28 waste feedstocks – a comprehensive overview of what is sustainable, affordable, reliable, available – is this the most comprehensive survey ever? In the UK, a comprehensive 28-feedstock assessment, commissioned by the UK Department for Transport from E4Tech, presents evidence on feedstock supply potentials and prices, the maturity and costs of different biofuel production options, […]
By Philip K. Verleger, Jr. PKVerleger LLC with valuable contributions from The Brattle Group Most motorists don’t realize that they are the beneficiaries of a significant policy experiment that began several years ago during the Bush Administration, although they may have noticed signs at nearly all fuel pumps indicating that the gasoline contains up to […]
Three Walls — product wall, blend wall, distribution wall — some built by the enemy as a form of siege warfare, some built by industry itself. What’s happens if you tear down these walls — and seek the sweeter life of energy freedom? The Digest looks at a new column, a new white paper and […]
20% lower capital, 30% lower raw materials, 15% lower utilities, 30% lower manufacturing – vs petroleum. Plus a multi-billion dollar market, a big partner in ADM, and big ambitions in adipic, glucaric and gluconic acids. What’s not to love about Rennovia? In Illinois, Archer Daniels Midland Company and Rennovia, Inc. announced today that ADM has […]
By Douglas L. Faulkner, “The Cleantech Conservative” Following the long bloodbath of World War I trench warfare, the war-weary French spent the interwar years building the Maginot Line, a supposedly-impenetrable defensive structure, to prevent another such tragedy and give them the edge over their historic enemies, the Germans. Unfortunately, France’s massive effort failed to anticipate […]
In Virginia, NASCAR, Lockheed Martin and the American Council On Renewable Energy (ACORE) announced a multi-year partnership that designates the Washington, D.C.-based non-profit as NASCAR’s newest Official Green Partner. NASCAR is the sanctioning body for the No. 1 form of motorsports in the United States. Sponsored by Lockheed Martin, ACORE will activate its NASCAR partnership […]
E85 ethanol? Been stuck with low sales for years – with producers pointing to “no market access”. Yet, Tesla was faced with “no market access” — and built its own market. What lessons can be learned? Last week, Tesla Motors announced the completion of its transcontinental US Supercharger Corridor, a network of stations that enable Model […]
Developers: is affordable project finance tough to find? Lenders: want to support green projects, but find that traditional deal structures defeat your best intentions? Help is on the way, via green bond principles and green bank formations that are expected to massively expand the pool of capital. Who bears risk, who manages it? It’s the […]
What’s going on – aren’t biofuels supposed to be dead, and fracking changing everything forever in oil & gas? Yet, tough times for growth at the public oil companies, while bellwether renewable fuel equities are on the rise. Why aren’t results tracking the hype? It’s earnings season — time to look away from the pundits, […]
A commercially feasible technology for converting municipal waste into useful power and fuel comes closer, closer. This past season, the fifth-generation Nissan Pathfinder CUV has been starring in a commercial titled “Follow Me,” in which a vacationing family (in their all-new Pathfinder) reaches a closed winter road, only to be led (via truck, snowmobile, hang […]
