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Back TO HOMEBion’s Ammonia Recovery Technology’s Initial Startup Successful – Maintains Controlled Steady-State
(Bion Environmental Technologies) Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc. (OTC QB: BNET), a leader in advanced livestock waste treatment technology and premium sustainable
September 22, 2023 Read Full Article
The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Systems Development and Integration – Emerging and Supporting Technologies
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) SDI directly supports BETO’s strategic goal to decarbonize the transportation sector through R,D, &D to produce
September 21, 2023 Read Full Article
The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Systems Development and Integration – Scale-Up Portfolio
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) SDI directly supports BETO’s strategic goal to decarbonize the transportation sector through R,D, &D to produce
September 20, 2023 Read Full Article
Development Capital – the Lifeblood of Every New Initiative Is Much Too Hard to Obtain
by CJ Evans (American Diversified Enterprises/ Alternative Fuels & Chemicals coalition/Biofuels Digest) ... First, every project being developed – every one that is needed
September 12, 2023 Read Full Article
The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to DMC Bio
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) The REenergize webcast series returned to the airwaves again this past week and first presenter was
September 05, 2023 Read Full Article
The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to the BETO Program for Systems Development and Integration
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Technology is great — but energy is made by systems that integrate technology at scale. So,
September 04, 2023 Read Full Article
The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Renewable Diesel and SAF’s Near-Term Forecast
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) To understand today’s SAF and Renewable Diesel markets, techs and projects, we turned to our long-time
August 30, 2023 Read Full Article
Department of Energy Awards $2.5 Million to Accelerate Commercialization of Bioenergy Technologies
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) today announced $2.5 million in funding, with an industry match
August 15, 2023 Read Full Article
The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Anellotech
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Founded in 2008, Anellotech is a sustainable technology company that has invented and is developing innovative
July 31, 2023 Read Full Article
Xynteo Unveils Clean Hydrogen Technology Accelerator, Energy Leap, to Drive Sustainable Energy Innovation
(Xynteo) Xynteo, in partnership with the SED Fund, Technip Energies and Research and Innovation Circle of Hyderabad (RICH), is proud to
July 14, 2023 Read Full Article
Vertex Energy Announces First Commercial Sales of Renewable Diesel
(Vertex Energy/Business Wire) Vertex Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: VTNR) ("Vertex" or “the Company"), a leading specialty refiner and marketer of high-quality refined
June 27, 2023 Read Full Article
The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to GreenStar BCS
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Green Star BCS provides clients with the technical, market, and economic expertise to thrive as
June 27, 2023 Read Full Article
Fuel Production Stakeholders Call for Ambitious Shipping Decarbonisation Policies
(Environmental Defense Fund) Companies and original equipment manufacturers commit to facilitating fuel demand ahead of MEPC 80 -- A group
June 22, 2023 Read Full Article
Decarbonising Europe’s Hydrogen Production with Biohydrogen
(European Biogas Association) The European Biogas Association, in collaboration with biogas experts, is launching a white paper on the sustainability,
June 19, 2023 Read Full Article
Vertex Energy Announces EPA Approval for Generation of D4 RINs
(Vertex Energy/Business Wire) Vertex Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: VTNR) ("Vertex" or “the Company"), a leading specialty refiner and marketer of high-quality refined
June 16, 2023 Read Full Article
The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Scale-Up and Commercialization of Advanced Biofuels
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) What are the four keys to successful scale up & commercialization? According to this illuminating
June 16, 2023 Read Full Article
World’s Leading Steel Company, ArcelorMittal and LanzaTech Announce First Ethanol Samples from Commercial Flagship Carbon Capture and Utilisation Facility in Ghent, Belgium
(LanzaTech) €200 million commercial scale CCU plant first of its kind in the European steel industry; Facility employing LanzaTech’s cutting-edge
June 15, 2023 Read Full Article
Government of Canada Invests in First-of-its-Kind Filtration Technology in Grande Prairie to Help Reduce Carbon Emissions
(Natural Resources Canada/CISION) Clean technologies and low-carbon solutions are a critical part of our plan to lower emissions while growing Canada's economy. Developing
June 14, 2023 Read Full Article
The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Infinium
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Nearly 25% of global CO2 emissions are generated by planes, ships and trucking fleets. A
June 12, 2023 Read Full Article
Unlocking the Deployment of Advanced Bioethanol Refineries
by Melich Seefeldt (Praj Industries/Biofuels Digest) Advanced bioethanol (also named 2G or cellulosic bioethanol from inedible biomass) and its co-products
June 12, 2023 Read Full Article
PCC H2 Granted Patent on Ethanol to H2 Conversion
(PCC Hydrogen/PR Newswire) PCC Hydrogen (“PCC H2”) is pleased to announce the issuance of its patented hydrogen production technology (US
June 09, 2023 Read Full Article
Boeing Bets on Startup Equatic with Massive CO2 Removal, Hydrogen Deal
by Alan Ohnsman (Forbes) Boeing is partnering with Equatic, a Los Angeles-based startup that removes carbon from the ocean, in
June 02, 2023 Read Full Article
Engineers India Chief Hopes for Policy Revision to Make Sustainable Aviation Fuel Affordable
by Manish Pant (Business Today) Together with the advancements in production technology, interventions such as viability gap funding or a
June 01, 2023 Read Full Article
Raven SR Bioenergy Project Receives Environmental Approval from City of Richmond, Calif.
