Author Archive: Jim Lane

DOE invests $64M in 22 advanced biofuels R&D projects: pre-pilot, pilot, demos, clean sugars, wood heaters, RNG in the mix

September 9, 2021 | Jim Lane

In Washington, the U.S. Department of Energy announced more than $64 million in funding for 22 projects focused on developing technologies and processes that produce low-cost, low-carbon biofuels. These selected projects will support the newly-announced Sustainable Aviation Fuel Grand Challenge: an interagency collaboration between DOE, the U.S. Department of Transportation, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture […]

Funding & Formation: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to Petri

September 8, 2021 | Jim Lane

Like a petri dish, Petri funds and grows formation-stage startups at the intersection of biology and technology. They invest pre-seed and seed capital and work 1-1 with founders for 12 months or more to build their company. Check out companies and tech they’ve worked with like cotton from plant-cell culture, next gen metabolomics, soil carbon […]

Big Changes in Renewable Diesel & SAF Feedstock Partnerships

September 7, 2021 | Jim Lane

By Will Thurmond, Emerging Markets Online Special to The Digest A new study titled Renewable Diesel and Sustainable Aviation 2030, Vol 2 (September, 2021) has discovered some surprising answers and useful insights to key questions regarding feedstock availability, scale up, partnerships and from 2020 to 2030 where many states and nations have targets. For example, […]

Building the Largest Hydrogen Fueling Network: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to PowerTap Hydrogen

September 7, 2021 | Jim Lane

PowerTap Hydrogen’s President, Salim Rahemtulla, shared his thoughts and predictions for blue and green hydrogen in the U.S. compared to EU, and now we’ve got this slide guide highlighting how PowerTap is building North America’s largest hydrogen fueling network, companies investing in hydrogen like Amazon and Walmart, fuel comparisons, and more.

State of Renewable Chemicals & Biomaterials

September 6, 2021 | Jim Lane

Lignocellulosic bagasse, Carinata, Pennycress, Guayule: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to SAF Feedstocks

September 6, 2021 | Jim Lane

There are challenges to sustainable aviation fuel commercialization, but the USDA SAF program is focused on helping with feedstock supply chain systems, conversion and sustainability analysis and commercialization support. Find out about their coordinated agricultural projects on the latest emerging feedstocks involving Gevo, Greenwood, NuSeed, CoverCress, REG, and others.

Green Plains, Clean Sugar Tech, BioCampus: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to Fluid Quip Technologies

September 5, 2021 | Jim Lane

You may know Fluid Quip Technologies from their work in ethanol, corn wet milling and biochemical industry, but did you know they have a partnership with Green Plains, BlackRock and others? Get a look at their BioCampus, sugar market opportunities, an overview of their clean sugar tech, the latest on their tech and commercial deployment, […]

Competitive Edge: Clariter’s plastic waste technology

September 2, 2021 | Jim Lane

Q: What was the reason for founding your organization – what was the open niche you saw that could be addressed with a new product or service? What was the problem, or gap, or opportunity? Clariter transforms plastic waste no one wants into high-value, pure industrial products that everybody needs. Since its formation in 2003, […]

Hurry up, scale up: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to the U.S. DOE Agile BioFoundry

September 2, 2021 | Jim Lane

Enabling biorefineries to achieve 50% reductions in time to bioprocess scale-up, as compared to the current average of 10 years, is what the U.S. Department of Energy aims to do by establishing a distributed Agile BioFoundry to productionize synthetic biology. Find out how they are reducing time to scale up, what beachheads are (hint: not […]

Pennycress 2.0 – Improved oil, protein: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to CoverCress

September 1, 2021 | Jim Lane

Bunge, REG and Bayer helped CoverCress raise a total of $22 million including $8 million in Series B in 2021. What does that mean for this low carbon cash cover crop and for growers? What is their commercial track? How are the harvest and oil yields? What about the protein market?

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