Q: Tell us about your organization. What do you do? The world desperately needs an alternative to fossil hydrocarbons. AlgEternal (www.algeternal.com) solves this problem by growing microalgae at scale faster, more reliably, cleaner and at a lower cost for use as alternative feedstock in multiple products and for carbon capture, water treatment, and soil rejuvenation. […]
NREL is focusing on commodity products with sufficient market sizes to aid biofuels production (e.g., adipic acid), working with Lignin Util. & SepConfor lignin substrates, and developing innovative biocatalysts and bioprocesses for lignin valorization. Get all the latest on their progress and research outcomes so far on overcoming substrate and product toxicity, the hydroxylation bottleneck, […]
The Sustainable Energy in America Factbook is produced annually for the Business Council for Sustainable Energy by BloombergNEF and provides year-over-year data and insights on the American energy transformation and progress of energy efficiency, natural gas and renewable energy sectors. Here we’ve culled the key renewable energy pieces of the factbook on how 2021 was […]
As the industry exits ABLC and returns to the day-to-day of transforming the world’s industrial base to a sustainable future, news arrives from Colorado that Gevo signed $8.1 billion in deals yesterday. Yes, one day. The Delta deal: $2.8 billion Gevo signed a “take-or-pay” agreement with Delta Air Lines to supply 75 million gallons of […]
There are synergies with carbon capture and biofuel processes. This ABLC slide guide from Dave Collings at 1898 & Co. looks at the challenges of biofuels, where and how much CO2 is being produced and sequestered, current carbon capturing methods and costs, where projects are happening, and more.
The din of 700 people dealmaking could not drown out the dialogue heard on the ABLC 2022 floor, which went something like this. Buyer: You sit here, friend. Colleague: All right. Buyer: (to Seller) Morning! Seller: Morning! Buyer: Well, what’ve you got? Seller: There’s meat without the cow, milk without the cow, renewable diesel, and […]
Bruce Dannenberg, CEO of Phytonix shared this illuminating slide guide at ABLC Connect highlighting how Phytonix utilizes cyanobacteria engineered via synthetic biology to produce 1-butanol and potentially other higher alcohols. And there’s a sister company, CyanoMega, producing a novel microalgae for the sustainable production for aquaculture, human and animal nutraceuticals, vegan food production and supplements, […]
Today we take a look at CO2 Utilization with Ryan Gilliam, CEO of Fortera. Fortera created a process that economically converts CO2 into a cement ready for use anywhere Ordinary Portland Cement is used. Concrete ranks as the most used human-made material on the planet each year. However, its production, which includes cement, comes with […]
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 […]
