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The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to the State of Advanced Biorefineries

The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to the State of Advanced Biorefineries

August 14, 2023 |

Here’s the State of Advanced Biorefineries presentation from the ABLC CONNECT series episode. Current and expected demand, technologies, supply chain, projects of note, current news, key players — a comprehensive but compact look at the industry in this year of transition from development to deployment.

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Rid us this Day our Daily Waste: New Path out of the Plastics Problem

Rid us this Day our Daily Waste: New Path out of the Plastics Problem

August 14, 2023 |

Here is my Astronomy of Plastics, since you didn’t ask. Doomsayers about the shortcomings of plastics, they are like comets in the Kuiper Belt, too numerous to count, full of Hollywood disaster movie scenarios, ultimately and usually way off base.  Proposers of solutions for the problems of plastics, those are more like the planets, fewer […]

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The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Trillium

The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Trillium

August 13, 2023 |

Trillium is a leading provider of alternative fueling solutions, specializing in fuel supply, design, installation and operation for innovative energy solutions. Trillium’s offerings include CNG, hydrogen, EV charging infrastructure, solar installation, and on-site electricity generation. Charles Love presented these slides on renewable natural gas on ABLC Connect.

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I Think I Love You, So What Am I So Afraid Of?: Inside the stock plunge of Origin Materials

I Think I Love You, So What Am I So Afraid Of?: Inside the stock plunge of Origin Materials

August 13, 2023 |

Late last week, following the Q2 earnings announce, the stock price for Origin Materials dropped by 66 per cent in a day, and you might think the company announced it had a) announced bankruptcy, b) abandoned its core technology or c) revealed misdeeds by management that could lead to prison and ruin — none of […]

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The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Marine BioEnergy

The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Marine BioEnergy

August 10, 2023 |

Giant Kelp is one of the fastest growing producers of biomass. Giant kelp does not grow naturally in the open ocean because kelp needs key nutrients that are available in deep ocean water or near shore but not at the surface in the open ocean. Kelp also needs an attachment at about 10-20 meters of […]

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Amyris’ bankruptcy filing: Complete details

Amyris’ bankruptcy filing: Complete details

August 10, 2023 |

Here follows the complete Amyris statement with respect to its Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing. Amyris, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMRS) (“Amyris” or the “Company”), a leading synthetic biotechnology company accelerating the world’s transition to sustainable consumption through its Lab-to-Market™ technology platform and clean beauty consumer brands, today announced that it is moving forward with an operational and […]

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The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Liberation Labs

The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Liberation Labs

August 9, 2023 |

Liberation Labs was formed to address the growing fermentation capacity gap in cellular agriculture by providing the industry with the infrastructure to commercialize novel protein manufacturing at the scale and cost structure required by the market. CEO and co-founder Mark Warner presented these slides at ABLC 2023.

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The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to the RCM Engineering / Thermal Kinetics

The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to the RCM Engineering / Thermal Kinetics

August 8, 2023 |

Roy Vitteri of RCM Technologies presented these slides at ABLC 2023 on Separation Technologies for an Advanced Bioeconomy, looking at the core technologies of  Distillation; Dehydration – molecular sieves; Evaporation; Crystallization; and Absorption – emission control.

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The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to the State of RNG and Biogas

The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to the State of RNG and Biogas

August 7, 2023 |

Here’s the State of RNG and Biogaspresentation from the ABLC CONNECT series episode. Available supply, conventional feedstocks, prices, current and expected demand,key players — a comprehensive but compact look at the industry in this year of transition from development to deployment.

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Rowing in a Lake of Peanut Butter: Reader reaction and hard data on Direct Air Capture

Rowing in a Lake of Peanut Butter: Reader reaction and hard data on Direct Air Capture

August 7, 2023 |

Is Direct Air Capture of CO2 really the most dangerous technology in the world? Following a column penned by BioVeritas CEO Dave Austgen that led The Digest yesterday, a friend wrote: The headline made me want to open up [The Daily Digest], but there are no significant facts or reasoning stated in [the] article as […]

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