Numerous projects have committed to Mississippi in search of its impressive woody biomass resources and infrastructure and proximity to the Mississippi River — chief among those regions of interest is Natchez – selected by Velocys for its first US project, amongst others. Check out this presentation by Natchez economic development officer Chandler Ross, given as […]
By Sam Rushing, President, Advanced Cryogenics, Ltd., WWW.CARBONDIOXIDECONSULTANTS.COM. Special to The Digest Carbon dioxide is generally thought of by those who are not in the gases industries as either a greenhouse gas; and/or for use in beverage carbonation, and perhaps fire abatement. To those in the gases industries, carbon dioxide is known for much more; […]
In Florida, The Digest announced the opening of nominations for the Bioeconomy 500, which recognizes individuals for their leadership contributions to the bioeconomy’s development and project deployment. The 500 is expected to honor scientists, engineers, policy makers, financiers, project developers, feedstock pioneers, offtakers, advocates and supply-chain and distribution partners. Every Digest subscriber can nominate an […]
At ABLC Next, Shrikant Rathi, executive director for Praj Americas, returned to the ABLC stage for this fascinating deep-dive into new technologies for net zero low carbon targets. Here are the slides presented in that session.
Enerkem is the first company in the world to produce renewable methanol and ethanol from non-recyclable, non-compostable municipal solid waste at full commercial scale. The company’s solution replaces the use of fossil sources like petroleum and natural gas to produce sustainable transportation fuels and chemicals that are used in a broad range of everyday products. […]
Reaching high is something Mercurius is familiar with, especially with their REACH technology. Standing for renewable, acid-hydrolysis, condensation, hydrotreating, their REACH technology works at low temperature, low pressure and enzyme free. Drop-in hydrocarbon jet fuel and diesel fuel are their primary fuel products. Check out this Slide-Guide from his presentation by Eric Seck at ABLC […]
By John R. Kirkwood, Virginia M. Speck, Joshua L. Andrews, Aaron L. Szabo, Jason Deppen, Bryan Michael Allen Special to The Digest In connection with the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), on December 22, 2023, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released a Proposed Regulation related to Section 45V of the Internal Revenue Code. The Proposed Regulation, […]
Infinium is a Commercial Scale decarbonization Platform for heavy transport, utilizing existing infrastructure for lower emissions today. Infinium’s production process uses renewable power, waste CO2 and water and, unlike most of today’s SAF and Renewable Diesel, does not compete with food or land resources, allowing for greater potential scale. Infinium CEO Robert Schueltze presented these […]
By Terry Mazanec, Ph.D., Lee Enterprises Consulting Special to The Digest The late Sir John Cadogan, renowned organic chemist and Welsh Member of Academia Europaea, was the first person whom I heard exclaim that we were on a path towards the ‘hydrogen economy.’ It was 1986, and my company, SOHIO (The Standard Oil Company (Ohio)), […]
By David J. Patterson and Gord Crawford, Expander Energy Inc. Special to The Digest Expander’s Enhanced Biomass to Liquids (EBTL™) and Biomass Electrolysis to Liquids (BETL™) processes produce and combine hydrogen and carbon monoxide into paraffin carbon chains in the diesel boiling range to produce “drop-in” synthetic diesel or jet fuel. The three elements for […]
