The Digest has been reporting on RED for years and more recently on RED II, but sometimes it’s hard to keep up with all the proposed changes, the votes, and the backlash and criticisms, so here’s a highlight reel of the latest and greatest. You may have heard that the European Parliament voted in favor […]
High drama at the White House in recent days and weeks — a series of meetings as certain merchant oil refiners seek caps on US ethanol mandates and RIN prices, while ethanol producers and their corn growing suppliers seek to protect the foundational mandate paseed by Congress in 2007 that set the country on a […]
In Iowa, POET CEO Jeff Broin told delegates at the Iowa Partnering for Growth meeting in Ankeny, Iowa today that there is still a deal on the table to provide year-round E15 approval for the biofuels industry and that may offer some relief to small merchant oil refiners. He said that it was possible that […]
In the United States, NCAA basketball teams are proceeding from the Sweet Sixteen to the Final Four; we have a mash-up today in the advanced bioeconomy where the Sweet Four have emerged, as Cargill, Evolva, S2G and Fortress Global have big news to share relating to scaling some of the more critical sweetener technologies. Cargill […]
If you haven’t been to Ankeny, Iowa in recent years — situated between Des Moines and Ames, which is to say between the political and financial capital of the state and Iowa State University and its ag-intellectual engine — you’ll find that it has become one of the fastest growing smaller towns in the nation. […]
In Massachusetts, World Energy has acquired renewable jet and diesel producer AltAir Paramount, and its Paramount Petroleum refinery assets, both collocated in Paramount, CA, as well an adjacent tank farm and most of Delek’s California pipeline assets, from Delek US Holdings, for $72 million in total consideration. It’s the first time ever that a biofuels […]
With many people recovering from a weekend celebration of St. Patrick’s Day, we turn our attention to the land of saints and scholars, of legends and leprechauns…Éire, otherwise known as Ireland. It’s not just about Irish beer, though it sure is a part of why some celebrate St. Patrick’s Day these days. How can you […]
If you’ve ever wondered why corn farmers march, organize and generally are adamant about the Renewable Fuel Standard, this chart will help. It will also explain why you almost never see Wall Street activists pounding the pavement for the RFS. In this illuminating graphic from the Center for Agricultural & Rural Development at Iowa State, […]
News has arrived from the US East Coast that Evonik will be Modern Meadow’s worldwide development partner to industrialize and scale-up collagen production for use in the company’s bioleather materials technology. The long-term partnership was just announced, and ends a short but intense period of wondering for Modern Meadow’s many fans – who propelled the […]
In Florida, The Digest reports that 72 percent of bioenergy executives are more optimistic about their organization’s prospects for growth and 68 percent about industry growth, than 12 months ago. The findings were among the highlights of the 2018 Bioenergy Business Outlook Survey conducted by the publication. Respondents also named the EU, US, South East […]
