By Donnell Rehagen, Chief Executive Officer, National Biodiesel Board Special to The Digest Before the COVID-19 pandemic became the primary focus of our industry, and the world, the National Biodiesel Board and our industry leadership spent much of 2019 assessing our longer-term future. Once our nation gets through the current uncertainty that is ahead of […]
By Joel Stone, ConVergInce Advisers and member of Lee Enterprises Consulting Special to The Digest A unique and affordable membrane technology exhibiting extremely low fouling rates can offer significant benefits to dry mill ethanol operations, especially on streams containing protein and oil components. First opportunity: Recover soluble protein, oil, and insolubles from stillage backset The […]
By Ross Mazur and Joel Braden of Sustainable Fuels Consulting LLC, and graciously edited by Nick Touran Special to The Digest Advanced nuclear has made significant inroads over the past decade. Nearly 50 startups now occupy the space. Advanced nuclear is no longer a dream for the future, this sector has already broken ground. According […]
These Cuts Have the Potential to Negatively Affect All National Bioeconomy Businesses By CJ Evans, Executive Director, Alternative Fuels & Chemicals Coalition Managing Director, American Diversified Energy Special to The Digest The Alternative Fuels & Chemicals Coalition (AFCC) has been working on Capitol Hill for the past two months to advocate for FY2021 federal programs […]
Gerard J. Ostheimer, Ph.D., Managing Director, below50 and Douglas L. Faulkner, “the Clean Tech Conservative” & President, Leatherstocking LLC Special to The Digest One can be forgiven these days for thinking the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse have saddled up. Global deaths from COVID-19 are rising fast; Stock markets entered bear market territory; Oil prices […]
By Mike Newman. COO of Parhelion Underwriting Special to The Digest Carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) is an important strategy to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and mitigate climate change. CCS is a process by which large amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2) are captured, compressed, transported, and sequestered. The sequestration component of CCS includes CO2 injection into geologic formations […]
By Merlin Woodman Special to The Digest An open letter to the airline industry Dear airlines, please sell us sustainable aviation fuels (SAF). It’s the only feasible way to green up aviation at the moment.* I’ve cleaned up most of my CO2-emitting activities, but now flying remains as the largest remaining slice of the pie. […]
By Mark Warner, PE, Founder, Warner Advisors LLC Special to The Digest Biotechnology funding is surging and contract fermentation options remain limited, so companies seeking to commercialize advanced biotechnologies are again evaluating options to build required production capacity. While the “build” approach comes with many benefits, capital costs and requisite funding required to build a […]
By Jim Stewart, Chairman of the Bioenergy Producers Association, Consultant in Renewable Energy Project Development and Finance Special to The Digest The volume of post-recycled municipal solid waste (MSW) being placed in California’s landfills has been steadily climbing for the past decade, during which time the state’s legislature, with its waste management agency following meekly […]
By Tony Duncan, CEO and co-founder of Circa Group Special to The Digest Bringing a new product with a unique manufacturing process to market comes with its challenges – it’s not the classic business strategy proposed by most MBA courses! However, as a company founder who had belief in the process, we know it can […]
