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Low Carbon Cash Cover Crop: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to CoverCress

Low Carbon Cash Cover Crop: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to CoverCress

August 27, 2020 |

The Digest recently reported on CoverCress and why the U.S. Department of Energy’s $13 million grant for new high-value feedstock, pennycress, is so key. For an in-depth visual guide on how CoverCress is delivering new farm income and low carbon intensity feedstocks while producing cover crop benefits, how it fits between corn harvest and soybean […]

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Omega-3 Fatty Acids & The Future of Natural Product Sustainability

Omega-3 Fatty Acids & The Future of Natural Product Sustainability

August 27, 2020 |

By Sam Nejame, CEO of Promotum & Simão Soares, CEO of SilicoLife Special to The Digest Most people have a hard time dealing with climate change deniers.  We say, they’re backward, there’s overwhelming evidence, they’re anti-science. Anthropomorphic green house gases accumulate in the atmosphere and if we don’t live more sustainably the earth’s temperature will […]

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Competitive Edge: Scipio Biofuels

Competitive Edge: Scipio Biofuels

August 27, 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? Scipio Biofuels was founded to use the company’s innovative algaculture technology to do its part to alleviate the effects of […]

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2020 Outlook on Gallons, Industry: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to REG’s Renewable Diesel and Biodiesel

2020 Outlook on Gallons, Industry: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to REG’s Renewable Diesel and Biodiesel

August 26, 2020 |

REG’s robust performance despite disruptive markets is fascinating. Here’s a look at REG’s first half of 2020 performance, industry sales, demand, and inventory, sale of blends of biodiesel in renewable diesel, details on the REG agreement with Hunt & Sons, feedstock prices, third quarter market forces, the latest on updated 2020 estimates for gallons sold and […]

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ESG Investing and the Bioeconomy: Part 1 – Impact and ESG Investing Through the Financier’s Eyes

ESG Investing and the Bioeconomy: Part 1 – Impact and ESG Investing Through the Financier’s Eyes

August 25, 2020 |

By Cynthia Thyfault, Global Biofuture Solutions, Founder and CEO and Gerard J. Ostheimer, PhD., Co-Founder and CSO Special to The Digest Due to a wide range of global challenges including climate change, environmental sustainability, social inequality, and the need for ethical corporate governance, ESG investing and reporting has become the “new normal” for investment firms, […]

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Corn, Camelina, Canola: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to Yield10 Bioscience

Corn, Camelina, Canola: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to Yield10 Bioscience

August 25, 2020 |

We reported breaking news from Yield10 Bioscience’s latest development with their genome-edited canola plant lines here and today we have their latest investor presentation highlighting how this agricultural bioscience company is developing innovations to improve crop yields for a variety of feedstocks. From this year’s accomplishments like completing Phase 1 of trait development program in corn to reporting field […]

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Till, Baby, Till – $13M DOE grant advances new high-value feedstock, pennycress

Till, Baby, Till – $13M DOE grant advances new high-value feedstock, pennycress

August 24, 2020 |

In Washington, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) awarded a five-year, $13 million grant to a nationwide research project to genetically strengthen Thlaspi arvense, commonly known as pennycress, for use in sustainable energy efforts. CoverCress is an unfunded co-participant in this work, and you can see CoverCress CEO Jerry Steiner’s overview of that technology here. […]

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Pyrolysis: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to the Pyromaniax

Pyrolysis: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to the Pyromaniax

August 24, 2020 |

News that FORGE Hydrocarbons is scaling up for drop-in fuels, and Anellotech is scaling up with waste-based aromatic chemicals and plastics — it’s evidence that the Pyromaniax are driving towards an amazing technology platform. And there’s more BTG and Good Fuels, new R&D out of Europe, Asia, Australia and the US, Ensyn’s progress at scale towards […]

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Follow the Money: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to Industrial Bioeconomy Revolution

Follow the Money: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to Industrial Bioeconomy Revolution

August 23, 2020 |

Will Canada transform? Or stand on the sidelines? That’s the question asked by Jeff Passmore, CEO of Passmore Group who shared this illuminating “Follow the Money” slide guide that asks how tenable is fossil fuel’s future? Where could some of this repositioned investment capital go? What’s the size of the prize? What are some of these […]

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Gevo’s historic $900 million offtake deal with Trafigura Group

Gevo’s historic $900 million offtake deal with Trafigura Group

August 20, 2020 |

In Colorado, Gevo entered into a long term, take or pay Renewable Hydrocarbons Purchase and Sale Agreement with Trafigura Group, the largest contract in Gevo’s history. Trafigura is one of the world’s leading independent commodity trading companies with over $171B and over $54B in revenue and assets, respectively. Under this contract Trafigura is expected to […]

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