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Hydrogen Applications & Opportunities: The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Ontario’s Hydrogen Hub

Hydrogen Applications & Opportunities: The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Ontario’s Hydrogen Hub

March 7, 2022 |

If you missed ABLC CONNECT last week, here’s your chance to check out the slide guide from Shauna Carr of the Sarnia-Lambton (Ontario) bioindustrial ecosystem as we explore the de-risking of the Road to Net Zero. What is Ontario’s Hydrogen Hub all about, what are the most immediate opportunities, who are the current producers, and […]

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Carbon Negative Solutions: The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Origin Materials

Carbon Negative Solutions: The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Origin Materials

March 3, 2022 |

Nearly half of all global emissions come from making products. But Origin Materials’ mission is to enable the world’s transition to sustainable materials to lower those GHG emissions. Find out how the Origin platform can replace oil as the foundational feedstock for the materials economy and more.

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Carbon Problem Solving: The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to LanzaTech & Thermal Kinetics

Carbon Problem Solving: The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to LanzaTech & Thermal Kinetics

March 2, 2022 |

How are Thermal Kinetics and LanzaTech working together to solve today’s carbon problems? From distillation, dehydration and evaporation, from pilot to demo to full scale, find out how these two companies are collaborating on carbon solutions, and more.

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Neste inks renewable diesel JV with Marathon, to invest $1B in US production

Neste inks renewable diesel JV with Marathon, to invest $1B in US production

March 1, 2022 |

from Finland and Ohio comes the news that Neste has established a 50/50 joint venture with Marathon Petroleum to produce renewable diesel following a conversion project of Marathon’s refinery in Martinez, California. Through the JV Neste obtains a 50% interest in the Martinez Renewable Fuels project. The production output will be split evenly between the […]

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Decarbonizing Power & Producing Hydrogen: The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to FuelCell Energy

Decarbonizing Power & Producing Hydrogen: The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to FuelCell Energy

March 1, 2022 |

Capturing carbon while simultaneously generating power – sounds like a win-win and FuelCell Energy is working on exactly that with their fuel cell tech. From product portfolio to their next phase of growth, this is one slide guide you won’t want to miss.

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Applying for Commercial Scale Bioeconomy Federal Funding?

Applying for Commercial Scale Bioeconomy Federal Funding?

February 28, 2022 |

By Bill Hagy, EVP Federal Funding, Lee Enterprises Consulting Special to The Digest In considering applying for federal funding for a commercial scale bioeconomy project, one should know that there are many types of federal funding available – grants, direct loans, loan guarantees or combinations of two of these funding resources – each with different requirements.  […]

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Bridgestone’s New Feedstock for Natural Rubber: The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Guayule

Bridgestone’s New Feedstock for Natural Rubber: The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Guayule

February 28, 2022 |

Guayule is a native plant to the Chihuhuan Desert along the U.S./Mexico border and accumulates rubber in the bark layer, making it ideal for tire companies like Bridgestone. Along with co-products like bagasse, resin and hypoallergenic latex, guayule has other advantages to standard Hevea natural rubber. We’ve combined two slide guides into one – a […]

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Chevron to acquire Renewable Energy Group for $3.15 billion

Chevron to acquire Renewable Energy Group for $3.15 billion

February 28, 2022 |

In California and Iowa, Chevron and Renewable Energy Group struck a definitive agreement under which Chevron will acquire the outstanding shares of REG in an all-cash transaction valued at $3.15 billion, or $61.50 per share. The transaction has been approved by the Boards of Directors of both companies and is expected to close in the […]

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De-risking biorefinery scale-up and startup: The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to FCIC

De-risking biorefinery scale-up and startup: The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to FCIC

February 27, 2022 |

The Feedstock-Conversion Interface Consortium is led by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) and coordinates efforts among 9 labs – big ones like NREL, ORNL, Sandia, INL and others. Check out the FCIC’s latest slide guide on their current research areas, feedstock variability, preprocessing, handling, and more.

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Better Beer from Plant to Pint: The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Province Brands

Better Beer from Plant to Pint: The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Province Brands

February 24, 2022 |

It’s Friday, so raise a glass to better beer from Province Brands and their patent pending tech that brews fermented beverages WITHOUT grain or starch. Say what?! Gluten-free, lower calorie, reduced environmental impact beer with prebiotics. How?

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