As petroleum prices, demand soars, US, EU dither on biofuels
Petroleum is on the rise again and this week IHS said that refined product demand growth has averaged 1.2 million barrels per day over the...
The Digest’s Top 10 Innovations for the week of April 18th, 2018
The pace of invention and change is just too strong, we’ve realized, to highlight annual or even quarterly or monthly rankings and summaries of...
The $20 Million Carbon XPRIZE: The 10 Finalists, revealed
In New York, XPRIZE announced the 10 teams advancing to the final round in the $20M NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE.The 10 finalists, each taking...
“Brexit is the impetus to reinvigorate”: The advanced bioeconomy, resilience and the new role...
“Brexit serves as an impetus to reinvigorate the Commonwealth,” Commonwealth head and Maltese Prime Minister Dr. Joseph Muscat told the delegates at the Commonwealth...
Affordable, green hydrogen — it is here, near, or nowhere in sight (again)?
News arrives from Israel’s Technion Institute that they have developed a stable catalyst that can split water at extravagantly low energy-levels - and haven’t...
The Digest’s Top 10 Innovations for the week of April 25th, 2018
The pace of invention and change is just too strong, we’ve realized, to highlight annual or even quarterly or monthly rankings and summaries of...
Jet fuel from hooch comes closer as ASTM clears way for ethanol-to-jet, higher ATJ...
In Washington, an ASTM International Sub-Committee has voted in favor of revising specification D7566 (Standard Specification for Aviation Turbine Fuel Containing Synthesized Hydrocarbons) to...
Tyson Foods buys into Beyond Meat
In Arkansas, Tyson Foods invested an undisclosed amount for a five percent ownership position in Beyond Meat to help the plant-based protein producer expand...
The Silver in Silva: The Story of Steeper Energy and SGF’s’s $59M advanced biofuels...
This week we reported that Steeper Energy is partnering with Silva Green Fuel, a Norwegian-Swedish joint venture, to construct a $59M industrial scale demonstration plant...
The Hog’s a Hot Dog: N-Sense, Gen3Bio, Nebullam, PowerPollen, TeselaGen takin’ biotech to the...
For a number of years we have been pointing to Iowa’s intriguing combination of feedstock, infrastructure and political consensus on renewables as a potent...