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The Digest’s 2026 Multi-Slide Guide to Green Plains

The Digest’s 2026 Multi-Slide Guide to Green Plains

February 3, 2026 |

Green Plains reported strong 3Q 2025 progress, highlighting the completion of its Obion, Tennessee plant sale to repay $130.7 million in debt. The company’s decarbonization strategy is advancing with carbon capture fully operational at its York, Nebraska facility, while systems at Central City and Wood River are ramping up. Management executed a 45Z tax credit […]

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Marching as One:  How C1 Molecules Are Rewriting the Rules of Fuels and Chemicals

Marching as One: How C1 Molecules Are Rewriting the Rules of Fuels and Chemicals

February 3, 2026 |

It’s Oh-dark-thirty at Fort Methanol. Reveille has sounded. Intake complete. Heads shaved. Civilian clothes gone. Racks made. Fall in! “I don’t care where you came from,” the drill instructor shouts. “Corn stover. Landfill gas. Forest residues. Steel mill exhaust. Direct air capture. Doesn’t matter. I’m going to run you through heat, pressure, and current until […]

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Here’s How the U.S. Can Outcompete its Competitors: Part 2

Here’s How the U.S. Can Outcompete its Competitors: Part 2

February 3, 2026 |

By CJ Evans, Co-Founder, Alternative Fuels & Chemicals Coalition, Project Manager, Federal Funding Services Special to The Digest Editor’s Note: CJ Evans and his teams of subject matter experts have helped more than 250 companies of all sizes prepare applications for federal grants and loan guarantees over the past 20 years. He has seen far […]

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Here’s How the U.S. Can Outcompete its Competitors: Part 1

Here’s How the U.S. Can Outcompete its Competitors: Part 1

February 2, 2026 |

By CJ Evans, Co-Founder, Alternative Fuels & Chemicals Coalition, Project Manager, Federal Funding Services Special to The Digest Editor’s Note: CJ Evans and his teams of subject matter experts have helped more than 250 companies of all sizes prepare applications for federal grants and loan guarantees over the past 20 years. He has seen far […]

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Resilience Is the New Carbon: Khaki Is the New Green

Resilience Is the New Carbon: Khaki Is the New Green

February 2, 2026 |

Ten years ago, Visolis entered the federal innovation pipeline through Cyclotron Road—the DOE-backed fellowship that helped define the climate-tech generation. Founder Deepak Dugar was part of a wave of scientists trying to turn low-carbon chemistry into real industry. Today, Visolis is winning scale-up funding from the Department of Defense. Same company. Same core science. Different […]

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The Digest’s 2026 Multi-Slide Guide to Dyadic International

The Digest’s 2026 Multi-Slide Guide to Dyadic International

February 2, 2026 |

Dyadic is pivoting from R&D to revenue generation with recombinant protein product launches slated for 2025–2027. Highlights include successful Phase 1 results for their DYAI-100 COVID-19 vaccine candidate and significant funding wins—a $4.5 million CEPI grant and $3 million from the Gates Foundation—to accelerate affordable vaccine and mAb production for global health. The company is […]

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The Long Work: The People Who Stay

The Long Work: The People Who Stay

January 29, 2026 |

There’s a quiet bond among people who choose this work, the bioeconomy. You don’t end up here because it’s easy. If easy were the goal, there are cleaner career paths, simpler markets, less friction. Heck, go get rich working on petroleum. Here, progress comes with resistance. Every gain seems to arrive with a counterforce — […]

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The Digest’s 2026 Multi-Slide Guide to DSM-Firmenich

The Digest’s 2026 Multi-Slide Guide to DSM-Firmenich

January 29, 2026 |

dsm-firmenich is advancing its strategic portfolio transformation by separating its Animal Nutrition & Health business, with an exit expected in 2025. The company is focusing on high-growth segments in Nutrition, Health, and Beauty, showcasing innovations like plant-based tuna alternatives and microbiome-targeted gut health solutions. Financial highlights include a planned €1 billion share buyback, the completion […]

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Growth Energy unhappy with E15 failure and “rural energy council” instead

Growth Energy unhappy with E15 failure and “rural energy council” instead

January 29, 2026 |

In Washington, Growth Energy was very unhappy after it was announced that a legislative fix for year-round E15 was dropped from the January government funding bill. It was further incensed that Congress would instead form a “rural energy council” to formulate another compromise bill with petroleum interests, and with expectations for a vote in February. […]

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The Digest’s 2026 Multi-Slide Guide to Corteva

The Digest’s 2026 Multi-Slide Guide to Corteva

January 28, 2026 |

Corteva is on track to separate into two independent market leaders by late 2026, with the “New Corteva SpinCo” focusing on advanced genetics, gene editing, and biofuels. Commercially, the company raised its full-year 2025 operating EBITDA guidance to 3.80–3.90 billion, driven by strong seed volumes in North America and new crop protection product gains. The […]

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