Biofuels Digest

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| Helena Tavares Kennedy In San Francisco, startup company Wildtype gives salmon cells nutrients, sugars, salts, amino acids and growth factor to “grow” salmon tissue in its lab. If you are still hungry after that, Netherlands-based Mosa Meat is scaling up their industrial-sized production line to demonstrate the safety of cultivated meat and introduce the first cultivated beef to [ ]Read More| Jim Lane They’re calling it “the circular economy” these days — a vision for a fully sustainable society using renewable resources in a circle of sourcing, production and use. Which raises the question of which is the most circular of fuels — the roundest, if you will — right now, it’s looking like rDME. DME doesn’t stand [ ]Read More| Jim Lane Between politics and pandemic one could be forgiven for not closely following Europe’s bioeconomy. But as we scan the globe for bio-economy green shoots, we are noticing some interesting – and disconcerting – activity “across the pond”. Today we look to Europe and try to pluck the signal from the noise in Brussels amid promising [ ]Read More| Helena Tavares Kennedy It’s Tuesday and we’ve got two hot-off-the press technologies making news today. And if that isn’t enough Ts in one sentence, they also hit the target in terms of solving today’s tough trials. Converting otherwise wasted natural gas into high-value hydrogen and acetylene In Florida, Transform’s patented commercial-scale microwave plasma reactor system accelerates hydrogen infrastructure [ ]Read More| Jim Lane Renewable hemp diesel who says there s no hope in dope, or rope? Steven Fance shred this update on Emerald. Björn Heijstra shared this account from Nikkei.com of how the Chinese Steel industry is pivoting towards a fuel business based on LanzaTech technology. Jigar Shah shared this article from CleanTechnica looking deeper into the economics [ ]Read More| Jim Lane Carbohydrate supply where will it come from? That s a question Fluid Quip Technologies asks considering the increase in biobased processes translates into additional sugar needs of 7-14 billion pounds just in the next 10-20 years. Neal Jakel, Partner of Strategy and Technology at FQT, shared this sweet presentation at ABLC Digital 2020 on their Clean [ ]Read More| Jim Lane There s a new generation of low carbon, drop-in transportation fuels and Gevo is targeting jet fuel, gasoline blendstocks, diesel and more with their Whole Gallons, Net Zero vision. Patrick Gruber, CEO of Gevo, shared this illuminating presentation at ABLC Digital 2020 that looked at the impact of COVID-19, where the renewable fuels market stands, Gevo s 2nd [ ]Read More| Jim Lane At ABLC Digital in July, Jim Dooley, Chief Technology Officer at Forest Concepts shared this illuminating presentation on the latest innovations in biomass pretreatments, how they maximize flowability, their crumbler solutions that can handle any moisture content and a wide range of materials, how they minimize energy consumption, advanced drying technologies, and more.Read More| Jim Lane Bio2Oil takes biomass to crude oil, like our planets process, just faster. Their technology can convert sewage sludge, municipal solid waste, industrial waste biomass, and other biomass streams into fuel. While they have a continuously operating pilot plant currently, they plan on commercial rollout in Q1 2022. Ib Johannsen, CEO of Bio2Oil, shared this stimulating presentation recently [ ]Read More| Jim Lane From fermentation ingredients to fermentation technology for fuel alcohol and distilled beverage production, Lallemand Biofuels Distilled Spirits has an interesting story and even more interesting path ahead. Check out this slide guide from a recent DigestConnect webinar on how the convergence of the two worlds of yeast and enzymes can have implications for chemicals, advanced foods [ ]Read More| Meghan Sapp In Germany, since early 2019, Porsche manufactured the two doors and the rear wing of the small series racing vehicle out of a natural-fiber mix, sourced primarily from renewable raw materials. Now for the first time, the front and rear aprons, the front spoiler, front and rear lids as well as the mudguards and diffuser [ ]Read More| Meghan Sapp In Iowa, Platts reports that the democratic nominee for US Senator from Iowa hit hard at the incumbent Joni Ernst during a debate earlier this week, blaming the senator for voting to confirm the Environmental Protection Agency administrator despite him being a former oil lobbyist likely to continue issuing small refinery exemptions. The senator together [ ]Read More| Meghan Sapp In Washington, effective September 30 at all U.S. ports of entry, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will detain palm oil and palm oil products made by FGV Holdings Berhad and its subsidiaries and joint ventures. CBP’s Office of Trade directed the issuance of a Withhold Release Order (WRO) against palm oil and palm oil [ ]Read More| Meghan Sapp In the UAE, renewable energy continues to bring socio-economic benefits by creating numerous jobs worldwide, according to the latest figures released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). The seventh edition of Renewable Energy and Jobs – Annual Review shows that jobs in the sector reached 11.5 million globally last year, led by solar PV [ ]Read More| Meghan Sapp In China, the US Grains Council told Platts it expects Chinese ethanol blending to reach 4% blending “in the long term”, which is a major turnaround from its 2017 announcement that it would reach 10% blending by 2020. Though the Chinese government gave no explanation for suspending the plan earlier this year, the expectation is [ ]Read More| Meghan Sapp In