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Natural Extract for Cosmetics, Food & Beverages: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to RedLeaf Biologics

Natural Extract for Cosmetics, Food & Beverages: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to RedLeaf Biologics

August 29, 2021 |

Kentucky-based RedLeaf Biologics developed a proprietary, non-GMO red sorghum variant that expresses compounds at levels 2000 times higher than native strains, allowing the first ever commercial extraction. Find out how they are working with local farmers to grow, harvest, and process their red sorghum into valuable natural ingredients.

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Farm-Powered Anaerobic Digestion: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to Vanguard Renewables

Farm-Powered Anaerobic Digestion: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to Vanguard Renewables

August 26, 2021 |

Vanguard Renewables sequesters organic waste that could be a dangerous contributor to greenhouse gas emissions and converts it into a powerful source of renewable energy, renewable natural gas. Find out how it works, the role of farms, project inputs and outputs, and more.

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The Fuel Economy Rule: An EPA That Won’t See, Hear, or Speak to the Facts

The Fuel Economy Rule: An EPA That Won’t See, Hear, or Speak to the Facts

August 25, 2021 |

By Doug Durante, Executive Director Clean Fuels Development Coalition Special to The Digest The release of the highly anticipated revision of the Safe Affordable Fuel Efficient Vehicle (SAFE) proposed rule this month was, for the biofuels industry, yet another poke in the eye as the EPA totally ignored reality and continued their long history of […]

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Biomass, conversion, low carbon fuels: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to ABLC Digital’s Opening Remarks

Biomass, conversion, low carbon fuels: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to ABLC Digital’s Opening Remarks

August 25, 2021 |

If you missed ABLC Digital’s opening remarks earlier this year, check out this short but sweet slide guide from Kyriakos Maniatis PhD. From GHG emissions, the global carbon cycle, the need for disruptive policies, and more.

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Biofuel Scale-Up and Conversion: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to BETO

Biofuel Scale-Up and Conversion: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to BETO

August 25, 2021 |

The U.S Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office aims to verify integrated systems research at engineering scale for hydrocarbon biofuel technologies at mature modeled MFSP of $3.00/GGE with a minimum 50% reduction in emissions by 2022. And by 2030, build and operate 4-5 Demonstration scale integrated biorefineries with a focus on sustainable aviation fuels capable […]

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SUSTAINABLE HIGHWAYS: New technologies will help us Build Healthier Societies in 7 Ways

SUSTAINABLE HIGHWAYS: New technologies will help us Build Healthier Societies in 7 Ways

August 24, 2021 |

Wonder of an earlier age, the modern limited-access highway is a commonplace of our times that we almost never give a thought to it — it’s just there, seems eternal and never changes, like granite formations or the fortunes of the Seattle Mariners. Change is coming, and perhaps soon. Because the most important fact of […]

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Net-Zero Renewables: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to Gevo

Net-Zero Renewables: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to Gevo

August 24, 2021 |

Can you imagine 100% reduction in GHG emissions? Where 100% of agricultural feedstock nutritional value is returned to the food chain? Check out this illuminating slide guide highlighting Gevo’s Cradle to Cradle Lifecycle actions and plans for transportation fuels and net-zero products. 

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Blue Hydrogen for Transport in the US: The Transition to Green Hydrogen & the Conduit to Keeping Pace with the EU

Blue Hydrogen for Transport in the US: The Transition to Green Hydrogen & the Conduit to Keeping Pace with the EU

August 23, 2021 |

By Salim Rahemtulla, President, PowerTap Hydrogen Fueling Corp. Special to The Digest As the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) indicates in its Hydrogen Program Plan it published in 2020, “Hydrogen, as a versatile energy carrier and chemical feedstock, offers advantages that unite all of our nation’s energy resources—renewables, nuclear, and fossil fuels—and enables innovations in […]

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Pathways, Projects, Policy: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to Hydrogen

Pathways, Projects, Policy: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to Hydrogen

August 23, 2021 |

Hydrogen demand keeps going up. It is essential to many processes, like biofuels production, chemical processes and oil refining and is one of the most carbon-intensive molecules as it is produced today. But what about biomass green hydrogen or electrolysis green hydrogen? What are key projects in the works? What are the pathways? The challenges?

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3 new products launched in Q2: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to Novozymes

3 new products launched in Q2: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to Novozymes

August 22, 2021 |

Novozymes had a good year so far with 9% organic sales growth, a strategic milestone with their entry into Advanced Protein Solutions, and double-digit growth in Bioenergy, Grain & Tech Processing and Food, Beverages & Human Health. From their latest results, the equity story, business area updates, outlook for the rest of 2021, and more.

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