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Voyage to the Bottom of the Hydrocarbon Cost Curve: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to Global Bioenergies

Voyage to the Bottom of the Hydrocarbon Cost Curve: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to Global Bioenergies

February 8, 2018 |

Global Bioenergies is a pioneer in the development of one-step fermentation processes for the direct and cost-efficient transformation of renewable resources into light olefin hydrocarbons, the key building blocks of the petrochemical industry. Since inception, the company focused its efforts on the production of isobutene, one of the most important petrochemical building blocks that can […]

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Biodiesel stands its ground, won’t back down: new B20 vehicles, emissions cuts, highlight NBC 2018

Biodiesel stands its ground, won’t back down: new B20 vehicles, emissions cuts, highlight NBC 2018

February 7, 2018 |

The makers of the world’s favorite advanced biofuel — a/k/a the biodiesel industry — descended upon Texas to mingle, make and renew ties at the 2018 National Biodiesel Conference. And, to champion new ideas and find new supply chain and distribution partners. Bummer that there wasn’t a biodiesel tax credit extension on offer. Bummer that […]

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That was then, This is NOW! or The New Economics of Biogas Projects

That was then, This is NOW! or The New Economics of Biogas Projects

February 7, 2018 |

By Scott Warfield, CERES Project Services, Member, Lee Enterprises Consulting Special to The Digest This is the seventh in a series of articles prepared by the experts at Lee Enterprises Consulting (LEC) who will be speaking at the ABLC 2018 conference in Washington DC, February 28 to March 2. With respect to Susan E. Hinton […]

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Power-to-liquids: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to Solid Oxide Fuel Cell technology

Power-to-liquids: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to Solid Oxide Fuel Cell technology

February 7, 2018 |

Sunfire’s key technology is the Solid Oxide Power Core – a stack of high-temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFCs). SOFCs convert chemical energy from a gaseous fuel into electricity and heat. Unlike conventional fuel cells, Sunfire fuel cells can also be operated with different hydrocarbons, such as natural gas, bio gas, liquid petroleum gas (LPG) […]

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Advanced, to Go: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to 2G biofuels implementation timetable

Advanced, to Go: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to 2G biofuels implementation timetable

February 6, 2018 |

The biggest news out of Novozymes this month is its new yeast platform for starch-based ethanol, while also introducing the first product, Innova Drive. A completely new yeast strain, the product can reduce fermentation time by up to two hours compared to current yeasts. 1G aside, Novozymes is heavily focused on the roll-out of 2G […]

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Natural Rubber: Viable Industrial BioEconomy Crop, It’s Going to Be Big

Natural Rubber: Viable Industrial BioEconomy Crop, It’s Going to Be Big

February 6, 2018 |

By Katrina Cornish FAAAS Endowed Chair and Ohio Research Scholar, Bioemergent Materials, The Ohio State University; CEO, EnergyEne Inc., Member, Lee Enterprises Consulting Corinne Young, Special Advisor to EnergyEne, CEO Corinne Young LLC, Chief Advocate re:chem, Member Lee Enterprises Consulting Special to the Digest This is the sixth in a series of articles prepared by […]

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As Enerkem hauls in $223M, we ask “Who’s getting the gold?”

As Enerkem hauls in $223M, we ask “Who’s getting the gold?”

February 6, 2018 |

The gold bricks are flying in to Montreal at a pace even Auric Goldfinger would approve of, and the reason is Enerkem’s monster $223 million investment round. It’s Enerkem’s largest to date, and just about anyone’s largest to date, anf that makes then the “Tech with the Midas touch,” to paraphrase Shirley Bassey. Existing Enerkem […]

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10 Years After: Advanced Biofuels’ Status, Opportunities and Challenges

10 Years After: Advanced Biofuels’ Status, Opportunities and Challenges

February 5, 2018 |

By Lorenz Bauer, Ph.D., Member Lee Enterprises Consulting Special to The Digest This is the sixth in a series of articles prepared by the experts at Lee Enterprises Consulting (LEC) who will be speaking at the ABLC 2018 conference in Washington DC, February 28 to March 2. In 2007 the US government established a national […]

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The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to the Future of the Internal Combustion Engine

The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to the Future of the Internal Combustion Engine

February 5, 2018 |

When it comes to the future of the combustion engine, what are the future developments from a scientific viewpoint? That’s the ambitious topic that Gennadi Zikoridse of the University of Applied Sciences Dresden took onin this recent presentation. Combustion engines as carriers of mobility. Their current problems and solution approaches. Future developments and a forecast, you’ll find all […]

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Innovators Dilemma Revisited in Renewable Chemicals and Materials

Innovators Dilemma Revisited in Renewable Chemicals and Materials

February 2, 2018 |

By Daniel Lane and Joel Stone, Lee Enterprises Consulting, Inc. Special to The Digest This is the fourth in a series of articles prepared by the experts at Lee Enterprises Consulting (LEC) who will be speaking at the ABLC 2018 conference in Washington DC, February 28 to March 2. Previous installments in the State of […]

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