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Hollywood sends materials to anaerobic digester, poop to paper, hydrogen from seawater, Kanye’s algae foam kicks, Hellman’s seaweed sachets, and more: The Digest’s Top 10 Innovations for the week of November 15th

Hollywood sends materials to anaerobic digester, poop to paper, hydrogen from seawater, Kanye’s algae foam kicks, Hellman’s seaweed sachets, and more: The Digest’s Top 10 Innovations for the week of November 15th

November 14, 2019 |

Even Hollywood is going green these days with the latest Bond movie sending 30 tons of food and biodegradable materials to anaerobic digester to generate electricity! And elephant poop is getting turned into upscale stationary paper. A revoluntionary catalyst is developed that is opening up hydrogen from seawater. And your Hellman’s may packets may now […]

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17 Trillion Pounds of Plastic – How much is Biodegradable?: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to Algenesis’ Algae Polymers

17 Trillion Pounds of Plastic – How much is Biodegradable?: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to Algenesis’ Algae Polymers

November 14, 2019 |

Science by Nature and Nature by Science is what it’s all about for Algenesis. Their goal is for 100% renewable, biodegradable, recyclable polyurethane that can be used for everything from flip flops to surfboards. Michael Burkart from UC San Diego and Algenesis Materials shared this illuminating presentation on the whole polyurethane synthesis and recycling cycle […]

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Top 5 Tips How to Fund Your Project

Top 5 Tips How to Fund Your Project

November 13, 2019 |

By CJ Evans, Managing Director, American Diversified Energy Consulting Services and Executive Director, Alternative Fuels & Chemicals Coalition Special to The Digest Let’s be honest.  It doesn’t matter how revolutionary or good your technology or product is if you cannot secure the funding for it.  FEDERAL FUNDING There is more than $54 billion available in funding […]

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40% Biomass Boost for Bioethanol: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to Aequor’s Green Chemistry

40% Biomass Boost for Bioethanol: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to Aequor’s Green Chemistry

November 13, 2019 |

A Wonder Woman Power Duo spoke at the recent ABLC NEXT in San Francisco and in case you missed it, this is one presentation you won’t want to miss. It’s got the goods on green chemicals and how we can replace toxic biocides and antibiotics in bioethanol production. How about a 40% boost in algae […]

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Hydrogen thru existing infrastructure: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to the conversion to Hydrogen

Hydrogen thru existing infrastructure: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to the conversion to Hydrogen

November 13, 2019 |

The Technical Association of the European Natural Gas Industry looked recently at the use of hydrogen using existing natural gas infrastructure and existing gas appliances.

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Are We There Yet? No, Really, Mom, Are We There Yet?: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to the Latest SAF News from Airlines for America

Are We There Yet? No, Really, Mom, Are We There Yet?: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to the Latest SAF News from Airlines for America

November 12, 2019 |

What we need right now is CORSIA and “a significant infusion of sustainable aviation fuels,” according to Nancy Young, VP of Environment for Airlines for America. During her presentation at ABLC NEXT in San Francisco, Young noted that while aviation has a strong climate change record, it’s not yet achieved all their goals. She offered […]

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Nominations open for the 50 Hottest Companies in the Advanced Bioeconomy 2020

Nominations open for the 50 Hottest Companies in the Advanced Bioeconomy 2020

November 12, 2019 |

  Out of thousands of eligible organizations, who will make the Hot 50– who will get your vote? In Florida, The Digest announced the official opening of nominations for the 50 Hottest Companies in the Advanced Bioeconomy for 2020. Nominate companies here. Voting Rules Voting will be open to all registered subscribers of The Digest […]

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Man with the Plan – Millions Projected for New Projects: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to Aemetis’ Multi-Million $ Dairy Biogas and Wood Waste Plants

Man with the Plan – Millions Projected for New Projects: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to Aemetis’ Multi-Million $ Dairy Biogas and Wood Waste Plants

November 11, 2019 |

Aemetis is known for their advanced renewable fuels by many, like their California ethanol plant and India biodiesel plant, but what you may now know is that they are building a $56 million dairy biogas digesters, pipeline and cleanup system and a $200 million cellulosic ethanol plant that will use waste orchard wood feedstock. The dairy […]

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Two great organizations, one amazing event: The US Department of Energy and The Digest join forces to co-sponsor ABLC 2020

Two great organizations, one amazing event: The US Department of Energy and The Digest join forces to co-sponsor ABLC 2020

November 11, 2019 |

And a special meeting and program with the US Biomass Research & Development Board at ABLC 2020 In Florida, The Digest announced that the Advanced Bioeconomy Leadership Conference (ABLC 2020) will be held March 25-27, 2020 at the Mayflower Marriott Hotel in Washington, DC, and that the US Department of Energy has joined as the […]

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Keep Calm and Make Oil?: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to Infra’s GTL Tech

Keep Calm and Make Oil?: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to Infra’s GTL Tech

November 10, 2019 |

Infra Technology has developed and patented a Gas-to-Liquids (GTL) technology (INFRA.xtl), based on the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis process, for the production of light synthetic oil and clean liquid synthetic transportation fuels from natural and associated gas, as well as from biomass and other fossil fuels (XTL). INFRA says with a capital investment of $24-70K per barrel […]

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