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50 Hottest Projects in the Advanced Bioeconomy 2022

50 Hottest Projects in the Advanced Bioeconomy 2022

March 17, 2022 |

On Day 2 of ABLC in Washington, DC, The Digest announced the 50 Hottest Projects in the Advanced Bioeconomy 2022. This year, the focus was on advanced bioeconomy manufacturing sites, completed or in development, at pilot, demonstration or commercial scale for intermediates or finished products, rather than companies. In today’s Digest, who was voted #1 Hot […]

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Commercializing Scaleable Cellulose Tech: The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Nanollose

Commercializing Scaleable Cellulose Tech: The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Nanollose

March 17, 2022 |

Nannollose uses an eco-friendly fermentation process to grow microbial cellulose to make fibers that have the potential to become a sustainable alternative to conventional plant-derived cellulose fibers – and even better, they are commercializing this scalable tech. Get all the details including competitor analysis and more.

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Low Cost Green Hydrogen: The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Omni Conversion Technologies

Low Cost Green Hydrogen: The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Omni Conversion Technologies

March 16, 2022 |

Producing low-cost hydrogen with negative CO2 footprint from minimally prepared waste or biomass is what Omni Conversion Technologies is all about. Take a look at this illuminating slide guide on how waste is the new frontier in clean energy, how their gasification and plasma refining system works, the carbon footprint of hydrogen production, commercial deployment, […]

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ABLC Preview

ABLC Preview

March 15, 2022 |

In Washington, ABLC 2022 opens today as the world watches the grim news from Ukraine, waits hopefully for an end to pandemic, and works towards achieving an array of Net Zero targets set by governments and corporations.  It is a time of heartbreak in the headlines, and pain at the pump. It many ways, it […]

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Drop-in Net-Zero Hydrocarbon Fuels: The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Gevo

Drop-in Net-Zero Hydrocarbon Fuels: The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Gevo

March 15, 2022 |

Gevo continues to make progress on the design and engineering work related to its Net-Zero 1 Project. As a result of Gevo’s agreement and relationship with Axens, Gevo recently made the decision to utilize ethanol fermentation technology instead of isobutanol fermentation technology to produce SAF and other renewable hydrocarbon products at Net-Zero 1. Find out […]

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What is eSAF, why the buzz and what’s stopping it from being produced at scale today?

What is eSAF, why the buzz and what’s stopping it from being produced at scale today?

March 14, 2022 |

By Andreea Moyes, Air bp’s sustainability director, and Peter Nowobilski, bp’s senior advisor for hydrogen and eFuels Special to The Digest With the aviation industry committed to curtailing lifecycle carbon emissions, sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) has an important role to play. Air bp is already working alongside airlines and airports around the world to deliver […]

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$46M Increase in Revenues: The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Aemetis

$46M Increase in Revenues: The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Aemetis

March 14, 2022 |

A revenue increase of 28% for 2021 compared to 2020 is impressive for any company, even given the rebound from COVID-19 disruptions. But the secrets to Aemetis’ 2021 success were key milestones like acquiring 125-acre Riverbank Industrial Complex for a SAF and renewable diesel plant, signing $2.5 billion of off-take agreements with major airlines and […]

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Competitive Edge: Rucoil’s UCO, food scraps, used engine oil recycling systems

Competitive Edge: Rucoil’s UCO, food scraps, used engine oil recycling systems

March 10, 2022 |

As gasoline prices seem to be on the stairway to heaven going up, up, up and in a time when we are so focused on where we get our gasoline from, what country we support by buying oil from, ways we can supply more of our own county’s oil supply, and more tough questions, today […]

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Sustainable Aviation Fuel and Renewable Diesel: The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to NextChem

Sustainable Aviation Fuel and Renewable Diesel: The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to NextChem

March 10, 2022 |

NextChem and Saola Energy have partnered to provide renewable diesel sized to your feedstock supply. Find out how as well as how their tech obtains high yields in SAF production, how hydrogen solutions can further abate the already high GHG emission reduction compared to fossil fuels, NextChem’s SAF project plan and timeline for the next […]

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Near Net Zero 2G Ethanol and Cellulosic Sugar: The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Praj

Near Net Zero 2G Ethanol and Cellulosic Sugar: The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Praj

March 9, 2022 |

How does Praj do simultaneous production of 2G ethanol and RNG from bagasse? What made the 3 cellulosic ethanol for Oil Marketing Cosin India successful? Where do Praj’s Celluniti and enfinity platforms fit in for woody biomass conversion for ethanol and sugars? Who are they working with on these biorefineries?

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