Every project in the world would prefer to have carbon credits ANDa loan guarantee for first of kind technology. But, what if you not have both, but only one? Which would you choose? For a long time, it’s been all about carbon credits, such as provided via the Renewable Fuel Standard, the Inflation Reduction Act […]
By Sam Rushing, President, Advanced Cryogenics, Ltd. Special to The Digest The average person on the street often would see CO2 today as an agent for beverage carbonation, a gaseous agent in the atmosphere which is a normal part of many biological processes; plus today it is now viewed strongly as a major greenhouse gas. […]
By The Ocean Park Advisors team Special to The Digest In a biofuels sector grappling with policy uncertainty and a new federal administration, there were promising capital investments and above average ethanol M&A volume, driven by export growth and profitable carbon capture and sequestration (CCS). The home run: Gevo’s landmark $210M purchase of Red Trail […]
Back in the 1990s, it was Central Perk, and Ross, Chandler, Joey, Phoebe, Rachel and Monica. Today it’s probably something like a hot dish potluck in a cosy living room with Chuck, Pete, Jerry, Joni, Amy and Tammy — someone always remembers the bacon-wrapped corn dogs, and it’s all Midwestern nice, even though we’re somewhere […]
In Washington, the US Bioenergy Technologies Office announced up to $23 million in funding to support domestic chemicals and fuels from biomass and waste resources. The opportunity is called Sustainable Propane and Renewable Chemicals (SPARC). The SPARC notice of funding opportunity supports R&D of domestic chemicals and fuels from a variety of biomass and waste resources. […]
The holiday baubles are now put away, January is upon us. The cold flowing out of Washington DC in the form of chilly 45Z tax credit guidance is matched only by the heavy Eastern snows. Fires rage in Los Angeles fueled by two wet winters, the US is trolling Denmark over Greenland because, presumably, new […]
In Washington, the US Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) and Vehicle Technologies Office announced a total of $12.9 million in support of 2 different projects supporting waste-to-energy and advanced biofuels. In all, nine waste-to-energy projects picked up 6.9 million in support, and three advanced biofuels projects received support totaling $6.0 million. Advanced biofuels Funded through […]
There’s a star in the east this Christmas morn, rise up developer and follow. Despite the gloom of the doomsayers and the naysayers who believe that we have lost our way, I believe our greatest days lie ahead. Yet, as was the task for Noah, that great fermentation expert of Genesis, we have some […]
By Sam A. Rushing, President, Advanced Cryogenics, Ltd., www.carbondioxideconsultants.com, www.CO2consultant.us Special to The Digest In some world markets, biogas is the common source of methane, otherwise thought of as, and called natural gas. Such is used to heat our homes, supply industry with a combustible fuel, and a feedstock agent; and of course a supply […]
6 awardees land Bioeconomy Investments in Feedstocks of the Future We’ve shared so many times in The Digest what bioeconomy leaders have been whispering for years: affordable feedstock is the bioeconomy bottleneck — elsewhere there are challenges, including processing technology and policy stability, but feedstock cost is the Godzilla of All the Challenges. Not everyone […]
