Presentations – Advanced BioFuels USA

Bioenergy Technologies Office 2023 Project Peer Review — April 3-7, 2023 — Denver, CO

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) is hosting the 2023 Project Peer Review on April 3-7, 2023, at the Grand Hyatt Denver in Colorado. Approximately 280 projects in BETO’s research, development, and demonstration portfolio will be presented to the public and systematically reviewed by more than 50 external

February 3, 2023 Read Full Article

The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Oberon Fuels

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) What is a renewable DME company like Oberon Fuels doing with propane and hydrogen industries? Well, first they harvest waste via renewable methanol or biogas to make their rDME, which can then be blended with propane, setting the stage for widespread hydrogen transport and leveraging

February 3, 2023 Read Full Article

The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Carbon Negative Origin Materials

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Nearly half of all global emissions come from making products. But Origin Materials’ mission is to enable the world’s transition to sustainable materials to lower those GHG emissions. In these slides, we explore how the Origin platform can replace oil as the foundational feedstock for

February 2, 2023 Read Full Article

The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Understanding and Mitigating the Impacts of Feedstock Variability in Bioconversion Processes

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) The Feedstock-Conversion Interface Consortium is led by DOE as a collaborative effort among researchers from 9 National Labs. It’s Key Ideas? That biomass feedstock properties are variable and different from other commodities; and, that empirical approaches to address these issues have been unsuccessful. The FCIC

February 1, 2023 Read Full Article

Clean Fuels Alliance Conference Overview

(Minnesota Clean Cities The Connection) The first-ever Clean Fuels Conference took place January 23-26 in Tampa, Florida. Formerly the National Biodiesel Conference, the new event added renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel to its alternative biofuels lineup for applications in medium- and heavy-duty equipment, truck, rail, marine, and aviation markets. Biofuels are

January 31, 2023 Read Full Article

The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to the State of Renewable Chemicals and Materials

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) It’s been 18 years since the Werpy and Petersen paper, Top Value Added Chemicals from Biomass —a screening for Potential Candidates from Sugars and Synthesis Gas that sent a lot of people in search of succinic acid, and about 12 years since industry CEOs started

January 31, 2023 Read Full Article

The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Hot Trends in Energy and Chemicals

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) New sustainability standards no longer focus solely on bio-based carbon content. The focus has shifted to reducing greenhouse gases (GHGs) and overall carbon footprint –in which biomaterials have a role to play. The transition towards climate neutrality and circular economy will have a profound impact

January 26, 2023 Read Full Article

Decarbonizing at Mega Scale with Blue Hydrogen

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Decarbonization continues to be a major goal Transferring those targets from paper to reality that’s what we’re going to look at critically today, and specifically at the opportunities in blue hydrogen. We’ll learn what it is, why and how it goes to mega scale and what

January 24, 2023 Read Full Article

The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to the State of Biogas and RNG

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) RNG and it’s companion product biogas have taken the project and sustainable power sectors by storm — there’s project action, fast-developing technology, M&A activity, and policy advances of the first magnitude, in the United States and all around the developed world, What’s up, who’s in

January 24, 2023 Read Full Article

Clean Fuels Champions Receive Recognition for Industry Contributions

(Clean Fuels Alliance America) Annual awards honor visionaries, advocates, innovators — A diverse crop of individuals and organizations receive top honors for their contributions to the clean fuels industry this week. The Clean Fuels Alliance America annual awards showcase those who have contributed significantly to the advancement of biodiesel, renewable

January 24, 2023 Read Full Article

Biodiesel Magazine’s Podcast: Alder Fuels: Powerful Partnerships and a 1 Billion-Gallon Goal

(Biodiesel Magazine) This week’s Biodiesel Magazine podcast features, Darren Fuller, SVP of Sales and Business Development, Alder Fuels interview by Anna Simet, editor of Biodiesel Magazine. LISTEN

January 23, 2023 Read Full Article

Biodiesel Magazine’s Podcast: Accelerating Clean Energy Transitions with Mobile Fueling

(Biodiesel Magazine) This week’s Biodiesel Magazine podcast features Frank Mycroft, Founder and CEO of Booster interviewed by Anna Simet, editor of Biodiesel Magazine LISTEN

January 23, 2023 Read Full Article

Biodiesel Magazine’s Podcast: Cracking Down on Used Cooking Oil Theft

(Biodiesel Magazine) This week’s Biodiesel Magazine podcast features Jeff Yasinski, Co-Founder and CEO of D&W Alternative Energy interviewed by Anna Simet, editor of Biodiesel Magazine. LISTEN

