This is Part 1 of our two-part series, Part 2 is here. It’s High Noon at the Strait of Hormuz. Iran’s parliament has voted to close it, and while the final decision now rests with its national security council, the message is already echoing through global oil markets. One-fifth of the world’s oil moves through […]
I’ve seen Main Streets where the hardware store is closed and now there’s a payday lender, where the once-bustling main intersection is home to perhaps a Wal-Mart, maybe a Dollar Store, maybe just boarded up buildings, the bank’s gone, the gas station’s battered, the feed store’s probably in the next county. You’d think that was […]
What goes on at ethanol’s dazzling annual get-together? Behind the pomp and away from the klaxons and kleig lights, there’s serious thought leadership underway, and the Digest’s intrepid Jim Kendrick was on the scene in Omaha this week at the Fuel Ethanol Workshops. He filed this report on the major stories not otherwise covered in […]
We are reporting this week in the Digest that USA BioEnergy has signed a letter of intent with Louisiana-Pacific for a long-term supply agreement for sustainably sourced wood fiber to support operations at USAB’s planned Texas Renewable Fuels biorefinery in Bon Wier, Texas. Once finalized, the agreement would provide for up to 2.2 million tons […]
“A compass, I learned when I was surveying,.. it’ll point you true north from where you’re standing, but it’s got no advice about the swamps, deserts and chasms that you’ll encounter along the way. If in pursuit of your destination, you plunge ahead heedless of obstacles, and achieve nothing more than to sink in a […]
Back before there was an advanced bioeconomy, or even a United States, there was the Big Piney Woods and six flags have flown over it. Through it ran a path cut not by men, but by bison. From the southern plains to the banks of the Red River, the buffalo moved with the seasons—seeking salt, […]
By Sam A. Rushing, President, Advanced Cryogenics, Ltd. Special to The Digest With respect to all options being essential, we can start with sequestering CO2 via the best farming methods, and enhancing closed greenhouse operations with CO2 to put photosynthesis in overdrive. With respect to carbon management for farmers, climate smart practices do enhance CO2 […]
We’ve rarely had a week in the bioeconomy where so much worthy advancement on carbon-smart technology won so less applause. Pyran announced that an independent cradle-to-gate life cycle assessment for its 1,5-pentanediol, confirms that Pyran’s bio-based PDO reduces greenhouse gas emissions by up to 99% compared to petroleum-derived 1,6-hexanediol. Pyran’s been lauded for using intermediates […]
Enerkem has it all: patented technology, public sector backing, global partners, and a flagship project in Quebec. It also has C$350 million in debt and as we reported last week, the company has filed for creditor protection as it reorganizes. We can only speculate about Enerkem post-reorganization, but informed voices suggest it may be controlled […]
I walk a lonely road The only one that I have ever known Don’t know where it goes But it’s home to me, and I walk alone. —Green Day, “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” So begins Green Day’s “Boulevard of Broken Dreams,” but it could just as easily describe the emotional terrain of today’s clean energy […]
