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Focus on Fundamentals: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to Byogy Renewables

Focus on Fundamentals: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to Byogy Renewables

July 24, 2019 |

Byogy Renewables is a biofuels organization, headquartered in San Jose, California that produces advanced biofuels, namely jet fuel and gasoline from any source of bio ethanol. Byogy’s fuels are direct renewable substitutes for petroleum based fuels. And they have a big mission – to become the low cost producer of the highest quality renewable jet […]

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U.S. policy uncertainty forces closure of 2nd biodiesel plant this month: Now, REG’s New Boston plant feels the axe

U.S. policy uncertainty forces closure of 2nd biodiesel plant this month: Now, REG’s New Boston plant feels the axe

July 24, 2019 |

In another small but sharp blow to the Trump Administration’s strategy for American manufacturing revival, news arrives from Texas of a second smaller biodiesel shuttering owing to “ challenging business conditions and continued federal policy uncertainty,” as Renewable Energy Group phrased it in announcing the closure of its15 million gallons per year New Boston, Texas […]

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Good Boiler Management Saves Money and Promotes Longevity

Good Boiler Management Saves Money and Promotes Longevity

July 23, 2019 |

By Dennis Zeedyk, Lee Enterprises Consulting Special to The Digest Glycerin Traders LLC’s flagship operation, based in Defiance, OH, takes in waste raw glycerin from biodiesel companies and acidulates it to remove the fats, methanol and some water that is then further distilled to nearly 100% purity. This year the Defiance plant spent an average […]

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Gin from peas, infinite hoodie, plant shoe, light and heat stabilizers for agricultural plastics, slimy sea lettuce for biofuels, and more: The Digest’s Top 10 Innovations for the week of July 24th

Gin from peas, infinite hoodie, plant shoe, light and heat stabilizers for agricultural plastics, slimy sea lettuce for biofuels, and more: The Digest’s Top 10 Innovations for the week of July 24th

July 23, 2019 |

Gin being made from pea fermentation instead of wheat fermentation, slimy sea lettuce as a feedstock for biofuels, Icelandair is one of the first airlines to start using biodegradable single-use items, , adidas and stella mccartney created a biodegradable tennis dress and a fully recyclable hoodie from old cotton, an an IKEA cookbook bring algae […]

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From Pilot Plants to Commercial: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to Avantium

From Pilot Plants to Commercial: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to Avantium

July 23, 2019 |

Avantium, originally launched in 2000 as a spin-off from Shell, is a chemical technology company and develops efficient processes and sustainable products made from biobased materials. Tom van Aken, CEO, Avantium, shares details on their Dawn Technology biorefinery which has an operational pilot plant, their Mekong Process to convert industrial sugars to bioMEG which is […]

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Negatonnes: Beyond the ZEV, the negative emission vehicle and its amazing hydrogen fuel and electric drive

Negatonnes: Beyond the ZEV, the negative emission vehicle and its amazing hydrogen fuel and electric drive

July 22, 2019 |

Wandering the halls at the BIO World Congress and later to be seen again at ABLC NEXT this November, we ran across one of the most interesting technologies relating to ethanol production and markets we have seen in a month of Sundays, perhaps two months’ worth. The problem First, let’s revisit the problem. There’s simply […]

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Renewable Hydrogen: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to SBI BioEnergy

Renewable Hydrogen: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to SBI BioEnergy

July 22, 2019 |

Today’s top story talks about the value of hydrogen so what better Multi-Slide Guide than SBI BioEnergy and their renewable fuel process including their new venture of what they call bio-hydrogen using a proprietary catalytic technology. Simply put, they turn bioethanol into green hydrogen via their catalytic converter. Dr. Inder Pal Singh, SBI’s Founding President & CEO, […]

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Fit for the Future: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to Stora Enso

Fit for the Future: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to Stora Enso

July 21, 2019 |

Today’s top story is all about the renewable materials company, Stora Enso, and even better, we have their latest Q2 earnings slides just released to investors on Friday. Karl-Henrik Sundström, CEO, and Seppo Parvi, CFO, both of Stora Enso, shared this Q2 2019 presentation with investors on Friday and outlined their focus on cash flow and costs, […]

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Biobased Briefing: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to BIO

Biobased Briefing: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to BIO

July 21, 2019 |

It was a big week for BIO with their annual World Congress last week in Des Moines, Iowa. If you want to get a quick overview of what BIO does, some fascinating statistics they have on the U.S. renewable chemicals market, both current and predicted, and more, check out today’s Multi-Slide Guide. Jim Greenwood, President […]

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The Competitive Edge: Haldor Topsoe

The Competitive Edge: Haldor Topsoe

July 18, 2019 |

  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? Haldor Topsoe is the world leader in heterogeneous catalysis and technology licensing. Ten years ago, as the signs from […]

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