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Back TO HOMETurning Ethanol into Hydrogen
by Luke Geiver (Ethanol Producer Magazine) A new technology developed by Proteum Energy could use ethanol as a feedstock for
June 29, 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
Coronach, Saskatchewan issued BDO Zone ‘A’ Rating for Flax Straw
(Bioeconomy Development Opportunity Zone Initiative) A’ RATING FOR LOCAL FLAX STRAW TO AID IN COAL TRANSITION AND EXPECTED TO DRIVE
April 25, 2023 Read Full Article
Fluor’s Carbon Capture Technology Selected by Federated Co-Operatives Ltd. for Renewable Diesel Facility in Canada
(Fluor) Facility to use Fluor’s proprietary Economine FG PlusSM carbon capture technology -- Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today (April
April 25, 2023 Read Full Article
Yield10 Bioscience and American Airlines Sign MOU to Form a Collaboration to Develop the Value Chain for Camelina as a Feedstock Oil for Sustainable Aviation Fuel
(Yield10) Yield10 Bioscience, Inc. (NASDAQ: YTEN) (“Yield10” or the “Company”), an agricultural bioscience company, today announced that it signed a Memorandum of Understanding
March 02, 2023 Read Full Article
Yield10 Bioscience Announces 2023 Camelina Contract Production Opportunity for Farmers in Targeted Regions of U.S. and Canada
(Yield10/Ag NewsWire) Yield10 Bioscience, Inc., an agricultural bioscience company, today announced its 2023 enrollment program for contract production of Camelina. Yield10
February 14, 2023 Read Full Article
Feeding the Petroleum Industry with Plant-Based Fuel Additives: U of S Research
by Brooke Kleiboer (Saskatoon Star Phoenix) Young Innovators: Biofuel acts the same way as fossil fuel but is instead solely
February 14, 2023 Read Full Article
The Daily Digest’s Biofuels Mandates around the World 2023
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In Florida, the Daily Digest today released its annual review of biofuels mandates and targets
January 03, 2023 Read Full Article
Interview: Hydrogen, Carbon Capture Critical to Decarbonising the Chemical Industry – Dow CEO
by Joseph Chang (Independent Commodity Intelligence Service) Hydrogen and carbon capture and storage (CCS) will be critical for the chemical industry
November 09, 2022 Read Full Article
Canola Sector Eyes More Acres as Yields Stall
by Sean Pratt (Western Producer Magazine) The Canola Council of Canada is encouraging acreage expansion in the brown soil zone of
September 23, 2022 Read Full Article
Canadian Project to Enhance Hydrogen Production from Ethanol Feedstock
(Bioenergy Insight) Proteum Hydrogen Technologies, a subsidiary of Proteum Energy, LLC, and the University of Regina have embarked on a
July 20, 2022 Read Full Article
Yield10 Bioscience Announces Winter Camelina Contract-Production Opportunity for Farmers
(Yield10 Bioscience/Biobased Diesel Daily) Yield10 Bioscience Inc., an agricultural bioscience company, announced June 23 an open-enrollment program for growers for contract
July 18, 2022 Read Full Article
Inflationary Pressures, Shifting Macroeconomic Conditions Push Ceres to Halt Canola-Crush Project
by Ron Kotrba (Biobased Diesel Daily) Minneapolis, Minnesota-based Ceres Global Ag Corp. is suspending its canola-crush project in Northgate, Saskatchewan, Canada,
July 05, 2022 Read Full Article
Cielo’s Management Changes, Aldersyde Waste-to-Fuel Production Updates
by Helena Tavares Kennedy (Biofuels Digest) From Canada comes news of several changes for Cielo Waste Solutions who you may
June 20, 2022 Read Full Article
Bacteria Could Transform Paper Industry Waste into Useful Products
by Erin Matthews (Canadian Light Source) Getting more useful products out of renewable resources like wood is the goal of
May 30, 2022 Read Full Article
Crop, Forestry Residues Fuel USask, Industry Green Project
(University of Saskatchewan) With Saskatchewan’s north home to a boreal forest that’s larger than Germany, and its south making up nearly
March 07, 2022 Read Full Article
Renewable Diesel & Sustainable Aviation Fuels 2030, Vol 2
by Will Thurmond (Emerging Markets) Renewable Diesel & Sustainable Aviation Fuels 2030, Vol 2. (249 pages, September 2021) provides a
February 10, 2022 Read Full Article
