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The Digest 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to Marquis

The Digest 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to Marquis

April 1, 2025 |

Marquis focuses on expanding markets, strengthening rural America, and achieving energy dominance through corn ethanol 2.0 and other green fuels including SAF.. They highlight the potential of ethanol (EtOH) as a marine fuel, with testing completed in Q1 2024 and volume ramp-up expected. Compared to other marine fuels like LNG, methanol, ammonia, and hydrogen, ethanol […]

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The Digest 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to KOKO Networks

The Digest 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to KOKO Networks

March 31, 2025 |

KOKO Networks aims to achieve universal access to clean fuels by promoting bioethanol for cooking in emerging countries. Bioethanol offers lower capital expenditure and faster time to market, along with environmental, health, and gender benefits. Kenya is a successful case study with KOKO’s technology enabling over 1.3 million households to cook with clean bioethanol, achieving […]

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The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to Nexus PMG project delivery services

The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to Nexus PMG project delivery services

March 28, 2025 |

Nexus PMG offers project delivery services including engineering, commercial development, and FEED packages. They support projects like a green hydrogen facility producing 5,000 metric tons per year. Their approach includes developing FEED packages to achieve FID, leveraging their understanding of project finance. Nexus also provides operational field services, such as benchmarking for Renewable Natural Gas […]

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The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to Nexus PMG project delivery services

The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to Nexus PMG project delivery services

March 28, 2025 |

Nexus PMG offers project delivery services including engineering, commercial development, and FEED packages. They support projects like a green hydrogen facility producing 5,000 metric tons per year. Their approach includes developing FEED packages to achieve FID, leveraging their understanding of project finance. Nexus also provides operational field services, such as benchmarking for Renewable Natural Gas […]

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The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to NREL’s pathways to Ensyn

The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to NREL’s pathways to Ensyn

March 26, 2025 |

Ensyn focuses on the production of low-carbon, renewable fuels and chemicals from cellulosic biomass using its proprietary RTP® technology. Their business model involves building, owning, and operating facilities, with selected licensing. Ensyn has a history of continuous commercial production since 1989. A successful combustion trial of their renewable heating fuel was completed with Michelin, demonstrating […]

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The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to the WorldBank and SAF

The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to the WorldBank and SAF

March 25, 2025 |

The World Bank Group (WBG) is actively involved in SAF-related engagements, focusing on country-specific feasibility assessments and strategy development. Engagements include Kenya (Mombasa Refinery), Ethiopia (SAF Roadmap), Zambia (Feasibility Studies), Colombia (Feasibility study), and Brazil (industrial decarbonization support). The WBG collaborates with organizations like GIZ, FAA, EU, ICAO, and EASA to inform continental SAF strategies […]

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Best of the Bioeconomy Awards 2025

Best of the Bioeconomy Awards 2025

March 24, 2025 |

In Washington, the Daily Digest announced the winners of thr 2025 Best of the Bioeconomy Awards at the Advanced Bioeconomy Leadership Conference. More than 1,500 Digest subscribers participated in the voting, which recognized winners in categories such as Project of the Year, Developer of the Year, Producer of the Year, Scientist of the Year, Engineer […]

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The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to Waste-to-Energy Technical Assistance for Local Governments

The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to Waste-to-Energy Technical Assistance for Local Governments

March 13, 2025 |

In this presentation, researchers chart the progress of a project focused on waste-to-energy (WTE) technical assistance to local governments to support decision-making related to organic waste streams. The project mobilizes data, information, and knowledge about organic waste streams to local governments. It delivers tailored deliverables and shared resources, addressing specific waste management challenges and opportunities. […]

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The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to Catalytic Upgrading of Waste Carbohydrates to Hydrocarbons

The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to Catalytic Upgrading of Waste Carbohydrates to Hydrocarbons

March 12, 2025 |

In this presentation, researchers chart the progress of a project focused on developing a technology for converting carbohydrates in paper sludge into hydrocarbon biofuel economically and sustainably. The project includes sludge selection, ash removal, enzymatic hydrolysis, dehydration, aldol condensation, hydro-deoxygenation, and fuel testing. The team contacted 17 paper mills and received 11 paper sludges for […]

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The East African Corn Belt: Feeding and Fueling Africa’s Future

The East African Corn Belt: Feeding and Fueling Africa’s Future

March 11, 2025 |

By Gerard J. Ostheimer, PhD and Douglas L. Faulkner “The Cleantech Conservative” Special to The Digest The East African Corn Belt runs from South Africa, north and east through Zambia, Tanzania and into Kenya and Ethiopia (see map). We believe that this area is poised to become a thriving hub of innovation and production of […]

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