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The Digest’s 2024 Multi-Slide Guide to the global policy context for BIO-LPG

The Digest’s 2024 Multi-Slide Guide to the global policy context for BIO-LPG

April 11, 2024 |

A decarbonization path for the LPG sector continues to increase in importance as a response to political forces which affect regulatory survivability and access to capital. Global North LPG marketers are responding to the lack of green LPG by getting involved in upstream green supply development. Global South countries are looking for ways to unlock […]

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The Digest’s 2024 Multi-Slide Guide to DG Fuels’ St. James SAF project

The Digest’s 2024 Multi-Slide Guide to DG Fuels’ St. James SAF project

April 10, 2024 |

DG Fuels is an emerging leader in renewable hydrogen and biogenic based, synthetic low emissions aviation and diesel fuel, and this deck looks at their second-generation cellulosic biofuel and their market expansion plans, whose hydrogen content is derived from water electrolysis and uses a Fischer Tropsch based process with 96% carbon feedstock conversion efficiency and […]

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US Coast Guard to transition USGA Aviation Training Center to SAF, drops big RFP

US Coast Guard to transition USGA Aviation Training Center to SAF, drops big RFP

April 10, 2024 |

In Washington, news arrived that the Defense Logistics Agency Energy seeks to award a contract to supply an estimated annual requirement of 876,000 US gallons of sustainable aviation fuel to the U.S. Coast Guard Aviation Training Center in Mobile, Alabama. The fuel must be blended from conventional jet fuel and one of three approved synthetic […]

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DGF picks Johnson Matthey, bp tech for massive SAF plant in Louisiana

DGF picks Johnson Matthey, bp tech for massive SAF plant in Louisiana

April 10, 2024 |

In Louisana, we see that DG Fuels has chosen Johnson Matthey and bp’s co-developed Fischer Tropsch CANS technology for its first sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) plant. Located in Louisiana, USA, it would be the largest announced FT SAF production facility in the world, with a planned capacity of 13,000 barrels per day – capable, after […]

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JX, Sumitomo sign pact to accelerate SAF via Louisiana Green Fuels BECCS project

JX, Sumitomo sign pact to accelerate SAF via Louisiana Green Fuels BECCS project

April 10, 2024 |

In Lousiana, JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration C and Sumitomo executed consortium agreements to manage investment in the Louisiana Green Fuels BECCS project at the state’s Port of Columbia. The project will produce 32 million gallons of SAF per year and has a scheduled commercial operation date in 2029. The Project will convert woody […]

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The Digest’s 2024 Multi-Slide Guide to Nzyme2HC and Renewable H2 Production

The Digest’s 2024 Multi-Slide Guide to Nzyme2HC and Renewable H2 Production

April 9, 2024 |

Renewable H2 production that requires ~40% less electricity than state-of-the-art electrolysis> That’s the promise of early-stager Nzyme2HC. As the company puts it, “The amount of electricity required to produce green H2 must be significantly reduced. We have designed a system that does this. It is nearly 40% more energy-efficient than electrolysis of water.”Nzyme2HC CEO Steve […]

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The Digest’s 2024 Multi-Slide Guide to OMC Thermochemistry

The Digest’s 2024 Multi-Slide Guide to OMC Thermochemistry

April 8, 2024 |

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Carbon dioxide and modified gas packaging applications in the food industry

Carbon dioxide and modified gas packaging applications in the food industry

April 8, 2024 |

By Sam A. Rushing, Advanced Cryogenics, Ltd., www.carbondioxideconsultants.com Special to The Digest Of today’s approximate 20 million annual tons per year in CO2 merchant consumption, would be some 40% consumed in the United States. To follow, would be Japan; and then to follow the European Zone. Of the most interesting applications in the carbon dioxide […]

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AI is Accelerating Materials Science Discovery and Synthesis Exponentially

AI is Accelerating Materials Science Discovery and Synthesis Exponentially

April 7, 2024 |

By Kent Goeking, Managing Director, LEC Partners Special to The Digest One of the key barriers to the economic and technical success of many advanced energy technologies is the sub-optimum performance of critical inorganic materials used as catalysts, electrodes, dielectrics, and photovoltaics.  Oxide materials in particular, such as metal oxides, perovskites, piezoelectrics, and ferroelectrics, offer […]

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The Digest’s 2024 Multi-Slide Guide to Sequestering CO2 in Plastics

The Digest’s 2024 Multi-Slide Guide to Sequestering CO2 in Plastics

April 4, 2024 |

There are a number of possible routes to convert emissions into polymers. Plastics contain carbon for the entire duration of their useful life and during the time which they are not degrading in a landfill. Since plastics can take centuries to degrade, it’s a compelling idea for carbon sequestration, not without challenges illuminated by NexantECA’s […]

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