Author Archive: Jim Lane

The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Catalytic Upgrading of Biochemical Intermediates

September 28, 2023 | Jim Lane

The Catalytic Upgrading of Biochemical Intermediates (CUBI) project is a multi-lab effort within ChemCatBio (CCB) that is focused on improving the catalytic upgrading of intermediates from biochemical deconstruction and/or biological conversion (i.e. fermentation) to fuels and chemical co-products. This is accomplished by developing catalysts with improved performance and durability, mitigating the impact of biogenically-derived inhibitors […]

The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Thermochemical Platform Analysis

September 27, 2023 | Jim Lane

A recent DOE project aims to Improve Research Impacts by Providing Industrial Context, Maximize SAF and Heavy Fuels as Primary Products, Facilitate the Reuse of Existing Petroleum Refining Operations and mitigate scale-up risks feasible within lab/pilot research. NREL’s Abhijit Dutta gave the project overview and status via these slides presented at DOE’s Project Peer Review.

The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to accelerating the catalyst and process development cycle for bioenergy applications

September 26, 2023 | Jim Lane

ChemCatBio accelerates the development of catalytic technologies for converting biomass and waste resources into fuels and chemicals with a lower carbon footprint. From sustainable aviation fuel to bio-based marine fuel to renewable monomers for material manufacturing, the Chemical Catalysis for Bioenergy Consortium reduces the cost and time to move catalyst-driven technology from discovery to scale-up. […]

The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Carbon Dioxide Utilization Markets, Resources, and Environmental and Energy Justice

September 25, 2023 | Jim Lane

A new DOE project is quantifying resource availability and costs for CO2 utilization (CO2U) in sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production to inform industry, technology communities, and policymakers on location-specific economic and societal impacts. It will provide insights to guide R&D efforts to achieve BETO’s decarbonization goals, SAFcost and production targets, while meeting DOE’s energy justice […]

An All-Pro QB: From Qore via Qira, BASF gets Biobased BDO

September 24, 2023 | Jim Lane

News arrives from Qore headquarters in Eddyville, Iowa that Qore will produce QIRA bio-based 1,4-butanediol (BDO) at Cargill’s biotechnology campus and corn refining operation in Eddyville under a big offtake contract with BASF. Via its new QIRA supply deal, BASF will expand its existing offer of BDO derivatives with bio-based variants, with the first commercial […]

Going beyond the BS: Trillium, Zeton make a material materials advance on acrylonitrile in the quest for renewable ABS.

September 23, 2023 | Jim Lane

News has arrived from Trillium Renewable Chemicals (www.trilliumchemicals.com of a partnership with Zeton to design the world’s first demonstration plant to convert plant-based glycerol into acrylonitrile, deemed “Project Falcon.” Trillium is pioneering the development of a new chemical manufacturing process to produce acrylonitrile from glycerol. The acrylonitrile backstory OK, what exactly is acrylonitrile good for? The […]

The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to CO2 Reduction and Upgrading for e-Fuels Consortium

September 21, 2023 | Jim Lane

Commercial shipping and transportation expected to be difficult to electrify/decarbonize. Projected supply of traditional biomass feedstocks may be insufficient to fully meet global demand. CO2 as a feedstock could help meet SAF Grand Challenge. The CO2RUE consortium aims to develop technologies to upgrade CO2 to fuels and chemicals in order to reduce GHG emissions as […]

Gevo joins Air Transport Action Group

September 20, 2023 | Jim Lane

In Montreal,Air Transport Action Group (ATAG) said that Gevo has joined ATAG as a Strategic Associate. ATAG is a global association representing commercialaviation’s commitment to working towards the sector-wide commitment to net-zero carbon by 2050. ATAG is working to raise awareness about sustainable aviation practices and foster collaboration amongst its members, including airlines, airports, airframe […]

The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Systems Development and Integration – Emerging and Supporting Technologies

September 20, 2023 | Jim Lane

SDI directly supports BETO’s strategic goal to decarbonize the transportation sector through R,D, &D to produce cost-effective, sustainable aviation and other strategic fuels – By 2030, SDI aims to support scale-up of multiple biofuel production pathways with a focus on sustainable aviation fuels capable of >70% GHG reduction by enabling the construction and operation of […]

The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Systems Development and Integration – Scale-Up Portfolio

September 19, 2023 | Jim Lane

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