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The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to the Shell annual Scenarios

The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to the Shell annual Scenarios

October 30, 2019 |

It’s ABLC Week and the semi-annual State of the Industry Address and a host of industry outlooks will be forthcoming in two Industry Horizons Forums and two Next Technologies Summits taking place on Thursday and Friday. We’re rounding out our coverage with the annual long-range forecasts from the oil majors Shell, BP and ExxonMobil — […]

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The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to Hydrogen Fuel Cell Aircraft

The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to Hydrogen Fuel Cell Aircraft

October 29, 2019 |

As Hüseyin Turan Arat of İskenderun Technical University and Meryem Gizem Sürer observed in a recent paper, “With the increasing world population and the energy consumption, the aviation industry has led the technology and researches to alternative and/or renewable energy sources depending on the risk of depletion on kerosene fuels and its effects on the […]

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ABLC Preview – The Top 10 Industry Trends to Follow

ABLC Preview – The Top 10 Industry Trends to Follow

October 29, 2019 |

In San Francisco, the industry is gathering for the 6th annual Advanced Bioeconomy Leadership Conference on Next-Gen Technologies and Markets. Here are 10 themes and the news events that are propelling the industry to re-evaluate the pace and shape of development in key markets and R&D areas. AIR The news: This week we reported that […]

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The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to the BP annual Outlook

The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to the BP annual Outlook

October 29, 2019 |

It’s ABLC Week and the semi-annual State of the Industry Address and a host of industry outlooks will be forthcoming in two Industry Horizons Forums and two Next Technologies Summits taking place on Thursday and Friday. We’re rounding out our coverage with the annual long-range forecasts from the oil majors Shell, BP and ExxonMobil — […]

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Views from Napa Valley: A Peak at California’s Low Carbon Fuels Program (2019)

Views from Napa Valley: A Peak at California’s Low Carbon Fuels Program (2019)

October 28, 2019 |

By Michele Rubino, Special to The Digest I attended the Argus Biofuels & Carbon Markets Summit in Napa Valley October 21-23 2019. Time flies. The last time I was at the gathering was 2015. Donald Trump had recently announced his candidacy riding down the now famous escalator in Trump Tower alongside Melania, while David Cameron […]

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The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to the ExxonMobil annual Outlook

The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to the ExxonMobil annual Outlook

October 28, 2019 |

It’s ABLC Week and the semi-annual State of the Industry Address and a host of industry outlooks will be forthcoming in two Industry Horizons Forums and two Next Technologies Summits taking place on Thursday and Friday. We’re rounding out our coverage with the annual long-range forecasts from the oil majors Shell, BP and ExxonMobil — […]

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The Next 50 Companies to Disrupt the World: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to Arzeda and Designer Proteins

The Next 50 Companies to Disrupt the World: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to Arzeda and Designer Proteins

October 27, 2019 |

In our Next 50 Companies to Disrupt the World, one company which is intensively followed by the Digesterati but perhaps less known in the broader world is Arzeda.  That has a lot to do with the fact that the entire idea of designing proteins using modern tools has completely revolutionized the scope and scale of […]

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Coalition Challenges EPA on 2018 Refinery Waivers

Coalition Challenges EPA on 2018 Refinery Waivers

October 27, 2019 |

In Washington, coalition of renewable fuel and agricultural trade organizations filed a petition Tuesday afternoon with the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, challenging the process by which the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) exempted certain unknown small refineries from their respective Renewable Fuel Standard obligations for 2018. The coalition includes the […]

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Bioprinting: Living cells in a 3D printer

Bioprinting: Living cells in a 3D printer

October 27, 2019 |

In Austria, a high-resolution bioprinting process with completely new materials has now been developed at TU Wien. Via a special “bio ink” for the 3D printer, cells can now be embedded in a 3D matrix printed with micrometer precision – at a printing speed of one meter per second, orders of magnitude faster than previously […]

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On the Move: Iowa State names chief technology officer for biobased products

On the Move: Iowa State names chief technology officer for biobased products

October 27, 2019 |

In Iowa, Sundeep Vani has joined Iowa State University to serve in the newly created role of chief technology officer (CTO) for biobased products, part of the State of Iowa’s Biosciences-based economic growth initiative. In his role as CTO, Vani will serve as a conduit between research and industry. He will work closely with both […]

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