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The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to Innovations in Sustainable Biomass Supply and Bio-hubs

The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to Innovations in Sustainable Biomass Supply and Bio-hubs

August 10, 2025 |

The IEA Bioenergy Task on Sustainable Biomass Supply advances sustainable, low-carbon bioenergy systems by focusing on techno-economic strategies within existing supply chains. Key innovations include developing techno-economic models for “bio-hubs” to mitigate site volume variability and meet market needs, and researching integrated biomass residue management. A particularly newsworthy aspect is the exploration of biomass as […]

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The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to Integrated Biorefineries Mission and Global Collaboration

The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to Integrated Biorefineries Mission and Global Collaboration

August 3, 2025 |

The Mission Innovation Integrated Biorefineries Mission unites 23 governments to catalyze clean energy innovation, focusing on enhancing commercialization and reducing costs of biorefineries for sustainable fuels and chemicals. Its roadmap includes joint R&D (e.g., biopolymers, efficiency) and market/policy initiatives like harmonized SAF production modeling. A significant innovation is the new digital “Biorefinery Platform” for networking […]

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The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to Heavy-Duty H2 Combustion

The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to Heavy-Duty H2 Combustion

July 27, 2025 |

Sandia National Laboratories is advancing hydrogen internal combustion engines (H2ICE) for hard-to-electrify sectors, targeting 2024-2027 market entry. Key findings: increased swirl improves H2 mixing, yet cyclic variability remains. Crucially, hydrogen significantly delays hydrocarbon auto-ignition, providing new insights into oil pre-ignition. Pre-chamber fueling with H2 reduces cyclic variability and enables ultra-lean operation, outperforming natural gas. This […]

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The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to SAF

The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to SAF

July 20, 2025 |

Global planned capacity for Renewable Diesel (RD), Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), and Dimethyl Ether (DME) reached 23.699 billion units by June 2024, a 3% increase. Key drivers include RFS RVOs and Net Zero targets. A significant development is California’s withdrawal of its Advanced Clean Fleets (ACF) waiver request, creating uncertainty for fleet electrification. Feedstock affordability […]

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The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to Bunge

The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to Bunge

July 13, 2025 |

Bunge reported a strong start to Q1 2025 with adjusted net income per share of $1.81. Key strategic actions include preparing for the Viterra transaction closing, terminating the CJ Selecta acquisition, and agreeing to sell U.S. corn milling and European margarines businesses. Bunge maintains its FY2025 adjusted EPS forecast of approximately $7.75. The company demonstrates […]

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The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to Verde Clean Fuels

The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to Verde Clean Fuels

July 6, 2025 |

Verde aims to produce low-cost, carbon-negative gasoline using its proprietary STG+ process with “stranded energy” and “waste feedstocks”. The company highlights that STG+ gasoline has a lower lifecycle carbon intensity than an EV. A significant milestone is the joint development agreement with Diamondback for a Permian Basin natural gas-to-gasoline plant, with FEED study underway. This […]

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The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to Biomass and Waste Preprocessing Innovations

The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to Biomass and Waste Preprocessing Innovations

June 29, 2025 |

Idaho National Laboratory’s Biomass Feedstock National User Facility (BFNUF) is crucial for de-risking bioeconomy scale-up. Key innovations include the ~$10M WAVES project for wet agricultural waste processing. An MSW separation system achieved 80% separation of unrecyclable materials, optimizing gasification feedstocks. Collaborative research with GTI Energy on waste gasification and biomass to entrained flow gasification has […]

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The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to Anellotech

The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to Anellotech

June 22, 2025 |

Anellotech presents Plas-TCat, a novel fluid bed catalytic cracking technology that performs a single-step conversion of mixed plastic waste into high-value chemicals like benzene, toluene, xylene, ethylene, and propylene. A key innovation is its feedstock flexibility, handling a broad range of polymers and contaminants, along with robust filler management. This scalable technology (>200 KTA) offers […]

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The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to LanzaJet

The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to LanzaJet

June 14, 2025 |

Jimmy Samartzis of LanzaJet spoke on building the new SAF industry. He highlighted the LanzaJet Freedom Pines Fuels (FPF) plant, their First-of-a-Kind (FOAK) facility. Mechanical completion occurred in May 2024, grand opening in August 2024. Despite hurricane impacts, startup is underway. FPF created jobs and economic activity. LanzaJet stressed SAF is a huge opportunity for […]

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The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to SynPet

The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to SynPet

June 8, 2025 |

SynPet offers a proprietary Thermal Conversion Process (TCP) that uniquely treats complex mixed plastic waste, including PVC, without sorting or drying. This non-combustion technology avoids new CO2 emissions. Products include Circular Naphtha, Renewable Natural Gas, and electricity. SynPet aims to create a circular petrochemical industry by converting waste plastics into Circular Naphtha Substitute. Their process […]

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