News arrives from Fiji today, so a hearty Bula to everyone. I first visited the islands in 1974 as a young boy, and have wandered the low hills and the sugarcane fields from time to time, since. This hard-working people are challenged by changijng times, yet good news is in the offing. Fiji Airways, Fiji […]
The pace of commercialization in the world of renewable chemicals is not often compared to the Jump to Light Speed. Nor does a hot and harried scamper across the Valley of Death come to mind. Actually, it feels like more like the push of the Indian subcontinental plate against the Asian continental mass, slow, disrupted […]
As Bonanza episodes go, this is one storyline we need to frame around Big Hoss, not Little Joe. So, get ready for it Comstock Fuels has landed $325M in capital and announced that it is underway on three biorefinery projects with 300 million gallons of fuel. In all, more than one million tonnes of feedstock […]
By Milica Folić, Product Line Director | Clean Fuels & Chemicals, Topsoe and Maria Jesus Lorences Perez, Senior Product Line Director | Hydrotreating Catalyst, Topsoe Special to The Digest For over a century, refineries have mastered the art of processing fossil fuels. However, the emerging field of converting renewable feedstocks into transportation fuels, such as […]
In Washington, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) announced $12 million in funding to support the advancement of integrated biorefinery technologies to decarbonize the transportation and industrial sector. This funding opportunity announcement (FOA), FY24 Scale-Up of Integrated Biorefineries, will help reduce technology uncertainty and demonstrate bioenergy technologies that produce low carbon […]
By Sam A. Rushing – Advanced Cryogenics, Ltd. Special to The Digest This article on CO2 usage in the food industry is one in a series for the applications which are predominant and important in the carbon dioxide industry. This subject is […]
First things first, this is a story of syngas fermentation, not the definitive story, though it’s pretty definitive on the Jupeng Bio story. For the definitive story of the entire landscape of syngas fermentation, it would have been required to bring back the late Richard Forster of LanzaTech, the late Jim Gaddy of BRI, into […]
By Cynthia Thyfault, CEO, QuantaVision Special to The Digest Many promising ventures face a daunting challenge: translating groundbreaking technology into market success. This challenge isn’t merely a matter of technical prowess but often a strategic one. Much like the generals of today who mastered the art of warfare, tech entrepreneurs must navigate the treacherous terrain […]
By Bob Starkey, LEC Partners (formerly Lee Enterprises Consulting) Special to The Digest In October 2023 the Biden Administration announced a USD $7B investment in clean hydrogen production. This historic program, known as the Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs (H2Hubs), selected 7 locations across the U.S. to develop clean hydrogen infrastructure. The H2Hub concept is important […]
This week we are reporting many positive shifts in risk, particularly relating to hydrogen, ethanol, DME and sorghum in the US. The new BRISKIs are out from the Daily Digest, they are free and here. https://bit.ly/4dqr58U The risk picture. Although D4 RIN values fell 9.46% with a negative effect on risk for the SAF market in the […]
