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Reading Pollock: on advancing the bioeconomy, a New York City 400th anniversary column

Reading Pollock: on advancing the bioeconomy, a New York City 400th anniversary column

May 14, 2024 |

Myself, I first landed on Governors Island in New York Harbor in the spring of 1968 when my parents dumped my sister and myself in the Coast Guard nursery for a couple of days, while the folks made official and personal visits.  However, the first European settlers arrived at Governors Island on May 20, 1624, […]

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The Digest’s 2024 Multi-Slide Guide to Marine BioEnergy

The Digest’s 2024 Multi-Slide Guide to Marine BioEnergy

May 13, 2024 |

Giant Kelp is one of the fastest growing producers of biomass. Giant kelp does not grow naturally in the open ocean because kelp needs key nutrients that are available in deep ocean water or near shore but not at the surface in the open ocean. Kelp also needs an attachment at about 10-20 meters of […]

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The EPA E15 Ruling– No Need to Stop There.

The EPA E15 Ruling– No Need to Stop There.

May 13, 2024 |

By Doug Durante, Executive Director, Clean Fuels Development Coalition Special to The Digest Go ahead, blend any amount of ethanol you want.  And here’s why. Has the E15 Saga come to an end?  At least the beginning of the end? Or the end of the beginning so that we can get to the end? The […]

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Bright Renewables, Tekniska Verken partner up for Sweden’s First Biogas CCU project

Bright Renewables, Tekniska Verken partner up for Sweden’s First Biogas CCU project

May 12, 2024 |

From Sweden comes  news that Bright Renewables has won the technical tender from Tekniska verken, a major Swedish multi-utility energy company, for the supply of CO2 liquefaction technology. The system will be installed at Tekniska verken’s biogas plant Svensk Biogas in Linköping to purify and liquefy carbon dioxide (CO2) from the biogas production. The facility, […]

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Advancing distillers grains: two pathways to dewatering

Advancing distillers grains: two pathways to dewatering

May 12, 2024 |

By Gregory T. Benz, Benz Technology International, Inc. and Dr. Ling Du, Terrace International, Inc. Special to The Digest Whether used for beverage or fuel, facilities that produce ethanol from grains typically have a valuable co-product: distiller’s grains. And whether these are sold wet (WDG) or dry (DDG), it is desirable to remove as much […]

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The Digest’s 2024 Multi-Slide Guide to Gevo

The Digest’s 2024 Multi-Slide Guide to Gevo

May 9, 2024 |

Gevo addresses the market need of reducing greenhouse gas emissions with sustainable alternatives, and is commercializing the next generation of advanced, bio-based renewable fuels with sustainable aviation fuel, renewable premium gasoline, and renewable natural gas that have the potential to achieve zero carbon emissions over the lifecycle of the fuel. To make its energy-dense liquid […]

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Carbon to Value Initiative says 4th cohort is open for apps: Cohort I-III companies raised $410M in follow-on funding

Carbon to Value Initiative says 4th cohort is open for apps: Cohort I-III companies raised $410M in follow-on funding

May 8, 2024 |

From Massachusetts, New York and Texas, we received news that the Carbon to Value Initiative, a partnership of the Urban Future Lab at NYU Tandon School of Engineering (UFL), Greentown Labs, and Fraunhofer USA has opened the door for applications from startups developing carbontech solutions for the fourth cohort of the accelerator — now through […]

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The Digest’s 2024 Multi-Slide Guide to Futuria Fuels

The Digest’s 2024 Multi-Slide Guide to Futuria Fuels

May 7, 2024 |

Futuria Fuels was founded by SHV Energy to lead the global advocacy of sustainable molecules, aiming to deliver viable sustainable fuel to off-grid customers. Through collaboration, we are building partnership and investment opportunities which will directly result in the defossilization of liquid gas for customers and suppliers. As a business unit of SHV Energy, Futuria […]

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Cemvita now producing sustainable oils for SAF from waste carbon sources

Cemvita now producing sustainable oils for SAF from waste carbon sources

May 7, 2024 |

In Texas, Cemvita said it can now produce substantial quantities of its Sustainable Oil from waste carbon sources. Cemvita’s optimized microorganisms are rich in oil and undergo a series of processing steps to extract it. Through applied research and innovation in bioprocess technology, this developed process has produced high-yield extraction of the oil from the […]

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The Digest’s 2024 Multi-Slide Guide to Ensyn

The Digest’s 2024 Multi-Slide Guide to Ensyn

May 6, 2024 |

Ensyn’s current focus is on low-carbon fuels, including low-carbon heating and cooling solutions for institutional and industrial customers and low-carbon feedstock solutions for petroleum refineries for the production of renewable transportation fuels. Ensyn Chairman Robert Graham presented these slides at ABLC 2024.

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