January 23, 2023 Read Full Article

#84. Parsing the Canadian Clean Fuel Regulation Podcast

(Transport Energy Strategies) How will the Canadian Clean Fuel Regulation (CFR) affect the development of and uptake of low carbon fuels in the country? In this webinar-turned-podcast episode, learn from Fred Ghatala, Director of Carbon & Sustainability for Advanced Biofuels Canada as we discuss the CFR and its global implications on

January 23, 2023 Read Full Article

Podcast: A Blue Clear Sky for Business Aviation

Many business aircraft operators have questions about their obligations under the numerous international regulations governing aviation carbon emissions. “Blue Clear Sky,” a session slated to take place at the 2023 NBAA Schedulers and Dispatchers Conference this week, will cover this important issue, along with other actions operators can take to improve

January 23, 2023 Read Full Article

Aviation Leaders Hail Green Fuel as Carbon Saviour, but Wonder Who Will Pay

(EurActiv/Reuters) Greener fuel is the only way airlines will meet strict global carbon emission targets, executives meeting in Dublin this week agreed, but there’s little consensus on who should foot the hefty bill to ramp up production. Sustainable aviation fuels (SAF), which rely on feedstocks like used cooking oil to reduce

January 20, 2023 Read Full Article

EPA Highlights Need for Tougher ICE Standards in Upcoming Auto Rule

(Inside EPA) EPA officials are emphasizing that their upcoming multi-pollutant standards for light- and medium-duty vehicles starting in model year 2027 will continue to impose tougher greenhouse gas requirements on internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles even amid a potentially transformative push toward electric vehicles (EVs). The statements come as industry

January 20, 2023 Read Full Article

The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Neste and SAF

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Aviation has committed to achieving net-zero emissions by 2050. Aviation accounts for 2-3 % of global carbon emissions – growing to >20% by 2050 if action not taken. Non-CO2 effects have an approximately 3 times higher climate impact than CO2 emissions alone. Accordingly, SAF has

January 20, 2023 Read Full Article

The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Sustainable SAF from Corn

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) The SAF Grand Challenge is vast. It sets out to achieve a minimum 50% reduction in lifecycle GHG emissions compared to conventional aviation fuel, increase SAF output to 3 billion gallons per year by 2030, achieve SAF output of 35 billion gallons per year by

January 19, 2023 Read Full Article

Improving the Internal Combustion Engine

by Ron Lyseng (Western Producer/SASK Today) Internal combustion engineers, chemists and scientists are planning to squeeze another century out of the machines. Researchers are making progress to allow both diesel and gasoline burners to meet carbon criteria and the future needs … There are 1.4 billion internal combustion engine vehicles worldwide

January 18, 2023 Read Full Article

Fueling Conversations: Decarboning the Trucking Industry Now with Biodiesel

(Brownfield Ag News/Clean Fuels Alliance America) A recent study has confirmed the effectiveness of 100% biodiesel or B100 in decarbonizing Class 8 heavy-duty, over-the-road trucks. Colin Huwyler is the CEO of Optimus Technologies, the company that manufactures the Vector system, an advanced fuel system technology that enables existing diesel engines

January 18, 2023 Read Full Article

The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Mote

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Mote makes uniquely integrated gasification plants to produce hydrogen and CO2 from wood waste, in an environment of underway huge demand for fossil-free, cost-competitive hydrogen, rapid development of CCUS, the emergence of voluntary Carbon Markets, and widespread international Net Zero commitments. Mote says it has

January 18, 2023 Read Full Article

Is Deere Pushing Electric Tractors? An Exclusive Interview with John Deere’s CTO

by Tyne Morgan (Farm Journal/AgWeb) … Rumors have been circulating about the direction of Deere’s technology investments, and Farm Journal had the chance to sit down with John Deere’s Chief Technology Officer, Jahmy Hindman, to set the record straight and uncover what Deere sees as the future of equipment and ag technology.

January 18, 2023 Read Full Article

The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Momentum and Bioeconomy Project Development

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Momentum envisions a world where clean energy, water, and transportation are abundant, affordable, and available to all. Momentum designs, develops, and deploys innovation campaigns for organizations working on transformative water, energy, transportation, and manufacturing technologies. They conduct research, analysis, and strategic engagement to increase the

January 17, 2023 Read Full Article

The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Hydrothermal Liquefaction for SAF

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) The US generates ~10 million tons municipal wastewater sludges/year Disposal to land or landfills is limited, expensive. The Opportunity is to convert sludges to fuels using Hydrothermal Liquefaction. Conversion of sludges to ‘biocrude’, for upgrading to aviation and other fuels, with HTL has a US

January 16, 2023 Read Full Article

The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Neste and SAF

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Aviation has committed to achievingnet-zero emissions by 2050. Aviation accounts for 2-3 % of global carbon emissions – growing to >20% by 2050 if action not taken. Non-CO2 effects have an approximately 3 times higher climate impact than CO2 emissions alone. Accordingly, SAF has been

January 13, 2023 Read Full Article

The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Lygos

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Lygos uses advanced biological and chemical tools to convert low-cost sugar to renewable chemicals. From there, Lygos’ economical fermentation and downstream processes enable scaled production to commercial quantities. Lygos CEO Eric Steen presented these slides at ABLC Next 2022. READ MORE

January 12, 2023 Read Full Article

The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Linde

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Linde is a leading global industrial gases and engineering company with 2021 sales of $31 billion (€26 billion). The company serves a variety of end markets including chemicals & energy, food & beverage, electronics, healthcare, manufacturing, metals and mining. Linde’s industrial gases are used in

January 11, 2023 Read Full Article

Inside the DOE: Understanding the Role of the US Department of Energy in the Energy Transition

(Climate Now) “We’ve built an entire industrial economy around a set of energy sources, and we’re now thinking about diversifying way beyond that. And that’s a big set of changes.” What will it take to diversify our energy economy, and how do we actually do it? That is the remit

January 10, 2023 Read Full Article

Deere: Tech Creates Sustainability — Deere CEO Lays Out Tech Strategy for Ag Sustainable Growth at CES 2023

by Dan Miller (DTN Progressive Farmer) John Deere took center stage at the CES on Thursday, with Chairman and CEO John May delivering an opening keynote address focused on technology and sustainability before an audience of 2,000 gathered in the Venetian Palazzo Ballroom, and by extension to the expected 170,000-strong tech

January 10, 2023 Read Full Article

Clean Fuels Expresses Frustration with EPA’s RFS Proposal for 2023 – 2025

(Clean Fuels Alliance America) Eighteen Clean Fuels speakers testify at public hearing on the proposed RFS volume — Today, Clean Fuels Alliance America and its members testified at the Environmental Protection Agency’s “Public Hearing for RFS Standards for 2023–2025 and Other Changes,” held via teleconference. Clean Fuels staff expressed frustration

January 10, 2023 Read Full Article

The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to LifeCycle Associates and Counting Carbon

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Life Cycle Associates is an independent business and environmental consulting firm specializing in life cycle analysis of fuel production pathways. The company completes life cycle analysis, model development, process design, analysis of policy implications, regulatory support and much more. Lifecycle Associates founder Stefan Unnasch presented

January 10, 2023 Read Full Article

Biomass Magazine’s Podcast Series: Surveying Momentum in the Biomass Economy

(Biomass Magazine) This week’s Biomass Magazine podcast features, Ben Hubbard, CEO of Nexus PMG, Interviewed by Anna Simet, editor of Biomass Magazine. READ MORE/LISTEN

January 9, 2023 Read Full Article

The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to the State of SAF

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) This week on ABLC Connect we looked at the policies, projects, players, raw materials and end–use demand for SAF — from field to wing, we have the current projects under construction, the Value Stack, a supply forecast, and the latest on the SAF Grand Challenge,

January 9, 2023 Read Full Article

Carbon Capture Magazine’s Podcast: Implications of the Increased Momentum in CCUS

(Carbon Capture Magazine) This week’s Carbon Capture Magazine podcast features, Andrew Shaw, Partner at Dentons. Interviewed by Danielle Piekarski, Content Manager of Carbon Capture Magazine. READ MORE

January 6, 2023 Read Full Article

Carbon Capture Magazine’s Podcast: Tackling Various Challenges with CCUS Projects

(Carbon Capture Magazine) This week’s Carbon Capture Magazine podcast features Assaad Mohanna, Partner at ERM. Interviewed by Danielle Piekarski, Content Coordinator of Carbon Capture Magazine. LISTEN

January 6, 2023 Read Full Article

The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Forestry and the US Renewable Fuel Standard, the Key Issues.

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Where does forestry fit into the RFS and with the biofuels industry, asks Lee Enterprises Consulting’s Larry Sullivan in this enlightening tour of the past, present and future of forest-based feedstocks. Sullivan goes back to the Forest and Agricultural Sector Optimization Model or FASOM followed

January 6, 2023 Read Full Article

The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to LanzaTech and Transforming Carbon

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) With proven technology at the nexus of two mandated markets, industrial and consumer — LanzaTech has been on fire in recent months. Here’s more on their commercial operating plants, plants scheduled to complete construction in 2023 and additional plants in engineering, and all the details

January 5, 2023 Read Full Article

The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Kern Energy

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Kern Energy is the only refiner between the Bay Area and Los Angeles producing clean gasoline and renewable diesel, Kern Energy was just the second refinery in the U.S. to produce renewable diesel by co-processing bio-feed, and the first small refiner in California to blend

