In Washington, the US Department of Energy released its 2016 Billion-Ton Report: Advancing Domestic Resources for a Thriving Bioeconomy, and said that 1.2 billion tons of biomass would be available at $60 or less per ton by 2040, and 1 billion tons would be available by 2030. The Big Change You’ll see much has changed […]
A Digest reader writes: I’m looking to summarize the changes over the last 2-3 years in the biofuels market. Are you aware of any articles or summaries on this topic? It’s a good question without a ready resource to point to. So, here’s our summary of the Top 10 Trends in Biofuels.
The front line for the biobased materials industry — long-rumored to be the halls of Washington of Brussels, or formulation laboratories around the world — may well be the short stretch of Planet Earth between your car and your house. According to a recent survey undertaken at UC-Berkeley’s Haas Business School, that’s overwhelmingly the point in time where […]
The boom Remember how natural gas was the no-brainer of all time. Gas-to-Liquids was the rage, and a gold rush of companies popped up such as Siluria Technologies, Calysta, and Mango Materials. Fuels, chems, materials and more. The world had discovered new technologies for making a chemical building block out of methane, instead of a runaway […]
In Florida, The Digest announced the initial agenda for ABLC NEXT (the Advanced Bioeconomy Leadership Conference on NextGen Technologies) on November 2-4, 2016 at the Hotel Nikko in San Francisco. The theme of the conference is “Jump into the Future” and the speakers will cover a dizzying array of technologies for advanced nutrition, advanced fuels, […]
Over the past 3 months, 59 million views were recorded for a single video, co-produced by Prince Ea with Neste, with which Neste launched its Pre-Order the Future project relating to sustainability and everyday life. Without a doubt, and by a country mile, it’s the biggest exposure The Digest has ever heard of for a renewable brand in […]
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More prosperity, less pollution for China? In the East, the search is on for more sustainable, efficient energy, and flexible gasification answers the challenge. There, Synthesis Energy Systems is leading the way. Premier Zhou En-lai famously referred to China as “an attractive piece of meat coveted by all … but very tough”. Myself, I have […]
Who’s running the show? Inconclusive Aussie election points to minority government, hung parliament In Australia, the center-right Coalition parties are clinging to power after a Federal election Saturday which resulted in a sharp swing to the Labor Party, and to a plethora of minor parties. The government has secured 65 seats, 11 short of an […]
From Australia comes the news that the country’s former Federal Resources and Energy Minister, Martin Ferguson, is now the chairman of the advisory board for Byogy Renewables, the California-based alcohol-to-jet fuel pioneer that has been working towards an Australia-based first commercial project. Now, many people wonder: with spot ethanol prices at $1.60 and spot jet […]
#10: Refocusing away from algae In April, we reported that Muradel is refocusing its commercial scale up of its Green2Black technology not using microalgae as it had been originally but instead using tires and biosolids from municipal waste as feedstock. The company had hoped to get production cost to under A$1 per liter but hadn’t […]
