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The bioeconomy jump to light speed: 10 storylines shaking the world: Exxon, J-M, KLM, UGI, Amyris, Tesla, Origin, more

The bioeconomy jump to light speed: 10 storylines shaking the world: Exxon, J-M, KLM, UGI, Amyris, Tesla, Origin, more

January 12, 2022 |

In recent days, we’ve had 10 stories that shook the world. The players are so big, the technologies so ambitious, the scale so huge and the risks in some cases so high — we’ve grouped them together into one Big Story. These are ‘Quakers, as in earthquakes. 1. ExxonMobil expands interest in biofuels, acquires stake […]

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Bioenergy Barriers, Advantages, Opportunities: The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Australia’s Bioenergy Roadmap

Bioenergy Barriers, Advantages, Opportunities: The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Australia’s Bioenergy Roadmap

January 11, 2022 |

Australia’s recently developed Bioenergy Roadmap was developed to identify bioenergy’s role in Australia’s future energy mix and sets out a vision for a sustainable bioenergy industry that delivers lower emissions, regional growth, energy resilience and waste management benefits for Australia. Find out what their framework from now until 2030 consists of for Australia’s bioenergy future.

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How to Reduce Your CI Fuel Score with Renewable Energy

How to Reduce Your CI Fuel Score with Renewable Energy

January 11, 2022 |

By Charlie Fredrickson, Vice President of Energy Asset Management, EnTech Solutions Special to The Digest Facilities that produce low-carbon fuels to sell credits within the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) program face ever-increasing benchmarks to reduce their carbon intensity (CI) scores to maximize revenue. In the production of these low carbon fuels such as renewable […]

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Shock omissions as Hot 50 nominations reach halfway point

Shock omissions as Hot 50 nominations reach halfway point

January 10, 2022 |

Earlier this month, the Digest announced the official opening of nominations for the 50 Hottest Projects in the Advanced Bioeconomy for 2022. The 40+ projects so far nominated by readers paint a fascinating portrait of an industry shifting to new technologies.  Shocking highlights 1. Ethanol shockers. No existing ethanol manufacturing site nominated, despite a number […]

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Pharma-grade ethanol: Thinking beyond fuel-grade ethanol

Pharma-grade ethanol: Thinking beyond fuel-grade ethanol

January 10, 2022 |

By Mr. Ghanshyam Deshpande, President, Center of Innovation and Applied Technologies, Praj Industries Special to The Digest A sudden need for pharma-grade Ethanol With the backdrop of the Covid-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization has issued guidelines on sanitization practices stating frequent use of sanitizers, disinfectants to prevent virus infection. Governments & various health agencies […]

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RNG for Heavy-Duty Vehicles: The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Clean Energy Fuels

RNG for Heavy-Duty Vehicles: The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Clean Energy Fuels

January 10, 2022 |

A leading U.S. renewable natural gas player, Clean Energy has growing RNG volumes and partnerships with global energy leaders like Chevron, bp and TotalEnergies. How is their RNG made? What’s the heavy-duty truck comparison? How about carbon emission comparison?

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Time for One More Salute To Bob Dole – As an early ethanol pioneer he laid the foundation for modern biofuels

Time for One More Salute To Bob Dole – As an early ethanol pioneer he laid the foundation for modern biofuels

January 6, 2022 |

By Doug Durante, Executive Director, Clean Fuels Development Coalition Special to The Digest The late December passing of Senator Robert Dole triggered an outpouring of tributes and accolades bringing back memories of a different era in American politics.  His involvement in landmark legislation on Civil Rights, Voting Rights, and countless other bills during his long […]

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Big on Biofuels: The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Shell and Southwest Airlines

Big on Biofuels: The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Shell and Southwest Airlines

January 6, 2022 |

Two very different companies but we’ve combined 2 short and sweet slide guides from Shell and Southwest Airlines as a double feature this Friday. An image is worth a thousand words and 2 slides highlighting Southwest Airlines’ 10 year Environmental Sustainability Plan proves that right. Make sure you click through those 2 slides to get […]

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EPA Gets it Right for American Advanced Biofuels

EPA Gets it Right for American Advanced Biofuels

January 5, 2022 |

By Douglas L. Faulkner, President, Leatherstocking LLC and “The Cleantech Conservative” And, Michael McAdams, President, Advanced BioFuels Association Special to The Digest Buried in the recent release of the three-year biofuels production volumes by the Environmental Protection Agency was an announcement of a proposed major change to future regulation of advanced biofuels.  The new rule’s […]

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The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Nexant’s take on bioeconomy, sustainability megatrends

The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Nexant’s take on bioeconomy, sustainability megatrends

January 5, 2022 |

Find out what Steven Slome from Nexant thinks is hot in biofuels, biochemicals and sustainability in this illuminating slide guide from ABLC 2021. From a shift in green priorities, to areas of key growth in biofuels and biochemicals, this is one you won’t want to miss.

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