Author Archive: Jim Lane

Gin from peas, infinite hoodie, plant shoe, light and heat stabilizers for agricultural plastics, slimy sea lettuce for biofuels, and more: The Digest’s Top 10 Innovations for the week of July 24th

July 23, 2019 | Jim Lane

Gin being made from pea fermentation instead of wheat fermentation, slimy sea lettuce as a feedstock for biofuels, Icelandair is one of the first airlines to start using biodegradable single-use items, , adidas and stella mccartney created a biodegradable tennis dress and a fully recyclable hoodie from old cotton, an an IKEA cookbook bring algae […]

From Pilot Plants to Commercial: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to Avantium

July 23, 2019 | Jim Lane

Avantium, originally launched in 2000 as a spin-off from Shell, is a chemical technology company and develops efficient processes and sustainable products made from biobased materials. Tom van Aken, CEO, Avantium, shares details on their Dawn Technology biorefinery which has an operational pilot plant, their Mekong Process to convert industrial sugars to bioMEG which is […]

Negatonnes: Beyond the ZEV, the negative emission vehicle and its amazing hydrogen fuel and electric drive

July 22, 2019 | Jim Lane

Wandering the halls at the BIO World Congress and later to be seen again at ABLC NEXT this November, we ran across one of the most interesting technologies relating to ethanol production and markets we have seen in a month of Sundays, perhaps two months’ worth. The problem First, let’s revisit the problem. There’s simply […]

Renewable Hydrogen: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to SBI BioEnergy

July 22, 2019 | Jim Lane

Today’s top story talks about the value of hydrogen so what better Multi-Slide Guide than SBI BioEnergy and their renewable fuel process including their new venture of what they call bio-hydrogen using a proprietary catalytic technology. Simply put, they turn bioethanol into green hydrogen via their catalytic converter. Dr. Inder Pal Singh, SBI’s Founding President & CEO, […]

Fit for the Future: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to Stora Enso

July 21, 2019 | Jim Lane

Today’s top story is all about the renewable materials company, Stora Enso, and even better, we have their latest Q2 earnings slides just released to investors on Friday. Karl-Henrik Sundström, CEO, and Seppo Parvi, CFO, both of Stora Enso, shared this Q2 2019 presentation with investors on Friday and outlined their focus on cash flow and costs, […]

Biobased Briefing: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to BIO

July 21, 2019 | Jim Lane

It was a big week for BIO with their annual World Congress last week in Des Moines, Iowa. If you want to get a quick overview of what BIO does, some fascinating statistics they have on the U.S. renewable chemicals market, both current and predicted, and more, check out today’s Multi-Slide Guide. Jim Greenwood, President […]

The Competitive Edge: Haldor Topsoe

July 18, 2019 | 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? Haldor Topsoe is the world leader in heterogeneous catalysis and technology licensing. Ten years ago, as the signs from […]

Designer Proteins: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to Arzeda

July 18, 2019 | Jim Lane

Proteins are molecular machines that carry out the vast majority of functions within living things and Arzeda’s unique combination of computational protein design and state-of-the-art high-throughput screening is a radical change over what’s possible with traditional protein engineering. Alexandre Zanghellini, CEO, Arzeda gave this illuminating overview of their computational protein design solution, details on their […]

E10 in China and Potential Market Devastation in Store for MTBE: Just When You Thought It Was Safe to Go Back in the Fuel Pool

July 17, 2019 | Jim Lane

By Steven Slome, Ron Cascone, and Matthew Morton, Nexant Inc. Special to The Digest As of mid-2019, the Chinese government has only six months to make good on its 2017 pledge to roll out mandatory ten percent ethanol content in gasoline (E10) on a nationwide basis by 2020. While China’s unique economic and political structure […]

Surf’s up with bioboards, Panasonic’s biobased appliances, CO2 textile fibers, Nestlé’s biodegradable snack bar wrapper, and more: The Digest’s Top 10 Innovations for the week of July 17th

July 16, 2019 | Jim Lane

Keep cool this summer with CO2 based textile fibers, biobased appliances, and surf the ocean waves on a biobased surfboard. But that’s not all because bioeconomy innovations are ripping and roaring! Here are the Top 10 Innovations for the week of July 17th. In today’s Digest, surf’s up with bioboards, Panasonic’s biobased appliances, CO2 textile […]

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