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Top 10 Bioeconomy Markets and Predictions for 2019

Top 10 Bioeconomy Markets and Predictions for 2019

January 7, 2019 |

A mere “The Year in Rewind” as we sail into 2019? Not the good ship Digest! Instead, we dust off our crystal ball and offer our predictions for the year ahead. As the sunset of 2018 gives way to the dawn of 2019, once again roll the dice as we list the Digest’s 10 Top […]

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Biogas Innovations Part 2: The Digest’s Multi-Slide Guide to IEA Bioenergy Task 37

Biogas Innovations Part 2: The Digest’s Multi-Slide Guide to IEA Bioenergy Task 37

January 6, 2019 |

IEA Bioenergy has several member countries involved in Task 37 which aims to improve innovations in biogas systems. Professor Jerry Murphy from IEA Bioenergy Task 37 gave this illuminating presentation, part 2, on innovations in biogas systems at ABLC Global 2018 in San Francisco – and it’s ready for you now at The Digest online.

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Circular Economy Via Innovation: The Digest’s Multi-Slide Guide to Dupont Industrial Biosciences

Circular Economy Via Innovation: The Digest’s Multi-Slide Guide to Dupont Industrial Biosciences

January 6, 2019 |

Dupont Industrial Biosciences develops innovations for society to thrive – helping customers in a range of industries improve the sustainability and efficiency of their processes. Simon Herriott, Vice President of Bioactives at Dupont Industrial Biosciences, gave this illuminating overview of how Dupont approaches innovation’s velocity, design thinking, prototyping, and more at ABLC Global 2018 in […]

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State of the Bioeconomy

State of the Bioeconomy

January 3, 2019 |

By Wayne Lee, CEO of Lee Enterprises Consulting, Inc., and Mark J. Riedy, Partner at Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP At present, the bioeconomy continues to attract debt and equity interest. VCs, Private Equity Groups and Strategic Partners are providing equity at the technology holding company level in the form of private placements to develop […]

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Wood pellets: The Digest’s Multi-Slide Guide to IEA Bioenergy Task 40

Wood pellets: The Digest’s Multi-Slide Guide to IEA Bioenergy Task 40

January 3, 2019 |

IEA Bioenergy Task 40’s aim is to focus on international bioenergy technology potential, barriers, and trade as well as its wider implications. Christiane Hennig from IEA Bioenergy Task 40 gave this illuminating overview of key regions, developments, and governance for global wood pellet markets at ABLC Global 2018 in San Francisco – and it’s ready […]

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3D printing lignin, potato postal sleeves, alginate sausage casing, tree to textiles, chemical recycling and more: The Digest’s Top 10 Innovations for the week of January 2nd

3D printing lignin, potato postal sleeves, alginate sausage casing, tree to textiles, chemical recycling and more: The Digest’s Top 10 Innovations for the week of January 2nd

January 2, 2019 |

The pace of bioeconomy invention and change continues at a frenetic pace. Here are the top innovations for the week of January 2nd. In today’s Digest, 3D printing lignin, potato postal sleeves, alginate sausage casing, tree to textiles, chemical recycling — these and more, ready for you now at The Digest online. #1 Oak Ridge […]

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Aviation Solutions: The Digest’s Multi-Slide Guide to Neste

Aviation Solutions: The Digest’s Multi-Slide Guide to Neste

January 1, 2019 |

Neste has a strong history of developing, commercializing, and marketing new fuels, including diesel, renewable chemicals, renewable jet fuel, and more. Neville Fernandes from Neste, gave this illuminating overview of their plans for the production and expansion of renewable jet fuel as well as plans for new products of the future at the recent CAAFI […]

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Biofuels Mandates Around the World 2019

Biofuels Mandates Around the World 2019

January 1, 2019 |

In Florida, the Digest today releases its annual review of biofuels mandates and targets around the world, looking at the state of biofuels mandates in 65 countries. The bulk of mandates continue to come from the EU-27, where the Renewable Energy Directive (RED) once specified a 10 percent renewable content by 2020 but has been […]

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Emerging Process Tech: The Digest’s Multi-Slide Guide to EPIC

Emerging Process Tech: The Digest’s Multi-Slide Guide to EPIC

January 1, 2019 |

EPIC helps pilot plants test and scale new process technologies. Check out their latest presentation with top four emerging process technologies that they are seeing a lot of right now: carbon capture, gas-to-liquids technologies, bio-based ethylene glycol, and biomass to commodity chemical application – and it’s ready for you now at The Digest online.

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As industry copes with information overload, organizations report “much more of our story to share” but marketing, messaging is under-resourced

As industry copes with information overload, organizations report “much more of our story to share” but marketing, messaging is under-resourced

December 31, 2018 |

71% of industry executives believe that for their organizations, there is much more of their story to get out than they are successful in doing so far, but struggle to allocate resources to building and maintaining attention though 80% believe that establishing and hitting awareness goals is important to their company’s success. One of the […]

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