Category: Multi-Slide Guides

The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to Terragia

November 13, 2025 | Jim Lane

Terragia harnesses “better biology” to produce low-carbon ethanol from cellulosic biomass, aiming for a cost below petroleum-based fuels. Their novel finding is engineering thermophilic anaerobic bacteria which demonstrate superior fiber deconstruction capability, solubilizing 95% of corn fiber without requiring thermochemical pretreatment. This consolidated bioprocessing (CBP) approach ambitiously enables new biological pathways that can generate up […]

The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to OMC

November 12, 2025 | Jim Lane

OMC introduces a compelling, next-generation technology providing low-cost, low-carbon hydrogen and fuels designed for industrial scale. Their core innovation is a highly durable, multi-functional oxygen carrier that achieves over 90% balance of plant energy efficiency. This process is ambitiously positioned to outperform electrolysis in cost and scale for green H2. Notably, OMC can uniquely utilize […]

The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to Oberon Fuels

November 11, 2025 | Jim Lane

Oberon Fuels’ compelling approach prioritizes feedstock flexibility to build sustainable enterprises, focusing on renewable DME and methanol. Their Brawley, CA facility, the Maverick Innovation Center, is the first in the U.S. producing renewable DME. DME is produced via catalytic distillation of methanol recovered from Kraft Pulp Process waste. Their ambitious Project Titania will convert animal […]

The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to Origin Materials

November 10, 2025 | Jim Lane

Origin Materials leverages its furanics platform and core technology to convert abundant bio-feedstocks into flexible, low-cost, carbon-negative materials. The most ambitious finding is being the first to produce PET bottlecaps at scale. This product, which is compatible with existing equipment and cost-competitive, enables “mono-material” packaging and improves recycling circularity, demonstrating a scalable breakthrough in the […]

The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to OzoneBio

November 7, 2025 | Jim Lane

OzoneBio presents a highly ambitious green chemistry platform for emission-free adipic acid (BioAA), targeting the $28B Nylon-6,6 market. Their process offers a compelling 96% CO2e reduction compared to traditional methods that emit 60 million tons of GHG annually. They have successfully scaled BioAA production to 0.5–1 ton/year, confirming 99% purity, and confirmed the high performance […]

The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to Hyera

November 6, 2025 | Jim Lane

Hyera reports a compelling solution to agricultural waste and pollution, driving sustainable activated carbon (AC) and green H2 production. Their advanced, AI-driven thermochemical conversion is carbon negative, sequestering 3.7 tons of GHG per ton of AC. This ambitious technology is rapidly scaling via standardized, modular plants, with the first unit commissioned in Glenn County. This […]

The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to NextSet Materials

November 5, 2025 | Jim Lane

NextSet Materials proposes a compelling solution to unlock the $91B USD market of materials landfilled in thermoset plastics. Their novel approach uses drop-in cleavable comonomers to fundamentally deconstruct existing industrial thermosets, which are typically non-recyclable. This innovation allows for the recovery of pristine materials, like woven carbon fiber, while retaining desirable material properties in subsequent […]

The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to Bioeconomy Grand Challenges

November 4, 2025 | Jim Lane

This compelling presentation outlines five grand challenges for the bioeconomy, setting ambitious quantitative goals. Novel targets include establishing a $50/ton universal standard feedstock and developing gasifiers capable of processing $30/ton feedstock into $60/barrel fuel. Successful policy must deliver a 40% carbon reduction and a $50/barrel Investment Tax Credit (ITC) to build “survivors”. The magnitude of […]

The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to Materials Technology R&D for Vehicle Efficiency

November 3, 2025 | Jim Lane

This R&D focuses on advanced materials and processing techniques to increase vehicle efficiency and sustainably reduce demand for critical non-battery materials. Technical advances center on Lightweight Metals and Composites, offering the highest weight reduction potential. Research in Propulsion Materials aims to improve electrified powertrains. The strategic impact is reducing lifecycle GHG emissions through optimized vehicle […]

The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to the DOE Vehicle Technologies Office Strategy and Impact

November 2, 2025 | Jim Lane

The VTO drives applied R&D to achieve net-zero carbon emissions in transportation by 2050, focusing on the gap between basic science and commercial development. Key priorities include accelerating battery technology, optimizing vehicle/grid integration, and developing modal decarbonization plans. Technical advances involve coordinating partnerships across major sectors and implementing the Petroleum Equivalency Factor (PEF) Final Rule. […]

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