Shell’s Massive Carbon Capture Plant Is Emitting More Than It’s Capturing
by Anya Zoledziowski (Vice World News) A new Global Witness report found that it has the same carbon footprint per
January 21, 2022 Read Full Article
FCL to Enter Joint Venture to Construct Integrated Agriculture Complex
(Federated Cooperatives Limited) Federated Co-operative Limited (FCL) is pleased to announce they have signed a memorandum of understanding to form
January 18, 2022 Read Full Article
Complete Global Guide: The Digest’s Biofuels Mandates Around the World 2022
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) 65 countries have targets or mandates--how much, where, when and what? READ MORE Commodities 2022: European
January 04, 2022 Read Full Article
Getting Biobased Investments Going: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to Ecostrat & BDO Zone Initiative
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Everyone talks about “moving the needle” on jobs, decarbonization and social justice, but how do
December 10, 2021 Read Full Article
FCL Secures Land Option for Renewable Diesel Plant
(Federated Co-operatives Limited/CISION) Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL) is pleased that Regina City Council has officially approved an offer to purchase
November 12, 2021 Read Full Article
Whitecap Resources Inc. Partners with Federated Co-operatives Limited to Reduce CO2 Emissions in Saskatchewan
(Whitecap Resources Inc./CISION) Whitecap Resources Inc. ("Whitecap" or the "Company") (TSX: WCP) is pleased to announce that it has signed a memorandum
October 22, 2021 Read Full Article
Renewable Diesel & Sustainable Aviation Fuels 2030, Vol 2
(Emerging Markets Online) New study! Renewable Diesel & Sustainable Aviation Fuels 2030, Vol 2. (249 pages, August 2021) focuses on low-carbon
August 26, 2021 Read Full Article
Burying CO2 Deep in ND’s Geology May Combat Climate Change. Is It Financially Feasible?
by Adam Willis (Forum News Service/Twin Cities Pioneer Press) For some of North Dakota’s legacy industries, like coal power, the future
August 03, 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
Stinkweed to False Flax: Oilseeds Race to Reap Biofuel Bonanza
by Rod Nickel and Karl Plume (Reuters) ... Botanists, businessmen, farmers and federal lawmakers, they all gathered to peer at the
June 02, 2021 Read Full Article
'It's the Future': Big Biodiesel Investments Keep Sask. an Energy Powerhouse
by Arthur White-Crummey (Regina Leader-Post) Biodiesel is pushing up canola prices and driving massive investment in Saskatchewan, as farmers and
June 01, 2021 Read Full Article
Viterra Plans to Build Supersized Canola Crush Plant in Regina, Saskatchewan
by Ron Kotrba (Biobased Diesel Daily) Ag network company Viterra plans to build a new canola crushing facility in Regina,
May 21, 2021 Read Full Article
Cargill Unveils Plans for New Canola Processing Facility in Regina, Saskatchewan
(Cargill) $350 million project builds upon Cargill’s overall investment across its North America oilseeds network -- Cargill today announced plans to
April 28, 2021 Read Full Article
The BDO Zone Investment Coalition Announces $1 Billion of Deployable Capital for Biobased Projects Located in BDO Zones
(BDO Zone Investment Coalition) The BDO Zone Investment Coalition today announces the mobilization of $1BB of capital for deployment into biobased
April 22, 2021 Read Full Article
Renewable Diesel Kicks off 2021 with Conversions, Capacity Increases, New Feedstocks and More
by Helena Tavares Kennedy (Biofuels Digest) ... What is the overall demand and market like? What about feedstock innovations? Are
April 19, 2021 Read Full Article
Renewable Diesel Growth Provides Signal Upstream to Expand Crush Capacity
by Ron Kotrba (Bio-Based Diesel Daily) Canada’s largest agribusiness, Richardson International Ltd., is doubling canola crush capacity at its processing facility
April 08, 2021 Read Full Article
Supreme Court to Rule on whether Carbon Tax Is Constitutional Next Week
(Canadian Press/CTV News) The Supreme Court of Canada says it will issue its ruling on the fate of the national carbon
March 22, 2021 Read Full Article