(Raven SR/PR Newswire) Richmond City Council unanimously approved California Environmental Quality Act Permit; Project is the first waste diversion to
May 25, 2023 Read Full Article
Wood Ethanol alongside Corn
by Susanne Retka Schill (Ethanol Producer Magazine) A startup advanced biofuel company is including first-generation corn ethanol plants in its
May 24, 2023 Read Full Article
Yield10 Bioscience and Marathon Petroleum Corporation Sign LOI for Potential Investment and Offtake Agreement for Camelina Feedstock Oil for Renewable Fuels
(Yield10 Bioscience/Globe Newswire) Yield10 Bioscience, Inc. (Nasdaq:YTEN) (“Yield10” or the “Company”), an agricultural bioscience company, today announced that it has signed
May 01, 2023 Read Full Article
Air Products Announces Plan to Build the First Commercial-Scale Hydrogen Refueling Station in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
(Air Products/PR Newswire) The state-of-the-art, high-capacity station will be built near Air Products' New Net-Zero Hydrogen Energy Complex -- Air Products
April 28, 2023 Read Full Article
The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Licella and Arbios
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) What’s up with the Wonder from Down Under? Licella’s Cat-HTR decarbonization platform could help customers
April 21, 2023 Read Full Article
Biofuel Policies and the Current Food Crisis
by Joseph Glauber and Charlotte Hebebrand (International Food Policy Research Institute/Daily Star) ... Despite the recurring food versus fuel debate and
April 14, 2023 Read Full Article
The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to USDA Rural Business – Cooperatives Service
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) USDA’s Rural Business-Cooperative Service offers loan guarantees, grants, and technical assistance support of the bioeconomy
April 13, 2023 Read Full Article
Kelly Davis Takes VP Post at New Energy Blue: Staff Expanding to Produce Lowest-Carbon Bioenergy
(New Energy Blue/PR Newswire) New Energy Blue announced the hiring of bioenergy veteran Kelly Davis as Vice President, a new position. Davis
April 11, 2023 Read Full Article
OTT Announces Energy I-Corps Lab Call DEADLINE April 28, 2023
(U.S. Department of Energy) The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Technology Transitions (OTT) today (March 8, 2023) announced an
April 03, 2023 Read Full Article
Alder SAF100 – Accelerating Development for Next Generation Sustainable Fuels
by Derek Vardon & Bruno Miller (Alder Fuels/Biofuels Digest) Today, we are providing a high-level technical analysis of what we are
March 21, 2023 Read Full Article
Alléo Energy Produces D975 Certified Over-the-Road Diesel from Wood Waste
(Alléo Energy/Business Wire) Alléo Energy today announced a significant milestone in the production of renewable fuels. Alléo’s first commercial facility has
March 17, 2023 Read Full Article
Sustainability Takes Centre Stage in Aviation
(Biofuels International) ... The responsibility of industry leaders and stakeholders to deal with these challenges was a major theme at
March 02, 2023 Read Full Article
Demanding More from the Biofuel Sector
(Biofuels International) Olivier Mace, owner of Broadmanor Consulting, looks into his crystal ball to analyse the state of the biofuels
March 02, 2023 Read Full Article
The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to the USDA Rural Business-Cooperative Service
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) USDA’s Rural Business-Cooperative Service offers loan guarantees, grants, and technical assistance support of the bioeconomy
February 23, 2023 Read Full Article
Bioenergy Devco Hosts US Senator Cardin at Maryland Bioenergy Center
(Bioenergy Devco/PR Newswire) Sen. Cardin toured the Maryland Bioenergy Center, the only commercial scale organics recycling facility in the state.
