How do bioeconomy sector voters view the race to the White House, in Iowa and nationally? Here’s The Digest’s poll. In Florida, a Digest Bioeconomy poll has found that 68% of Republican-oriented bioeconomy sector voters support candidates pledged to end the Renewable Fuels Standard, or phase it out. And a majority of Republican-oriented Bioeconomy voters […]
Sudden re-focusing and trimming of Algenol by its lead investors leads CEO Paul Woods to resign; new direction focused on carbon capture, fresh water production until oil prices recover. In Florida, the hammer dropped swiftly and without warning in Ft. Myers as Algenol lost its CEO, changed its near-term strategy, chopped 45 staff members from its payroll, […]
Who’s for it? Who wants to phase it out? Who wants to end it, not mend it? When it comes to the 18 US presidential candidates in this cycle, the Iowa Caucuses are coming up fast and the big question is “where do you stand on the Renewable Fuel Standard?” Here’s the Digest’s Bio-Curious to […]
Readers — It’s time to get active in this election cycle — with foundational legislation like the Renewable Fuel Standard under challenge. Who do you support — who does the fast-growing advanced bioeconomy support? Let’s find out. We’ve assembled three pieces in our coverage today. First, a story from pollsters on the attitude of Iowans towards […]
1.2 billion gallons in renewable jet and aviation fuels capacity, produced in the US Midwest, took a step closer to realization this week with news from SG Preston that the company has tapped IHI E&C, the Houston‐based engineering, procurement and construction division of Japanese giant IHI, for the building of a series of five commercial volume, […]
It’s Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Aldehyde: the story of Joule magic, the transformation of benign CO2 and water into powerful and mysterious hydrocarbon fuels. For a number of years, readers all over the world have been following the fortunes of Joule Unlimited, in and out of stealth, and its goal of making hydrocarbons directly from […]
Liberals sweep to victory in Canada; Trudeau to become Prime Minister, pledging sharp increases in infrastructure investment and a renewed focus on clean technology. In Canada, the Liberal party, under the leadership of 43-year old Justin Trudeau, swept to victory in the Canadian federal elections. As of 6am Eastern time, the Liberals have won 184 seats — 14 […]
Who’s a Major Player, who’s a Pioneer, who’s committed, who’s monitoring the space as a stakeholder? We look at 45 airlines and their efforts in bringing low-carbon fuels to the marketplace. What are airlines and jet manufacturers doing to foster aviation biofuels? Quite a bit — in some cases, just about all they can given the rough shape […]
All have soaring ambitions, some will be realized on schedule, some later, some probably not now or possibly ever. Where are 10 key projects that were announced in recent years for deployment in 2015-16. What’s happening and what happened? We’re looking today at status on 10 projects from DuPont Industrial Biosciences, GranBio, Summit Group, Global […]
The high-octane idea that inexplicably struggles, the mid-grade idea that rocks. Here, we look at the critical success factors that provide tail-winds for some technologies and head-winds for others. Sometimes we all look at classes of technologies and alternative energy types — solar, renewable diesel, wind, geothermal, cellulosic ethanol, drop-in fuels and more — and wonder, […]
