By Jordan Solomon, President & CEO of Ecostrat and Tom Dickson, CEO of New Energy Risk Special to The Digest The global bioeconomy is poised for exponential growth, but a key bottleneck remains: the inherent risks in biomass supply chains. These risks are a major obstacle to financing new biofuel, renewable energy, biogas, and biomaterial […]
The presentation describes a program called BDO Zone Ratings, which is a standardized assessment for evaluating regions’ readiness for bio-based manufacturing. These ratings help attract investment in bio-based projects by highlighting areas with the best potential for success. The program aims to empower communities and create jobs by promoting the development of biofuels, renewable chemicals, […]
This is a presentation given by Milica Folić of Topsoe at the ABLC Next conference in 2024, focusing on the company’s perspective on the development of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) by 2025. The presentation highlights Topsoe’s commitment to sustainability, their leading role in developing technologies for decarbonizing hard-to-abate sectors, and their portfolio of SAF projects. […]
This is a presentation by Dr. Jayant Khambekar of Jenike & Johanson, a technology company specializing in bulk solids flow. It highlights the challenges of feeding high-pressure reactors in the advanced biofuels industry. Specifically, the presentation discusses the difficulties of using difficult-to-handle feedstocks like agricultural residue, forest residue, and municipal solid waste, which are crucial […]
Gevo took the #1 spot in the 2024 “50 Hottest Companies in the Bioeconomy” rankings, published today in The Digest, the world’s most widely-read bioeconomy daily. LanzaTech (#2), Avantium (#3), Comstock Fuels (#4), BioVeritas (3%), LanzaJet (#6), Aemetis (#7), Praj (38), Ensyn (39) and Oberon Fuels (#10) rounded out the top 10. The annual rankings, […]
What is the potential for cellulosic bioenergy crop production? Cellulosic bioenergy crop production is a nascent industry in the U.S. and has the potential to supply 5% of U.S. energy demand while achieving increased carbon reduction. The southeast U.S. is ideally suited for a cellulosic industry due to plentiful land, ample rainfall, and a pressing […]
In Spain, Enerkem and Technip Energies have signed a formal collaboration agreement to advance the Ecoplanta waste‑to‑methanol project in El Morell, near Tarragona. The facility will gasify up to 400,000 t/y of municipal solid waste into 240,000 t/y of sustainable methanol and downstream chemicals. Final investment decision (FID) was approved in July 2024, and the plant is expected online by 2029. The partnership focuses on technology […]
A team of researchers have designed a project to develop productive, cost-effective, and sustainable warm-season perennial bioenergy feedstock production systems on marginal croplands across geographic locations in the Midwest. They have found that there is limited data availability on field-scale research with high-yielding switchgrass cultivars., And, there is a need to demonstrate ecosystem service benefits […]
Låkril Technologies, founded in 2021, is a start-up that produces bio-based acrylic acid and acrylate derivatives using renewable feedstocks, specifically corn-derived lactic acid.The company aims to provide sustainable alternatives to petroleum-based acrylic acid, which is a key chemical building block used in adhesives and sealants, paints and coatings, textiles, plastics, paper and paperboard, and personal […]