January 4, 2023 Read Full Article

The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to the Cost and Greenhouse Gas Implications of Advanced Bio-Jet Fuel Production

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) JBEI’s been working hard on jet fuels. Why? Biological routes are advantaged in their ability to produce naphthenes (approximately one third of jet fuel, 45% of diesel fuel), whereas most other alternative jet fuel processes produce paraffins. Also, Cycloalkanes increase energy density and are essential

January 3, 2023 Read Full Article

The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Infinium e-Fuels

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Nearly 25% of global CO2 emissions are generated by planes, ships and trucking fleets. A new class of synthetic fuel, eFuels are ultra-low carbon fuels that can be dropped into existing engines that use jet fuel, diesel, and gasoline with no infrastructure changes required. Infinium’s

January 2, 2023 Read Full Article

The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to the IRA’s Impact on Low Carbon Fuels

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) As you wait for the clock countdown to 2023 this week, check out this slide guide from Mike McCurdy, Managing Director of Fuels & Power at ICF on how low carbon fuels are being driven by provision in the US Inflation Reduction Act. Multiple tax

December 30, 2022 Read Full Article

The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Balancing Feedstock System Performance and Quality

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) According to the experts at the Idaho National Laboratory, The feedstock challenge lies in the inherent variability of biomass feedstock affects the ability to optimize processing and conversion processes, ultimately decreasing plant economics. So, the goal becomes to maximize biorefinery economics by better process quality

December 30, 2022 Read Full Article

Special Program on DD India – India’s Biofuel Economy

(Praj) We are delighted to draw your attention to a special documentary on ‘India’s Biofuel Economy’ that was telecasted on Prasar Bharati’s National TV Network namely, DD News (Hindi) and DD India (English), on Saturday, 24th December 2022. The exclusive feature highlighted the critical role of Biofuels in India’s socio-economic growth

December 26, 2022 Read Full Article

The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to SHV Energy

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) SHV Energy is a leading global distributor of off-grid energy, such as LPG, LNG, hydrogen, bioLPG and rDME. We serve 30 million business and residential customers in 24 countries across 4 continents. Our ambition is to offer 100% renewably and sustainably sourced energy by 2040.

December 23, 2022 Read Full Article

USGC: Staff Joins Energy Week Panel, Highlights Ethanol Benefits

(U.S. Grains Council/Ethanol Producer Magazine) In Panama City, Panama, U.S. Grains Council staff in Latin America and the Caribbean (LTA) participated in the VII Energy Week organized by the Latin American Energy Organization (OLADE), the Energy Secretariat of Panama and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), in collaboration with EnergyNet. Delegates from

December 22, 2022 Read Full Article

Hill Aircraft to Be First Georgia FBO to Offer SAF

by Curt Epstein (AIN Online) Hill Aircraft—an FBO at Fulton County Executive Airport (KFTY) near Atlanta—announced it will receive a load of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), marking it as the first retail location in Georgia to offer the renewable fuel. (Gulfstream Aerospace has stocked SAF for its test and demonstration flights for

December 22, 2022 Read Full Article

Biodiesel Magazine’s Podcast: Accelerating Clean Energy Transitions with Mobile Fueling

(Biodiesel Magazine) This week’s Biodiesel Magazine podcast features Frank Mycroft, Founder and CEO of Booster interviewed by Anna Simet, editor of Biodiesel Magazine LISTEN

December 22, 2022 Read Full Article

The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Global Clean Energy

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Global Clean Energy is a vertically integrated renewable fuels innovator producing ultra-low carbon renewable fuels from patented nonfood camelina varieties. Our farm-to-fuel business model is designed to allow greater efficiencies, lowering our finished fuels’ carbon intensity. We own the world’s largest portfolio of patented camelina

December 21, 2022 Read Full Article

Experts Say There’s a Future for ICE Vehicles, Fuels in a Reduced-Carbon World

(Diesel Technology Forum/Biobased Diesel Daily) Leaders in engine technology and original equipment manufacturers, among others, say there’s a future for internal-combustion engines (ICEs) and fuels even as the world works to decarbonize. During a webinar Dec. 14 hosted by the Diesel Technology Forum, panelists discussed efforts to further improve the engines

December 20, 2022 Read Full Article

The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Ginkgo Bioworks

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Ginkgo Bioworks—a synthetic biology company—is the leading horizontal platform for cell programming. Our mission is to make biology easier to engineer. Customers across industries leverage Ginkgo’s platform to solve some of the world’s most challenging problems. Working with our partners and our growing ecosystem, we

