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What a Year!: The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Biofuel Markets

What a Year!: The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Biofuel Markets

June 13, 2022 |

How did U.S. ethanol production and prices compare in 2022 so far to previous years?  How about biodiesel, renewable diesel and renewable jet fuel? What’s the latest GHG analysis on ethanol, biodiesel and renewable diesel? How has anaerobic digesters helped with GHG mitigation? Find out now in this illuminating slide guide from William Hohenstein, Director […]

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SAF with Feedstock Flexibility: The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Velocys

SAF with Feedstock Flexibility: The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Velocys

June 12, 2022 |

Woodchips, municipal waste, hydrogen, biomethane – it’s all about feedstock flexibility for Velocys’ conversion pathway to sustainable aviation fuel. What is their IP protected 5 step conversion process? What’s the latest on their Bayou Fuels project? How about the Nagoya, Japan project? Find out now in this exclusive ABLC slide guide!

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Lab-to-Market, Ingredients, Consumer Brands: The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Amyris

Lab-to-Market, Ingredients, Consumer Brands: The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Amyris

June 9, 2022 |

As a leading synthetic biology company, Amyris has been in the news alot for their sustainable products and their rapid scale-up but did you see this short and sweet slide guide they shared with the ABLC audience in Washington, D.C. this spring?

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Circular Heaven, along the Tees: Circular Fuels’s first commercial project heads for northeast England

Circular Heaven, along the Tees: Circular Fuels’s first commercial project heads for northeast England

June 8, 2022 |

The venture happily named Circular Fuels has announced its new home, at Teesworks on the south side of England’s River Tees. It’s a $200 million waste to rDME project — the best route to decarbonizing LPG, a leading pathway to low-carbon heavy-duty transport, and lays a foundation for green hydrogen. The venture plans to produce […]

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Renewable Carbon Fiber Bioproducts: The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to NREL

Renewable Carbon Fiber Bioproducts: The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to NREL

June 8, 2022 |

The Renewable Carbon Fiber Consortium at NREL is working on the biological conversion of sugars to 3-hyroxypropionic acid/ester and the novel catalytic conversion of 3-HP to acrylonitrile. Is this the route to cheaper, easier and more environmentally friendly acrylonitrile and the first example of “homogeneous” renewable carbon fiber?

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European transport ministers adopt common approach on alternative fuel policies

European transport ministers adopt common approach on alternative fuel policies

June 7, 2022 |

In Belgium, last week European transport ministers adopted a common position on each of the three legislative proposals of the fit for 55 package that relate to the transport sector alternative fuels infrastructure (AFIR), FuelEU Maritime and ReFuelEU Aviation). This is an important step in the implementation of the fit for 55 legislative package, which […]

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Aviation is Fueling Up for Net Zero

Aviation is Fueling Up for Net Zero

June 7, 2022 |

By Paul Hodredge, Director of Industrials and Transport and Cameron Steagall, Manager of Collaborations at BSR Special to The Digest On a cool, overcast December day in Chicago, United Airlines flew a Boeing 737 MAX 8 jet from O’Hare to Washington Reagan National Airport. United was leaping forward in clearing the skies: this was the […]

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Race to Zero: The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Praj Industries

Race to Zero: The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Praj Industries

June 7, 2022 |

If you missed ABLC in Washington, D.C. this spring, check out Dr. Pramod Chaudhari’s William C. Holmberg Award acceptance address here and now with this slide guide. Covering Praj’s partnerships to accelerate bioeconomy advancements, their latest initiatives like Bio-Mobility and Bio-Prism, how they are decarbonizing transportation and bioplastics, and more.

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EPA releases renewable fuel volumes: Is the RFS “back on track” or was this “a missed opportunity”?

EPA releases renewable fuel volumes: Is the RFS “back on track” or was this “a missed opportunity”?

June 6, 2022 |

From Washington, the bioeconomy’s (usually) annual Rorschach test has arrived again, with the release of Renewable Volume Obligations (RVOs) for 2020 (retroactive), 2021 (uh, retroactive), and 2022. These are the annual Federal mandated volumes for the blending of renewable fuels in the US. More than a dozen trade associations and policymakers offered reaction to the EPA […]

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Converting CO2 into Market Products: The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Mars Materials

Converting CO2 into Market Products: The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Mars Materials

June 6, 2022 |

Sequestering captured CO2 into long-lived products for permanence and into supply chains with large market volume or high growth potential is what Mars Materials is all about. How they use nitrilation carbontech to make it happen, acrylonitrile (ACN)’s $12 billion chemical market that can now be made from atmospheric CO2, how Mars Materials version compares […]

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