Covenant Energy Prepares to Meet New Demand for Renewable Diesel
(Covenant Energy/CISION) In response to the draft Clean Fuel Regulations, and Government of Canada commitments to attain net-zero emissions, Covenant
March 19, 2021 Read Full Article
Finding Synergy with Farming, Cattle and Ethanol
by Kelly Sidoryk (Canadian Cattlemen) Even with more than 50 years in the feeding business, Pound-Maker is still finding ways
March 16, 2021 Read Full Article
Council Approves Grant to Study Renewable Fuel Refinery
(CJME News) A company is eyeing the Regina area to build a refinery that would produce billions of litres of renewable
March 13, 2021 Read Full Article
A Force Multiplier for Bio-Investment in Federal Opportunity Zones: The BDOZ Initiative
by Jordan Solomon (Ecostrat Inc./Biofuels Digest) Fifty-two million Americans live in economically distressed communities—many of which are in rural areas. These
February 03, 2021 Read Full Article
Clean Fuel Standard a Second Carbon Tax, says Saskatchewan’s Minister of Energy and Resources
by Brian Zinchuk (MSN/The Canadian Press/Estevan Mercury) In its efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 30 million tonnes per
September 22, 2020 Read Full Article
From Americas to EU, Asia, Africa, Who’s Got What?: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to Biofuel Mandates Around the World 2020
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Today, biobased mandates around the world. Where are the markets you can count on, how
September 07, 2020 Read Full Article
Captain Canola – Yield10 Biosciences One Step Closer to Canola Feedstock Superhero
by Helena Tavares Kennedy (Biofuels Digest) News just in from Yield10 Bioscience, Inc., a Massachusetts-based agricultural bioscience company, that they have
August 24, 2020 Read Full Article
2020 Bioeconomy M&A Deal Review & Outlook
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) The Digest published today a 2020 Deal Review and Outlook Bioeconomy M&A visual guide that looks
February 05, 2020 Read Full Article
Bigger, Better Crops Combat Climate Change
by Michael Robin (Western Producer) Carbon from bigger crops and more robust plants like this hybrid canola, and their larger
January 28, 2020 Read Full Article
Canola Growers See Opportunity in Biofuel Option
by Sean Pratt (Western Producer) Hydrogenation-derived renewable diesel (HDRD) is starting to make inroads in the fuel sector. HDRD can
January 04, 2020 Read Full Article
The Digest’s Biofuels Mandates Around the World 2020
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) 64 countries have targets or mandates - but how much where, and when, and what? Besides
January 02, 2020 Read Full Article
School Board Apologizes over Pro-environment Christmas Pageant in Oil Town
by Rob Drinkwater (Sudbury.com/Canadian Press) Last Thursday, children at Oxbow Prairie Horizons School put on a play called 'Santa Goes Green,'
December 28, 2019 Read Full Article
Biodiesel More Cost Competitive under Canada’s New Carbon Tax
by Ron Kotrba (Biodiesel Magazine) Canada’s federal government implemented a carbon pollution tax on fuels this month, and while the tax
April 18, 2019 Read Full Article
Biodiesel Sector Offers to Take More Canola
by Sean Pratt (Western Producer) Canada’s proposed Clean Fuel Standard is considered to be a major way that biodiesel demand could
April 12, 2019 Read Full Article
USask Research Turning Ethanol Waste into Alzheimer’s Meds, Industrial Products
(University of Saskatchewan) A University of Saskatchewan (USask) research team’s quest to extract protein from more than a billion litres of
January 25, 2019 Read Full Article
Biofuels Mandates around the World 2019
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In Florida, the Digest today (January 1, 2019) releases its annual review of biofuels mandates and
January 02, 2019 Read Full Article
Seed Yield, Oil Content: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to Yield10 Bioscience
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Yield10 Bioscience is an agricultural bioscience company focusing on the development of disruptive technologies to produce step-change improvements
November 05, 2018 Read Full Article
Say What about a Carbon Tax?
