By Rahim Rajwani, special to The Digest Cultured meat is no longer the stuff of science-fiction novels. Labs like mine, Atelier Meats, are already producing high-quality meat that looks and tastes just like the real thing. In fact, it is the real thing — it just doesn’t require the sacrifice of an animal. Lab-grown meat […]
What’s in the Inflation Reduction Act, really? For one, a bonanza of opportunity for renewable fuels — and especially, sustainable aviation fuels — plus renewable energy writ large. All sectors, ethanol, SAF< heavy-duty transport — have been applauding the ACt,l which has moved to the US House of Representatives for passage. A large team of […]
It’s been more than 10 years since the celebrated IPOs of Amyris, Codexis and Gevo showed that the second wave of industrial biotechnology (after the first wave of ethanol companies) was producing mature companies of size and substance. Since then, the crash of oil prices in the 2010s forced a pivot by these companies. Amyris […]
In the world of crops and genetics, less known and unjustly so, the attractive world of Evogene. Here’s an updated presentation out — all the markets, technologies, sources of revenues, trends, lines of business — launch-stage, growth-stage, maturity and end of life.
By Jonathan Sherwood, VP, Finance at Sweetwater Energy When I first interviewed at Sweetwater for the VP of Finance position, I was not asked, “How good are you at shoveling manure?” But, just six months after that interview where I’d sat in a crisp suit and new tie, I was knee-deep in some of the most […]
In Washington, the US Senate passed the Inflation Reduction Act, 51-50, after Vice President Kamala Harris provided the tie-breaking vote. The bill contains five years of dedicated Sustainable Aviation Fuel tax provisions aimed at incentivizing production of the renewable jet fuel. The climate, healthcare and tax package now moves to the US House of Representatives; […]
The BioFore company, the Finnish Forest Giant, the hydrocarbons from the woods folk, by any name this forest products company has made a splash with its hydrocarbons from wood technologies and a successful leap to commercial scale — all the markets, technologies, sources of revenues, trends, lines of business — from a wood basket outlook […]
Last week we reported that T2C Energy in partnership with the US Department of Energy had developed at pilot-scale a technology that makes drop-in transportation fuel for $2.91 a gallon, excluding any help from carbon prices and markets. (The techno-economics were validated by ICF, which is the gold standard in the bioenergy validation department). And […]
We wish someone would name this company “Incredibly Valuable Bioeconomy Feedstock Stewards” but they remain Waste Management. By any name, they are a strategic players of the first magnitude in cellulosic liquid fuels and RNG, as a dominant feedstock aggregator. All the markets, technologies, sources of revenues, trends, lines of business — from a wood […]
By Julie Valentine, Director, Refining Flow Solutions, Emerson Automation Solutions, special to The Digest More and more countries are seeking greener energy and solutions to meet stricter environmental standards, and biofuels are emerging as a go-to energy source. As demand increases, so too do the challenges for energy producers, including diversity of feedstocks, reliability of […]
