Author Archive: Jim Lane

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Next on the Runway: DG Fuels advances towards the takeoff to scale

Next on the Runway: DG Fuels advances towards the takeoff to scale

July 27, 2023 |

The Digest as reported elsewhere turns 16 today, the age where you might get Dad to give you the keys to the car. It’s that time when adolescence begins to fade and adulthood beckons — and in the bioeconomy, we’re seeing signs of that same turn. There’s a tranquility at the point of inflection. Reminds […]

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The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Ecostrat and Bioeconomy Development Opportunity Zones

The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Ecostrat and Bioeconomy Development Opportunity Zones

July 26, 2023 |

Jordan Solomon of  EcoStrat presented these slides at ABLC 2023 in a look at BioEconomy Development Opportunity Zones — the rationale, the early adopters, the results to date, the process, the features and the benefits.

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16 Candles

16 Candles

July 26, 2023 |

Today, July 27th, the Digest turns 16 years of age, and in some ways with the advanced bioeconomy we share the birthday, there was some gestation prior to the Digest’s appearance and the conventional bioeconomy had been with us for thousands of years and had experienced an energy renaissance, yes. Back then, however, there was […]

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The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Visolis

The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Visolis

July 25, 2023 |

Deepak Dugar, CEO of Visolis was special guest this past week on ABLC Connect, and he took us through Visolis’ promise and progress, milestones achieved and the next ones down the road, including the drive to commercial scale.

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The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to the State of Renewable Chemicals and Materials

The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to the State of Renewable Chemicals and Materials

July 24, 2023 |

Here’s the State of Renewable Chemicals and Materials presentation from the ABLC CONNECT series episode.The Value Stack, planned capacity, mandates, incentives, major players and their recent activities, pathways, mandates around the world, molecules, and markets. It’s a comprehensive but compact look at the industry in this year of transition from development to deployment.

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Lighting the SAFterburners: Virent, Air bp, Virgin, Gevo, Axens, ECARU, others accelerating on SAF

Lighting the SAFterburners: Virent, Air bp, Virgin, Gevo, Axens, ECARU, others accelerating on SAF

July 24, 2023 |

There are some days in the SAF story where the newsflow is so fast and promising that I am reminded of those Hollywood movies with jet aircraft in the mix where the wing commander orders the cocky yet benign pilots on a mission against desperate odds to “light the afterburners” in a bid to increase […]

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Empowering More from Less: The Whitefox Story

Empowering More from Less: The Whitefox Story

July 23, 2023 |

As a world, we are on the cusp of an energy revolution. Whether in our homes or in industry, conserving energy is on everyone’s mind. Furthermore, wasting less and getting the most out of our resources are values that mirror the founding principles of Whitefox – to produce more from less, and prevent waste from […]

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The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to SHV Energy

The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to SHV Energy

July 20, 2023 |

SHV Energy is a leading global distributor of off-grid energy, such as LPG, LNG, hydrogen, bioLPG and rDME. The company serves 30 million business and residential customers in 24 countries across 4 continents. The ambition is to offer 100% renewably and sustainably sourced energy by 2040. They are actively innovating, investing & collaborating to develop […]

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The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to H2SIte

The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to H2SIte

July 19, 2023 |

Dr. Eduardo, program manager at H2Site, was special guest on ABLC Connect, and here are his slides as he takes us through H2Site’s proprietary membrane reactor technology which offers a new pathway for efficient, affordable transport for hydrogen.

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The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Iogen’s State of Hydrogen

The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Iogen’s State of Hydrogen

July 18, 2023 |

Brian Foody, CEO of Iogen was special guest this past week on ABLC Connect, and he took us through hydrogen’s promise and progress, milestones achieved and the next ones down the road, and especially a deep look at the BECCS pathway for biomass-to-hydrogen and it’s promise as a road to green hydrogen.

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