Have questions yet unanswered on biofuels economics, process, feedstock, offtake, policy or finance? Have people to meet, things to accomplish with them? Hang on, help is on the way. It’s usually the case that, at biofuels conferences and with articles, you have an opportunity to share feedback afterwards, in follow-up surveys and comment forms. We […]
A Need for A U.S. “Energiewende” that Works By Tim Sklar, special to Biofuels Digest The Obama Climate Action Plan On June 25th, three years after Congress killed a cap-and-trade bill, President Obama introduced a 21-page Climate Action Plan designed to crack down on greenhouse-gas (“GHG”) emissions. This plan calls for issuance of regulations through […]
If palm oil has been key to the Malaysian economy, palm oil biomass may be key to the next steps, say Dovre Group’s Dr. Ronald Zwart in a detailed national survey. By Dr. Ronald Zwart – Sr VP, BioRenewables, Dovre Group Oil palm biomass Oil palm plantations in Malaysia cover close to 5 million hectares, […]
In Washington, The Environmental Protection Agency is issuing a supplemental final rule, containing a lifecycle greenhouse gas analysis for renewable fuels made from giant reed (Arundo donax) and napier grass, and a regulatory determination that such fuels qualify as cellulosic renewable fuel under the RFS program. In the rule, EPA addressed concerns over the potential […]
How to get from available field to affordable fuel in 14 steps. The MASBI report is out, and that’s good. But, what are the immediate steps, and why these 14 and why not others, and why this way? The Digest gets the scoop from Honeywell UOP’s Jim Rekoske. Last week, the Midwest Aviation Sustainable Biofuels […]
Algae.Tec and Macquarie Power Group sign landmark algae biofuels pact. What makes this deal different? To find out more, the Digest spoke with Algae.Tec chairman Roger Stroud In Australia, Algae.Tec announced this week that it has signed a deal with Australia’s largest power company to site an algae carbon capture and biofuels production facility alongside […]
A Digest essay for US Independence Day Sometimes I wonder if, of all the glittering contributions of The Australian Museum to cultural life, the placement of a hot chocolate machine in the East Stairwell will not prove one of the institution’s more important contributions to education. A generation of boys from Sydney Grammar School once […]
Seeking to drop the cost of drop-ins to $3 a gallon, the DOE invests $13M in advanced separation technologies In Washington, the US Department of Energy announced four research and development projects to bring next generation biofuels on line faster and drive down the cost of producing gasoline, diesel, and jet fuels from biomass. The […]
Report calls for a broader biomass mix and more perennial crops. In the UK, Bioenergy production must use resources more efficiently, says a new report from the European Environment Agency, and follow EU resource efficiency principles. The report, ‘EU bioenergy from a resource efficiency perspective’, primarily looks at the potential for energy from agricultural land, […]
Green Biologics heads for scale – pilot complete, demo ready in 2014. The race for n-butanol from cellulosic materials is on. The prize for a transformative breakthrough on n-butanol’s cost, performance and sustainability? Could be millions. Could be billions. In the UK, Green Biologics announced a collaboration and planned investment in facilities with Iowa’s Easy […]
