The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to the 2025 Holmberg Address

This address by Gevo CEO Pat Gruber emphasizes the power of photosynthesis for food and fuels and their commitment to sustainability through a triple bottom line approach. They highlight their experience in integrating agricultural and chemical/fuels worlds, using fermentation for selective synthesis, and their pioneering work in alcohol-to-jet (ATJ) fuel technologies. Gevo’s proprietary ATJ technologies aim for low-cost, carbon-negative fuel production, with their NZ1 plant designed to achieve net-zero and negative carbon intensity for SAF while also producing protein and animal feed. They advocate for direct land use measurements in carbon accounting and address the “food vs fuel” fallacy, emphasizing the potential of technology to increase agricultural productivity.