February 13, 2023 Read Full Article
LanzaTech and AMCI Acquisition Corp. II Announce Closing of Business Combination, Establishing First Public Carbon Capture and Transformation Company
(LanzaTech/Business Wire) On February 10, 2023, LanzaTech’s common stock and public warrants expected to begin trading on Nasdaq under the ticker
February 10, 2023 Read Full Article
Climate Change: Towngas Offshoot Turns Waste Oil into Green Fuels in China and Malaysia to Meet Strong European Demand
by Eric Ng (South China Morning Post) Profitable Hong Kong start-up Ecoceres plans to build a second plant to turn
February 06, 2023 Read Full Article
Mitsubishi Shipbuilding and INPEX Complete Conceptual Study for Ammonia Bunkering Vessel
(Mitsubishi Heavy Industries/Asia Corporate News Newswire) - Conceptual study for ammonia bunkering vessel to supply fuel to ammonia-fueled vessels completed
February 03, 2023 Read Full Article
United, Tallgrass, and Green Plains Form Joint Venture to Develop New Sustainable Aviation Fuel Technology Using Ethanol
(United Airlines/PR Newswire) United, Tallgrass, and Green Plains will invest up to a combined $50 million in the joint venture
February 01, 2023 Read Full Article
A Visit from St. Nicholas: The UK Grants $99M to Five Commercial-Scale SAF Projects, Just in Time for Christmas
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ... The UK took a giant leap towards net zero carbon emissions and helping its sustainable
December 23, 2022 Read Full Article
Fulcrum Saves Christmas: MSW-to-Fuels Production Begins at Sierra Biofuels
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) From Nevada comes the long-awaited news that Fulcrum BioEnergy has successfully produced a low-carbon synthetic crude oil using
December 21, 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
December 15, 2022 Read Full Article
ADM Sees Its Sustainable Aviation Fuel Coming Online by 2026
by P.J. Huffstutter (Reuters) Global grain merchant Archer Daniels Midland Co sees the commercialization of its sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) efforts
December 08, 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
December 02, 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
November 24, 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
November 21, 2022 Read Full Article
Can the Aviation Industry Reach 10% SAF Uptake by 2030? The Sky’s the Limit.
(Topsoe/Biofuels Digest) To achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, the Clean Skies for Tomorrow Coalition has set a target of 10% SAF
November 21, 2022 Read Full Article
OMV and Wood Sign MoU for Commercial Licensing of ReOil® Technology
(OMV Group) OMV, the international, integrated oil, gas and chemicals company headquartered in Vienna, and Wood, a global leader in consulting
November 16, 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
November 11, 2022 Read Full Article
BioVeritas Hits the Rapids with a $65M Injection from Ara Partners and a 2025 Date with Bio-Ingredients Destiny
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) As the Advanced Bioeconomy Leadership Conference opened in San Francisco, news arrived on the conference floor
October 26, 2022 Read Full Article
Carbon America to Launch Nebraska’s First Commercial Carbon Capture and Sequestration Project
(Carbon America) The carbon capture and sequestration facility will capture 95 percent of emissions from a Nebraska ethanol production facility
October 04, 2022 Read Full Article
Getting ABLC Ready: The Digest’s 5 Minute Guide to Fermworx
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) As ABLC Next approaches with record crowds and plenty of companies to meet, we’re profiling key
September 23, 2022 Read Full Article
Algae Biofuel Back from Dead, Now with Carbon Capture
by Tina Casey (Clean Technica) Algae biofuel could have another moment in the sun, now that more federal dollars are
September 09, 2022 Read Full Article
Origin: The 2022 AFCC Global Biobased Economy Performance Award Recipient
(Alternative Fuels and Chemicals Coalition) This award is given to Origin in recognition for their stellar performance and achievements in
September 09, 2022 Read Full Article
5 Minutes with Thomas Hoppe, Clariant’s Head of Operations Business Line Biofuels & Derivatives
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Clariant has built the first commercial sunliquid® plant for the production of 50,000 t 2G cellulosic ethanol per year in
September 07, 2022 Read Full Article
Alder Fuels and Enviva Partner to Further Scale and Commercialize Sustainable Aviation Fuel Supply Chains
(Alder Fuels/Enviva/Business Wire) Partnership aims to accelerate the decarbonization of aviation and to scale access to renewable fuels to power
September 07, 2022 Read Full Article
NREL Study: Refineries Increase Revenue and Reduce Carbon Footprint with Renewable Propane
(Propane Education & Research Council/CISION PR Newswire) Major refiners like Chevron see value in commercializing renewable propane -- A new study by the
August 18, 2022 Read Full Article
What Happened at the 2022 CAAFI Bienennial General Meeting?
(Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative ) There’s more attention on SAF now than ever before. There’s also a lot going
August 12, 2022 Read Full Article
The Big Launch: PM Modi Inaugurates India’s First 2G Ethanol Project, Using Praj Technology
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the country’s first 2G cellulosic ethanol biorefinery, the Indian
August 12, 2022 Read Full Article
Cure or Curse: Can 'Next-Generation' Biofuels Turbocharge the Net Zero Transition?
by Cecilia Keating (Business Green) ... But Gordon McManus, research director for refining and oil products team for the Europe, Middle East,
August 08, 2022 Read Full Article
MHIENG’s First Compact CO2 Capture System Goes into Commercial Operation at Biomass Power Plant in Hiroshima -- Fully Integrated Customer Support Package to Follow --
(Mitsubishi Heavy Industries) On-site use of captured CO2 at power plant will turn entire Seifu Shinto suburb carbon negative; Through
August 03, 2022 Read Full Article
UW-Madison Alternative Fuels Researcher Applies for Corn-to-Diesel Patent
by Jason Calvi (FOX 6 Milwaukee) ... Inside University of Wisconsin-Madison labs, there is a possible breakthrough, something for which UW
July 12, 2022 Read Full Article
Whatever Happened to Cellulosic Ethanol?
by David Kramer (Physics Today) Technological immaturity, falling oil prices, overoptimistic investors, and regulatory uncertainty are blamed for the failure
July 06, 2022 Read Full Article
VTT and Neste Agreed on Building an Integrated Power-to-Liquids Demonstration for CO2 Capture, Green Hydrogen and E-Fuels Production
(VTT) Power-to-liquids technologies are on their way to commercialisation in scale and production of synthetic e-fuels is no longer science
June 23, 2022 Read Full Article
The Competitive Edge: ECOCORP’s Biogas Tech
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Biogas is booming and ECOCORP is on it with its core biogas tech helping the industry
June 17, 2022 Read Full Article
BioFormate Bio-gasoline & SAF Blendstock: The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Virent
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Virent, a subsidiary of Marathon Petroleum developed its BioForming technology to create fuels and chemicals
June 16, 2022 Read Full Article
Purdue Northwest Process to Turn Food Waste into Sustainable Hydrogen Is Licensed to Energy Company
(Purdue Northwest) The Purdue Research Foundation recently completed a licensing agreement with an international energy company for the commercialization of a
June 15, 2022 Read Full Article
Circular Heaven, along the Tees: Circular Fuels’s First Commercial Project Heads for Northeast England
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) The venture happily named Circular Fuels has announced its new home, at Teesworks on the south
June 10, 2022 Read Full Article
Japan Airlines Enters into New Fuel Sales Agreement with Gevo for 5.3 Million Gallons of Sustainable Aviation Fuel per Year over Five Years
(Gevo) Gevo, Inc. (NASDAQ: GEVO) is pleased to announce a new fuel sales agreement with Japan Airlines Co., Ltd. (JAL). The
June 08, 2022 Read Full Article
Southwest Airlines Invests in Sustainable Aviation Fuel Pilot Project Supported by the Department of Energy
(Southwest Airlines/PR Newswire) Carrier's first-of-its-kind investment supports the development of technology intended to commercialize sustainable aviation fuel -- Southwest Airlines
June 01, 2022 Read Full Article
Green Chemicals of Today and the Future: The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to NexantECA
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) What’s happened in the last 20 years in biobased chemicals? What is NexantECA’s new approach
June 01, 2022 Read Full Article
New Method Could Potentially Produce Hydrogen from Biogas for $2/kg
(Bioenergy Insight) California-based Kore has developed a new way to produce hydrogen from biogas. It claims the new method could
May 28, 2022 Read Full Article
Blue Biofuels Partners with Leading Machine Builder K.R. Komarek to Build Blue Biofuels’ CTS Machines
(Blue Biofuels) This will accelerate and solidify the scale-up and commercialization of Blue Biofuels’ patented Cellulose-to-Sugar (“CTS”) process for the
May 06, 2022 Read Full Article
A Focus on Pyrolysis Coproducts
by Sue Retka Schill (Biomass Magazine) CHAR Technologies builds its business case around flexibility in feedstock and outputs. -- With
May 05, 2022 Read Full Article
Bunge and CoverCress Inc. Announce Commercial Partnership to Meet Growing Demand for Renewable Fuel Feedstocks
(Bunge/CoverCress/Business Wire) Bunge, Chevron Make New Investments in CoverCress Inc. -- Bunge (NYSE: BG) and CoverCress Inc. (“CCI”) announced today a
April 29, 2022 Read Full Article
Air Products Teaming Up with World Energy to Build $2 Billion Conversion of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Production Facility in Southern California
(Air Products) Site is World’s First and North America’s Only Commercial-Scale SAF Production Facility; World Energy SAF Expansion to Serve
April 29, 2022 Read Full Article
Competitive Edge: MetGen Oy
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Imagine a technology that is agnostic to lignin source and provides the missing link link in
April 29, 2022 Read Full Article
Advanced Biofuels from Pyrolysis: The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to BTG Bioliquids
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) BTG Bioliquids develops fast pyrolysis technology and FPBO applications as well as the commercialization of such
April 18, 2022 Read Full Article
BioMADE: The Digest’s Multi-Slide Guide to the Bioindustrial Manufacturing and Design Ecosystem.
