Category: Top Stories

The 50 Hottest Companies in the Bioeconomy 2024-25

The 50 Hottest Companies in the Bioeconomy 2024-25

October 25, 2024 |

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, […]

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DigestAI looks at the Radicle Corn Value Change Challenge

DigestAI looks at the Radicle Corn Value Change Challenge

October 23, 2024 |

Special to The Digest, via the DigestAI engine The Radicle Corn Value Chain Challenge aims to identify and invest in companies creating innovative uses for corn, driving sustainable demand and replacing fossil fuel-derived materials. This document analyzes the four finalists: Catalyxx, Låkril, me Energy, and New Iridium. Key Themes: Bio-based Chemical Production: All four companies […]

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A new, 3B gallon ethanol market: Me Energy takes top prize at Radicle Corn Value Chain Challenge

A new, 3B gallon ethanol market: Me Energy takes top prize at Radicle Corn Value Chain Challenge

October 23, 2024 |

  In California, Germany’s Me Energy took the million dollar first prize in the year-long Radicle Corn Value Chain Challenge. The finals were held in San Francisco as a part of ABLC Next. ME energy’s technology Me energy has developed unique technology enabling Rapid Chargers that generate climate-friendly electricity from low-cost ethanol. me energy’s portable, rapid chargers, powered […]

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Ecostrat, New Energy Risk to develop Feedstock Risk Insurance

Ecostrat, New Energy Risk to develop Feedstock Risk Insurance

October 21, 2024 |

In California, as ABLC convened, New Energy Risk and Ecostrat inked a partnership to develop Feedstock Supply Insurance — an insurance offering that aims to mitigate risk in biomass feedstock supply chains. It will do this by effectively capping feedstock costs and securing long-term project debt repayment obligations. Through the partnership between Ecostrat and NER, […]

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Sustainea’s $400M MEG Monster heads for Indiana and Primient

Sustainea’s $400M MEG Monster heads for Indiana and Primient

October 21, 2024 |

In Indiana, Sustainea will build a $400 Bio-MEG (ethylene glycol) plant and will co-locate the project at the Primient facility in Lafayette, Indiana. The two companiues also announced a supply agreement for corn dextrose from the Primient plant,  Groundbreaking is set to begin after conclusion of engineering and final investment decision, with production expected to […]

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Liquid-Liquid Extraction: A Game-Changer in Biomass Processing

Liquid-Liquid Extraction: A Game-Changer in Biomass Processing

October 18, 2024 |

By Kyle Parkinson, Donald Glatz, and Brendan Cross, Koch Modular Special to The Digest The biochemical market is projected to experience significant growth in the coming years. According to the 2024 Biochemical Global Market Report, it is projected to reach $117 billion in 2028, with a compound annual growth rate of 8.6%. A growing global […]

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Boom! US DOE Loan Program Office drops $2.9B in conditional loan guarantee commits to Gevo, Montana Renewables

Boom! US DOE Loan Program Office drops $2.9B in conditional loan guarantee commits to Gevo, Montana Renewables

October 17, 2024 |

In Washington, the US Department of Energy Loan Programs Office revealed two conditional loan guarantee commitments, up to $1.44 billion to Montana Renewables for its Montana Renewables project, and $1.48 billion to Gevo for its Net-Zero 1 project in South Dakota.  The Gevo project The NZ1 facility is being built in Lake Preston, South Dakota. […]

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Cometstock: Comstock Fuels yields are headed for the stars. Why?

Cometstock: Comstock Fuels yields are headed for the stars. Why?

October 13, 2024 |

They say that if Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas lives up to expectations as it nears Earth these days, it will be comet of the century. Beg to differ on the grounds that if Comstock Fuels technology lives up to expectations, that might well be a bigger event of planetary significance . Accordingly, let’s think of it just […]

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SEC’s Watered-Down Climate Rule and How it Affects You

SEC’s Watered-Down Climate Rule and How it Affects You

October 6, 2024 |

By Cynthia Thyfault, CEO, QuantaVision Special to The Digest The US Securities and Exchange Commission recently finalized a climate disclosure rule that has sparked intense debate across political, corporate, and environmental spheres. Initially expected to align with the stringent climate regulations of the European Union, the SEC’s rule emerged significantly watered down after two years […]

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Lessons from the Kitchen: LanzaTech downs a protein shake; their new markets, and Scooby-Doo

Lessons from the Kitchen: LanzaTech downs a protein shake; their new markets, and Scooby-Doo

October 1, 2024 |

LanzaTech is back in the news with a budding venture based in manufacturing single-cell protein — usually a side product — as the main product for a new set of biorefineries they have in the pipeline. Plus, an ultra-low carbon footprint compared to business as usual. It’s not strictly a protein shake, but protein is […]

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