December 20, 2022 Read Full Article

Gas Transmission System Operator of Ukraine Launches Online “Biomethane Talks”

(Bioenergy Insight) The Gas Transmission System Operator of Ukraine (GTSOU) has launched a series of online meetings as part of a project entitled “Biomethane talks” with business representatives, experts and government agencies. During the first discussion on the topic “Biomethane industry: the experience of the Czech Republic”, Martin Schwartz, head

December 20, 2022 Read Full Article

The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Bioplastics: A Crucial Pillar for Circular Bioeconomy

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) As society moves towards sustainable development and a circular economy, one aspect that needs urgent attention is the use of plastic and plastic-based products. Praj has been developing best-in-class, lowest-in-carbon, and lowest-cost technologies for Polylactic acid and Polyhydroxyalkanoates. This Digest webinar focused on the need for

December 19, 2022 Read Full Article

Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc. Is Launching Its National News Show, Agri-Pulse Newsmakers, on RFD-TV

(Agri-Pulse) The show premiers on Saturday, Jan. 7, 2023, at 11 a.m. ET. “Our editorial team has demonstrated a strong ability to bring people together for high-level discussions that can both inform and engage,” said Agri-Pulse Founder and Editor Sara Wyant. “We have had great success with Agri-Pulse Newsmakers since our launch in February and this

December 19, 2022 Read Full Article

Ethanol Report Year in Review 2022

by Cindy Zimmerman (Energy.AgWired.com) For the first time in several years the good news outweighed the bad for the ethanol industry in 2022. In this edition of the Ethanol Report, Renewable Fuels Association President and CEO Geoff Cooper takes a look at the year in review for the industry and takes a peek

December 19, 2022 Read Full Article

The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Genifuel

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Genifuel Corporation produces equipment to convert wet organic wastes into renewable fuels and other valuable byproducts. The wet waste material is completely eliminated. The Genifuel process has been tested with over 100 materials, including wastewater solids, food processing wastes, brewery wastes, animal wastes, algae, and

December 15, 2022 Read Full Article

Renewable Diesel Starved for Feedstocks

by Todd Neeley (DTN Progressive Farmer) CHS Executive Halvorson Says Math Doesn’t Add Up for Renewable Diesel Growth — As exciting as the explosion of the renewable diesel industry is for agriculture, an executive with CHS Inc. said during the DTN Ag Summit on Monday that the math doesn’t add up

December 14, 2022 Read Full Article

Aligned to Government’s Clean and Green Initiatives, Maruti Suzuki Unveils India’s First Mass Segment Flex Fuel Prototype Car

(Maruti Suzuki) Unveiled in the presence of Hon’ble Minister of Road Transport & Highways, Shri Nitin Gadkari; BS 6 compatible, mass segment Flex Fuel prototype car, designed and developed locally in India — As part of its decarbonization journey, Maruti Suzuki India Limited (Maruti Suzuki) showcased the Wagon R Flex Fuel prototype

December 14, 2022 Read Full Article

LanzaJet Marks Major Milestone on Its Freedom Pines Fuels Construction

(LanzaJet/PR Newswire) Soperton, GA Facility will be First Ethanol Alcohol-to-Jet Sustainable Aviation Fuel Production Facility in the World — LanzaJet, a leading sustainable fuels technology company and sustainable fuels producer, today joined government officials, industry leaders, and investors to celebrate a major constructiond milestone at the LanzaJet Freedom Pines Fuels facility

December 14, 2022 Read Full Article

The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Enerkem

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Enerkem is the first company in the world to produce renewable methanol and ethanol from non-recyclable, non-compostable municipal solid waste at full commercial scale. Our solution replaces the use of fossil sources like petroleum and natural gas to produce sustainable transportation fuels and chemicals that

December 13, 2022 Read Full Article

Materials of the Webinar “The Use of Alternative Fuels in the Aviation and Waterborne Transport”

(UABio) On November 22, 2022, an online seminar “The use of alternative fuels in the aviation and waterborne transport” was held within the framework of the project “Technical and economic substantiation of the use of alternative fuels in aviation and waterborne transport”, with the support of UNDP within the framework of the EU4Сlimate project. The

December 9, 2022 Read Full Article

ArcelorMittal Inaugurates Flagship Carbon Capture and Utilisation Project at Its Steel Plant in Ghent, Belgium

(ArcelorMittal) €200 million CCU plant first of its kind in the European steel industry; Project part of multi-technology strategy to reduce carbon emissions at Ghent plant — At an event held at its steel plant in Ghent, Belgium today (December 8, 2022), attended by the Prime Minister of Belgium, Alexander De