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) BioMADE’s Clem Fortman gave this presentation at ABLC 2022 in Washington, DC examining the independent
April 15, 2022 Read Full Article
Converting CO2 to Fuels: The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Phytonix
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Bruce Dannenberg, CEO of Phytonix shared this illuminating slide guide at ABLC Connect highlighting how
March 22, 2022 Read Full Article
Applying for Commercial Scale Bioeconomy Federal Funding?
by Bill Hagy (Lee Enterprises Consulting/Biofuels Digest) In considering applying for federal funding for a commercial scale bioeconomy project, one should
March 21, 2022 Read Full Article
CO2 Utilization for Cement: The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Fortera
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Today we take a look at CO2 Utilization with Ryan Gilliam, CEO of Fortera. Fortera
March 21, 2022 Read Full Article
Ohio Waste-to-Energy Site to Produce Bio-CNG for OPAL Fuels Stations
(OPAL Fuels/NGV Journal) OPAL Fuels LLC, a vertically integrated producer and distributor of renewable natural gas, has commenced commercial operation of
March 07, 2022 Read Full Article
Nova Pangaea, Aemetis, World Energy, Gevo, USA BioEnergy, Sherdar Australia Bio Refinery, DG Fuels, and Sweetwater Commercialization
by Helena Tavares Kennedy (Biofuels Digest) Nova Pangaea Technologies, the UK cleantech company at the heart of the drive to Net
March 07, 2022 Read Full Article
OSU Receives Patent for New Fermentation Process
(Oklahoma State University/Biomass Magazine) Oklahoma State University was recently issued a patent that could significantly increase biofuel and chemical yields while
March 02, 2022 Read Full Article
Sweetwater Receives Final Acceptance of Commercial Sunburst Unit at Sweetwoods Project in Estonia
by Helena Tavares Kennedy (Biofuels Digest) ... Estonia – a NATO country that borders Russia. U.S. based Sweetwater Energy received final
February 28, 2022 Read Full Article
Hot Hydrofaction: The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Steeper Energy
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Converting low-value biomass to bio-crude oil upgradable to advanced biofuels and chemicals at existing refineries
February 23, 2022 Read Full Article
The Next Big Step for Algae and Sustainable Aviation Fuels
by Rebecca White, Lieve Laurens, Nate Kommers (Algae Biomass Organization/Biofuels Diges) Among the dozens of policy innovations that Congress must consider
February 15, 2022 Read Full Article
LanzaJet and Marquis Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Partner to Build an Integrated Sustainable Fuels Plant in Illinois
(LanzaJet) This partnership will utilize carbon capture and sequestration, renewable energy, and other innovative practices to bring lower-cost, low carbon-intensity
February 10, 2022 Read Full Article
LanzaJet Secures Industry-Leading, Innovative Financing with Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund to Construct the World’s First Commercial Alcohol-to-Jet Sustainable Fuel Plant
(LanzaJet) LanzaJet partners with Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund to enable the transition towards net-zero sustainable fuels -- Today, LanzaJet, a sustainable
January 13, 2022 Read Full Article
Commercializing Lignin to Chemicals: The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to MetGen
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) The fractionation of lignin – How MetGen does it, their process compared to others, collaboration
January 04, 2022 Read Full Article
Progress towards Biofuels for Marine Shipping
by Tor I. Simonsen, Noah D. Weiss, Susan van Dyk, Elke van Thuijl, Sune Tjalfe Thomsen (IEA Bioenergy Task 39)
December 30, 2021 Read Full Article
Enabling Commercial Success of Industrial Biotechnology
by Bradley W. Biggshal, et al. (Science Magazine) The industrial biotechnology sector—commercial-scale manufacturing of chemical products by use of cellular
December 29, 2021 Read Full Article
New Request for Information on Renewable Fuel Scale-Up and Demonstration Released by DOE DEADLINE: January 31, 2022
(U.S. Department of Energy) The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has released a new Request for Information (RFI) on the scale-up
December 23, 2021 Read Full Article
UCF Researchers’ Ethanol Fuel Cells Offer New Alternative to Power Cars, Technology
by Robert Wells (University of Central Florida) An ethanol fuel cell produces less emissions and uses less fuel than combustion
