By Mindy Collier, Lee Enterprises Consulting Special to The Digest On October 18, 2016 USDA published its Notice of Solicitation of Applications for the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) for Federal Fiscal Year 2017 in the Federal Register. The deadline is March 31, 2017 for grants up to $500,000. Loan applications are accepted throughout […]
By Tammy Klein, Future Fuel Strategies So Donald Trump won and will become the U.S.’ 45th president. But what will it really mean for low carbon fuels and vehicle (LCFV) initiatives such as biofuels, fuel economy and zero emission vehicle programs? With Trump’s outspoken refusal to accept the reality of climate change and promise to reinvigorate […]
By Jeff Olling, Australia and Pacific Rim Consultant for Lee Enterprises Consulting Special to The Digest Australian state and federal governments from both sides of politics have shown varying levels of support for the biofuels industry over the past few decades. In 2000, the federal government enacted the Fuel Quality Standards Act 2000 (Cth), which […]
By David Edwards, Vice President of Sales & Marketing at Zeton Inc., (a strategic partner of Lee Enterprises Consulting) Special to The Digest The recommended approach for scaling bioenergy and biofuels technology follows a similar stage gate process to that used in traditional Chemical Process Industry (CPI) processes. But the processing of solids in bioenergy […]
By Douglas L. Faulkner, The Cleantech Conservative Special to The Digest As strange as it may seem to rely on “conventional wisdom” in this crazy election cycle, odds are high that whoever wins the White House will face significant resistance in Congress. If elected: Hillary Clinton likely will face at least a Republican House of […]
By Neil A. Belson Special to The Digest The biobased economy or “bioeconomy” has the potential to create new companies, new jobs and even entirely new industries. In a bioeconomy, renewable biobased materials such as crop residues and dedicated energy crops replace petroleum as a primary source of industrial and energy raw materials. A growing […]
By Dr. Mahmood Ebadian Special to the Digest The procurement of low-cost feedstock has been the focus of the pioneering bio-conversion technology developers in commercializing their first industrial-scale projects. Low-cost feedstock is critical in such projects as most of the existing bio-conversion technologies are not yet mature enough to process multiple streams of biomass and […]
By Michael Wild, International Biomass Torrefaction Council, and Lee Enterprises Consulting Special to The Digest Torrefaction is a thermal pre-treatment technology used to upgrade lignocellulosic biomass to a higher quality and more attractive biofuel. In the torrefaction process, biomass is heated to 250-350°C in a low oxygen atmosphere, so that all moisture is removed and the […]
By Dr. Terry Mazanec, Lee Enterprises Consulting Special to The Digest Some years ago I visited a platinum mine in South Africa. About a mile underground at the end of the maze of tunnels at the ‘minefront’ they excavate about a 1 meter high layer of material to get the 2 cm thick vein that […]
By Dr. Elham Khaghami, Lee Enterprises Consulting Special to The Digest Energy is fundamental to economy and survival in today’s social activity. Clearly the search of alternative energy sources would have a high priority. Therefore, minimizing the quantity of waste being generated from the source energy such as recycling could be a potential remedy in […]
