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Carbon to Value Initiative says 4th cohort is open for apps: Cohort I-III companies raised $410M in follow-on funding

Carbon to Value Initiative says 4th cohort is open for apps: Cohort I-III companies raised $410M in follow-on funding

May 8, 2024 |

From Massachusetts, New York and Texas, we received news that the Carbon to Value Initiative, a partnership of the Urban Future Lab at NYU Tandon School of Engineering (UFL), Greentown Labs, and Fraunhofer USA has opened the door for applications from startups developing carbontech solutions for the fourth cohort of the accelerator — now through […]

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The Digest’s 2024 Multi-Slide Guide to Futuria Fuels

The Digest’s 2024 Multi-Slide Guide to Futuria Fuels

May 7, 2024 |

Futuria Fuels was founded by SHV Energy to lead the global advocacy of sustainable molecules, aiming to deliver viable sustainable fuel to off-grid customers. Through collaboration, we are building partnership and investment opportunities which will directly result in the defossilization of liquid gas for customers and suppliers. As a business unit of SHV Energy, Futuria […]

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Cemvita now producing sustainable oils for SAF from waste carbon sources

Cemvita now producing sustainable oils for SAF from waste carbon sources

May 7, 2024 |

In Texas, Cemvita said it can now produce substantial quantities of its Sustainable Oil from waste carbon sources. Cemvita’s optimized microorganisms are rich in oil and undergo a series of processing steps to extract it. Through applied research and innovation in bioprocess technology, this developed process has produced high-yield extraction of the oil from the […]

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The Digest’s 2024 Multi-Slide Guide to Ensyn

The Digest’s 2024 Multi-Slide Guide to Ensyn

May 6, 2024 |

Ensyn’s current focus is on low-carbon fuels, including low-carbon heating and cooling solutions for institutional and industrial customers and low-carbon feedstock solutions for petroleum refineries for the production of renewable transportation fuels. Ensyn Chairman Robert Graham presented these slides at ABLC 2024.

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The Case for E-fuels Use in Aviation

The Case for E-fuels Use in Aviation

May 5, 2024 |

By Pete Rocha, LEC Partners Special to The Digest The aviation industry produces 2-3% of all CO2 emissions globally. This percentage will likely grow over time as the developing world becomes richer and the demand for air transportation increases. In the graphic below, we see that in passenger travel demand is expected to increase by […]

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The Digest’s 2024 Multi-Slide Guide to Cemvita

The Digest’s 2024 Multi-Slide Guide to Cemvita

May 2, 2024 |

We’ve engineered microbes that turn the waste such as CO2 into helpful compounds, therefore closing the carbon/waste loop and address those recovery and production processes that, in current heavy industry, creates waste and emission outputs. Cemvita’s Pedro Barcia presented these slides on the company’s production of SAF feedstocks at ABLC 2024.

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The Digest’s 2024 Multi-Slide Guide to Haffner Energy

The Digest’s 2024 Multi-Slide Guide to Haffner Energy

May 1, 2024 |

Haffner Energy’s expertise has been forged over more than 30 years of experience. 30 years’ experience designing, developing and bringing to market a pioneering, patented technology that produces clean fuels with a neutral-to-negative carbon footprint: biomass thermolysis. Company president Marcella Francho presented these slides at ABLC 2024 on the company’s technology journey and future prospects.

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Semi-Sweet on GREET Street: US decision on SAF tax credits is bold for residues; tepid for grains, oilseeds

Semi-Sweet on GREET Street: US decision on SAF tax credits is bold for residues; tepid for grains, oilseeds

April 30, 2024 |

In Washington, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service released guidance on the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Credit established by the Inflation Reduction Act. The Treasury Department’s guidance provides important clarity around eligibility for the SAF Credit. The credit incentivizes the production of SAF that achieves a lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions reduction of […]

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The Digest’s 2024 Multi-Slide Guide to Sustainable Change, the Worley view

The Digest’s 2024 Multi-Slide Guide to Sustainable Change, the Worley view

April 30, 2024 |

Worley’s come a long way from its origins in Sydney in the 1970s, a major player on the global energy scene now for nearly 30 years, and moving sharply into de-fossilized and de-carbonized strategies and projects in recent years. Tom Foster, CEO of Worley Consulting, gave an address at ABLC 2024 and presented these slides […]

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ABLC Next 2024 announced: themes, topics, dates, sectors

ABLC Next 2024 announced: themes, topics, dates, sectors

April 30, 2024 |

In Florida,  the Daily Digest announced that the Advanced Bioeconomy Leadership Conference on Next-Gen Projects & Technologies,  ABLC NEXT 2024, will take place at the Hotel Nikko in San Francisco, October 23-25, 2024, as the industry undertakes more Networking for Net Zero. More than 600 delegates and 100 speakers are expected from more than 400 […]

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