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Maximum Thrust on Decarb Drive: Shell’s blockbuster 3.25B liter CellEth deal with Raizen 

Maximum Thrust on Decarb Drive: Shell’s blockbuster 3.25B liter CellEth deal with Raizen 

November 7, 2022 |

News arrived from Brazil to begin the week that Shell has agreed to buy a total of 3.25 billion litres of sugar-cane cellulosic ethanol under a long-term agreement with Brazil’s Raízen. The low-carbon fuel is expected to be produced by five plants that Raízen plans to build in Brazil, bringing its total portfolio of cellulosic […]

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The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Co-Optima Fuels – Techno-Economic and Life Cycle Analysis

The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Co-Optima Fuels – Techno-Economic and Life Cycle Analysis

November 7, 2022 |

Researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy Co-Optimization of Fuels & Engines initiative are exploring how simultaneous innovations in fuels and engines could boost fuel economy and vehicle performance, while reducing emissions—advancing the underlying science needed to deliver better fuels and better engines sooner. In this presentation by Troy Hawkins of Argonne National Laboratory, the […]

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As SAF rules, DG Fuels rocks with huge Air France/KLM fuels deal

As SAF rules, DG Fuels rocks with huge Air France/KLM fuels deal

November 6, 2022 |

News arrived on the ABLC floor that DG Fuels signed a multi-year SAF offtake agreement with Air France KLM for up to 60,408 metric tons (21 million gallons) per year from DGF’s initial plant to be located in Louisiana. Financial terms were not disclosed. The minimum 10-year deal will reduce lifecycle emissions by up to […]

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Below Zero: why Less is More for the Advanced Bioeconomy

Below Zero: why Less is More for the Advanced Bioeconomy

November 3, 2022 |

Thank you for your Net Zero commitments. Now, throw them out. Here in the bioeconomy we have to go past Near To Zero, or We Care About Zero, or Potemkin Village Zero, or Net Zero, or Our Kinda Funky Accounting Gets Us to Funky Zero, or True Zero. The advanced bioeconomy is about Below Zero, […]

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It Rhymes with Calf: Reflections and re-cap from ABLC Next 2022

It Rhymes with Calf: Reflections and re-cap from ABLC Next 2022

November 3, 2022 |

ABLC was a happy pandemonium, with 780 high-level delegates stuffed into the Hotel Nikko in San Francisco, let there be no doubt about it. The din of companies seeking partners, building visibility was louder than I think I have ever heard at a conference before.  If you’ve read your Milton, you’ll know that Pandemonium was […]

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The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide ABLC Guide to Alder Fuels

The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide ABLC Guide to Alder Fuels

November 3, 2022 |

In this connected presentation set, Alder Fuels CEO Bryan Sherbacow, and in a later and related presentation, VP Nancy Young, took the ABLC Next 2022 stage in San Francisco to outline the company’s milestones, technology, financial estimates, policy asks, its portfolio of SAF/RD projects, and the company’s expanding technology sets as it announced a partnership […]

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The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide ABLC Guide to Ag-Grid Energy

The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide ABLC Guide to Ag-Grid Energy

November 3, 2022 |

In this presentation, Ag-Grid Energy CEO Rashi Akki took the ABLC Next 2022 stage in San Francisco to outline the company’s milestones, technology, financial estimates, policy asks, its portfolio of biogas projects, and the company’s expansion in RNG, and more.

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The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide ABLC Guide to Aemetis

The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide ABLC Guide to Aemetis

November 2, 2022 |

In this presentation, Aemetis CEO Eric McAfee took the ABLC Next 2022 stage in San Francisco to outline the company’s milestones, technology, financial estimates, policy asks, its portfolio of Carbon Zero One projects, and the company’s expansion in RNG, advanced fuels and more.

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SGP BioEnergy taps Topsoe as partner for 2.6B gallon renewable diesel, hydrogen, SAF project in Panama

SGP BioEnergy taps Topsoe as partner for 2.6B gallon renewable diesel, hydrogen, SAF project in Panama

November 2, 2022 |

In Panama, SGP BioEnergy has picked Topsoe to support the production of renewable fuels in South America’s largest upcoming renewable fuels plant, located in Panama. Topsoe will provide its HydroFlex technology to produce SAF and RD, while also deploying its H2bridge technology to ensure the plant has a net-zero greenhouse gas footprint, recycling green hydrogen generated by waste […]

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The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Production of Carbon Nanotubes from CO2

The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Production of Carbon Nanotubes from CO2

November 1, 2022 |

In this project, researchers aim for market-ready production of carbon nanotubes from TVA flue gas-derived CO2, including a TEA and LCA in collaboration with NREL. The researchers have a goal of 80-90% less cost than today’s market. Anna Douglas of SkyNano presented these slides at the Carbon Management Project Review Meeting in August. .

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