December 20, 2021 Read Full Article
Local Startup SIEV Technologies Earns $256,000 Small Business Award
(University of Arkansas) SIEV Technologies, a catalytic membrane reactor design company started by University of Arkansas researchers, has been awarded a
December 16, 2021 Read Full Article
Scale For ClimateTech Adds 17 Emerging Startups to Its Manufacturing Accelerator
(Scale for ClimateTech/Globe Newswire) Unique company support fast tracks the commercialization of breakthrough technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and
December 14, 2021 Read Full Article
More than 600,000 Miles Later, B100 Runs Straight Through Year+ Pilot
(National Biodiesel Board) Optimus and ADM long-haul trucking collaboration led to significant insights -- B100 is one step closer to being
December 06, 2021 Read Full Article
It’s All a Bunch of Garbage! You Mean, Valuable Fuel: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to Cielo Waste Solutions
by Helena Tavares Kennedy (Biofuels Digest) What’s new with Cielo’s Aldersyde demonstration facility? How about the latest progress on the
December 06, 2021 Read Full Article
Monash University Exclusively Licence Green Ammonia Technology to New Start-up, Jupiter Ionics
(Monash University) Inspired by a vision for a future economy powered by carbon neutral ammonia, new start-up Jupiter Ionics Pty Ltd
December 01, 2021 Read Full Article
Commercializing Biobased Products: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to DMC
by Helena Tavares Kennedy (Biofuels Digest) Getting identical performance from lab to commercial scale is tough, but DMC’s platform tech
November 29, 2021 Read Full Article
Woodland Biofuels Exploring Alternative Products for Sarnia Site
by Paul Morden (St. Thomas Times Journal) As the world moves to a lower-carbon future, Woodland Biofuels is taking a
November 18, 2021 Read Full Article
Etihad Expands Strategic Sustainability Programme Uniting Industry Leaders in the Most Comprehensive, Cross-Organisational Aviation Sustainability Initiative Ever Undertaken
(Etihad Airways) Etihad Airways has signed multiple partnership and collaboration agreements with the aviation industry’s top manufactures, suppliers and stakeholders at
November 17, 2021 Read Full Article
SAF Offtake with IAG
(Bayou Fuels) 10-year offtake MoU for 73 million US gallons of carbon negative SAF by IAG; Alongside offtake agreement with
November 10, 2021 Read Full Article
A Digest Exclusive Q&A with Bryan Stonehouse, Head of Aviation Sustainability & Risk, Shell Aviation
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) From SAF size and scale, Shell’s plans for scaling up, fuel use and blends and
November 02, 2021 Read Full Article
Deere Invests in Ethanol Diesel Engine: ClearFlame Secures $17 Million to Commercialize Ethanol Diesel Engine Tech
by Todd Neeley (DTN Progressive Farmer) Count John Deere among the companies investing in a startup company developing a heavy-duty truck
October 29, 2021 Read Full Article
The Dutch Government Is Gambling Billions on Green Hydrogen
(Oilprice.com/Yahoo!) ... Realism and economics, however, seem to be lacking when it comes to planning new green hydrogen projects in NW
October 25, 2021 Read Full Article
ADM, Gevo Sign MoU to Produce up to 500M Gallons of Sustainable Aviation Fuel
(Gevo) ADM (NYSE: ADM), a global leader in nutrition and agricultural origination and processing, and Gevo, Inc., (NASDAQ: GEVO), a pioneer
October 25, 2021 Read Full Article
Companies Start Engineering for Canadian Facility to Produce Fuel from Air
by Ariana Fine (NGT News) Huron Clean Energy, The Upper Nicola Band, Oxy Low Carbon Ventures and Carbon Engineering (CE) have begun preliminary engineering and design
October 19, 2021 Read Full Article
ExxonMobil to Build Its First Large-Scale Plastic Waste Advanced Recycling Facility
()ExxonMobil/Business Wire) Advanced recycling operation in Baytown, Texas will be among the largest in North America; Commercial volumes of certified
October 12, 2021 Read Full Article
The Biden Administration to Ensure a Sustainable Future for Aviation: SkyNRG Americas and LanzaTech Secure DOE Funding to Produce SAF in the US
(LanzaTech) The U.S. Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office announced more than $64 million in funding for 22 projects focused on developing technologies
September 23, 2021 Read Full Article
The Competitive Edge: Observing I Ecotech
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ... The reason for founding the company Observing I Ecotech was to provide Solutions to Pollution.
