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The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Hydrogen Infrastructure Development

The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Hydrogen Infrastructure Development

November 16, 2023 |

The US Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Office’s  H2 Infrastructure Technologies Subprogram is overseen by Ned Stetson, who gave this overview of the US hydrogen program, projects underway, targets, milestones ahead and more, at the Hydrogen Program 2023 Annual Merit Review and Peer Evaluation Meeting.

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Unlocking the Future with Biofuels: A Pathway to Sustainable Mobility Transformation

Unlocking the Future with Biofuels: A Pathway to Sustainable Mobility Transformation

November 14, 2023 |

By Shrikant Rathi, Executive Director, Praj Americas Special to The Digest In an era defined by environmental concerns and the urgent need to transition towards renewable energy sources, ethanol has emerged as a key contender in shaping the future of sustainable energy. Its multifaceted role in ensuring energy security, its transformative capacity as a biorefinery, […]

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16 Tons and What do You Get: Canada grapples with bioeconomy growth as forests burn, emissions soar

16 Tons and What do You Get: Canada grapples with bioeconomy growth as forests burn, emissions soar

November 10, 2023 |

OTTAWA — “The Inflation Reduction Act changed everything” is the headline comment as Canada’s leading bioeconomy event, Jeff Passmore’s Scaling Up 2023 got underway in its traditional home at Ottawa’s Chateau Laurier, but nothing else was traditional as speakers grappled with spiraling Canadian emissions, the unique demand in cold Canada for heat as well as […]

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The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to FermWorx

The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to FermWorx

November 9, 2023 |

This week on the Digest webinar stage, we looked at solving the critical shortage of fermentation capacity. FERMWORX, LLC, based in Columbus, Georgia, is a fermentation company that specializes in high quality biopolymers and bio-based fermentation products produced in the United States. FermWorx’s Jon Getzinger presented these slides on the company’s promise and progress.

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The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to the Impact of the Inflation Reduction Act

The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to the Impact of the Inflation Reduction Act

November 8, 2023 |

IRA, everyone has heard about it — what does it mean? The IRA has been billed as the largest clean energy infrastructure investment in United States history. It allotted $370B to the development and promotion of clean energy solutions. The IRA is designed to include both supply and demand side incentive programs. In our industry […]

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The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Origin Materials

The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Origin Materials

November 7, 2023 |

Origin is the world’s leading carbon negative materials company. The Origin platform turns the carbon found in biomass into useful materials, while eliminating the need for fossil resources and capturing carbon in the process. Origin Co-CEO John Bissell  took us through the hard data and company horizons with these slides presented at ABLC Next 2023.

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The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to HTL technology scale-up

The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to HTL technology scale-up

November 6, 2023 |

HTL represents a processing technology that precludes the need to evaporate or dry the waste feed prior to conversion to fuel. In fact HTL requires that the feed be aqueous. HTL enables the conversion of the organic components in the feed to bio-oil and bio-gas. Merrick’s Chris Biodillo gave these slides at ABLC Next 2023 […]

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Nick Andrews Takes His Hat Off: The making of the historic Southwest Airlines/USA BioEnergy SAF pact

Nick Andrews Takes His Hat Off: The making of the historic Southwest Airlines/USA BioEnergy SAF pact

November 5, 2023 |

In the world of the bioeconomy, USA BioEnergy CEO Nick Andrews is known as “the guy with the cowboy hat”. He’s almost never seen without it, on the sidelines of ABLC or other major events. He’s the Tim McGraw of the bioeconomy.  I caught up with Nick as the historic 680 million gallons offtake deal […]

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The Sydney Communique of the Bold Goals Action Group

The Sydney Communique of the Bold Goals Action Group

October 30, 2023 |

The participants in the Sydney meeting of the Bold Goals Action Group, a coalition of the willing working to accelerate the rate of deployment in the advanced bioeconomy, issued the following Communique: The initial meeting of the Bold Goals Action Group was held in Sydney on 22 September 2023. It involved leaders of companies and […]

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Bold Actions to Accelerate the Bioeconomy: Findings from the Bold Goals Action Group

Bold Actions to Accelerate the Bioeconomy: Findings from the Bold Goals Action Group

October 30, 2023 |

In San Francisco on the sidelines of the ABLC NEXT 2023 meeting, a coalition of the willing called the Bold Goals Action Group outlined a series of 31 Bold Actions that must be taken by industry and government in order to achieve the global timelines for Net Zero economies that address climate change and the […]

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