Author Archive: Jim Lane

The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to De-Risking Sustainable Bioeconomy Projects

June 4, 2025 | Jim Lane

ABB provides integrated automation, electrical, and digital solutions to enhance profitability and predictability in sustainable fuels and chemicals production. Recognizing project challenges like cost/schedule overruns, their Adaptive Execution approach emphasizes co-design and co-delivery. This can reduce CAPEX by 10-20% and accelerate schedules by up to 25% compared to traditional methods. ABB supports projects across all […]

The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to Jupeng Bio

June 3, 2025 | Jim Lane

Jupeng Bio converts advantaged carbon sources into high-value products using a proprietary, environmentally friendly process. Their journey to Net Zero involves utilizing carbon sinks and reducing GHG emissions. Technologies include biomass gasification, syngas fermentation, and CO2 fermentation. They have demonstrated second and third-generation syngas processes and a first-generation CO2 process. The Pengtai Project aims to […]

The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to Global Sustainable Fuels Policy

June 2, 2025 | Jim Lane

The CEM Biofuture Council aims to leverage international dialogue (G20, G7, COP30) to strengthen sustainable fuels and chemicals in energy security and climate mitigation. Their goals include normalizing policy discussion, driving action, and addressing barriers like carbon accounting diversity. The CEM Action Plan focuses on areas like increasing demand, supply chains, common standards, and financing. […]

Timber Towns and Forest Futures: In the Piney Woods, SunGas finds the key in green methanol

May 30, 2025 | Jim Lane

Back before there was an advanced bioeconomy, or even a United States, there was the Big Piney Woods and six flags have flown over it. Through it ran a path cut not by men, but by bison. From the southern plains to the banks of the Red River, the buffalo moved with the seasons—seeking salt, […]

The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to Commodity Plus Carbon futures contracts

May 29, 2025 | Jim Lane

GIC Group is launching CPC (Commodity Plus Carbon) futures contracts linking commodity prices with carbon emission reductions. These contracts generate premiums based on emissions below benchmarks and enable the biofuel industry, particularly corn and ethanol producers, to access 45Q and 45Z tax credits. Utilizing Ucrop.it for data verification, CPC provides access to Scope 1, 2, […]

Sequestering & Monetizing Carbon Dioxide: Critical To The Economic Health Of Chemical And Energy Projects, And The Well Being Of Our Planet

May 29, 2025 | Jim Lane

By Sam A. Rushing, President, Advanced Cryogenics, Ltd. Special to The Digest With respect to all options being essential, we can start with sequestering CO2 via the best farming methods, and enhancing closed greenhouse operations with CO2 to put photosynthesis in overdrive. With respect to carbon management for farmers, climate smart practices do enhance CO2 […]

The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to BTG Bioliquids

May 28, 2025 | Jim Lane

BTG Bioliquids is a technology provider specializing in fast pyrolysis for producing 2nd generation biofuel from biomass residues. Their strategy emphasizes modularization and standardization (“scaling by numbers”) to reduce risk, costs, and delivery times for commercial deployment. With proven technology, FPBO connects biomass to industrial sectors for applications like SAF, marine fuel, and chemicals. The […]

The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to Electric Mobility

May 27, 2025 | Jim Lane

A Raymond James report projects significant growth in the global light-duty EV market share, increasing from 22% in 2024 to 45% by 2030. The analysis covers various EV types, including growing adoption in commercial fleets (buses, trucks, vans). It highlights favorable EV economics due to the lower cost of electricity compared to petroleum and falling […]

The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to Castlerock Biofuels

May 26, 2025 | Jim Lane

Castlerock Biofuels, in collaboration with Ensyn, holds exclusive US rights to RTP® fast thermal conversion technology. They plan a facility in Maine to produce 20 million gallons annually of Renewable Fuel Oil (FPBO) from woody biomass slash. With an EPA-approved feedstock plan and secured feedstock commitments, CBF has also obtained a 100% offtake commitment from […]

The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to the National Ag-based Biomanufacturing Incentive

May 22, 2025 | Jim Lane

NCGA supports the National Ag-based Biomanufacturing Incentive to boost domestic manufacturing by converting renewable U.S. feedstock into high-value non-fuel/non-food products. It proposes tax credits (30% ITC or $0.10/lb PTC) to enhance investment and stabilize against commodity price swings. Credits are transferable via Section 6418. The goal is to create demand for expanding corn supply, leveraging […]

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