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Axens’ Futurol Cellulosic Ethanol Tech: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to Overcoming Cellulosic Ethanol Challenges

Axens’ Futurol Cellulosic Ethanol Tech: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to Overcoming Cellulosic Ethanol Challenges

July 27, 2020 |

Axens has a range of renewable biofuels and biochemicals from renewable diesel and biojet fuel to cellulosic ethanol, ethylene, butadiene, and aromatics. But there have been challenges in the past with cellulosic ethanol that Axens has learned to address. From feedstock flexibility to enzymes, check out this slide guide from Axens’ recent presentation at ABLC Digital […]

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Top Renewable Diesel Projects and Pathways: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to Renewable Diesel Now

Top Renewable Diesel Projects and Pathways: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to Renewable Diesel Now

July 26, 2020 |

If you missed last week’s DigestConnect webinar, have no fear, the full deck is here! From 11 pathways on who’s doing what, how and with what, 21 projects and who’s running them and where, 13 fast emerging projects and who’s converting, constructing, planning and where, this is one slide guide you won’t want to miss! From […]

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Competitive Edge: Aequor Inc.

Competitive Edge: Aequor Inc.

July 23, 2020 |

Q: What was the reason for founding your organization – what was the open niche you saw that could be addressed with a new product or service? What was the problem, or gap, or opportunity? Aequor’s founder, Cynthia Burzell, a divemaster and marine and medical microbiologist, was aware that every ship at sea was using […]

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Renewable Natural Gas & Advanced Energy: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to Ameresco’s Biogas & Gasification

Renewable Natural Gas & Advanced Energy: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to Ameresco’s Biogas & Gasification

July 23, 2020 |

At ABLC Digital, Michael Bakas, Executive Vice President of Distributed Energy Systems at Ameresco shared these illuminating slide guides about their advanced renewable energy and tech portfolio including their design, build, operation and maintenance of the largest wastewater treatment biogas-to-renewable natural gas facility of its kind in the United States. Get the details on the Arizona […]

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YTD 2020 Key Items: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to Corbion’s Lactic Acid, Food, AlgaPrime DHA

YTD 2020 Key Items: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to Corbion’s Lactic Acid, Food, AlgaPrime DHA

July 23, 2020 |

Corbion had a good Q1 2020 with organic net sales increase of 9.6% – quite impressive given what’s been going on so far this year. Find out what segments are growing, where they see high growth for lactic acid, polymers, lactates, and esters, how their AlgaPrime DHA omega-3 sales have done, and more.

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Renewable Chemicals and Materials: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to Praj’s Bioeconomy Perspective

Renewable Chemicals and Materials: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to Praj’s Bioeconomy Perspective

July 22, 2020 |

Praj Industries recently added renewable chemicals and materials to their portfolio of products going beyond biofuels and their Executive Chairman Dr. Pramod Chaudhari shared this illuminating presentation at ABLC Digital on the India story, the shift towards advanced biofuels and renewable chem in India, Praj’s approach towards renewable chemicals and materials, and more.

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Recruiting Impact Investing to Grow the Bioeconomy

Recruiting Impact Investing to Grow the Bioeconomy

July 21, 2020 |

By Cynthia Thyfault, Global Biofuture Solutions, Founder and CEO and Gerard J. Ostheimer, PhD., Co-Founder and CSO Special to The Digest Impact investing is an exciting and rapidly growing industry powered by investors who are determined to generate social and environmental impact as well as financial returns. This is taking place all over the world, […]

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Resilient in the Headwinds: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to Stora Enso

Resilient in the Headwinds: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to Stora Enso

July 21, 2020 |

Just released yesterday, this Slide Guide demonstrates Stora Enso’s financial results for Q2 2020 and how they are resilient even during these challenging times. From strong liquidity, solid cash flow and good access to funding sources, this company showed strong performance in packaging materials. Stora Enso’s President and CEO Annica Bresky and CFO Seppo Parvi sum […]

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Political Football Season Returns with RFS

Political Football Season Returns with RFS

July 20, 2020 |

By Donnell Rehagen, CEO, National Biodiesel Board Special to The Digest If you’re craving the excitement of live sports played by highly paid professionals, perhaps you’ll want to watch the back and forth in Washington’s annual Renewable Fuel Standard game. On the other hand, if you’re looking for something where the rules are clearer and […]

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Converting Ethanol to Butanol: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to Catalyxx’s Ethanol Technology

Converting Ethanol to Butanol: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to Catalyxx’s Ethanol Technology

July 20, 2020 |

Initially developed by Abengoa, Catalyxx has exclusive rights for a technology to convert ethanol efficiently into butanol and higher alcohols and aims for the production of high-value renewable chemicals from ethanol. The chemical process is based on the Guerbet reaction or condensation of ethanol and produces a combination of very valuable mid range alcohols (C6, C8 […]

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