Author Archive: Jim Lane

Next Step in Alder’s Commercialization Journey: Introducing Pioneer & Full-Time Skid Operations

May 8, 2023 | Jim Lane

By Matt Sherick, Pilot Plant Engineer & Dr. Derek Vardon, Chief Technology Officer Special to The Digest This week, Alder reached a key milestone in the scale-up of Alder Renewable Crude (ARC) production by commissioning a pilot skid at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). Alder’s proprietary technology fractionates fast pyrolysis oil into energy-dense, low-carbon to carbon-negative ARC that can […]

The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to SHV Energy

May 4, 2023 | Jim Lane

SHV Energy is a leading global distributor of off-grid energy, such as LPG, LNG, hydrogen, bioLPG and rDME. The company serves 30 million business and residential customers in 24 countries across 4 continents. The ambition is to offer 100% renewably and sustainably sourced energy by 2040. They are actively innovating, investing & collaborating to develop […]

The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to GTI Energy

May 3, 2023 | Jim Lane

GTI Energy is an organization dedicated to advancing the economy-wide transformation needed to deeply decarbonize energy systems while supplying the energy needed to support rising standards of living and economic growth worldwide. CEO Paula Gant presented these slides at ABLC 2023.

The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to SPRIN-D and Breakthrough innovation

May 2, 2023 | Jim Lane

Recently, we continued our new online REenergize series aimed at bringing together projects, technologies, finance and thought-leaders for advanced refining and energy production. Our special guest was Dr. Patrick Rose, former director of biotechnology R&D for the US Navy and now a director at SPRIN-D, looking at breakthrough innovation. “Sprind Is Committed To Building A […]

The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Legislation And Regulations About SAF, the Topsoe Perspective

May 1, 2023 | Jim Lane

Case 1, Is Jet Fuel Produced From Soybean Oil? Case 2, Is E-Jet Produced From Fossil CO2 And Green H2 SAF? These are just a couple of the topics tucked into this panoramic survey of paths to SAF, and what’s uphill and downhill from technology to policy. Milica Folic of Topsoe presented these slides at […]

Low Carbon Ethanol: Carbon Intensity Reduction through Advanced Technologies

May 1, 2023 | Jim Lane

By Shrikant Rathi, Executive Director, Praj Americas Special to The Digest Ethanol worldwide has played a vital role in replacing fossil fuels in ground transportation. The drive for decarbonization has driven consideration of low carbon bioethanol as a feedstock for Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) and bio-products due to its potential for reducing greenhouse gas emissions […]

The Battle of the Ethanol Bulge

April 30, 2023 | Jim Lane

Lately I have been comparing in my mind the situation of the oil & gas industry today and the facts that faced the German High Command in the late autumn of 1944. Today, it’s a two-front war, EVs on the Eastern Front now winning titanic policy battles of encirclement and annihilation, while the numerically smaller […]

The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to DMC Bio

April 27, 2023 | Jim Lane

Getting identical performance from lab to commercial scale is tough, but DMC’s platform tech makes it happen with efficient development, scaling, and commercialization of biobased products. DMC’s Kenny Erdoes shared this illuminating slide guide at ABLC 2023 in Washington DC recently.

The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Currently Used and Future Potential of Biomass Resources in the US

April 26, 2023 | Jim Lane

The Billion Ton 23 update is coming. BETO needs a comprehensive biomass resource assessment that is end-use agnostic — for example, MSW and microalgae numbers in BT16 do not represent current BETO Analysis. There is a need to add conventional ag and forestry resources, oilseed and cover crops,macroalgae, CO2 and to align with USDA forest […]

The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to NEXT Renewables

April 25, 2023 | Jim Lane

NEXT Renewable Fuels turns recycled organic materials, such as used cooking oil, into an advanced biofuel that works just like petroleum-based diesel, but with as much as 85 percent less greenhouse gas emissions. With development and technology partners, NEXT Renewable Fuels provides the renewable transportation fuels the future demands, and is developing projects on the […]

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