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Biofuels Mandates Around the World 2019

Biofuels Mandates Around the World 2019

January 1, 2019 |

In Florida, the Digest today releases its annual review of biofuels mandates and targets around the world, looking at the state of biofuels mandates in 65 countries. The bulk of mandates continue to come from the EU-27, where the Renewable Energy Directive (RED) once specified a 10 percent renewable content by 2020 but has been […]

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Emerging Process Tech: The Digest’s Multi-Slide Guide to EPIC

Emerging Process Tech: The Digest’s Multi-Slide Guide to EPIC

January 1, 2019 |

EPIC helps pilot plants test and scale new process technologies. Check out their latest presentation with top four emerging process technologies that they are seeing a lot of right now: carbon capture, gas-to-liquids technologies, bio-based ethylene glycol, and biomass to commodity chemical application – and it’s ready for you now at The Digest online.

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As industry copes with information overload, organizations report “much more of our story to share” but marketing, messaging is under-resourced

As industry copes with information overload, organizations report “much more of our story to share” but marketing, messaging is under-resourced

December 31, 2018 |

71% of industry executives believe that for their organizations, there is much more of their story to get out than they are successful in doing so far, but struggle to allocate resources to building and maintaining attention though 80% believe that establishing and hitting awareness goals is important to their company’s success. One of the […]

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Biogas Innovations: The Digest’s Multi-Slide Guide to IEA Bioenergy Task 37

Biogas Innovations: The Digest’s Multi-Slide Guide to IEA Bioenergy Task 37

December 28, 2018 |

IEA Bioenergy has several member countries involved in Task 37 which aims to improve innovations in biogas systems. Professor Jerry Murphy from IEA Bioenergy Task 37 gave this illuminating presentation on innovations in biogas systems at ABLC Global 2018 in San Francisco – and it’s ready for you now at The Digest online.

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Creating Trust in Bioenergy: The Digest’s Multi-Slide Guide to IEA Bioenergy

Creating Trust in Bioenergy: The Digest’s Multi-Slide Guide to IEA Bioenergy

December 28, 2018 |

IEA Bioenergy conducted research on various approaches to creating trust in sustainability of bioenergy through effective governance. Inge Stupak and Tat Smith, IEA Bioenergy researchers gave this illuminating overview of ways to increase legitimacy and gain trust in bioenergy at ABLC Global 2018 in San Francisco – and it’s ready for you now at The […]

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Production Off Take Agreements

Production Off Take Agreements

December 27, 2018 |

By Jess Hewitt, Member of Lee Enterprises Consulting, Inc. Special to The Digest No matter how widely known your product is, it always seems that banks and investors fear that you will not be able to sell your product – to anyone. This may seem preposterous if you intend to make what we call a commodity […]

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Egg-free Egg: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide ABLC Guide to Clara Foods

Egg-free Egg: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide ABLC Guide to Clara Foods

December 26, 2018 |

Clara Foods is creating the world’s first animal-free egg white. Arturo Elizondo, Clara Foods’ CEO, gave this illuminating overview of how they are making an animal-free egg white, how they map out functionality, and what Clara Whites are all about at ABLC Global 2018 in San Francisco – and it’s ready for you now at […]

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Designed Materials Innovation: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide ABLC Guide to Checkerspot

Designed Materials Innovation: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide ABLC Guide to Checkerspot

December 26, 2018 |

Checkerspot designs high performance materials such as microbes to express new molecular building blocks that they then apply chemistry to create materials that are built into parts and products they prototype. Charles Dimmler, Checkerspot’s CEO gave this illuminating overview of their innovations, proven fermentation at commercial scale, joint development agreements, and their vision for the […]

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Hedging Ethanol Production

Hedging Ethanol Production

December 26, 2018 |

By Robert Boslego, Member of Lee Enterprises Consulting, Inc. Special to The Digest Ethanol accounts for around ninety-four percent of the renewable fuel market in the United States. Average daily production and consumption is over one million barrels per day. This represents more than ten percent of the U.S. gasoline market, the largest in the world. […]

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Assessing Bioenergy Sustainability: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide ABLC Guide to IEA Bioenergy

Assessing Bioenergy Sustainability: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide ABLC Guide to IEA Bioenergy

December 25, 2018 |

IEA Bioenergy conducted work on sustainability assessments of bioenergy systems and the carbon balance of forest-based bioenergy. Annette Cowie and Göran Berndes from Chalmers University of Technology and IEA Bioenergy gave this illuminating overview of the methods and tools used to assess the sustainability of bioenergy at ABLC Global 2018 in San Francisco – and […]

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