September 17, 2021 Read Full Article
Dig Their Big Rig: Licella Commissions World’s Largest Operating Hydrothermal Liquefaction Facility
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Licella commissions world’s largest operating hydrothermal liquefaction facility -- In Australia, Licella has completed initial commissioning
September 14, 2021 Read Full Article
Fuel Refinery Project to Break Ground in 2023, Looks to Invest $1.5 Billion in Natchez
(The Natchez Democrat) Velocys could break ground on a $1.5 billion bio-refinery plant at the Belwood Industrial Park as early as
September 08, 2021 Read Full Article
Lignocellulosic Bagasse, Carinata, Pennycress, Guayule: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to SAF Feedstocks
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) There are challenges to sustainable aviation fuel commercialization, but the USDA SAF program is focused
September 07, 2021 Read Full Article
Jet Fuel from Smokestacks
by Keith Button (Aerospace America) The air transport industry lacks enough suppliers of sustainable aviation fuel to meet the anticipated demand
September 03, 2021 Read Full Article
Clean Energy Pioneer Stiesdal Starts up 'Stepping Stone' CO2-Negative Green Fuel Plant
by Darius Snieckus (ReCharge) Prototype of innovative technology that will produce e-fuel using a pyrolysis oven to avoid generating CO2
August 28, 2021 Read Full Article
The University Bringing Algae-based Biofuels to Commercialisation
by Scarlett Evans (Bio Market Insights) ... Now, a team from Colorado State University (CSU) is working to boost algae crop
August 18, 2021 Read Full Article
Biofuels, RNG, SAF, Renewable Chem: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to Praj
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) You may know Praj as a biofuels company but this slide guide from ABLC Digital
August 16, 2021 Read Full Article
Making U.S. Biomanufacturing Happen: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to BioMADE
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) The Bioindustrial Manufacturing Innovation Institute was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Defense and aims
August 13, 2021 Read Full Article
Upcycling Carbon to Fuel, Fragrances and More: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to LanzaTech
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) This week we are sharing some of the hottest 2021 ABLC Digital presentations and you won’t
August 10, 2021 Read Full Article
Collaborative Project Accelerates Clean Hydrogen Technology
by Ariana Fine (NGT News) A clean hydrogen production technology from Southern Company Gas, Electro-Active Technologies and T2M Global has been selected for funding by the
August 05, 2021 Read Full Article
Video Episode 2.2: Clean Fuel: Jet Fuel
(Climate Now) Aviation is responsible for 2.5% of global greenhouse gas emissions, though this figure is expected to grow as
August 03, 2021 Read Full Article
Hydrocarbon Fuels from Industrial Off Gas: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to LanzaTech
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) LanzaTech’s Dr. Laurel Harmon shared this illuminating slide guide at the BETO Peer Review on
July 27, 2021 Read Full Article
The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to Photolysis – Splitting Water with Photons to Make Hydrogen
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) As we conclude Gas Week here in Digestville, we’d like to share this intelligent and
July 26, 2021 Read Full Article
Airbus Joins Canada’s SAF+ Consortium to Accelerate Development of New Technology
(Airbus/Biobased Diesel Daily) Airbus and the Montreal, Canada-based SAF+ Consortium have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to collaborate with major
July 20, 2021 Read Full Article
New Energy Freedom Refinery to Produce Carbon-Negative Fuel from America's Ag Wastes
(New Energy Blue/PR Newswire) New Energy Blue announced its planned construction in Iowa of a biomass refinery designed to produce renewable
July 20, 2021 Read Full Article
Ameresco Reaches Commercial Operation of Landfill Gas to Renewable Natural Gas Plant
(Ameresco) Innovative renewable natural gas plant at McCarty Road Landfill reached commercial operations in Q2 2021 -- Ameresco, Inc. (NYSE:AMRC),
July 19, 2021 Read Full Article
Saskatchewan Based Startup NULIFE GreenTech Receives Global Recognition.
