Category: Thought Leadership

Domestic Next-Gen Feedstocks: Revolutionizing the Bioeconomy (Part 1 of 2)

Domestic Next-Gen Feedstocks: Revolutionizing the Bioeconomy (Part 1 of 2)

December 12, 2024 |

By Jennifer Kaplan, LEC Partners Special to The Digest Imagine a bioeconomy where sustainability is a fundamental prerequisite. While we have made much progress on bioeconomy technology, the challenges of developing verifiably “sustainable” feedstock remains a challenge. The fact remains that to achieve the promise of a lower carbon bioeconomy, we will have to harness […]

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Challenges and opportunities ahead for the Cannabis industry

Challenges and opportunities ahead for the Cannabis industry

November 4, 2024 |

By: Sam A. Rushing, President – Advanced Cryogenics, Ltd – www.carbondioxideconsultants.com Special to The Digest For the last few years, there has been a great deal of excitement surrounding medically available options from the cannabis industry. Further, it becomes more obvious and impressive to find the number of locations where legal cannabis products are offered, […]

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Feedstock Supply Insurance: Unlocking the Global Bioeconomy

Feedstock Supply Insurance: Unlocking the Global Bioeconomy

October 31, 2024 |

By Jordan Solomon, President & CEO of Ecostrat and Tom Dickson, CEO of New Energy Risk Special to The Digest The global bioeconomy is poised for exponential growth, but a key bottleneck remains: the inherent risks in biomass supply chains. These risks are a major obstacle to financing new biofuel, renewable energy, biogas, and biomaterial […]

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SEC’s Watered-Down Climate Rule and How it Affects You

SEC’s Watered-Down Climate Rule and How it Affects You

October 6, 2024 |

By Cynthia Thyfault, CEO, QuantaVision Special to The Digest The US Securities and Exchange Commission recently finalized a climate disclosure rule that has sparked intense debate across political, corporate, and environmental spheres. Initially expected to align with the stringent climate regulations of the European Union, the SEC’s rule emerged significantly watered down after two years […]

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Carbon Dioxide in the Medical field

Carbon Dioxide in the Medical field

October 1, 2024 |

By Sam Rushing, President, Advanced Cryogenics, Ltd. Special to The Digest When the average citizen thinks in terms of CO2, from a non- industrial gas perspective, often the thought surrounds concepts covering greenhouse gases, and global warming. On the other hand, in the gas field, thinking in terms of my past tenure with a former […]

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Catalyst selection holds the key to flexible, efficient SAF and renewables production

Catalyst selection holds the key to flexible, efficient SAF and renewables production

September 13, 2024 |

By Milica Folić, Product Line Director | Clean Fuels & Chemicals, Topsoe and  Maria Jesus Lorences Perez, Senior Product Line Director | Hydrotreating Catalyst, Topsoe Special to The Digest For over a century, refineries have mastered the art of processing fossil fuels. However, the emerging field of converting renewable feedstocks into transportation fuels, such as […]

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Carbon Dioxide as Fermentation Byproduct, Applications And Usage

Carbon Dioxide as Fermentation Byproduct, Applications And Usage

September 8, 2024 |

By Sam A. Rushing – Advanced Cryogenics, Ltd. Special to The Digest                           This article on CO2 usage in the food industry is one in a series for the applications which are predominant and important in the carbon dioxide industry. This subject is […]

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Bridging the Gap: Overcoming the ‘Failure to Launch’ in Technology Ventures

Bridging the Gap: Overcoming the ‘Failure to Launch’ in Technology Ventures

August 30, 2024 |

By Cynthia Thyfault, CEO, QuantaVision Special to The Digest Many promising ventures face a daunting challenge: translating groundbreaking technology into market success. This challenge isn’t merely a matter of technical prowess but often a strategic one. Much like the generals of today who mastered the art of warfare, tech entrepreneurs must navigate the treacherous terrain […]

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Cost-effective renewable fuel production with feedstock flexibility and minimized emissions has arrived

Cost-effective renewable fuel production with feedstock flexibility and minimized emissions has arrived

August 18, 2024 |

The urgency of climate change mitigation and the need to meet the global obligation for a net-zero world have made it imperative to explore every way possible to cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. One of the ways is to change how we produce energy, with a focus on decarbonization across heavy industries, the transport sector, […]

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New Targets for Pesticide Discovery: Protein-Protein Interactions

New Targets for Pesticide Discovery: Protein-Protein Interactions

July 14, 2024 |

By Jonathan Gressel, LEC Partners (formerly Lee Enterprises Consulting), Weizmann Institute of Science and HiCap Formulations (Israel) Ltd. Special to The Digest Modern pesticides provide a healthy, safe food supply. The twentieth-century discovery of small organic molecule pesticides revolutionized agriculture and food production. Pesticides such as herbicides replaced manual and mechanical cultivation, while fungicides and […]

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