Even in Seattle, people buy sunglasses. I know, I come from a very rainy part of the world, a little hamlet called Redmond, Washington. The population was 1,200 when I was a little guy, our biggest manufacturer was the Carnation Company, our contented cows gave better milk. We had fresh fruits and vegetables at the […]
At first glance, RD and SAF appear nearly inseparable—often co-produced in HEFA systems, governed by overlapping policy frameworks, and sharing many investors, incentives, and technologies. Traditional analysis sees them as market twins. Yet, in this analysis out from SAF adoption leader and hard-working champion IAG, the numbers for SAF lag far behind renewable diesel. Converting […]
As the search for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) intensifies, alcohol-to-jet technology has emerged as a promising yet perplexing pathway. Promising because of the progress on technology and projects. Perplexing because traditional techno-economic analysis is capturing part of the story—costs, feedstock flows, policy incentives—but struggles to explain why some technologies persist and others stall, even with […]
By Sam A. Rushing, President Advanced Cryogenics, Ltd. Special to The Digest The long term sustainability of first generation ethanol facilities, through advanced biofuels plants, is realized by making money from all the by-products; and of course, CO2 is one of the leading components of this by-product list. There are many variables associated the feasibility […]
Many Digest readers know quite a lot about the 15 percent ethanol blends (E15) which have been long proposed, and long opposed, for the United States. Even when higher ethanol blends are an everyday reality elsewhere around the world. You probably know the basics of E15’s appeal: It’s Sustainable. E15 reduces greenhouse gas emissions. It’s […]
The bioeconomy is showing signs of symbolic fragility, high internal entropy, and fraying persistence structures. Large-caps remain structurally sound but are exposed to commodity volatility and climate risk. Smaller and earlier-stage innovators meanwhile, are showing intense pressure on narrative stability, capital flow, and symbolic coherence. Individual companies within the sector? Those who are too rigid […]
By CJ Evans, Managing Director, American Diversified Enterprises and Co-Founder, Alternative Fuels & Chemicals Coalition Special to The Digest Generating Revenues for the U.S. Treasury & Advancing U.S. Global Competitiveness Many promising ideas, concepts, and innovations that could improve, add to, and make game-changing breakthroughs in energy, manufacturing, and the bioeconomy – and create new […]
In Washington, the Daily Digest announced the winners of thr 2025 Best of the Bioeconomy Awards at the Advanced Bioeconomy Leadership Conference. More than 1,500 Digest subscribers participated in the voting, which recognized winners in categories such as Project of the Year, Developer of the Year, Producer of the Year, Scientist of the Year, Engineer […]
By Gerard J. Ostheimer, PhD and Douglas L. Faulkner “The Cleantech Conservative” Special to The Digest The East African Corn Belt runs from South Africa, north and east through Zambia, Tanzania and into Kenya and Ethiopia (see map). We believe that this area is poised to become a thriving hub of innovation and production of […]
By Doug Durante, Executive Director, Clean Fuels Development Coalition and Doug Sombke, President, South Dakota Farmers Union Special to The Digest As usual there is a lot of angst in middle America these days with uncertainty over RFS volumes, small refinery waivers, bird flu, budget cuts, and looming trade wars. But the greatest threat is […]
