By David Hallberg & Doug Durante Special to The Digest America’s energy challenge is no longer primarily about crude oil supply—it is about refining capacity and fuel production bottlenecks. Even with ample domestic oil production, the system is struggling to turn crude into the diesel and gasoline the economy actually uses. The most effective response […]
By Sam A. Rushing, president Advanced Cryogenics, Ltd. www.CO2consultant.us Special to The Digest We have biofuels, manufacturing and fossil fuel based CO2 emissions to start……then add the ever worse (current and future) massive data center emissions making things significantly worse……plus a full rollback in Federal environmental policies; however, there are options for reducing such threats […]
By Sam A. Rushing, president, Advanced Cryogenics Special to The Digest Even though carbon dioxide is often thought of by those who are not in the industrial gas business, as a major greenhouse gas relating to climate change; and to the essential ingredient in soft drinks which gives the refreshment specific and unique properties. However, […]
By Jayce Hafner, CEO, FarmRaise Special to The Digest I’m a farmer’s daughter, born and raised in the heart of the Shenandoah Valley, where I live today. As a kid, I helped my dad plant clover and get our steers to market. Working together, farmer neighbors traded stories of farm management: new tillage practices, beef […]
By Sam A. Rushing, Advanced Cryogenics, Ltd. Special to The Digest Flue gas is the most prevalent source of CO2 off-gas from all processes globally; among the lion’s share of this flue gas is the ever – present electric power plant, primarily fueled by coal, and then secondly, natural gas. The CO2 found in coal […]
By Dr. Rajesh Gattupalli, President, Honeywell Technologies UOP Special to The Digest As demand for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) grows globally, many projects are held back by limited raw materials and a limited number of production methods that are ready for commercial use today. Expanding the range of approved pathways is becoming even more important […]
By Buddy Klovstad, Grand Natural Inc. Special to The Digest The renewable diesel and SAF boom has an appetite problem. Refiners are racing to lock up low-carbon-intensity feedstock, and used cooking oil (UCO) — with a carbon intensity a fraction of virgin soybean oil — sits near the top of everyone’s list. Billions in capacity […]
By: Sam A. Rushing, Advanced Cryogenics Ltd, www.CO2consultant.us Special to The Digest CO2 lasers were one of the earliest gas lasers to be developed. The development occurred in 1964 by Bell Labs and remains one of today’s most useful lasers; some claim to be one of the most powerful continuous lasers available as of late. […]
By Cynthia Thyfault, Founder & CEO, QuantaVision I have been working with Section 9003 since it was written into the 2008 Farm Bill — not as a policy observer, but as someone who has sat with developers at the application table, worked alongside lenders trying to underwrite these projects, and watched technologies with real commercial […]
By Cynthia Thyfault, Founder & CEO, QuantaVision Special to The Digest I think about a developer I watched a few years ago. The technology was real. The team was real. The feedstock was locked. They did the work most people never do — and the project still didn’t get built. When it stalled, the program […]
