By H. Brett Schreyer, PhD, Lee Enterprises Consulting, Inc. Special to The Digest In the industrial fermentation industry, many experts preach “start with the end in mind” with regards to bioprocess development. What does that exactly mean? And when do you start thinking about the end? The short answer is the sooner you start planning […]
Iogen is one of the top 5 registered producers of cellulosic biofuel in the U.S. and say that renewable natural gas dominates the commercial cellulosic biofuel business and that the market is more than just the RFS. Manure biogas, landfill biogas, those are all going up but what is the next exponential growth cycle? Check […]
With over 1,500 patents, Genomatica is getting a move on the innovation engine with their 1,4-Butanediol, Brontide – a naturally sourced butylene glycol, a 100% biobased nylon-6, and their path to be the leading BG supplier for a major cosmetics ingredient. Christophe Schilling, CEO, co-founder of Genomatica, had this illuminating presentation to share on how […]
Ah sugar, sugar, you are my candy girl. Fluid Quip Technologies is talking about industrial sugar of course, and its many challenges and opportunities. Check out this slide guide from Neal Jakel, Partner/Strategy and Technology at FQT who shared this at ABLC NEXT in San Francisco to find out about the ethanol industry and biochemical […]
This week, Congressional leaders announced a five-year extension of the biomass-based diesel tax credit as part of a year-end tax extenders package. As Christmas gifts go, the importance and value of this to the biomass-based diesel universe cannot be overemphasized. No phase down Unexpectedly, the five year extension of the blenders credits comes without a […]
For some, it’s holiday shopping season and now LEGO’s first bioplastic block set is an option! The kit—appropriately designed to make a treehouse—uses sugarcane-based polyethylene. Another great gift Top 10 Innovation from this week is French outerwear company Moncler’s new carbon-neutral jacket made from castor beans. Yes, a coat from castor – the down jacket […]
We all want to change the world, but Patrick Gruber, CEO at Gevo looks at how we can really do that. By looking at current market drivers, what’s happening with supply chains, the challenges, what products work, how we can get jet fuel to very low carbon footprints, and more, Gruber shared this presentation at […]
ETB Catalytic Technologies developed a unique technology of producing butadiene from ethanol production. But the big question is how do they commercialize the technology? Just ask Vladimir Trembovolsky, CEO of ETB Catalytic Technologies who shared this presentation at ABLC NEXT in San Francisco. Check out this Slide-Guide to get the answers and find out what […]
We all know going from demo to commercial isn’t easy. Ensyn, a company that produces biocrude from forest and agricultural residues using its proprietary thermal technology and focuses on low carbon fuels and chemicals, knows all about it. Ian S. Barnett, Chair of the Finance Committee and on Ensyn’s Board of Directors shared this illuminating […]
This week news came out of a partnership between Novozymes and Green Plains to use biological technology to extract more value from corn protein, at what used to be known as corn ethanol plants, but with this news we might finally and forever begin to think of them as something else. This provided us an […]
