By Jeff Allen, Project Director, Lee Enterprises Consulting Special to The Digest The Bioeconomy – Investment Community Grand Challenge The pace of decarbonization and the success of net zero initiatives are closely tied to financial returns. Bioeconomy technologies are now primed for mainstream investment, but a crucial missing piece is the bioeconomic analytics framework needed for […]
In Australia, at the initial meet-up of the global Bold Goals Action Group, leaders of the global bioeconomy, a “coalition of the willing”, established a draft of 25 Bold Actions that, if achieved by the various stakeholders in the industry, would realize Bold Goals for the Bioeconomy as outlined by the Biden Administration at a […]
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 […]
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.
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
