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The 50 Hottest Companies in the Bioeconomy 2024, nominations open

The 50 Hottest Companies in the Bioeconomy 2024, nominations open

December 29, 2023 |

In Florida, The Digest announced the official opening of nominations for the 50 Hottest Companies in the Bioeconomy for 2024. Nominations can be made here. Voting Rules Voting will be open to all registered subscribers of The Digest and invited selectors. This year, votes will be weighted as follows: 50 percent based on votes received […]

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Bold Actions to Accelerate the Bioeconomy – results from the Delhi Meet-up of the Bold Goals Action Group

Bold Actions to Accelerate the Bioeconomy – results from the Delhi Meet-up of the Bold Goals Action Group

December 25, 2023 |

In India,  a coalition of the willing called the Bold Goals Action Group refined and amended a series of 47 Bold Actions that must be taken by industry and government in order to achieve the global timelines for Net Zero economies that address climate change and the need for resilient national economies. The group was […]

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Molecules for Christmas: A visit with Australia’s mysterious bio-expert, Dr. Westlake, for holiday treats and strategies

Molecules for Christmas: A visit with Australia’s mysterious bio-expert, Dr. Westlake, for holiday treats and strategies

December 24, 2023 |

My old mate, the mysteriously well-informed Dr. Brian Westlake, called me from the mangy old desk he keeps on the verandah at his home and laboratory, Wambangalong, a large station along the Bindiwarra River in the west central of Queensland, by Ininagai country. On this occasion the semi-annual flooding of the local billabong had cut […]

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FOA La La La La: DOE decks your halls with new Regional Resource Hubs for Purpose Grown Energy Crops program

FOA La La La La: DOE decks your halls with new Regional Resource Hubs for Purpose Grown Energy Crops program

December 19, 2023 |

In Washington, the  US Department of Energy Bioenergy Technologies Office announced its notice of intent (NOI) to issue a funding opportunity announcement that will drive the research and development of low-carbon, purpose-grown energy crops leading to the deployment of clean energy technologies. The planned Regional Resource Hubs for Purpose-Grown Energy Crops funding opportunity will support […]

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India on the Move:  the subcontinent is buzzing with mobility, and poised to assume leadership of the global bioeconomy

India on the Move: the subcontinent is buzzing with mobility, and poised to assume leadership of the global bioeconomy

December 18, 2023 |

Part 1 of a Digest series on India’s projects, progress and emerging bioeconomy leadership. By car, motorcycle, auto-rickshaw, truck, tractor, bus, train, camel, elephant, or on foot, India is on the move. From the effervescent hornblowing of the traffic that pours through its cities and interconnecting highways like a hot magma, to the trumpets of […]

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GREET is in for SAF: Santa comes early for the bioeconomy

GREET is in for SAF: Santa comes early for the bioeconomy

December 15, 2023 |

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, and said that pending further guidance from the Treasury Department, an updated GREET model will provide another methodology for SAF producers to determine the lifecycle GHG emissions rates of their […]

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From Patent to Progress: How Myron Danzer and Iowa-based Chevron Renewable Energy Group continue forging new paths in the biofuels industry

From Patent to Progress: How Myron Danzer and Iowa-based Chevron Renewable Energy Group continue forging new paths in the biofuels industry

December 10, 2023 |

From IowaEDA.com Special to The Digest As an inventor on an early patent for producing biodiesel, one might think that Myron Danzer’s contribution to the industry was enough innovation to last an entire career. But, like many of his fellow Iowans, Danzer wasn’t content to rest on that accomplishment alone. After 16 years with the […]

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Fire! Open Letter to US Treasury, Energy Secretaries on addressing the threat of forest fire via the bioeconomy

Fire! Open Letter to US Treasury, Energy Secretaries on addressing the threat of forest fire via the bioeconomy

December 9, 2023 |

In the long term, the bioeconomy needs hydrocarbon feedstocks at 28 cents a pound or less — that’s not the raw cost of the biomass, that’s the finished cost of the hydrocarbons after excess oxygen has been blown off and the solids have been converted into workable, homogenous condition and possibly into liquids or gases. […]

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Bold Actions to Accelerate the Bioeconomy – results from the Ottawa Meet-up of the Bold Goals Action Group

Bold Actions to Accelerate the Bioeconomy – results from the Ottawa Meet-up of the Bold Goals Action Group

November 30, 2023 |

In Ottawa, on the sidelines of the SCALING UP meeting, a coalition of the willing called the Bold Goals Action Group refined and amended a series of 37 Bold Actions that must be taken by industry and government in order to achieve the global timelines for Net Zero economies that address climate change and the […]

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Biomass to Liquid Fuels: We Need Commercial Scale Gen 2 Success

Biomass to Liquid Fuels: We Need Commercial Scale Gen 2 Success

November 30, 2023 |

Doug Rivers, PhD, Lee Enterprise Consulting Special to The Digest Serious development to convert lignocellulosic biomass to liquid fuels and chemicals began in the U.S. following the 1973 OPEC oil embargo that left the U.S. with fuel shortages and long lines and rationing of gasoline at service stations. Since that time, significant technical progress has […]

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