December 9, 2022 Read Full Article

The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Dimeta and rDME, Accelerating the Off-Grid Energy Transition

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Dimeta is accelerating the energy transition in off-grid areas. They are advancing the production and use of renewable and recycled carbon Dimethyl Ether “rDME”), a low-carbon sustainable liquid gas, to support the de-fossilization of the LPG Industry at globalscale. rDME we discover is a simple

December 8, 2022 Read Full Article

Airlines Warn of Higher Fares from Green Transition

by Emma Farge (Reuters) Airline passengers face higher ticket prices as the industry moves towards its target of reducing emissions to net zero by 2050, the head of a global trade association said on Tuesday. Willie Walsh, Director General of the International Air Transport Association, which includes most of the world’s

December 8, 2022 Read Full Article

The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide to Identification of Genetic Mechanisms to Design Biofuel Crops for Sustainability

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Agriculture needs to reduce GHG emissions With soil C sequestration, crops can be net negative. But how do we add carbon back to ag soils? What are the biological and genetic levers to make feedstocks net negative? Colorado State University professor John McKay presented these

December 6, 2022 Read Full Article

SA Wants to Become a World Leader in Green Hydrogen: President

(Devdiscourse News Desk) The President told delegates at the summit that the potential for South Africa to emerge as a significant player in the green hydrogen value chain is immense. — President Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africa’s intention is to become a world leader in green hydrogen. “We are determined to make

December 5, 2022 Read Full Article

The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Hexas Biomass

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Hexas is a biomaterials company focused on the production of regenerative, plant-based raw materials that replace wood and fossil fuel-based materials in multiple applications. Applications for these plant-based materials include: energy, chemicals, packaging, textiles, composites, structural/non-structural products, bioremediation, and more. Hexas has developed a farm-to-fiber platform

December 5, 2022 Read Full Article

Ethanol Report on Carbon Pipeline Projects

(AgNewsWire) New pipeline projects in the Midwest utilizing Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Sequestration (CCUS), also called Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), technology offer the opportunity for the ethanol industry to lead the way to a net zero energy future and the Renewable Fuels Association is supporting that pathway for its members. In this

December 2, 2022 Read Full Article

The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide ABLC Guide to Clariant Cellulosic Ethanol Technology

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Chemicals, catalysis, additives.Clariant shared how they are working on advancing biofuels globally and here offers extensive detail on their sunliquid technology to decarbonize transportation, now operating at commercial scale in Romania. A fully integrated and carbon negative process, sunliquid is a platform for sustainable biobased

December 2, 2022 Read Full Article

Roundtable Accelerates Take-off for Queensland Green Aviation Fuels Industry

(Queensland Government) The Palaszczuk Government is accelerating plans to make Queensland the capital of a local sustainable aviation fuels industry. Deputy Premier and Minister for State Development Steven Miles said a roundtable was held on Friday (25 November) bringing together key industry players to launch a pathway for Queensland to capitalise on

December 1, 2022 Read Full Article

The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide ABLC Guide to Hydrothermal Liquefaction for Sustainable Liquid Fuels

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Research has shown that HTL technology is one of the most energy-efficient solutions for handling wet biomass streams. Circlia Nordic’s proprietary Technology is well suited for multiple applications, such as: wastewater treatment, plastics, manure, and many more.. Circlia Nordic’s technology and solution can be increased

December 1, 2022 Read Full Article

Bullish On Biomethane

(BioCycle Magazine) At the World Biogas Summit in Birmingham, United Kingdom in June 2022, organized by the World Biogas Association, the message was clear when it came to the importance of biogas as a replacement fuel for natural gas in the European Union (EU) following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February

November 30, 2022 Read Full Article

The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to ChemCatBio

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ChemCatBio’s mission is to accelerate the catalyst and process development cycle for bioenergy applications – but how? What’s the potential impact of a billion-ton bioeconomy? What are the catalysis challenges in the conversion of biomass and waste feedstocks and how can we overcome them? NREL’s

November 30, 2022 Read Full Article

Watch Farmers Speak at COP27: International Climate Change Conversations

(Solutions from the Land) … Solutions from the Land was especially pleased to have been selected by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization to co-host the opening event at their pavilion on Agriculture Day, which focused on issues related to adaptation, mitigation, and food systems. At the event, moderated by California

November 29, 2022 Read Full Article

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari Urges IITians to Focus Their Research on Use of Bio-technology for Production of Bio-CNG, Bio-LNG and Green Hydrogen from Bio-mass

(Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways/ PIB Mumbai) We need to identify the commodities being imported in the country and then focus on developing Swadeshi alternatives for those: Union Road Transport and Highways Minister — “Prioritize research on forest-based industries, agriculture and rural technology, tribal sectors for upliftment of

