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The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to Hexas Biomass

The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to Hexas Biomass

June 5, 2025 |

Hexas provides XanoFiber from its proprietary, purpose-grown XanoGrass. This crop offers high biomass yield per acre compared to alternatives and addresses the need for sustainable biomass. XanoGrass production can be carbon negative and is an EPA-approved bioenergy crop eligible for RINs. Their Farm-to-Fiber platform ensures dedicated supply local to facilities. Communities see benefits like generating […]

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The Swinging Compass: Why Energy Policies Fail, and How to Make Them Persist

The Swinging Compass: Why Energy Policies Fail, and How to Make Them Persist

June 5, 2025 |

“A compass, I learned when I was surveying,.. it’ll point you true north from where you’re standing, but it’s got no advice about the swamps, deserts and chasms that you’ll encounter along the way. If in pursuit of your destination, you plunge ahead heedless of obstacles, and achieve nothing more than to sink in a […]

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

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

June 4, 2025 |

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 […]

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

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

June 3, 2025 |

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 […]

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

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

June 2, 2025 |

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. […]

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

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

May 30, 2025 |

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, […]

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

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

May 29, 2025 |

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, […]

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

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

May 29, 2025 |

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 […]

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

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

May 28, 2025 |

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 […]

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

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

May 27, 2025 |

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 […]

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