On Wednesday February 8th, The DIgest continued the 7 week series of ABLC CONNECT events in which ABLC delegates join in a Zoom-based pre-networking session as we explore topics in depth. This week we looked at the world of Cellulosic and Multi-Technology Biorefineries — markets, players, technologies, policy and more. Digest editor Jim Lane presented […]
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 […]
RFA’s view is that SAF production presents a major new market opportunity for ethanol producers, as the lifecycle carbon footprint of ethanol continues to shrink and the economics of ethanol-to-jet fuel processes continue to improve. Ethanol companies recently penned a letter to President Biden, in which they pledged that the ethanol they produce will achieve […]
Out of thousands of eligible organizations, who will make the Hot 50– who will get your vote? In Florida, The Digest announced the official opening of nominations for the 50 Hottest Companies in the Advanced Bioeconomy for 2023. Nominate companies here. Voting Rules Voting will be open to all registered subscribers of The Digest and […]
Bloomberg has reported on a pullback by ExxonMobil from its long-running investments in algae biofuels. You can read Ben Elgin and Kevin Crowley’s crisp reporting here. For those looking for a compact summary of ExxonMobil and biofuels, here’s my theory. They were against biofuels because they were too low-yield and expensive, until they found algae, […]
All the developed and even now developing nations are working hard on Net Zero ambitions and timelines now — India has a goa to reduce 1 billion tons of carbon emissions by 2030 and drop the carbon intensity to 45% en route to Net Zero by 2070. That means new technology and feedstocks, even more, […]
S&B is an integrated EPC company that provides proven expertise to solve your greatest engineering and construction challenges. As companies around the world develop initiatives to move toward a lower-carbon future, S&B is helping them design and build the facilities to turn those plans into realities. For decades we have been integral to projects geared […]
By Bruce Comer, Frank Kim, and Zak Putlak, Ocean Park Special to The Digest The market for buying and selling biofuels plants followed a historic 2021 with a transformational year in 2022, driven by one pivotal biomass-based diesel (BBD) transaction. Overall, seven mergers and acquisitions transactions took place, with 889 million gallons per year (MGPY) […]
Technology is at an inflection point, technology so powerful, it’s altering society.Prevailing foundational beliefs are unraveling — and, we determining the future by design. One of the design trends is the move to modular construction — why? Fixed price, lump-sum costs. Minimal job site interruptions. Single source responsibility. Shorter schedules. Those are just a few […]
By Gerard J. Ostheimer, PhD and Douglas L. Faulkner “The Cleantech Conservative” Special to The Digest GOOD NEWS Steady growth of the African bioeconomy is a “good news” story hiding in plain sight. Recent commercial successes combined with ambitious investments are helping to bring a vision for Africa’s bioeconomy into focus: Growth of the African […]