November 29, 2022 Read Full Article

The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Conversion of Flue Gas CO2 to C2-C4 products

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In this project, researchers aim to establish a mechanistic pathway and characterize vs potential and pH, and demonstrate direct conversion of flue gas at high faradaic efficiency and current density. They also aim to demonstrate that the integrated flue gas feed with an optimized flow cell

November 29, 2022 Read Full Article

Podcasts: 20 Minutes with Leon & …

(BEES) 20 Minutes with Leon is THE Rendez-vous with the experts on bioenergy, bioeconomy and carbon removal. Each week from November 2022, Leon the Bio360 Expo mascot, welcomes an international expert who shares their knowledge and vision of the transition to a vibrant, diverse, renewable, sustainable, circular bio-world … one

November 28, 2022 Read Full Article

The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide ABLC Guide to California Ethanol + Power

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) The mission of California Ethanol & Power, LLC (“CE+P”) is to produce sustainable renewable low-carbon energy in California from the right renewable resource – sugarcane. CE&P’s experienced team is completing the development of and intends to project finance, construct using proven technologies, own and operate

November 25, 2022 Read Full Article

The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide ABLC Guide to CAAFI’s SAF Outlook

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Since 2006, the Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative (CAAFI) has sought to enhance energy security and environmental sustainability for aviation through the use of alternative jet fuels. CAAFI is a coalition of airlines, aircraft and engine manufacturers, energy producers, researchers, international participants and U.S. government

November 24, 2022 Read Full Article

Ethanol Report: Ethanol, Farmers, Carbon Pipelines and a Net-Zero Energy Future

(AgNewsWire) New pipeline projects in the Midwest utilizing Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Sequestration (CCUS), also called Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), technology offer the opportunity for the ethanol industry to lead the way to a net zero energy future and the Renewable Fuels Association is supporting that pathway for its members.

November 23, 2022 Read Full Article

Ethanol Industry Eyes Transformation to Kill ‘Food vs Fuel’ Argument

by Sarantis Michalopoulos (EURACTIV.com) Although Hungary’s agriculture minister has recently hailed the ethanol industry’s fresh investments in animal feed and foodstuffs in addition to biofuel production, the European Commission appears to remain unconvinced, still invoking the “food versus fuel” argument. Speaking at an event in Dunaföldvár, Agriculture Minister István Nagy backed

November 23, 2022 Read Full Article

What Is the Future of Carbon Capture Technology?

(Climate Now) Since its founding in 1952, the mission of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has been to meet urgent national security needs through scientific and technological innovation. Expanding from its focus on nuclear weapons science at the height of the Cold War, LLNL has become a national research leader in counterterrorism, intelligence,

November 22, 2022 Read Full Article

Royal Air Force Completes World-First Sustainable Fuel Military Transporter Flight

(U.K. Ministry of Defence) The RAF and industry partners have carried out a world-first 100% sustainable fuel flight using a military aircraft of its size, and the first of any aircraft type in the UK. — First time an aircraft has flown in the UK using 100% sustainable aviation fuel

November 22, 2022 Read Full Article

The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide ABLC Guide to BTG Bioliquids

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) BTG Bioliquids technology enables customers to turn biomass residues into a renewable fuel: fast pyrolysis bio-oil (FPBO). FPBO can be used to replace crude oil, so that more fossil resources can stay untouched.Managing Director Gerard Muggen presented these slides at ABLC Next 2022. READ MORE

November 22, 2022 Read Full Article

West Africa Dialogue on Ethanol Clean Cooking Solutions: Social, Health, Economic, Environmental and Climate Impacts

(ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE)) The Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to UN of several countries is lagging behind in achieving 2030 SDG commitments and actions. The pandemic became a bottleneck in the development process of the nations. Like Africa many other countries have expressed interests to

November 21, 2022 Read Full Article

#80. Scaling Up Waste-Based Drop-In Advanced Biofuels

by Tammy Klein and Nicholas Ball (Transport Energy Strategies) As the world seeks to decarbonize quickly, we are seeing an increase in technologies producing sustainable and cost-effective, low-carbon fuels for marine, road and aviation. Nicholas Ball, the CEO and Co-Founder of XFuel joins us to talk about his company’s quest

November 21, 2022 Read Full Article

The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Making High-Efficiency Ethylene from CO2

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In this project, researchers aim for high-efficiency electrochemical production of ethylene from CO2,. Specific in this project, they sought to design electrodes to direct the cascade reaction from CO2 to ethylene via carbon monoxide, and to design a catalyst that would balance ideally the ions,

