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The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to LanzaTech

The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to LanzaTech

July 9, 2025 |

LanzaTech’s 3Q 2024 saw revenue of $9.9 million and a gross margin of 18%, with an Adjusted EBITDA Loss of $(27.1) million. Newsworthy strategic actions include launching Project Drake, a 30M gallon/year SAF facility, and a two-stage ethanol off-take agreement with ArcelorMittal. The company anticipates a wide range of Q4 2024 revenue outcomes, with significant […]

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The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to Green Plains

The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to Green Plains

July 8, 2025 |

Green Plains reported a Q1 2025 net loss of $72.9 million and Adjusted EBITDA of $(24.2) million, alongside a $(14.7) million consolidated ethanol crush margin. Despite producing 195.3 million gallons of ethanol at 100% capacity, the company faces financial headwinds. Key business updates include forming an Executive Committee for CEO search, a Cooperation Agreement with […]

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Got My Mind SAF on You: Avalon, NWABF and the New SAF Horizon

Got My Mind SAF on You: Avalon, NWABF and the New SAF Horizon

July 8, 2025 |

If there’s one refrain running through this week’s sustainable aviation fuel headlines, it’s that Rudy Clark had it right all along in Got My Mind Set on You, which most of us remember from the George Harrison cover version: It’s gonna take timeWhole lot of precious timeIt’s gonna take patience and time, mmmTo do it, […]

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The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to ADM

The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to ADM

July 7, 2025 |

ADM’s Q1 2025 saw a significant decrease in financial performance, with reported EPS down 57% to $0.61 and adjusted EPS down 52% to $0.70. Total Segment Operating Profit also dropped 38% to $747M. For FY 2025, the company expects adjusted EPS at the lower end of $4.00-$4.75. Strategic “self-help” initiatives include organizational actions for SG&A […]

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How Big and Beautiful is the One Big Beautiful Bill? Defossilistas spar over measures, consequences

How Big and Beautiful is the One Big Beautiful Bill? Defossilistas spar over measures, consequences

July 7, 2025 |

On July 4, President Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), a sprawling piece of legislation as flamboyant as its title. Ostensibly a tax and immigration package, OBBBA has triggered some of the most polarized reactions in recent memory from the clean energy and fuels sector, the Defossilistas. To supporters, it […]

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A Hint of Mint: Europe’s Quiet Green Chemistry Revolution

A Hint of Mint: Europe’s Quiet Green Chemistry Revolution

July 3, 2025 |

Europe’s dual playbook—scaling the proven while seeding the radical—offers a lesson for everyone who cares about defossilization: sometimes the future arrives without trumpets. It slides under doors. It settles in the corners. It smells faintly of something fresh. Yes, electric vehicles glide past you without a sound. Solar panels sit silent on the roof. Yet […]

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The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to Waste-to-Energy Innovations for SAF

The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to Waste-to-Energy Innovations for SAF

July 2, 2025 |

This presentation highlights the vast potential of 180-220 million tons of waste for energy, addressing rising disposal costs and significant GHG emissions. Key innovations include AMP Robotics’ AI-powered MSW sorting with 99% accuracy and improved MSW feeding designs. Hydrothermal Liquefaction (HTL) converts wet waste to biocrude oil with 94-99% conversion and achieves >10,000x PFAS/PFOS reduction, […]

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The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to Twist Bioscience

The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to Twist Bioscience

July 1, 2025 |

Twist Bioscience aims for $1 billion in revenue and is crossing the threshold to Adjusted EBITDA breakeven, reporting Q2 FY2025 revenue of $92.8M. The company emphasizes continued product innovation, including mRNA and milligram scale plasmid, and enzymology capabilities for higher margins and differentiation. With capacity in place and low variable costs, they are poised for […]

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The Big Beautiful Bill: Biofuels Win Big as Clean Energy Fractures

The Big Beautiful Bill: Biofuels Win Big as Clean Energy Fractures

July 1, 2025 |

Senate passage sets the stage for House vote, reshaping renewable incentives along partisan and regional lines In Washington DC, the US Senate’s hard-fought budget bill delivered an emphatic victory this week for America’s biofuels industry—while exposing a growing fault line in U.S. clean energy policy. On Tuesday morning, after more than 24 hours of amendments, […]

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The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to OPAL Fuels

The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to OPAL Fuels

June 30, 2025 |

OPAL Fuels reported a 32% higher Adjusted EBITDA and 38% RNG production growth in Q1 2025 compared to Q1 2024. The company is delivering one of North America’s largest and most profitable integrated RNG platforms. Key highlights include over 80% EBITDA growth in Fuel Station Services, maintaining 2025 Adjusted EBITDA guidance of $90-$110 million, and […]

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