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The Digest’s 2026 Multi-Slide Guide to EU Advanced Biofuels Cluster Dynamics

The Digest’s 2026 Multi-Slide Guide to EU Advanced Biofuels Cluster Dynamics

October 15, 2026 |

The Story:European advanced biofuels production under Annex IX Part A is heavily concentrated in a few member states like Finland, Sweden, the Netherlands, and Germany, leaving others as net importers. This geographic concentration makes cross-border coordination across feedstock supply, certification recognition, and mass-balance accounting central to scaling volumes across the bloc. Current cross-border friction adds […]

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The Hound of the Sopertonvilles

The Hound of the Sopertonvilles

October 15, 2026 |

In which Sherlock Holmes investigates a $20 million mystery, a ten-million-gallon greyhound, and the curious difference between running fast and running forever. It’s a foggy night in the Upper Coastal Plain near Soperton, Georgia, the air hangs low over forested wetlands, dark-water creeks and river swamps. Tiger Creek and Cypress Creek wander through the country […]

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The Digest’s 2026 Multi-Slide Guide to Brazilian Sugarcane Cluster Evolution

The Digest’s 2026 Multi-Slide Guide to Brazilian Sugarcane Cluster Evolution

October 14, 2026 |

The Story: Brazil’s sugarcane cluster is the world’s most mature bioeconomy ecosystem, built on proven sugar-ethanol-power triple-product economics. As the industry enters the new deployment era, next-decade growth depends on scaling cellulosic and alcohol-to-jet sustainable aviation fuels, expanding bio-based chemicals, and integrating deeper with global export markets. While domestic RenovaBio policy provides strong baseline support, […]

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The Digest’s 2026 Multi-Slide Guide to Texas Hydrogen and SAF Intersection

The Digest’s 2026 Multi-Slide Guide to Texas Hydrogen and SAF Intersection

October 13, 2026 |

The Story:Texas hosts a major regional hydrogen hub alongside substantial Gulf Coast refining capacity and expanding biogenic carbon dioxide resources. The most strategic bioeconomy opportunity lies at this direct intersection: leveraging green hydrogen to produce power-to-liquid sustainable aviation fuel. However, current coordination across hydrogen hubs, refineries, and carbon capture projects remains uneven. If Texas coordinates […]

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Yes, Virginia, There Is a Heartland

Yes, Virginia, There Is a Heartland

October 13, 2026 |

Christmas comes early to farm country, as Washington rediscovers the ancient art of the political Christmas stocking. There’s a little candy, a little hope, and perhaps something substantial beneath the wrapping paper. Dear Mr. Lane, Some of my friends say there is no Santa Claus. They say Washington has forgotten the Heartland, that nobody listens […]

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The Digest’s 2026 Multi-Slide Guide to the California LCFS-Driven Bioeconomy Cluster

The Digest’s 2026 Multi-Slide Guide to the California LCFS-Driven Bioeconomy Cluster

October 12, 2026 |

The Story:California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard has built the densest bioeconomy ecosystem in the United States, attracting over fifteen billion dollars in capital investment since 2011. While the cluster dynamics are now fully mature, the next decade presents fundamentally different strategic questions. Stakeholders must now navigate upcoming policy amendments, accelerate in-state feedstock supply growth, and […]

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Agenda 2026-2027: The RFS Increases Domestic Diesel Supplies and Saves Consumers Money

Agenda 2026-2027: The RFS Increases Domestic Diesel Supplies and Saves Consumers Money

October 12, 2026 |

Editor’s Note: This is part of a series where the top international industry leaders in the bioeconomy outline the key issues, opportunities in, and perspectives for, the bioeconomy during 2026-2027. By Donnell Rehagen, CEO, Clean Fuels Alliance Americas Special to The Digest U.S. diesel prices broke records in September, raising concerns for consumers across the […]

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How engineered refuse-derived fuel is moving heavy industry away from fossil fuels

How engineered refuse-derived fuel is moving heavy industry away from fossil fuels

October 12, 2026 |

By Dominique Kuehner, Industry Director of Biomass, Waste & Industrial, ANDRITZ Feed & Biofuel Special to The Digest For decades, the relationship between heavy industry and waste was straightforward: waste was a cost to be managed, a liability to be disposed of as cheaply as possible. That thinking is shifting fast. The EU’s incoming ban […]

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The Digest’s 2026 Multi-Slide Guide to the Gulf Coast Biorefining Cluster

The Digest’s 2026 Multi-Slide Guide to the Gulf Coast Biorefining Cluster

October 8, 2026 |

The Story: The Gulf Coast biorefining cluster anchors American renewable fuel production by leveraging fifty-four percent of national refining capacity and ninety percent of hydrogen pipelines. New projects achieve major cost savings by bolting onto existing hydrotreaters, utilities, and tankage rather than building greenfield facilities. However, Diamond Green Diesel controls sixty-eight percent of regional renewable […]

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The Digest’s 2026 Multi-Slide Guide to Workforce Strategy for Regional Bioeconomy Hubs

The Digest’s 2026 Multi-Slide Guide to Workforce Strategy for Regional Bioeconomy Hubs

October 7, 2026 |

The Story: Scaling regional bioeconomy hubs depends on occupational density rather than national workforce availability. Gulf Coast process metros concentrate chemical plant operators at over forty times the national average, commanding significant wage premiums. While this density enables cost-effective multi-employer college training programs, simultaneous megaprojects create severe labor congestion. When overlapping project peaks exceed the […]

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