In Washington, the cause of rapid decarbonization received its annual cold shower from the Environmental Protection Agency. EPA announced a final rule to establish low-carbon renewable fuel volume requirements for 2023–2025, and received low marks from the associations representing heavy-duty fuels. Here’s the Tale of the Tape: What the EPA said This final rule includes […]
By Chingis Idrissov, Technology Analyst, IDTechEx Digest note. This column from Chingis Idrissov focuses on production of hydrogen from methane, with an underlying assumption that the methane will come from fossil gas reserves. But, not necessarily so. There’s renewable methane, which we would style not so much as classic green hydrogen (made from water splitting), […]
The aviation sector, as a consumer-facing industry, has long been a high-profile contributor to global carbon emissions. It accounts for around 1 billion tonnes of CO2 per annum or over 2 percent of the world’s entire CO2 emissions. And with the demand for aviation fuel expected to more than double by 2050 compared to pre-COVID […]
By Jim Kendrick Special to The Digest The US carbon capture market has grown, experts say, to $13 billion in 2023 and according to ExxonMobil is on the way to $4 trillion. That could mean that a bonanza for infrastructure in the form of carbon dioxide pipelines is on the way in ethanol country. […]
In Washington, emails obtained through the Freedom of Information Act show that EPA and oil interests collaborated to manipulate computer models used to certify fuel emissions and set standards, say authors Burl Haigwood and Doug Durante in their explosive new chronicle of the“stranglehold on the motor fuel market. They contend it led to consumer gasoline […]
By Melich Seefeldt, Vice President – Business Development, Europe, Praj Industries Special to The Digest Advanced bioethanol (also named 2G or cellulosic bioethanol from inedible biomass) and its co-products lignin, stillage, and biogenic CO2 are sustainable key tools to decarbonize the difficult-to-abate transport sector. In addition, they can be chemical precursors and intermediates for next-gen […]
By Dr. Ashish Gupta, Process Manager, S&B; Muhammad Islam, Vice President, Commercial and Technology, S&B; and Clint Johnson, Vice President, Saber Equity Special to The Digest As the world works towards decarbonization, one sector contributing significantly to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is transportation. To address this issue, the concept of e-fuels has emerged as a […]
In California, the Digest announced that the Advanced Bioeconomy Leadership Conference on Next-Gen Projects & Technologies, ABLC NEXT 2023, will take place at the Hotel Nikko in San Francisco, October 18-20, 2023, as the industry undertakes more Networking for Net Zero. More than 600 delegates and 100 speakers are expected from more than 400 companies […]
By Charles Forsberg ([email protected]) and Bruce Dale ([email protected]) Special to The Digest In the United States, crude oil products provide 48% of the total energy to the final customer: residential, commercial, industrial and transportation. Replacement of crude oil products (gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, chemical feed stocks, etc.) made from non-fossil-fuel carbon sources, principally products made […]
We love polyester, the magic molecule, the bane of wrinkled or torn shirts, friend of moisture resistance. We just can’t stand the way it’s made. In some ways, right up there with hot dogs. Why throw out the molecule? Why not make the carbon we love from the carbon we disdain — like carbon dioxide […]