Montana, a research team led by faculty in Montana State University’s College of Agriculture received $5.1 million from the U.S. Department of Energy designed to explore camelina, an oilseed with the potential to be an alternative biofuel and multi-use crop. The MSU team will work with collaborators nationwide in administering total funding of $11 [ ]Read More| Meghan Sapp In China, researchers have discovered that a fungal virus (also called a mycovirus) can convert deadly fungal pathogens into beneficial fungus in rapeseed plants. Once transformed, the fungus boosts the plant s immune system, making the plant healthier and more resistant to diseases. These findings, published on September 29 in the journal Molecular Plant, indicate that [ ]Read More| Meghan Sapp In Illinois, Illinois State University researchers in the School of Biological Sciences are genetically modifying pennycress as part of a multistate, multi-institutional effort funded by a five-year, $10 million USDA grant and a $13 million Department of Energy grant. The researchers are attempting to transform the plant into a commercially grown cover crop that would [ ]Read More| Helena Tavares Kennedy In Colorado, through a novel chemistry using nontoxic resources like linseed oil, waste grease, or even algae, scientists at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory developed a groundbreaking method for producing renewable polyurethane without toxic precursors. It is a breakthrough with the potential to green the market for products ranging from footwear, to automobiles, to mattresses, [ ]Read More| Meghan Sapp In Georgia, a new low-temperature, multi-phase process for upgrading lignin bio-oil to hydrocarbons could help expand use of the lignin, which is now largely a waste product left over from the production of cellulose and bioethanol from trees and other woody plants. Using a dual catalyst system of superacid and platinum particles, researchers at the [ ]Read More| Meghan Sapp In Washington, U.S. Representative Cheri Bustos (IL-17) introduced the Next Generation Fuels Act, legislation that leverages greater fuel octane to reduce carbon emissions from transportation, improve air quality by reducing the use of harmful aromatics and increase demand for biofuels. Fuels with greater levels of octane are more stable and have the potential to make engines [ ]Read More| Meghan Sapp In Washington, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) is rescinding the administrative review of the antidumping duty (AD) order on biodiesel from Indonesia for the period of review (POR) April 1, 2019 through March 31, 2020, based on the timely withdrawal of the request for review. On April 1, 2020, Commerce published a notice of opportunity [ ]Read More| Meghan Sapp In Washington, Growth Energy applauded the inclusion of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) Integrity Act in clean energy legislation (H.R. 4447) that passed the U.S. House on Friday. The RFS Integrity Act, authored by Chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Agriculture Collin Peterson (D-MN), along with Reps. Dusty Johnson (SD-At Large), Dave Loebsack (IA-04), [ ]Read More| Helena Tavares Kennedy In Brazil, Argus Media reports that Brazil s hydrocarbons regulator ANP will reduce individual carbon credit targets for fuel distribution companies for 2020, after it halved the industry s overall pre-pandemic target as a result of the economic slowdown. “Brazil s energy policy council CNPE slashed the overall 2020 target for the sale of Cbios – financial instruments [ ]Read More| Meghan Sapp In Iowa, with less than six weeks until the presidential election, Reuters reports President Trump is in a hurry to make good on his promises to the ethanol industry in order to secure the Midwest. The wish list by the ethanol industry presented by Iowa senators at a meeting with the president in September 2019 [ ]Read More| Meghan Sapp In Argentina, the Clarin newspaper reports the national cargo transportation association Fadeeac is promoting a plan to convert all long-haul road transportation to B100 in an effort to boost the industry who has suffered from domestic policies and shrinking export markets. The first phase of the project is estimated to reduce 13 million metric tons [ ]Read More| Meghan Sapp In Washington, as Congress and the administration continue negotiations on another potential COVID-19 relief package, a new study by university economists finds that ethanol producers will experience roughly $8 billion in losses this year due to the pandemic’s impact on world fuel markets. The study, conducted by economists from the University of Florida and Arizona [ ]Read More| Meghan Sapp In Canada, Cielo Waste Solutions Corp. has raised CDN$1,619,000 in gross proceeds in the final tranches of its private placement offering of convertible debenture units initially announced on March 30, 2020. A total of CDN$4,694,642 was raised in all tranches of the offering. Net proceeds of the offering are being used to scale-up production of [ ]Read More| Meghan Sapp In Malaysia, Bloomberg reports that the palm oil-gasoil spread is grown to its largest since 2011 at around $350 per metric ton but soared past $400 earlier this month, making the vegetable far too expensive for discretionary biodiesel blending and risking Malaysian and Indonesian attempts to boost their blending mandates. The countries are seeking to [ ]Read More| Meghan Sapp In the UK, the pioneering partnership between government and the aviation sector to fast-track zero-emission flight has taken its next step forward with the publication of the group’s members and key aims. Following the first meeting of the Jet Zero Council earlier in the summer, representatives from