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The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to the Road to Net Zero Ammonia

The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to the Road to Net Zero Ammonia

August 4, 2023 |

NexantECA senior consultant Josh Velson returned to the ABLC stage at ABLC 2023 for a presentation on the opportunities in net zero ammonia. Ammonia constitutes nearly half of the chemical industry’s GHG output. Radical and rapid decarbonization is required to meet COP25 goals. Decarbonization goals cannot be met by cutting output –food is dependent on […]

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The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Anellotech

The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Anellotech

July 27, 2023 |

Founded in 2008, Anellotech is a sustainable technology company that has invented and is developing innovative technologies to produce cost effective, renewable chemical and to recycle mixed plastics. Over the past years Anellotech has raised over US$80 million in cash and in-kind contributions to develop its patented Bio-TCat technology, an efficient thermal catalytic process for […]

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The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Megatrends Driving Low Carbon Intensity Developments

The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Megatrends Driving Low Carbon Intensity Developments

July 21, 2023 |

Due Diligence Wolfpack member Steve Slome of NexantECA presented these slides at ABLC 2023 on Renewable Power, Hydrogen, Methanol, Ammonia, and Carbon Capture; including the Overlap Between Sustainability and Digitalization: Smart Meters with Mass Balance, Electrification, and Batteries; and the Overlap Between Sustainability and Globalization: Fertilizers and Waste Reduction.

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The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Itaconix and Decarbonizing Everyday Products

The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Itaconix and Decarbonizing Everyday Products

July 15, 2023 |

Itaconix CEO John Shaw presented these slides at ABLC 2023 on how Itaconix uses its patented technology platform to make advanced materials from itaconic acid, which is a natural metabolite that is valued as a versatile building block for functional ingredients. Itaconix’s technology platform produces new functional ingredients with possible uses in applications currently served […]

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The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Gevo

The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Gevo

July 7, 2023 |

Gevo addresses the market need of reducing greenhouse gas emissions with sustainable alternatives, and is commercializing the next generation of advanced, bio-based renewable fuels with sustainable aviation fuel, renewable premium gasoline, and renewable natural gas that have the potential to achieve zero carbon emissions over the lifecycle of the fuel. To make its energy-dense liquid […]

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The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Consider Corn Challenge IV

The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Consider Corn Challenge IV

June 24, 2023 |

The Consider Corn Challenge IV is about finding game-changing new uses for field corn, leading to products with significant market demand, without detracting from an existing corn market. U.S. corn farmers continue to adopt new innovative production practices, resulting in improved year-over-year efficiency and the ability to produce more with less. These advances now support […]

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The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to AgCertain Industries

The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to AgCertain Industries

June 16, 2023 |

AgCertain is a food, agricultural and bio-based product development, manufacturing and marketing company. Operating within a highly certified, traceable production and distribution system ensures delivery of specialty, quality-assured products and services. CEO Dan Oh gave this illuminating update on the company’s progress and expanding set of assets at ABLC 2023.

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The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Infinium

The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Infinium

June 10, 2023 |

Nearly 25% of global CO2 emissions are generated by planes, ships and trucking fleets. A new class of synthetic fuel, eFuels are ultra-low carbon fuels that can be dropped into existing engines that use jet fuel, diesel, and gasoline with no infrastructure changes required. Infinium’s approach and technology produces fuels with upwards of 100% reduction […]

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The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to SAF in a season of change

The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to SAF in a season of change

June 3, 2023 |

Check out this illuminating slide guide to SAF from Mike McCurdy, Managing Director of Fuels & Power at ICF on how sustainable aviation fuels are taking off in the near term with the latest projected figures for 2023 through 2025, expected openings of additional refinery capacity, how the SAF market has changed, pricing, where it’s […]

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The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Takachar

The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Takachar

May 26, 2023 |

Takachar is on a mission to fight climate change by transforming massive amounts of waste biomass into marketable products around the world. Takachar has developed and patented the design of small-scale, low-cost, portable equipment to convert waste biomass into solid fuel, fertilizer, and other specialty chemicals. Compared to the process of sending waste biomass to […]

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