Author Archive: Jim Lane

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Pilot Plants: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to Zeton

Pilot Plants: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to Zeton

March 9, 2019 |

David Edwards,VP Sales and Marketing at Zeton and a member of Lee Enterprises Consulting offers this overview of the types of Zeton’s 800+ projects in over 45 countries in relation to the design and fabrication of modular pilot, demonstration and small production plants.

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Let’s Get Agitated: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to Biomass Conversion Agitation Strategies

Let’s Get Agitated: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to Biomass Conversion Agitation Strategies

March 9, 2019 |

Gregory Benz, from Benz Technology International and a member of Lee Enterprises Consulting offers this illuminating overview of wet conversion agitation systems like solids mixers and turbine agitators, various test summaries, and more.

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Biofuel for Light Duty Vehicles: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to GM

Biofuel for Light Duty Vehicles: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to GM

March 9, 2019 |

General Motors, automotive manufacturer, has a research and development group that is working on new opportunities for biofuels in GM vehicles. GM began producing E85 Flex Fuel vehicles in 2001 and now offers it in more than 25 models. Mike Potter, from GM’s Research and Development group’s Power Generation Lab, gave this illuminating overview of GM’s […]

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4 Actions to Accelerate Biofuels: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to IEA

4 Actions to Accelerate Biofuels: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to IEA

March 9, 2019 |

International Energy Agency is an autonomous organization that works to ensure reliable, affordable and clean energy for its 30 member countries and beyond. Dr. Paolo Frankl, Head of Renewable Energy Division at IEA, gave this illuminating overview of four key actions to accelerate biofuels and bioenergy, what the ideal policy landscape would be, immediate opportunities […]

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Commercializing Marine Biofuels: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to GoodFuels

Commercializing Marine Biofuels: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to GoodFuels

March 9, 2019 |

GoodFuels is the the market-leader in developing and delivering advanced sustainable fuels for the transport sector, offering a cost-effective pathway towards a low-carbon society. Their focus is on the aviation, shipping and heavy road and rail sectors. Bart Hellings, Head of Innovation at GoodFuels, gave this illuminating overview of the rationale for biofuels in shipping, evaluation […]

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Russian company seeks to use ethanol to fuel tourist space vehicles

Russian company seeks to use ethanol to fuel tourist space vehicles

March 7, 2019 |

In Russia, the Tass news agency reports that local company CosmoCourse plans to use ethanol to fuel its tourist space vehicles. With flights ready to take passengers by 2025, they should expect to experience up to five minutes of zero gravity. High taxes on ethanol have kept ethanol from being commercialized as a fuel but […]

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South Korea switch to biofuel oil for power production delayed to March 15

South Korea switch to biofuel oil for power production delayed to March 15

March 7, 2019 |

In South Korea, Reuters reports that as of March 15 utilities will be able to replace fuel oil with biofuel oil to produce electricity following a delay in formalities that originally saw the biofuel coming into the power matrix on January 1. The majority of the country’s power comes from coal and nuclear sources, however, […]

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The Competitive Edge: BioBTX

The Competitive Edge: BioBTX

March 7, 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? Most chemical building blocks, platform chemicals originate from fossil sources. Especially for aromatics, no sustainable production route was available at […]

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Biomass Research and Development Board release Bioeconomy Framework

Biomass Research and Development Board release Bioeconomy Framework

March 6, 2019 |

In Washington, the Biomass Research and Development (BR&D) Board, an interagency collaborative composed of senior decision makers from federal agencies and the White House, co-chaired by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), recently released its “The Bioeconomy Initiative: Implementation Framework”, which serves as a guiding document for the […]

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Renewable Energy Group to sell REG Life Sciences

Renewable Energy Group to sell REG Life Sciences

March 6, 2019 |

In Iowa, Renewable Energy Group announced that “the Company’s Board of Directors has decided to pursue a sale of the Company’s life sciences business unit,” known as RE Life Sciences. “As a result, the fourth quarter and year-end financial statements have been adjusted to reflect the life sciences unit as discontinued operations for all historical […]

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