the UK’s leading aerospace, aviation and technology sectors [ ]Read More| Meghan Sapp In India, the Press Trust of India reports the government has given sugar mills until October 15 to submit proposals for new ethanol production capacity and take advantage of the soft loans announced in June 2018. Only 68 projects have been funded so far because of the weak balance sheets of many sugar mills but [ ]Read More Free SubscriptionThe Biofuels Digest newsletterThe most widely-read biofuels daily— 14,000+ organizations subscribe — why not you too?DigestConnect Each week, DigestConnect features trendsetters and online commentary by real leaders on the real issues.Fermentation Frontiers, yeast-enzymes-in-one. This week, the frontiers of fermentation. Today, we're joined by Angus Ballard, president of Lallemand Biofuels & Distilled Spirits as we explore a breakthrough in one-step yeast and enzymes. Fermentation king Joel Stone of the Due Diligence Wolfpack joins to independently assess the industry impact of this advance. Stream it here on-demand.Hydrothermal Liquefaction for BioCrude.Today, biocrude. Today my special guest is Ib Johannsen CEO of Bio2Oil - and we’re going to drop into the world of hydrothermal liquefaction and the opportunities in biocrude. And Steve Csonka of CAAFI joined in the lightning round.Stream it here on-demand.ESG Project and Technology Financing. In this episode, ESG financing. There’s 11.6 trillion in ESG finance. What can be done to ensure you get your share? We're joined by Cindy Thyfault and Gerard Ostheimer of Global Biofuture Solutions as we explored the tools, the must-dos, the must knows.Biofuels Mandates Around the World We visited biobased mandates around the world. Where are the markets you can count on, how much can you count on? 65 countries in all, We’ll be focusing especially on new information out of the Americas, Asia and the EU.The Pyromaniax and Advances in Pyrolysis In this episode we looked at The Pyromaniax and pyrolysis. We looked at 8 Top Pathways, 8 Hot Projects and 5 New Entrants, and Anellotech CEO David Sudolsky joined us for a deep dive in that exciting company story. California, Here I Come —In all, there’s more than 4 billion gallons of advanced biofuels capacity operating, under construction or planned, for the California market. What’s going on? To answer that question. we were joined by Dave Rubenstein the CEO of California Ethanol & Power, an advanced biofuels project based on sugarcane in the Imperial Valley, and Mark Riedy, the dean of renewable energy project finance and a partner at Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton. What's the King Tech? — Today we’re off in search of King Tech, which is to say, what technology or set of technologies is the perfect fit. We’re looking at a very special patch of ground near Ames in the great state of Iowa, It’s a great place to build stuff — more than 60 bioeconomy plants around the state To answer that question today we have the Due Diligence Wolfpack, fangs out, thirsty for value. They are the experts you’d hire to answer these very questions, but today we get to see how they think, how they fit technologies and feedstocks and infrastructuire in a feasible way. The Wolves are: Ron Cascone, David Dodds, James Iademarco, Michele Rubico, Joel Stone and Steve Weiss..Algae, Cellulosic Ethanol — Today we're joined by Clariant's Paolo Corvo with some great brand new video and updates on the Clariant first commercial cellulosic ethanol project in Romania, and the new licensee project in Bulgaria. And we're joined by AlgEternal CEO David Ramjohn on how algae technology fits into a circular bioeconomy..Renewable Diesel. Looking at 11 technologies, 21 projects and 13 emerging projects, plus market drivers and economics; with Emerging Markets CEO Will Thurmond and Digest editor Jim Lane .A Special Webinar: Opportunities in renewable fuels and chemicals at the Port of Rotterdam. In this special DIGEST WEBINAR, we look at the Port of Rotterdam for project opportunities in the advanced bioeconomy. We were joined by Stijn Effting, the Port's business manager for renewable fuels and chemicals.Methanol, the new crude? DigestConnect #14 is here - Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividends. DC #13 - Flavors & Fragrances, Sustainable Aviation Fuels. DigestConnect #12 is here. Green sustainable hydrogen. DigestConnect #11 is here. Today we looked at agriculture + biofuels and the Sarnia Lambton Hybrid Chemistry Cluster. DigestConnect #10 is here. Bioeconomy Development Zones. DigestConnect #9 is here.Understanding of the Role of Renewable Fuels in a Green Recovery.Digest Connect #8 is here. Federal funding programs, and Proving sustainability. Digest Connect #7 is here. We are joined by the CEO of the Renewable Fuels Association, Geoff Cooper, as we look at Green Recovery. DigestConnect #6 is here. With Kate Lewis, program co-manager, USDA BioPreferred. DigestConnect #5 is here. With John Hanselman, Chairman & CEO, Vanguard Renewables and Chris Burk, Lee Enterprises Consulting. DigestConnect #4 is here. Where are the Gallons in Advanced Fuels & Chemicals — what’s working, right now, and where and how and why? DigestConnect #3 is here. With Atul Thakrar, president of DSM Biobased. DigestConnect #2 is here.- With Tammy Klein, Future Fuels Strategies, and Mark Laurenzo, Iowa Economic Development Authority. DigestConnect #1 is here. With the Advanced Bioeconomy State of the Industry 2020. A Special webcast: Reducing Carbon via Advanced Biofuels, a Clariant/Digest webinar is here. Dr. Markus Rarbach, Head of Business Line, Biofuels & Derivatives, at CLARIANT looks at affordable energy with better consequences

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