by Kelsey Tamborrino (Politico's Morning Energy) Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao was also at the White House Tuesday, where she suggested
October 24, 2018 Read Full Article
Maximizing Crop Yield: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to Yield10 Bioscience
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Yield10 Bioscience is an agricultural bioscience company focusing on the development of disruptive technologies to produce step-change improvements
June 06, 2018 Read Full Article
Biofuels Mandates Around the World 2018
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In Florida, the Digest today releases its annual review of biofuels mandates and targets around the
January 02, 2018 Read Full Article
Hot Spots: The Top 10 Bioeconomy Places to Watch in Canada
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ... 1. Ottawa, Ontario The biggest Canadian story of the year stems from the November 2016
August 29, 2017 Read Full Article
Barley and Peas to Fuel Ethanol Plant
by Sean Pratt (Western Producer) Proposed facility near Clavet, Sask., would boost the barley sector and provide a feed byproduct
August 25, 2017 Read Full Article
The Digest’s 2017 Multi-Slide Guide to Agrisoma
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) The production of Agrisoma’s Resonance Carinata is being expanded to multiple locations globally to provide
May 08, 2017 Read Full Article
Biofuels Mandates Around the World 2017
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In Florida, the Digest today releases its annual review of biofuels mandates and targets around the
December 29, 2016 Read Full Article
Canada to Adopt National Low Carbon Fuel Standard
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In Canada, Minister of Environment and Climate Change Catherine McKenna announced that Canada will adopt a
November 28, 2016 Read Full Article
Scaling up Industrial Biotech: The Digest’s 2016 Multi-Slide Guide to Financing the Advanced Bioeconomy
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Building a low carbon, bio-based economy through sustainable innovation means scaling up technologies. And that means
November 18, 2016 Read Full Article
Biodiesel Firm Eyes Expansion
by Tennessa Wild (The Western Producer) Processor developing second generation biofuel with opportunity for wider use -- Growing demand worldwide
July 19, 2016 Read Full Article
Biofuels Mandates Around the World: 2016
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Who mandates what in biofuels? 64 countries have targets or mandates — but how much where,
January 04, 2016 Read Full Article
Alberta Should Adopt Low-Carbon Fuel Standard: Bennett
(Business in Vancouver) With world’s focus on Paris, energy minister challenges other provinces to follow B.C.’s lead --- ... Alberta’s NDP
December 09, 2015 Read Full Article
Harper Government Investment Benefits Biofuels Sector
(Western Economic Diversification Canada/MarketWired) Biofuel producers in Western Canada will soon be able to purify and convert raw glycerol more
March 01, 2015 Read Full Article
Biofuels Mandates Around the World: 2015
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Who mandates what in biofuels? 64 countries have targets or mandates — but how much
January 05, 2015 Read Full Article
Biofuels Mandates Around the World: 2014
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In Florida, the Digest today releases its annual review of biofuels mandates and targets around
January 02, 2014 Read Full Article
Canadian Scientists Unravel Camelina Biofuel Genome
(UPI) Saskatchewan scientists have sequenced the camelina sativa genome. Saskatchewan scientists say they have sequenced the camelina sativa genome, an important
