In Kansas, Western Plains Energy is pioneering carbon neutral ethanol production by replacing molecular sieves with fully integrated membrane separation solutions in a quest to become the first zero emissions ethanol producer. Whitefox, is the bioethanol membrane engineering innovator supplying the innovative technology. Engineering phase 1 is already in progress and the project has an […]
By Alexander Koukoulas,Henna Poikolainen, Esa Sipilä — AFRY Special to the Digest The second half of 2022 is shaping up to be a watershed year for the advanced fuels and bio-based chemicals industries. New regulatory frameworks to address climate change are providing a catalyst for what will be unprecedented growth in these sectors. In the US, the […]
News arrived from Brazil to begin the week that Shell has agreed to buy a total of 3.25 billion litres of sugar-cane cellulosic ethanol under a long-term agreement with Brazil’s Raízen. The low-carbon fuel is expected to be produced by five plants that Raízen plans to build in Brazil, bringing its total portfolio of cellulosic […]
News arrived on the ABLC floor that DG Fuels signed a multi-year SAF offtake agreement with Air France KLM for up to 60,408 metric tons (21 million gallons) per year from DGF’s initial plant to be located in Louisiana. Financial terms were not disclosed. The minimum 10-year deal will reduce lifecycle emissions by up to […]
Thank you for your Net Zero commitments. Now, throw them out. Here in the bioeconomy we have to go past Near To Zero, or We Care About Zero, or Potemkin Village Zero, or Net Zero, or Our Kinda Funky Accounting Gets Us to Funky Zero, or True Zero. The advanced bioeconomy is about Below Zero, […]
ABLC was a happy pandemonium, with 780 high-level delegates stuffed into the Hotel Nikko in San Francisco, let there be no doubt about it. The din of companies seeking partners, building visibility was louder than I think I have ever heard at a conference before. If you’ve read your Milton, you’ll know that Pandemonium was […]
The opening session of ABLC events is the State of the Industry and our initial Networking event. Here are the slides from the presentation by Digest editor & publisher Jim Lane on the evening of October 26th covering advanced ethanol. renewable diesel, SAF, renewable chemicals, biomaterials, hydrogen, feedstocks and supply chain, vegan foods, finance and […]
Here are the 50 Hottest Project Development & Deployment Spots in the Advanced Bioeconomy for 2022, as selected by the Digest’s editors.
As the Advanced Bioeconomy Leadership Conference opened in San Francisco, news arrived on the conference floor that Ara Partners has committed $65M in additional capital to BioVeritas to support rapid commercialization of the company’s bio-based ingredient solutions technology. Let’s take a deeper look at BioVeritas, which has been operating in a stealthy mode in Bryan, […]
ABLC Next 2022 commences at 5pm Pacific Time on Wednesday, October 26th at the Hotel Nikko in San Francisco, with more than 90 speakers, 43 sponsors, 750 delegates and 430 companies represented at the event. Here is the official guide to the onstage content. WEDNESDAY 5:00pm STATE OF THE INDUSTRY presentation The Top Trends in […]
