Category: Top Stories

Lujan Grisham signs New Mexico’s Clean Transportation Fuels Standard, unleashing new clean fuels era in the Land of Enchantment

March 6, 2024 | Jim Lane

In New Mexico, state Governor Lujan Grisham today signed the Clean Transportation Fuels Standard, highlighting both the growing appeal and support for a technology-neutral policy to decarbonize transportation, and the substantial benefits it delivers to climate, air quality, and economic development. The Low Carbon Fuels Coalition established the New Mexico coalition supporting the bill and […]

The Bioeconomy 500 for 2024 – outstanding leaders of the bioeconomy’s development and deployment

March 4, 2024 | Jim Lane

In Florida, The Daily Digest announced the Bioeconomy 500 for 2024, which recognizes individuals for their leadership contributions to the bioeconomy’s development and project deployment. The Bioeconomy 500 honors scientists, engineers, policy makers, financiers, project developers, feedstock pioneers, offtakers, advocates and supply-chain and distribution partners. All Digest subscribers were eligible to nominate candidates of […]

Soil Carbon Capture Sequestration, Low Carbon Intensity Scores and the Small Water Cycle: The Symbiotic Connection

March 3, 2024 | Jim Lane

By Joel Stone, LEC Partners Special to The Digest Soil Carbon Capture Sequestration (SCCS), low carbon intensity (low CI) scores and the Small Water Cycle are connected through various ecological and hydrological processes that occur within terrestrial ecosystems. SCCS refers to the process of capturing and storing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere in soil […]

International Airlines Group inks 14-year Twelve eSAF deal, jumpstarting era of fuels made from CO2, water

February 28, 2024 | Jim Lane

International Airlines Group announced a fourteen-year contract with Twelve to supply IAG with 785,000 tonnes* of e-SAF, made from made from CO2, water and renewable energy, to support five European airlines — British Airways, Iberia, Aer Lingus, Vueling and LEVEL. The next-generation fuel will reduce lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions by up to 90% versus conventional […]

Development Capital & Unsolicited Proposal Talking Points

February 26, 2024 | Jim Lane

By CJ Evans, Co-Founder, Alternative Fuels & Chemicals Coalition and Managing Director, Project Financing Assistance Special to The Digest Here are some talking points to help the Alternative Fuels & Chemicals Coalition (AFCC) create a $500 million development capital grant program in the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Loan Programs Office (LPO) and obtain more funding […]

You Can Help Expand Access to Development Capital & Federal Funding to Advance Game-Changing Bioeconomy Projects, … and mitigate the climate crisis

February 26, 2024 | Jim Lane

By CJ Evans, Co-Founder, Alternative Fuels & Chemicals Coalition & Managing Director, Project Financing Assistance Special to The Digest You can make a difference. You can raise your voice and make your voice heard … you can help create a grant program within the federal government to provide development capital … and you can help […]

Unsolicited Proposals, Needed: More Access, More Flexibility, More Funding to Advance Game-Changing Projects

February 25, 2024 | Jim Lane

By CJ Evans, Co-Founder, Alternative Fuels & Chemicals Coalition & Managing Director, Project Financing Assistance Special to The Digest Time is of the Essence in Addressing the Climate Crisis… every technology and innovation that can help needs to be deployed as rapidly as possible. Unfortunately, five obstacles stand in the way of advancing MUCH NEEDED […]

Going for the Benjamins: Here’s How Access to Development Capital Can be Improved

February 25, 2024 | Jim Lane

By CJ Evans, Co-Founder, Alternative Fuels & Chemicals Coalition & Managing Director, Project Financing Assistance Special to The Digest The Alternative Fuels & Chemicals Coalition (AFCC) has drafted legislation to create a $500 million development capital grant program in the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Loan Programs Office (LPO). You can help AFCC push this request […]

The Pamplona Bioeconomy: watch out, the bulls are running

February 20, 2024 | Jim Lane

The bioeconomy is on fire, and three tales reveal the extent to which the bulls are running. One in RNG, one in industrial furnaces, one in integrated cellulosic biorefining. And you thought we were going to point to hydrogen, SAF or renewable diesel. Those are hot, too — but not quite as white how. Hot […]

How to secure offtake for your first-of-its-kind project

February 19, 2024 | Jim Lane

By Steve Weiss Special to The Digest At a recent bioeconomy-focused ABLC conference I counted over a dozen companies striving to ‘bring to life’ first-of-its-kind (FOIK) projects, in renewable chemicals, fuels or materials – typically requiring hundreds of millions each in financing. A critical ingredient to make these real? High-quality – investment-quality – offtake agreements. […]

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