Category: Multi-Slide Guides

The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to Biomass and Waste Preprocessing Innovations

June 29, 2025 | Jim Lane

Idaho National Laboratory’s Biomass Feedstock National User Facility (BFNUF) is crucial for de-risking bioeconomy scale-up. Key innovations include the ~$10M WAVES project for wet agricultural waste processing. An MSW separation system achieved 80% separation of unrecyclable materials, optimizing gasification feedstocks. Collaborative research with GTI Energy on waste gasification and biomass to entrained flow gasification has […]

The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to Sustainable Marine Propulsion Technologies

June 26, 2025 | Jim Lane

The National Marine Manufacturers Association (NMMA) published the first peer-reviewed lifecycle assessment for recreational boats, concluding no “one size fits all” solution for carbon emission reduction. Given boats’ 30-50 year useful life, sustainable solutions are vital. Sustainable marine fuels are identified as a critical American energy source for the global marine industry. A Sustainable Marine […]

The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to Liberation Labs

June 25, 2025 | Jim Lane

Liberation Labs is addressing the biomanufacturing capacity gap with a new 600 M3 multi-use facility in Richmond, Indiana, purpose-built for modern organisms. Long-lead equipment has been ordered and received, and environmental permits are secured. Slated for EOY 2025 completion with a $115MM budget, this facility signifies a concrete step in building out US biomanufacturing capabilities, […]

The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to Carbon Recycling International’s Advanced Methanol Production

June 24, 2025 | Jim Lane

Carbon Recycling International (CRI) operates the first certified e-fuel plant and the largest, most efficient CO2 to Methanol plant, producing over 210,000 tonnes. Their patented, flexible reactor design handles diverse CO2 and hydrogen feedstocks. Methanol is crucial for maritime decarbonization, with vessel orders soaring. CRI’s proven Emissions-to-Liquids (ETL) technology is a commercially deployed solution for […]

The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to Carbon Recycling International’s Scalable Fuel Solutions

June 23, 2025 | Jim Lane

Carbon Recycling International (CRI) offers Emissions-to-Liquids (ETL) technology that converts CO2 and H2 into practical, low-carbon fuels like methanol. Methanol demand is projected to grow from 97MT (2020) to over 500MT by 2050, driven by shipping and aviation. CRI, with 15+ years of experience, provides a proven, commercially deployed solution that integrates seamlessly into existing […]

The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to Anellotech

June 22, 2025 | Jim Lane

Anellotech presents Plas-TCat, a novel fluid bed catalytic cracking technology that performs a single-step conversion of mixed plastic waste into high-value chemicals like benzene, toluene, xylene, ethylene, and propylene. A key innovation is its feedstock flexibility, handling a broad range of polymers and contaminants, along with robust filler management. This scalable technology (>200 KTA) offers […]

The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to Market-Based Tools to Unleash American Biofuels

June 19, 2025 | Jim Lane

Ecostrat introduces BDO Zone Ratings to certify regional readiness for biomanufacturing. A novel initiative is the “B-RREADI for Wildfire Challenge,” which leverages ‘W-BDO Zones’ to attract biomanufacturing plants. This creates market demand for removing combustible forest biomass, offering an economic incentive to reduce wildfire risk. Ecostrat also offers Feedstock Supply Insurance (FSI)® to de-risk biomass […]

The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to Power to Liquids: Money from Thin Air

June 18, 2025 | Jim Lane

NexantECA identifies Power-to-Liquids (PTL) and CO2 utilization as increasingly vital due to projected shortfalls in meeting 2050 emission targets with current technologies. PTL, utilizing CO2 as a feedstock, typically requires dedicated low-carbon intensity power. The presentation explores various CO2 capture options, including “Blue” CCS, BECCS, and Direct Air Capture (DAC), detailing their respective costs and […]

The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to RNG to SAF

June 17, 2025 | Jim Lane

Topsoe, a leader in energy transition, highlights their G2L™ Biofuels technology, a novel and commercially ready pathway converting Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) to Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF). Leveraging industrially proven Fischer-Tropsch (FT) synthesis, this solution achieves high carbon efficiency (~95%) and impressive SAF product yields (>80%). Topsoe emphasizes its role in leading hard-to-abate sectors toward […]

The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to BioVeritas

June 16, 2025 | Jim Lane

BioVeritas champions an “Unconstrained” approach to Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), addressing the current limitations of HEFA feedstocks. Their novel strategy involves Directed Mixed-Culture Fermentation and Low-Energy Acid Recovery to produce Volatile Fatty Acids (VFAs), which are then converted into SAF blendstock or intermediates. This dual market strategy aims to overcome supply constraints, positioning BioVeritas as […]

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