By Matthew L. Gibson, Ph.D., Lee Enterprises Consulting, Inc. Special to The Digest “I’ve looked at clouds from both sides now” – Joni Mitchell I’ve been in the ethanol industry, directly, for about half of my career. The other half has been on “the other side”; that is, in the production of human food – […]
By Ron Crosier, President, Downey Ridge Environmental Company Special to The Digest Biofuels offer a renewal energy source that can reduce dependence upon fossil fuels. The EPA reports that replacing fossil fuels with biofuels has the potential to reduce the negative effects of fossil fuel production and use, including conventional and greenhouse gases (GHG) pollutant […]
By Carl Ellison, Product Marketing Manager, and Dustin Pickering, Environmental Products Application Specialist, QED Environmental Systems, Inc. Special to The Digest Landfill operators are required to capture and control landfill gas (LFG) as part of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s New Source Performance Standards (NSPS). These rules are focused on reducing emissions of methane-rich landfill […]
By Alison Matthews, Former Executive Director of Renewable Industries Canada, Sole Proprietor of AOM Consulting Special to The Digest Innovation is at an all-time high, but many pioneers of the North American biofuel industry are seemingly left behind. However, the conditions are right for a biofuels resurgence if we can find a way to bring […]
By Mark Warner, PE, Founder, Warner Advisors LLC Special to The Digest It is not just the U.S. heartland that is working to bring communities of once great manufacturing dominance back to life, the same is true in Eastern Germany. Housed in a region with significant historic chemical operations, including the home of where buna […]
By John Beidle, CEO, CDO of New Energy Opportunities, LLC Special to The Digest The boardroom at the North Pole seemed to have an early chill during this summer’s board meeting. The reindeer, now happier with a new diet and feed allotments from last century’s labor contract, is now frustrated with their stable conditions. Meanwhile, […]
By H. Brett Schreyer, PhD, Lee Enterprises Consulting, Inc. Special to The Digest In the industrial fermentation industry, many experts preach “start with the end in mind” with regards to bioprocess development. What does that exactly mean? And when do you start thinking about the end? The short answer is the sooner you start planning […]
By Jeff Passmore, Founder and Chair of Scaling Up Special to The Digest Federal Ministers Seamus O’Regan, Jonathan Wilkinson, Navdeep Bains, Catherine McKenna and Marie-Claude Bibeau have the economic growth, innovation and greenhouse gas emissions reduction solution right in front of them. It is the industrial bioeconomy, and it’s a strategy that can bring Ottawa […]
By Ronald Cascone, Principal, Nexant, Inc. Special to The Digest Love-hate Most people love plastics. Most people hate plastics. Similarly, most people love nature (sunsets, the beach, walks or drives through the woods, especially for leaf peeping, flowers, furry animals, etc.), but also hate nature (hurricanes, tornados, jellyfish, biting insects, spiders, snakes, skunks, ragweed, fallen […]
By Sam A. Rushing, President – Advanced Cryogenics Special to The Digest BACKGROUND The CO2 industry expands organically, say 3% annually in some markets. The best way to grow more rapidly in the industry, is via the development and implementation of new and unique applications in a wide variety of markets. CO2 applications, of a […]
