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Decarbonizing Transport with Cellulosic Ethanol: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to Clariant

Decarbonizing Transport with Cellulosic Ethanol: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to Clariant

November 23, 2021 |

If you missed the ABLC presentation by Andreas Reindl, Clariant’s Business Line Biofuels & Derivatives, Head of Industrial Enzymes and Technologies, then you won’t want to miss this one! It’s all about sunliquid, Clariant’s cellulosic ethanol, their pre-commercial demo plant, new plant construction updates, integrated enzyme and yeast production, and more.

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Handing cargo owners control of decarbonizing their supply chains

Handing cargo owners control of decarbonizing their supply chains

November 22, 2021 |

By Katarin Van Orshaegen, Commercial Lead at GoodShipping Special to The Digest Left unchecked, emissions from international shipping could account for more than 15% of the world’s total by 2050. That’s not just a challenge for the industry itself to become more sustainable, but for wider society. Encouragingly, Katarin Van Orshaegen, Commercial Lead at GoodShipping, […]

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Expanding Molecular Building Blocks: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to Checkerspot

Expanding Molecular Building Blocks: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to Checkerspot

November 22, 2021 |

Biological applications could unlock an estimated $2 trillion to $4 trillion in annual direct global economic impact in 10-20 years, said Checkerspot’s CEO and Co-Founder Charles Dimmler at the ABLC in San Francisco. Check out his slide guide on how synthetic biology and biomanufacturing is changing the world.

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The Grand Switcheroo: Is the Biden Administration aiming corn ethanol at SAF, putting spirit in the sky?

The Grand Switcheroo: Is the Biden Administration aiming corn ethanol at SAF, putting spirit in the sky?

November 18, 2021 |

Just back from the AFCC event in Washington, and I have to say, the mood was reasonably glum in the world of Sustainable Aviation Fuels, where you’d think that the leaders would sound like brides and bridegrooms on the brink of happiness, after President Joe Biden announced a goal of 3 billion gallons of SAF […]

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Enzymes at the Center of Circular Economy: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to Arzeda

Enzymes at the Center of Circular Economy: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to Arzeda

November 18, 2021 |

Nature’s nanomachines and game-changers is what Arzeda calls them – enzymes. How does Arzeda’s computational protein design fast-forward evolution? Commercialization, product portfolio, partnerships, acrylate markets and applications, and much more, read on. 

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Microbes, Fermentation: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to C1Pro

Microbes, Fermentation: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to C1Pro

November 17, 2021 |

Using native methanotrophic bacteria and microbial cell factories, C1Pro is converting methanol into amino acid derivatives for biomaterials. The details behind the microbes, the proteins, the fermentation, methane utilization rates, how it all works, here it is.

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Unlocking Wastewater Value Is a Hidden Resource in Both Agricultural and Fermentation Processing

Unlocking Wastewater Value Is a Hidden Resource in Both Agricultural and Fermentation Processing

November 16, 2021 |

By Joel Stone, ConVergInce Advisers and Executive VP of Lee Enterprises Consulting & Thalia Aoki, Sales Engineer at ZwitterCo, Inc. Special to The Digest “Don’t throw out the baby with the bathwater.” This idiomatic expression characterizes the idea of tossing out the good along with the bad. Bioprocessing of agricultural or fermentation product businesses could […]

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Net Zero Horizons: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to Boeing

Net Zero Horizons: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to Boeing

November 16, 2021 |

For more than a decade, Boeing has been a leader in developing sustainable transportation, including the fostering of the wave of technologies now available in 2021 via a multi-pronged effort in fuel testing, aircraft certification, supply-chain development, fuel standard development, policy advocacy and a leading role in convening what became to be known as the […]

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The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to Amyris

The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to Amyris

November 15, 2021 |

Delivering on the promise of synthetic biology, her’s the latest view on products and technology from the “No Compromise Crew” at Amyris.

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Young Fresh Fellows: The Digest’s Multi-Slide Guide to Activate.org and its Fellowships

Young Fresh Fellows: The Digest’s Multi-Slide Guide to Activate.org and its Fellowships

November 11, 2021 |

Activate organizes and manages two-year fellowships to turn technology concept into a product. Fellows receive a yearly living stipend of $80,000 to $110,000 plus a health insurance stipend and travel allowance. This enables them to focus on their project full-time. Each project also receives $100,000 in research funding.  Activate managing director David Anton gave this […]

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