August 28, 2013 Read Full Article
7 Hot Energy Crops for Advanced Biofuels: What’s Happening?
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Miscanthus, sorghum, switchgrass, jatropha, camelina, carinata, and arundo. Who’s doing what to bring these crops
August 08, 2013 Read Full Article
Canadian Producer Changes Name to Reflect Marketplace Success
(Milligan Biofuels/Biodiesel Magazine) The recently announced name change from Milligan Biotech to Milligan Biofuels reflects the company’s progression from tech-leading to market-leading
October 23, 2012 Read Full Article
Bio-Diesel Jet Car Makes a Pit Stop in Wetaskiwin
by Nichole Goetz (The Wetaskiwin Times) Not many people can say they have taken a car down a quarter-mile track
August 21, 2012 Read Full Article
Molecular Sponge Absorbs Toxins, Produces Biofuel
by William DeKay (The Western Producer) Lee Wilson thinks he has found a cost effective way to help produce biofuel
May 30, 2012 Read Full Article
Husky Energy Unveils Carbon Capture and Enhanced Oil Recovery Initiative
(Husky Energy) Husky Energy unveiled its carbon dioxide (CO2) capture and liquefaction project in Lloydminster, a facility that allows the
May 29, 2012 Read Full Article
Tinker, Tailor, Sailor, Fly: Aviation Biofuels Advance, Attract Opponents over Costs
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) As Honeywell and Agrisoma collaborate to pioneer aviation biofuels from a new carinata-based feedstock, critics
April 19, 2012 Read Full Article
Porter Airlines to Conduct Canada's First Biofuel-Powered Revenue Flight
(MarketWire) Flight to be scheduled just before Earth Day with a Bombardier Q400 turboprop - Preparatory test flight successfully flown
March 27, 2012 Read Full Article
Milligan Bio-Tech Receives $1.7M Contribution from SaskBIO
by Erin Voegele (Biodiesel Magazine) The Government of Saskatchewan has announced it will provide up to $1.7 million to Milligan
March 22, 2012 Read Full Article
Researcher: Low Corn Oil DDGS Less Competitive in Canada
by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine) With U.S. ethanol plants adding corn oil extraction in increasing numbers, about half the
January 02, 2012 Read Full Article
Governments of Canada and Saskatchewan Strengthen Bio-extraction Industry
(MarketWire) New solvent-recovery equipment being installed at POS Bio- Sciences will improve its capacity to help Canadian industry and international
December 12, 2011 Read Full Article
Nipawin Biomass Ethanol Advances Research through SRC Contract
by Matt Soberg (Ethanol Producer Magazine) Saskatchewan-based Nipawin Biomass Ethanol New Generation Co-operative Ltd. has contracted with the Saskatchewan Research
October 28, 2011 Read Full Article
Government of Canada Invests in Feasibility Study for Bio-based Jet Fuel
(MarketWire) Oilseed producers can look forward to tapping into a new emerging industry with a study that will assess the
September 30, 2011 Read Full Article
Milligan to Quintuple Production with Expansion
by Bruce Johnstone (Leader-Post/Star Phoenix) Milligan Bio-Tech Inc. is proceeding with an $8-million expansion of its biodiesel plant in
September 28, 2011 Read Full Article
Linnaeus Lands Funding for Oilseed Crop Development
by Bryan Sims (Biodiesel Magazine) Vancouver-based Linnaeus Plant Sciences Inc. has been awarded $1.2 million from Sustainable Development Technology
September 26, 2011 Read Full Article
Waste Timber from Diamond Mine to Be Used for Ethanol
by Matthew Liebenberg (Nipawin Journal) Timber that will be cleared from the proposed Shore Gold diamond mine site in the
July 07, 2011 Read Full Article
Cattle+Ethanol=A Good Match
by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine) Cattlemen in the U.S. and Canada demonstrate feedlots and ethanol production are ideal companion
June 09, 2011 Read Full Article
Knocking Natural Gas Off Its Throne
by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine) Although natural gas is king of power generation at ethanol plants, there’s increasing
April 27, 2011 Read Full Article
Canada's Ethanol Boom, Minus the Boom
by Shawn McCarthy (Globe and Mail) Three years ago, a tiny Ottawa biotechnology firm, Iogen Corp., had the very rare
March 02, 2010 Read Full Article
Saskatchewan Research Council to Test Biodiesel's Performance in Agriculture Equipment
The Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC) is leading a biodiesel pilot project to demonstrate how well the renewable fuel performs year-round
January 11, 2010 Read Full Article
Canadian Government Program Invests Money in SK Ethanol Plant
(TradingMarkets.com) The Government of Canada announced Tuesday that it would invest up to C$77.75 million over seven years to help