November 21, 2022 Read Full Article

Iowa Trucking Company Making An Impact Using Biodiesel

(Renewable Energy Group) Allen Bergman is always innovating. As President of Contract Transport in Des Moines, Iowa, he has refined his business model several times, rebuilt his company after a devastating flood and committed to using biodiesel blends to reduce emissions and costs. In fact, by utilizing biodiesel, Contract Transport

November 18, 2022 Read Full Article

Boeing Executive Sees Sustainable Aviation Fuel as ‘Key to Airline Industry’s Decarbonization’

(Arab News) Sustainability Policy region lead Robert Boyd tells “Frankly Speaking” the industry is committed to decarbonization over next 30 years; He calls for investment in sustainable fuel, replacement of old fleets, and operational and traffic-management improvements — The aviation industry is committed to decarbonizing, but with air travel set

November 18, 2022 Read Full Article

Shedding Light on Biointermediates

by Katie Schroeder (Ethanol Producer Magazine) Shoring up its provisions on biointermediates, the EPA is catching up with new and envisioned biofuel production goals. Following a workshop on the topic, Ethanol Producer Magazine spoke with a policy expert to learn more. Biointermediates have potential to give ethanol producers a chance

November 18, 2022 Read Full Article

The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide ABLC Guide to the BioMade Consortium

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) BioMADE’s mission is to enable domestic bioindustrial manufacturing at all scales, develop technologies to enhance U.S. bioindustrial competitiveness, de-risk investment in relevant infrastructure, and expand the biomanufacturing workforce to realize the economic promise of industrial biotechnology. CEO Douglas Friedman presented these slides at ABLC Next

November 17, 2022 Read Full Article

Gasification Technology Status and Pathways for Net-Zero Carbon Economy Workshop — November 30, 2022 — ONLINE Presentations Available

On November 30th, 2022, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO), Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM), and National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) will host the Status of Gasification Technology of Biomass and Solid Wastes (Waste Coal, Waste Plastics and MSW) and Pathways for Net-Zero Carbon Economy workshop. The workshop

November 16, 2022 Read Full Article

Senate Ag Committee Holds Hearing on Farm Bill Energy Programs

by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine) The U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry on Nov. 15 continued its work to develop the 2023 Farm Bill with a hearing focused on rural development and energy programs. The Higher Blends Infrastructure Incentive Program, BioPreferred Program, Rural Energy for America Program, and

November 16, 2022 Read Full Article

Impressions of the Recent Alternative Fuels and Chemicals Coalition Conference and Expo

by Joanne Ivancic (Advanced Biofuels USA) The relatively new organization, Alternative Fuels and Chemicals Coalition, held their second annual conference November 6-8 just outside of Washington, DC. One benefit of this organization and conference is that they recognize the reality of the intertwining of fuels and chemicals in the practical

November 15, 2022 Read Full Article

FPT Industrial Is Moving towards the Sustainble Transport Solutions of the Future: The Brand Presented Its Full Range of Innovations at Fentran 2022

(FPT Industrial) From 7th to 11th November 2022, FPT Industrial exhibited at Fenatran 2022, one of the most important transport trade shows in the world in Brazil. On its stand at the São Paulo Expo, the brand showcased a complete range of solutions, covering the needs of all commercial vehicle

November 14, 2022 Read Full Article

SHV Energy and GTI Energy Announce New Partnership to Produce Renewable Propane

(SHV Energy) The partners will produce renewable propane and butane from bioethanol. — SHV Energy and US-based GTI Energy announced today(November 8, 2022) that they are entering into a strategic partnership to further develop a process for commercial-scale, on-purpose production of renewable propane. The process will employ a novel technology

November 14, 2022 Read Full Article

The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide ABLC Guide to Aquatech

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Aquatech International is a global leader in water purification technology for industrial and infrastructure markets with a focus on desalination, water recycle and reuse, and zero liquid discharge. Aquatech’s Simone Callioni joined us on the ABLC stage at ABLC Next 2022 for a presentation on Aquatech’s

November 14, 2022 Read Full Article

The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide ABLC Guide to Anellotech

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Founded in 2008, Anellotech is a sustainable technology company that has invented and is developing innovative technologies to produce cost effective, renewable chemical and to recycle mixed plastics. Over the past years Anellotech has raised over US$80 million in cash and in-kind contributions to develop its

November 11, 2022 Read Full Article

DG Fuels Signs Long-Term SAF and Carbon Credit Offtake Agreement

(DG Fuels) DG Fuels, LLC (“DGF”), an emerging leader in drop-in sustainable aviation fuel (“SAF”) production, announces the execution of a long-term agreement with an undisclosed investment grade industrial buyer to sell up to 46 million gallons of SAF per year from DGF’s initial plant to be located in Louisiana.