Author Archive: Jim Lane

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Transitioning to the New BioRefining Era & Future Vision for Ethanol Plants

Transitioning to the New BioRefining Era & Future Vision for Ethanol Plants

July 28, 2020 |

By Joel Stone, ConVergInce Advisers and member of Lee Enterprises Consulting Special to the Digest Many of those who have listened to me talking about the transition to a bioeconomy, have heard and seen my presentations regarding the use of existing bioethanol infrastructure and facilities to be expanded into producing an array of value-added products. […]

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Converting Mixed Plastics into Valuable Chemicals: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to Anellotech’s Renewable Chemicals

Converting Mixed Plastics into Valuable Chemicals: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to Anellotech’s Renewable Chemicals

July 28, 2020 |

At ABLC Digital, Anellotech shared their vision of converting large volumes of mixed waste plastics directly into valuable chemicals using their Plas-TCat technology and they talked about progress with the new joint venture company with 12 Japanese cross-industry partners to make it all happen. From how they got here to where they are going, check out […]

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Letter to the Advanced Bioeconomy: Advance off the Beach

Letter to the Advanced Bioeconomy: Advance off the Beach

July 27, 2020 |

There was always going to be a point when the advanced bioeconomy reached the end of the “R&D years” and transitioned into “the years of deployment”, and if you read the Biden plan here or the latest pushback from the bioeconomy here against the alleged misdeeds of the Trump Administration, you might realize that we have […]

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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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