Life cycle analysis (LCA) is an essential tool in establishing baseline environmental impacts from a specific process, product, or infrastructure, and can also connect economic and social impacts depending on the end goal. Ideally, the…
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Consultant or Employee?
Is it better to hire a consultant or employee for your bioeconomy-related business? The answer depends on many factors, the most important three being the skill set you need, the length of time you will…
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Renewable Fuel Standards (RFS)
Congress created the Renewable Fuel Standards (RFS) Program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and expand the nation’s renewable fuels sector while reducing reliance on imported oil. This program was authorized under the Energy Policy Act…
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Is this feedstock approved?
A question commonly asked of experts in the bioeconomy is whether a particular feedstock is approved for use in biodiesel, ethanol, heating oil, or other renewable fuels. To answer this question, we must start with…
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RIN Compliance
RIN COMPLIANCE A Renewable Identification Number (or RIN) is a serial number assigned to the volume of a batch of biofuel for the purpose of tracking its production, transfers, trading, and ultimate use or retirement. …
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LCFS Compliance
California’s low carbon fuel standard (LCFS) was designed to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions from transportation fuels inside California. Carbon intensity is measured in grams of carbon dioxide equivalents (g CO2e) per unit energy (MJ)…
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Ethanol Expert
Ethanol experts are specialists that understand how to produce ethanol by fermentation of corn, milo (grain sorghum), sugar, or cellulose to ethanol. This type of expert requires knowledge of feedstocks (corn, milo, cellulose), enzymatic conversion…
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Plastic Waste Experts
What do plastic waste experts or consultants do? Almost everything is either made from plastic or wrapped in plastic. In fact, plastic is one of the most widely used, durable, and cheapest materials in the…
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Pyrolysis Technology & Tire Processing
Pyrolysis tire processing is a growing business worldwide thanks to advances in pyrolysis technology. It is a good thing because tires are highly durable, non-biodegradable, and take up lots of landfill space. In 1990, it…
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Plastic Recycling
Despite the many positive benefits to using plastics and the impact they have had on daily life, they currently seem to have more of a negative reputation, and plastic recycling has become a booming business. …
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