In the world of freight, how you look at the time-energy-emissions equation kinds depends on what you’re hauling. It’s the banana problem. Taking 20+ days to sail from Jamaica to Florida is a great example of low-energy, low-emission travel, but it doesn’t work for bananas unless you have refrigeration on board, which defeats the point. […]
Boeing’s Dale Smith gave this presentation at ABLC 2022 in Washington, DC examining how people will travel when and where they want, in the future, without impacting our shared world, through the achievement of Net Zero Aviation. In today’s Digest, the operational efficiency, fleet reneals, and renewable fuels and energy future of aviation.
If you missed Friday’s exclusive Q&A with Codexis story, here’s a more visual way to get an inside look at the enzyme engineering company via this illuminating slide guide they just released. From synthetic biology, the acceleration of enzyme discovery and engineering, the commercialization engine, their customer base, case studies, partnerships, and more.
Q: Tell us about your organization. What do you do? Codexis is a world-leading enzyme engineering company, enabling the promise of synthetic biology across multiple industries – from the sustainable manufacturing of pharmaceuticals, food and industrial products, to the expansion of life science tools and the discovery of novel biologic drug candidates. We partner with […]
This is one ABLC slide guide you don’t want to miss! ABB’s John Oyen shares what ABB Energy Industries is all about, highlights 5 ways developers/producers can improve profitability, how Ballard and ABB work on fuel cell systems and tech including hydrogen energy, how they are involved in a wide variety of cellulosic ethanol and […]
There’s a difference between renewable carbon and circular carbon, as noted in this illuminating ABLC slide guide from Axens. How does their circular carbon tech work? Who are they partnering with? How are they accelerating industrialization? From feedstock to products and technology, find out all about the latest work from Axens.
By Dieter Bockey, Head of Division, UFOP Special to The Digest The Black Sea region is of great importance for the global supply of agricultural commodities such as wheat, maize, sunflower, rapeseed and soya. The war in Ukraine affects important agricultural markets; this is reflected in the rise in quotations and has an impact on […]
You may have heard of Anellotech’s Bio-TCat process – thermal catalytic biomass conversion – but what about their Plas-TCat, their conversion of mixed waste plastics directly to valuable chemicals, not fuels? Where are they with commercialization? What’s the feedstock composition? What’s the product yield? How scaleable is it?
Pierre Poitras, Technical Consultant at Conidia Bioscience, looks at how the increased percentage of biofuels can raise the cost of fuel as well as leave it susceptible to microbes. The analysis is based on the white paper Protecting equipment from microbial contamination when changing fuel chemistry We live in a world where we simply must […]
We know plastic doesn’t have to be made from fossil fuels. Avantium’s tech is making 100% plant-based PEF made from FDCA and plantMEG possible and addressing the need for a circular new plastics economy. What’s their long-term growth plan? What end-markets can they address? All the details on their plans, commercialization, the tech, and more.
