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Can Techno-Economic Models and Environmental Impact Analysis Help You?: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to Techno-Economic Modeling for Bioprocess Tech

Can Techno-Economic Models and Environmental Impact Analysis Help You?: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to Techno-Economic Modeling for Bioprocess Tech

April 30, 2020 |

During last week’s DigestConnect discussion, Chris Burk from Burk Engineering and Lee Enterprises shared this slide guide on what exactly is techno-economic modeling, why it’s important, how techno-economic models work, how it’s used in real life practice, and a bit about environmental impact analysis. If you missed the DigestConnect webinar, check out these TEA slide guides for […]

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Vale Male: Big Changes at the BioEnergy Technologies Office

Vale Male: Big Changes at the BioEnergy Technologies Office

April 29, 2020 |

On Monday, we’ll wake up to the work of the bioeconomy, and something will be different. Jonathan Male, the Director of the BioEnergy Technologies Office at the U.S. Department of Energy, will not be at his desk. He’s off to another adventure which we hope to report on shortly. It was the Biomass program when […]

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Silicon-based DNA Synthesis: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to Twist Bioscience’s DNA Writing

Silicon-based DNA Synthesis: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to Twist Bioscience’s DNA Writing

April 29, 2020 |

DNA is changing the world. That’s what Twist Biosciences is focusing on with synthetic DNA being the future of chemicals, food, therapeutics, diagnostics and even data storage. From next-gen sequencing to synthetic biology, Twist Biosciences envisions a huge expanding market of about $2.3 billion, and their TWIST Silicon Platform can make 9,600 genes, or up to […]

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Is the U.S. Doing Enough Testing? No, We Need Much More

Is the U.S. Doing Enough Testing? No, We Need Much More

April 28, 2020 |

By Randall Bolten, data scientist, professor at UC Berkeley Extension, author of Painting with Numbers Special to The Digest No, we’re not doing enough testing – not if we look at the rest of the world.  We’ve all heard that testing is a measure of how effectively a country is responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.  […]

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Tobacco Glowers – A trip up the Na’vi into the Heart of Lightness

Tobacco Glowers – A trip up the Na’vi into the Heart of Lightness

April 28, 2020 |

Today, we start with Lucifer, as in the devil (who is supposed to be in the details). He plays a role in these details, for sure, because there is this substance called luciferin, which you find in certain species of fungi, though not your everyday ‘shrooms. It causes them to glow, and if you find […]

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Advanced Biofuels and Chemicals: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to Where are the Gallons?

Advanced Biofuels and Chemicals: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to Where are the Gallons?

April 28, 2020 |

Missed the recent DigestConnect discussion where The Digest shared the latest on the U.S. goal of 36 billion biofuels gallons by 2022 and where we are now? Check out this slide guide that takes a look at the 15.1 billion gallons in 2019 to date, what happened that made what was supposed to be a production […]

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Using Waste Carbon Feedstocks to Produce Chemicals

Using Waste Carbon Feedstocks to Produce Chemicals

April 27, 2020 |

By Elizabeth R. Nesbitt, Senior International Trade Analyst (Pharma/Biotech/Nanotech), U.S. International Trade Commission Special to The Digest Using waste carbon from industrial emissions as a feedstock for chemical manufacture appears to be a viable complement to ongoing abatement efforts. For one thing, such processes can reduce the amounts of CO2 emitted to the atmosphere, helping […]

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Anaerobic Digestion and Farm Powered RNG: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to Vanguard’s Renewable Natural Gas

Anaerobic Digestion and Farm Powered RNG: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to Vanguard’s Renewable Natural Gas

April 27, 2020 |

Cow poop. It’s a problem for farmers across the country, something that has to be dealt with, something that environmentalists and vegetarians often cite as a reason to cut your steak intake, but Vanguard Renewables is capturing the latent methane in animal manure, converting it into renewable natural gas, and reducing GHG emissions. Sounds like a win-win-win, so […]

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Advanced Biofuel Reduces Carbon Emissions: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to Clariant’s Sunliquid and Lignocellulosic Ethanol

Advanced Biofuel Reduces Carbon Emissions: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to Clariant’s Sunliquid and Lignocellulosic Ethanol

April 26, 2020 |

Clariant takes us on a journey on how carbon emissions can be reduced by advanced biofuels, more specifically, how lignocellulosic ethanol made from agriculture residues like straw, non-food materials, and waste can make an immediate impact, how their sunliquid technology, enzymes, microorganisms and fermentation organisms leads to bioethanol. Take a peek at the latest slides from […]

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The Competitive Edge: Marine BioEnergy, Inc.

The Competitive Edge: Marine BioEnergy, Inc.

April 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? The U.S needs a billion tons of biomass per year, both predictable and affordable.  While corn and other land crops […]

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