Category: Multi-Slide Guides

The Magic Behind the Molecules and Materials: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to Checkerspot’s Synthetic Biology

November 25, 2019 | Jim Lane

“The measure of how disruptive Synthetic Biology is lies in the applications, the use cases and relevance to consumers,” according to Checkerspot which uses biology and chemistry to generate novel building blocks. Their ingredients include custom oils like tri-, di- and mono-glycerides, proteins and peptides, micronutrients, and polysaccharides. Charles Dimmler from Checkerspot shared this illuminating […]

Oh so sweet! Amyris’s Look at Farnesene Production from Sugars: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to MegaBio and Farnesene

November 24, 2019 | Jim Lane

Amyris is working on a MegaBio goal. Mega because it’s a big goal – develop a fully integrated and scalable process to produce farnesene from cellulosic sugars at $2 per liter in the U.S. Quinn Mitrovich from Amyris gave this illuminating presentation at the DOE’s BETO 2019 Project Peer Review that details how they are […]

More From Less, Thanks to Fermenting Natural Gas: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to Calysta’s Protein Ingredients

November 24, 2019 | Jim Lane

Feeding the world has been an issue on everyone’s mind for as long as we can remember and Calysta ties in nicely with today’s top story about food and protein because they are approaching protein ingredients from a whole new way and are on the brink of commercialization. Their first product, FeedKind, is made using […]

Calgren Dairy Fuels’ Lagoon Digester Cluster Project: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to Pooping Cows Bringing Us Biofuel

November 21, 2019 | Jim Lane

Methane – we all know there’s too much of it and much of it comes from farting and pooping cows. But Calgren has been doing something about that for years, before cow manure memes became cool. Calgren turns dairy manure biogas into biofuels as well as other valuable, low-carbon products, taking horrible, polluting methane gas […]

A Planet on Fire: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to Red Rock Biofuels’ Call to Action for Aviation Industry

November 20, 2019 | Jim Lane

“Facing catastrophic problems with the immediacy of wildfire and the sinister creeping of climate change is depressing. It is depressing enough to throw in the towel, to say I can’t make a difference, the problem is just too big for me to solve.” That’s what Jeff Manternach, Red Rock Biofuels’ Co-Founder and CFO told the audience […]

The IRENA View: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to the potential of hydrogen fuel for hard-to-decarbonise energy uses

November 20, 2019 | Jim Lane

The International Renewable Energy Agency has examined the potential of hydrogen fuel for hard-to-decarbonize energy uses, including energy-intensive industries, trucks, aviation, shipping and heating applications, in a new report. According to IRENA, the decarbonisation impact depends on how hydrogen is produced. Current and future sourcing options can be divided into grey (fossil fuel-based), blue (fossil […]

When Negative is Good – Carbon Negative: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to Gevo’s Biojet Fuel

November 19, 2019 | Jim Lane

Noone wants to be negative…unless they are talking about carbon negative of course. The aviation industry has been all abuzz about lowering their carbon footprints for years, then carbon neutral, now carbon negative. According to Gevo’s Timothy Cesarek, EVP & Chief Commercial Officer, the carbon footprint of jetfuel has the potential to be driven to negative with […]

Better Biofuels with Biomass: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to Axens and the BioTfueL Project

November 18, 2019 | Jim Lane

BioTfueL, originally launched by Total, is a project to produce biofuels via thermochemical conversion and includes several partners that work together on this. Axens Solutions recently spoke at ABLC NEXT about the project, how biomass feedstock is torrefied and then converted into syngas in a gasifier. Once the syngas has been cleaned and conditioned, it […]

Like Fine Wine, Smellin’ Fine: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to Anellotech’s Aromatics

November 17, 2019 | Jim Lane

Fine wine takes time but it’s so worth it when you gather that first aroma of a freshly opened bottle…and Anellotech shows us that the wait is worth it when it comes to technology too. Their thermal catalytic biomass conversion, or Bio-TCat Process, is making aromatic chemicals and fuels more cost competitive. Check out their […]

17 Trillion Pounds of Plastic – How much is Biodegradable?: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to Algenesis’ Algae Polymers

November 14, 2019 | Jim Lane

Science by Nature and Nature by Science is what it’s all about for Algenesis. Their goal is for 100% renewable, biodegradable, recyclable polyurethane that can be used for everything from flip flops to surfboards. Michael Burkart from UC San Diego and Algenesis Materials shared this illuminating presentation on the whole polyurethane synthesis and recycling cycle […]

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