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The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Axens technologies

The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Axens technologies

May 29, 2023 |

Axens offers today the largest portfolio to do so; providing efficient, reliable and flexible technologies to convert biomass into high quality and low-carbon alternative products for the transportation sector as well as the chemical industry.. Axens Americas CTO Olivier Le Coz presented these slides at ABLC 2023.

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Can We Replace All Crude Oil Within 20 Years with Cellulosic Liquid Hydrocarbons?

Can We Replace All Crude Oil Within 20 Years with Cellulosic Liquid Hydrocarbons?

May 29, 2023 |

By Charles Forsberg ([email protected]) and Bruce Dale ([email protected]) Special to The Digest In the United States, crude oil products provide 48% of the total energy to the final customer: residential, commercial, industrial and transportation. Replacement of crude oil products (gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, chemical feed stocks, etc.) made from non-fossil-fuel carbon sources, principally products made […]

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When Wrinkles Annoy but Polyester’s a no-no, try HICCUPS

When Wrinkles Annoy but Polyester’s a no-no, try HICCUPS

May 26, 2023 |

We love polyester, the magic molecule, the bane of wrinkled or torn shirts, friend of moisture resistance. We just can’t stand the way it’s made. In some ways, right up there with hot dogs. Why throw out the molecule? Why not make the carbon we love from the carbon we disdain — like carbon dioxide […]

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The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Aiga Partners

The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Aiga Partners

May 25, 2023 |

Aiga is a minority-owned business focused on investments in North American-based companies developing sustainable infrastructure assets. The team includes experienced developers, asset managers, energy infrastructure investors, project financiers, and structured investment experts. Our principals have extensive track records in the renewables sectors and over 45+ years of combined experience with fundraising, M&A, development, operations, investments, […]

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The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Virent

The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Virent

May 24, 2023 |

Virent, a subsidiary of Marathon Petroleum developed its BioForming technology to create fuels and chemicals from a wide range of naturally occurring, renewable resources. And now they teamed up with Johnson Matthey to bring to market Virent’s proprietary tech for the production of BioFormate, enabling production of bio-gasoline, sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), and bio-aromatic chemicals. […]

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The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Mote, and the new hydrogen

The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Mote, and the new hydrogen

May 23, 2023 |

Mote makes uniquely integrated gasification plants to produce hydrogen and CO2 from wood waste, in an environment of underway huge demand for fossil-free, cost-competitive hydrogen, rapid development of CCUS, the emergence of voluntary Carbon Markets, and widespread international Net Zero commitments. Mote says it has the most scalable carbon removal technology, and address what it […]

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Australia on the Brink: will “electrify everything” doom the Lucky Country?

Australia on the Brink: will “electrify everything” doom the Lucky Country?

May 23, 2023 |

Australia will be exposed to environmental, economic and energy security risks if governments fail to foster a domestic renewable fuels sector, says a new report by Deloitte and commissioned by Bioenergy Australia. The report is titled Transitioning Australia’s Liquid Fuel Sector: The Role of Renewable Fuels – which addresses decarbonization of Australia’s economy:   Especially, it […]

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The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Boundless Impact, and a new way to count carbon intensity

The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Boundless Impact, and a new way to count carbon intensity

May 22, 2023 |

It’s the new way to measure Carbon Intensity and your potential for carbon revenues – how much better, faster and more affordable is it? This week on REenergize we were joined by Michele Demers, Founder and CEO of Boundless Impact Research & Analytics. Boundless unleashes Environmental Impact Analysis to differentiate your product using rapid LCAs, […]

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Will it be the Summer of SAF, or of circular feedstocks, or circular chemicals?

Will it be the Summer of SAF, or of circular feedstocks, or circular chemicals?

May 22, 2023 |

Depending on your newsfeed keywords, you might be confused about the trends for the bioeconomy summer. If you’ve popped “SAF” into your news mix, the flow of announcements has been so heavy, you may be wondering if SAF is running for President.  Yet, if you’ve been monitoring the circuit of industry events, you might think […]

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Tipping the Scale on CO2 Levels: Fast-Tracking Bioeconomy Decarbonization

Tipping the Scale on CO2 Levels: Fast-Tracking Bioeconomy Decarbonization

May 21, 2023 |

By Mauricio Villegas, Manager of Business Development, Koch Modular Process Systems Special to The Digest Carbon dioxide (CO2) levels continue to increase globally, but the degree of growth is starting to tapper off. In 2021 the IEA reported that CO2 levels increased by 6% from the prior year, partly due to the significant decline during the […]

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