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The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to the State of RNG and Biogas

The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to the State of RNG and Biogas

August 7, 2023 |

Here’s the State of RNG and Biogaspresentation from the ABLC CONNECT series episode. Available supply, conventional feedstocks, prices, current and expected demand,key players — a comprehensive but compact look at the industry in this year of transition from development to deployment.

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Rowing in a Lake of Peanut Butter: Reader reaction and hard data on Direct Air Capture

Rowing in a Lake of Peanut Butter: Reader reaction and hard data on Direct Air Capture

August 7, 2023 |

Is Direct Air Capture of CO2 really the most dangerous technology in the world? Following a column penned by BioVeritas CEO Dave Austgen that led The Digest yesterday, a friend wrote: The headline made me want to open up [The Daily Digest], but there are no significant facts or reasoning stated in [the] article as […]

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The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to the Road to Net Zero Ammonia

The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to the Road to Net Zero Ammonia

August 3, 2023 |

NexantECA senior consultant Josh Velson returned to the ABLC stage at ABLC 2023 for a presentation on the opportunities in net zero ammonia. Ammonia constitutes nearly half of the chemical industry’s GHG output. Radical and rapid decarbonization is required to meet COP25 goals. Decarbonization goals cannot be met by cutting output –food is dependent on […]

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Direct Air Capture of CO2: The Most Dangerous Idea in the World

Direct Air Capture of CO2: The Most Dangerous Idea in the World

August 3, 2023 |

By Dave Austgen, CEO, BioVeritas It may not be the stupidest idea ever postulated, but it is unequivocally one of the most dangerous. Direct Air Capture or DAC! To the average person it sounds like a fantastic solution to climate change driven by the increasing stock of CO2 in the atmosphere – let’s just take […]

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The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to TerViva

The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to TerViva

August 2, 2023 |

Sudhir Rani was special guest on ABLC Connect this past week, and here are his slides as he takes us through the TerViva and pongamia development story to date — the genetics, the markets &  applications, the prospects for deployment at scale, and a comparative assessment on feedstocks values and prices.

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The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to the BDO Zone Mid-Year Recap

The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to the BDO Zone Mid-Year Recap

August 1, 2023 |

Jordan Solomon of  EcoStrat presented these slides for the latest episode of ABLC Connect in a look at the mid-year results of BioEconomy Development Opportunity Zones — the 39 adopting communities, Feedstock Security Wraps, the BDOZ rationale, the process, the features and the benefits.

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The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to the State of Biomass Feedstocks and Supply-Chains

The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to the State of Biomass Feedstocks and Supply-Chains

July 31, 2023 |

Here’s the State of Biomass Feedstocks and Supply-Chains presentation from the ABLC CONNECT series episode. Available supply, conventional crops, new crops and trees, cover crops, R&D initiatives, consortia — a comprehensive but compact look at the industry in this year of transition from development to deployment.

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ACT now: Aries Clean Technology on the cusp of its destiny

ACT now: Aries Clean Technology on the cusp of its destiny

July 31, 2023 |

Today, a word or two in praise of sludge, the fudge we cannot budge, the smudge we cannot nudge. Sludge perplexes with complexity as it dazzles with carbon-negative opportunity. Abundant, cheap, unstoppable, impervious to the supply curves of economists, and disdainful of the attempts of landfillers to contain it. It has nowhere to go, and […]

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EPA’s RFS Final Rulemaking 2023-25: The Bottom Line

EPA’s RFS Final Rulemaking 2023-25: The Bottom Line

July 30, 2023 |

By Jennifer LeRow, Project Director, Lee Enterprises Consulting Special to The Digest The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officially released the long-awaited Renewable Volume Obligation (RVO) numbers and other important updates to the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) in its Final Rule on June 21, 2023, establishing annual obligations for the years 2023-2025. The optional 2026 […]

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The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Synonym and Scalar

The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Synonym and Scalar

July 27, 2023 |

Alex Jaffe was special guest on ABLC Connect, and here are his slides as he takes us through the extraordinary Scalar tool for early-stage, chemicals-focused techno-economic analysis.

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