developed a fungi-based coating that could be a multifunctional sensor for electronics. They also demonstrated the potential of the material to act as living, cybernetic “skin” by making a Terminator-style robot mockup. “There’s this scene in […]
In South Dakota, Reuters reports on the first day of what would have been three weeks of deliberation, the three-person Public Utilities Commission has unanimously rejected Summit Carbon Solutions’ permit application for its planned CO2 pipeline. The company has said it will refine and refile its application as a result of the rejection that was […]
By CJ Evans, Managing Director, American Diversified Enterprises, Co-Founder, Alternative Fuels & Chemicals coalition Special to The Daily Digest What Can You Do to Expand Access to Development Capital? A lot. It is neither too late nor too early to begin advocating for federal financing to expedite the development and deployment of projects that will […]
By CJ Evans, Managing Director, American Diversified Enterprises, Co-Founder, Alternative Fuels & Chemicals coalition Special to The Daily Digest There’s good news and bad news about the climate crisis. The good news is that virtually every technology that can mitigate the climate crisis and avert its worst impacts already is under development or being commercialized. […]
You may recall, about the time the Digest was founded back in 2007, a multi-national product scandal that erupted when it turned out that a shipment of colorful set of children’s’ design beads, called Bindeez, was improperly made from 1,4 butanediol instead of the non-toxic plasticizer known as 1,5 pentanediol. Sounds like a harmless swap? […]
Technology is great — but energy is made by systems that integrate technology at scale. So, a critical part of the DOE Bioenergy Technologies Office is its Systems development and integration programs. Who’s on the team, what’s the strategy, what are the program goals, what’s the strategy, the challenges, the results to date? BETO program […]
