Category: Multi-Slide Guides

The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to a Resilient US Bioeconomy

June 10, 2025 | Jim Lane

Valerie Reed, Director of the USDOE Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO), discussed building A Resilient US Bioeconomy. She outlined benefits including job creation, strengthening national security via domestic supply chains, supporting ethanol producers, investing in communities, improving health, and achieving carbon reductions. BETO’s RD&D priorities focus on affordability, efficiency, and security for domestic biofuels and biobased […]

The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to SAF and Hydrogen Plant Integration

June 9, 2025 | Jim Lane

Linde, a global gas and engineering company, presented on integrating SAF (HEFA) and hydrogen plants to reduce carbon intensity (CI) and cost. Arthur Pastore, Minish Shah, and David Maher highlighted using HEFA by-products for H2 and carbon capture from the H2 plant as key levers. CI reduction improves with by-product use. Tax credits, like 45Z […]

The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to SynPet

June 8, 2025 | Jim Lane

SynPet offers a proprietary Thermal Conversion Process (TCP) that uniquely treats complex mixed plastic waste, including PVC, without sorting or drying. This non-combustion technology avoids new CO2 emissions. Products include Circular Naphtha, Renewable Natural Gas, and electricity. SynPet aims to create a circular petrochemical industry by converting waste plastics into Circular Naphtha Substitute. Their process […]

The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to Hexas Biomass

June 5, 2025 | Jim Lane

Hexas provides XanoFiber from its proprietary, purpose-grown XanoGrass. This crop offers high biomass yield per acre compared to alternatives and addresses the need for sustainable biomass. XanoGrass production can be carbon negative and is an EPA-approved bioenergy crop eligible for RINs. Their Farm-to-Fiber platform ensures dedicated supply local to facilities. Communities see benefits like generating […]

The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to De-Risking Sustainable Bioeconomy Projects

June 4, 2025 | Jim Lane

ABB provides integrated automation, electrical, and digital solutions to enhance profitability and predictability in sustainable fuels and chemicals production. Recognizing project challenges like cost/schedule overruns, their Adaptive Execution approach emphasizes co-design and co-delivery. This can reduce CAPEX by 10-20% and accelerate schedules by up to 25% compared to traditional methods. ABB supports projects across all […]

The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to Jupeng Bio

June 3, 2025 | Jim Lane

Jupeng Bio converts advantaged carbon sources into high-value products using a proprietary, environmentally friendly process. Their journey to Net Zero involves utilizing carbon sinks and reducing GHG emissions. Technologies include biomass gasification, syngas fermentation, and CO2 fermentation. They have demonstrated second and third-generation syngas processes and a first-generation CO2 process. The Pengtai Project aims to […]

The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to Global Sustainable Fuels Policy

June 2, 2025 | Jim Lane

The CEM Biofuture Council aims to leverage international dialogue (G20, G7, COP30) to strengthen sustainable fuels and chemicals in energy security and climate mitigation. Their goals include normalizing policy discussion, driving action, and addressing barriers like carbon accounting diversity. The CEM Action Plan focuses on areas like increasing demand, supply chains, common standards, and financing. […]

The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to Velocys

June 1, 2025 | Jim Lane

Velocys provides Fischer-Tropsch (FT) technology, including microchannel reactors and catalysts, for sustainable fuel production, particularly Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF). Drawing on extensive operational experience from projects like ENVIA and NEDO, Velocys is focusing on deploying its proven technology. The company positions FT as an efficient and cost-flexible solution ready for small and mid-sized plants now, […]

The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to Commodity Plus Carbon futures contracts

May 29, 2025 | Jim Lane

GIC Group is launching CPC (Commodity Plus Carbon) futures contracts linking commodity prices with carbon emission reductions. These contracts generate premiums based on emissions below benchmarks and enable the biofuel industry, particularly corn and ethanol producers, to access 45Q and 45Z tax credits. Utilizing Ucrop.it for data verification, CPC provides access to Scope 1, 2, […]

The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to BTG Bioliquids

May 28, 2025 | Jim Lane

BTG Bioliquids is a technology provider specializing in fast pyrolysis for producing 2nd generation biofuel from biomass residues. Their strategy emphasizes modularization and standardization (“scaling by numbers”) to reduce risk, costs, and delivery times for commercial deployment. With proven technology, FPBO connects biomass to industrial sectors for applications like SAF, marine fuel, and chemicals. The […]

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