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Upcycling Carbon to Fuel, Fragrances and More: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to LanzaTech

Upcycling Carbon to Fuel, Fragrances and More: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to LanzaTech

August 9, 2021 |

This week we are sharing some of the hottest 2021 ABLC Digital presentations and you won’t want to miss this one from LanzaTech’s Dr. Jennifer Holmgren on commercial scale operations, the first European plant, other global platform build outs, upcycling carbon emissions into ethanol for fragrances, surfactants, PET, and more.

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Biogenic carbon fuels, co-processing strategies: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to Coprocessing Bio-oils in Refineries

Biogenic carbon fuels, co-processing strategies: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to Coprocessing Bio-oils in Refineries

August 8, 2021 |

Leveraging existing refining infrastructure leverages billions US$ in CAPEX and 5 million bpd of crude refining. NREL, PNNL, and LANL is tackling how to accelerate adoption of co-processing biomass-derived feedstocks with petroleum streams in operating petroleum refineries to produce biogenic carbon containing fuels.

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Competitive Edge: New West Genetics’ Hemp Varieties

Competitive Edge: New West Genetics’ Hemp Varieties

August 5, 2021 |

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? New West Genetics recognized that the 2014 and 2018 U.S. Farm Bills provided an opportunity to create a new leading […]

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Carbon batteries, TetraPak, EU’s Green Deal: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to Stora Enso

Carbon batteries, TetraPak, EU’s Green Deal: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to Stora Enso

August 5, 2021 |

What’s happening with Stora Enso’s biomaterials segment? Are prices and volumes going up? What about lignode, wood-based carbon for batteries? What do they think about the EU’s Green Deal and new climate targets? Find out this and more in this illuminating slide guide.

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5 key strategies for women to succeed in male-dominated STEM industries

5 key strategies for women to succeed in male-dominated STEM industries

August 4, 2021 |

By Jenn Donahue, Founder of JL Donahue Engineering Special to The Digest  Being a woman in a male-dominated environment has its challenges. If you are like me, the last thing you want is for your gender to be your defining characteristic and the basis upon which all judgments of your worth are made. In most […]

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Your Top Questions Answered: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to DigestConnect’s Q&A

Your Top Questions Answered: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to DigestConnect’s Q&A

August 4, 2021 |

Want your most perplexing questions of the year answered? If you missed the last DigestConnect of the season, then check out this Q&A slide guide on RD, SAF, RNG, CellEth, DME, PET, BDO, LPG, foods, chems, Therm vs Ferm, IPOs, RFS, LCFS, algae, genetics, waste residues, hydrogen, the future of ethanol, biodiesel, and more.

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Marine AlGae Industrialization Consortium: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to MAGIC

Marine AlGae Industrialization Consortium: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to MAGIC

August 3, 2021 |

Algae biofuel AND high value co-products from residuals across algae strains? Are there co‐products that lead to increased LEA value, while maintaining biofuel production, to drive down the overall cost of biofuel? That is what the Consortium is tackling via marine algae strain selection, production of biomass, evaluation of different separation technologies, testing of multiple […]

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Japanese coalition to develop UCO-based SAF supply chain model

Japanese coalition to develop UCO-based SAF supply chain model

August 2, 2021 |

In Japan, JGC Holdings Corporation, REVO International Inc., Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd. and JGC Japan Corporation, a domestic EPC company of the JGC Group have announced that their joint proposal for “Establishment of a Supply Chain Model for Bio-jet Fuel Production from Domestic Used Cooking Oil” has been selected as a public call project of […]

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President Biden’s Climate Plan and its Role in Agriculture & Renewable Biofuels

President Biden’s Climate Plan and its Role in Agriculture & Renewable Biofuels

August 2, 2021 |

By Oliver Peoples, Ph.D., CEO of Yield10 Bioscience Special to The Digest During President Biden’s April 22nd climate plan speech at the Virtual Leaders’ Summit on Climate, he announced his goal of cutting 50 percent of U.S. carbon-emissions levels by 2030. This is no simple task, and consumers, investors and businesses alike are aware of […]

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Wet Waste as Significant Net Energy Producer: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to BioEnergy from Wet Wastes

Wet Waste as Significant Net Energy Producer: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to BioEnergy from Wet Wastes

August 2, 2021 |

How can anaerobic membrane bioreactors increase wet waste’s net energy yield? That’s exactly what University of Illinois scientists are working on to develop improved AnMBR and integrate it into pilot demonstration. Find out their results so far, if they were able to improve wet waste energy balance, reduce effluent nutrients, and more.

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