(NULIFE GreenTech) NULIFE GreenTech is 1 of only 7 companies selected from over 750 global applicants for Repsol Foundation (Spain)
July 07, 2021 Read Full Article
Progress in the Commercialization of Biojet / Sustainable Aviation Fuels: Technologies, Potential and Challenges
(IEA Bioenergy) This report, prepared by IEA Bioenergy Task 39, provides an extensive analysis of the current and potential technologies for
July 07, 2021 Read Full Article
Modeling for Biorefineries: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to Red Rock Biofuels De-Risking Feedstock
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)Optimizing and de-risking the deployment of biomass gasification processes by implementing physics-based simulations of feed handling
July 07, 2021 Read Full Article
Korean Air Partners with Hyundai Oilbank to Adopt Sustainable Aviation Fuel
(Korean Air) Korean Air signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Hyundai Oilbank, a leading petroleum and refinery company in Korea,
July 02, 2021 Read Full Article
DOE Helps Commercialize Promising Energy Technologies
by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine) The U.S. Department of Energy on June 24 announced it will award $30 million to
July 02, 2021 Read Full Article
Oberon Fuels Starts Commercial Production of Renewable Dimethyl Ether (rDME), a Pivotal Step Towards a Net-Zero Future
(Oberon Fuels) rDME reduces carbon intensity of propane today and offers an innovative, cost-effective pathway to renewable hydrogen; Oberon is
June 30, 2021 Read Full Article
Green Fuels Wins Grant for Fish Waste-to-Power Generation Project in Vietnam
(Green Fuels/Biobased Diesel Daily) Green Fuels Research, in partnership with the School of Chemical Engineering, Hà Nội University of Science
June 29, 2021 Read Full Article
E-Fuels Development for Aviation Gets a Boost with Germany’s New PtL Roadmap
by Susan van Dyk (GreenAir Online) Germany’s federal and state governments, with backing from industry, have agreed a roadmap that commits
June 28, 2021 Read Full Article
US SAF Producers Target Net Zero in Drive to Reduce the Carbon Intensity of Their Fuels
by Susan van Dyk (GreenAir Online) The recent virtual symposium hosted in the US by CAAFI, the Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative,
June 28, 2021 Read Full Article
LanzaTech Confirms Plans for First UK Commercial-Scale Alcohol-to-Jet Fuel Facility in South Wales
by Christopher Surgenor (GreenAir Online) US-based LanzaTech has announced plans to build and commission what it claims will be the world’s
June 28, 2021 Read Full Article
DOE Announces Over $65 Million in Public and Private Funding to Commercialize Promising Energy Technologies
(U.S. Department of Energy) 2021 Technology Commercialization Fund Awards Connect Private-Sector Partners to DOE National Labs, Bolstering U.S. Competitiveness While
June 25, 2021 Read Full Article
Avoiding the Coming Apocalypse: NREL’s Vision for Strategic Piloting and Enabling the Deployment of Bioenergy Technologies
by David J. Robichaud, Robert M. Baldwin, and Thomas D. Foust (National Renewable Energy Laboratory) ... Developing technologies are moving
June 17, 2021 Read Full Article
Trash to Treasure, Waste to Fuels: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to Cielo
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) What to do with the world’s most available and inexpensive feedstock – garbage? Cielo’s tech is
June 16, 2021 Read Full Article
GIDARA ENERGY Announces a New Facility Converting Non-Recyclable Waste into Advanced Biofuels
(GIDARA Energy) GIDARA Energy is pleased to announce its first advanced biofuels facility in Amsterdam; Advanced Methanol Amsterdam (“AMA”). The
June 08, 2021 Read Full Article
Brightmark to Build World’s Largest Advanced Plastics Recycling and Renewal Facility in Macon, GA
(Brightmark) New state-of-the-art plant will sustainably recycle and convert all types of plastic waste into fully circular products -- Brightmark,
June 08, 2021 Read Full Article
Biodiesel from Stillage Fiber: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to Xylome
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) At the recent BETO peer review, Xylome shared this illuminating slide guide on making biodiesel
June 03, 2021 Read Full Article
Today’s Fermentation Landscape: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to Commercial Fermentation
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) From pilot plant to scale-up demo and finally commercialization,Mark Warner shares this illuminating slide guide
May 27, 2021 Read Full Article
Successful Completion of Illinois Basin - Decatur CCS Project; CO2 from Ethanol Plant
(Green Car Congress) ADM and the University of Illinois announced the successful completion of the Illinois Basin - Decatur Project (IBDP), a carbon capture and