June 9, 2022
BY Erin Voegele
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National Renewable Energy Laboratory scientists engineered a process for making β-ketoadipic acid from lignin for $2 per kilogram, approaching cost-competitiveness with petroleum-based chemicals used for making nylon today.
U.S. fuel ethanol production expanded by 2% the week ending Sept. 27, according to data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration on Oct. 2. Stocks of fuel ethanol were down slightly, and exports were up 17%.
The California Assembly on Oct. 1 voted in favor of a bill that aims to allow the sale of E15 fuel blends within the state. California is the only state that has not approved the sale of E15, a gasoline blend that contains up to 15% ethanol.
Comstock Inc. has announced the execution of an exclusive license agreement and cooperative research and development agreement with NREL involving technologies developed by NREL and MIT for conversion of lignocellulosic biomass into SAF.
The government of Illinois on Sept. 30 announced Crysalis Biosciences Inc. will receive incentives under the state’s REV Illinois program to support its SAF project under development in Sauget, a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri.