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The Digest’s 2026 Multi Slide Guide to Successful Biobased Products

The Digest’s 2026 Multi Slide Guide to Successful Biobased Products

April 14, 2026 |

Jaffe Policy Consulting presented strategies to support the conversion of agricultural feedstocks into successful biobased products, aiming to enhance U.S. agricultural sustainability. The most newsworthy updates revolve around regulatory advancements, specifically changes to the USDA 9003 Guaranteed loan program which supports biomanufacturing infrastructure. Furthermore, Jaffe highlighted the establishment of a federal SAF Strategy and the […]

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The Digest’s 2026 Multi-Slide Guide to Tracking Marine Biofuel

The Digest’s 2026 Multi-Slide Guide to Tracking Marine Biofuel

April 13, 2026 |

PNNL highlights that while marine biofuels are widely available, they lack systematic tracking. A critical “data gap” exists between reported bunker sales and IMO fuel consumption reports, with discrepancies reaching hundreds of kilo-tonnes. While LNG bunkering shows explosive growth—notably a 227.3% CAGR in Singapore —biofuel adoption is obscured by non-standard naming conventions, with 140 unique […]

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The Digest’s 2026 Multi Slide Guide to the Future of Biomanufacturing

The Digest’s 2026 Multi Slide Guide to the Future of Biomanufacturing

April 9, 2026 |

Representing the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University, Sarah Glaven presented a forward-looking vision for the future of biomanufacturing. The most newsworthy concept is the transition to localized, sustainable production of everyday molecules and materials, completely decoupling manufacturing from belowground fossil resources. Glaven highlighted that cutting-edge electrified processing techniques, powered by […]

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The Hounding of Baskerville Biofuels

The Hounding of Baskerville Biofuels

April 9, 2026 |

From the notebooks of Dr. John H. Watson It was just after dawn when I arrived at the facility, though one would not have known it from the color of the sky. A low, metallic haze hung over the stacks, and the yard—vast, expensive, and curiously still—gave off the peculiar impression of a machine that […]

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The Digest’s 2026 Multi Slide Guide to Commodity + Carbon

The Digest’s 2026 Multi Slide Guide to Commodity + Carbon

April 8, 2026 |

GIC Group introduced “Commodity Plus Carbon” (CPC), a novel financial instrument designed to make biomass supply chains investable. The most newsworthy aspect is how CPC functions as a hybrid between a commodity futures contract and a carbon performance instrument. By representing a physical commodity alongside verified emissions performance data and a tradable premium, it aims […]

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Endurance Capital: What Vyterra Teaches Us About Persistence

Endurance Capital: What Vyterra Teaches Us About Persistence

April 8, 2026 |

“It was related that the party of explorers, at the extremity of their strength, had the constant delusion that there was one more member than could actually be counted.” Notes for The Waste Land, by T.S. Eliot Thirty-six hours into the crossing, they were no longer men in any ordinary sense. Their clothes hung in […]

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The Parallax of Price: Bryan, on the Matter of Carbon, v. Bryan

The Parallax of Price: Bryan, on the Matter of Carbon, v. Bryan

April 8, 2026 |

Editor’s Note: For Paul “Wolf” Bryan (1958–2026), a PhD chemical engineer, Chevron executive, former head of the DOE Biomass Program Office, and founding member of the Due Diligence Wolfpack. Paul was known for his clarity, biting wit, and insistence on real economics—warning against technologies that “needed two miracles,” and reminding us that oil was never […]

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The Digest’s 2026 Multi Slide Guide to BioCircular Valley

The Digest’s 2026 Multi Slide Guide to BioCircular Valley

April 7, 2026 |

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory announced the “BioCircular Valley,” a major 5-year project funded by Schmidt Sciences and FFAR to address agricultural supply chain inefficiencies. Partnering with UC Berkeley, UC Davis, and the USDA, the initiative tackles a critical bottleneck: growers currently sell only a fraction of the biomass they produce. The most newsworthy focus of […]

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Dispatches from the “SS Future Is Now”: next port of call, the Quantum Islands

Dispatches from the “SS Future Is Now”: next port of call, the Quantum Islands

April 7, 2026 |

The drone wobbles. Not metaphorically—actually wobbles. A small, over-caffeinated machine hovering somewhere between technical triumph and public embarrassment as it tries to hold a steady shot over the sunlit deck. “—and if we could just bring that in a little tighter—no, not into the lifeboat—pull back—God, Brian, pull back—” The travel host—linen shirt, wind-mussed hair, […]

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The Digest’s 2026 Multi Slide Guide to Iogen

The Digest’s 2026 Multi Slide Guide to Iogen

April 6, 2026 |

The presentation from Iogen focuses on identifying the next wave of advanced biofuels, specifically searching for clues to the “next billion-gallon biofuel”. Drawing on lessons from the last quarter-century, the most newsworthy takeaway is the assertion that future success in the bioeconomy will rely more on market opportunity than on pure technological innovation. The presentation […]

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