Category: Multi-Slide Guides

Mobilizing US Biomass Resources: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to Bioeconomy Feedstock Supply & Logistics

March 28, 2018 | Jim Lane

“Toward A Thriving Bioeconomy by Mobilizing Our Nation’s Biomass Resources and Addressing Biomass Quality Challenges,” that the ambitious title of this illuminating presentation from the DOE Bioenergy Technologies Office’s Feedstock Supply & Logistics team. The focus, to fully integrate feedstocks into supply chain (multiple interfaces). reform raw biomass into high-quality feedstocks. use innovative technologies to […]

Nth Power and Nth Plant: The Digest’s 2018 Guide to Process Scale-Up, or Not?

March 27, 2018 | Jim Lane

You probably knew him first as the VP for Biofuels at Chevron, and later the Program Manager for the DOE Biomass program. Paul Bryan’s a noted consultant on technology development and sometime lecturer in chemical engineering at Berkeley when not on the ABLC stage with the Due Diligence Wolfpack. “I apply my background in industry […]

A natural approach to new plastics: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to Danimer Scientific

March 26, 2018 | Jim Lane

Danimer Scientific is a pioneer in creating more sustainable, more natural ways to make plastic products. For more than a decade, our renewable and sustainable biopolymers have helped create plastic products that are biodegradable and compostable. They return to nature instead of polluting our lands and waters. The company’s technology can be found in an […]

Alchemy for modern times: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to CRI/GTI’s IH2 process

March 25, 2018 | Jim Lane

The IH2 process was developed by Gas Technology Institute (GTI) of Des Plaines, Illinois—a research, development, and training organization serving energy markets. GTI experts invented, tested, and patented IH2 technology and are providing ongoing commercialization support. Twelve US and seven international patents have been issued on the technology. CRI Catalyst Company of Houston, Texas has been granted […]

Low-cost sugars and lignin: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to Sweetwater Energy

March 22, 2018 | Jim Lane

Sweetwater Energy has developed a unique and patented technology for producing low-cost sugars and clean lignin fiber from multiple non-food plant materials to help meet the modern world’s increasing demand for biochemicals, bioplastics and biofuels. Sweetwater CEO Arunas Chesonis gave this illuminating presentation on the company’s promise and progress at ABLC 2018 in Washington DC […]

Big Sweet: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to Fortress Global and xylitol

March 21, 2018 | Jim Lane

On January 29th, 2018 Fortress Paper announced it had changed its name to “Fortress Global Enterprises” in order to better reflect its existing business and future prospects. Fortress Global Enterprises operates its dissolving pulp business at the Fortress Specialty Cellulose Mill located in Canada, which also operates in the renewable energy generation sector through its […]

What’s the latest in bioenergy R&D, DOE? The Digest’s 2017 Multi-Slide Guide to DOE’s Sustainable Transportation programs

March 21, 2018 | Jim Lane

The United States Department of Energy’s Sustainable Transportation sector, part of EERE, includes the Vehicle, Fuel Cell, and Bioenergy Technologies offices. This portfolio focuses on research and development to increase access to domestic, clean transportation fuels and improve the energy efficiency, convenience, and affordability of transporting people and goods to support U.S. energy security, economic […]

The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to Honeywell’s UOP and renewable jet and diesel technology

March 19, 2018 | Jim Lane

Honeywell’s UOP has developed a renewable jet fuel processing technology, a renewable diesel process, as well as a joint venture, Envergent Technologies, that will market technologies and equipment for generating power, transportation fuel and heating oil from biomass using pyrolysis. UOP also owns a Renewable Energy & Chemicals business that produced green diesel using its Ecofining […]

Cow Power: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to Ag-Grid Energy

March 18, 2018 | Jim Lane

Ag-Grid Energy has a vision to convert agricultural and organic waste into renewable energy, compost and support local area practices that lead us towards a sustainable environment. The company intends to finance, build, own (jointly), operate the waste to energy conversion facilities in US, and has four projects underway in New England. Ag -Grid Energy […]

Algility: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to algae as a new crop and technology platform

March 15, 2018 | Jim Lane

Algae has been reinvented in recent years as a Sustainable New Crop for Food, Feed, Fuel and other products. Part of an international effort to expand Agricultural Production and productive land, and keeping key nutrients on the farm while restoring soil, algae is seen as a technology platform leading to job creation, benefits for the rural economy […]

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