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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
1. There used to be a lot of excitement around Planet X in days gone by, but it’s nothing like the excitement around Planet Twelve these days, or rather the company known as Twelve. They’ve done something rather unusual for the bioeconomy. 2. For many, the usual script calls for stalling on technology development or […]
