From Washington comes news that the U.S. Department of Energy will make more than $540 million in awards for university- and National Laboratory-led research into clean energy technologies and low-carbon manufacturing. The goals Earlier this year, the DOE SC program in Basic Energy Sciences (BES) announced its interest in receiving new applications from single principal […]
News is swirling around the bioeconomy this week on all fronts, but front and center I think we need to highlight that the Big V, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, highlighted that the Department is accepting applications for $100 million in grants to increase the sale and use of biofuels derived from U.S. agricultural products. […]
What in the World is up with World Energy? News has arrived of two massive storylines in the same week from World Energy, prompting Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to pay a congratulatory visit and inspiring the Digest to wonder what vitamins are in the water. First, the breaking hydrogen news is that German Chancellor […]
For the past couple of minutes I have been racking my brain trying to recall when I first had Steven Long on stage with me, and I first learned about RIPE, which stands for Realizing Increased Photosynthetic Efficiency and I find myself rueing that in my case it stands for Recall Is Poorly Engineered. Some […]
OK, let’s talk openly and honestly about syngas and biochar and whole darn thing. Grab some wood waste, somethin’ to whittle with, pull up a cha’r, and let’s have some plain speaking. Here in Digestville, we’ve had quite a few years and quite a few companies educating us on how wonderful and attractive and lucrative […]
Here in Digestville we have dubbed 2022 the Year of Methane as companies seeking sufficient feedstock to meet net zero goals are turning to methane as a fuel, and as a transportable, affordable intermediate to facilitate the conversion of affordable stocks of solid biomass into liquid fuels and power. The methane momentum can be seen […]
From Chicago and Seoul comes news that LG Chem and ADM have launchedtwo joint ventures for U.S. production of lactic acid and polylactic acid. The joint ventures, which are subject to required regulatory approvals, hope to make final investment decisions around the projects in 2023. Pending final investment decisions and approvals, the joint ventures have […]
From the state of Ohio comes one of the most interesting strategies in crop protection we’ve ever seen — and it can be be summarized in one word, delivery. The company is 3Bar Biologics. Why? Researchers have known for years that many of the soil microbes that are most beneficial to plants don’t always work […]
Huge and positive news arrives from Washington, the US House passed the Inflation Reduction Act and it now crosses to the White House for President Biden’s signature, which is a foregone conclusion. One of the Digesterati described the shift in momentum: “The roof is lifting off the renewable energy industry broadly with the IRA and […]
Years ago, a guy named Art Baker hosted a show called You Asked for it, readers would write in from all over the country asking for things they wanted to see re-created on television. I’m pretty sure no one ever asked Art for a woolly mammoth burger. Ah, the times we live in. It’s coming […]
