Category: 8-Slide Guide

Converting Biomass Plant into RNG – Site Layout, Catalysts Requirements: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to Low-Carbon Renewable Natural Gas from Wood Wastes – Part 1

April 14, 2020 | admin

California needs facilities that can dramatically reduce GHG emissions and black carbon production by using wood waste, according to GTI. The closing of biomass power plants is leading to open burning of the excess of these wastes. Dive into the details and graphics of the resource analysis, site and equipment layout, the chemicals and catalysts […]

From Concept to Commercial Operation: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to How to Successfully Commercialize Novel Proteins

April 13, 2020 | Jim Lane

“There is no substitute for a fully integrated pilot process,” said Mark Warner in this illuminating presentation on how to get from concept to commercialization for novel proteins. But what are the economic implications of each scale? What are 3 key areas for receiving project finance to get to commercial scale? What key lessons can […]

MAGE – Multiplex Automated Genome Engineering Generates Billions of Variants: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to enEvolv’s Genome Engineering

April 12, 2020 | Jim Lane

enEvolv produces biobased chemicals for the energy, specialty chemicals, nutrition and therapeutics industries, develops novel strains and improves existing ones focusing on their ultra-rapid genome engineering platform. Marco Farsheed, enEvolv’s Co-Founder and CEO shared this illuminating presentation on why strain engineering is challenging, how enEvolv’s variation technology improves the economics and effectiveness of strain engineering which […]

Great Plains Institute’s Latest Report: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to A Clean Fuels Policy for the Midwest

April 9, 2020 | admin

The Midwestern Clean Fuels Initiative, facilitated by the Great Plains Institute, is a broad coalition of fuels producers and marketers, nonprofit and research organizations, scientists and engineers, and agriculture and industry stakeholders. The coalition works to create economic benefits for the region through policy, research, and education on the production and use of cleaner fuels.

Hydrogen Production’s Synthesis Gas Process with 20% Less Feed and Fuel Gas: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to ENGlobal

April 8, 2020 | Jim Lane

Based in good ‘ole Texas, ENGlobal has been around for almost 35 years but about a year ago shifted their focus to modular process systems and partnering with process technology firms to execute and implement their technology. They are about to begin supplying construction modules for a hydrogen production facility using a synthesis gas process that consumes […]

Biobased Alternative for Nylon, Polyester, PET and Cellulose Acetate: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to Chips Board’s Food Waste to Bioplastic

April 8, 2020 | Jim Lane

Research and development has been Chips Board’s focus but now they are looking for investment to get their products from lab to the marketplace. Last year they unveiled their Cubitts eyewear prototype based on Parblex coffee composite bioplasticand this year they’ve added new team members to get the gears going faster. Check out the their most recent […]

PEF Joint Venture to Renewable Polymers and All In Between: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to Avantium

April 7, 2020 | Jim Lane

“2019 was in many ways a pivotal year for Avantium,” writes their CEO, Tom van Aken. We couldn’t agree more, and this 2019 Annual Report recently released by the company delves into the what, why, when, where and more. From the end of their PEF joint venture with BASF, to the acquisition of 100% ownership […]

How It All Ties Together – LCFS, Biobased Fuel, Zero Emission Vehicles, ICEV Bans: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to The Big 3 Policies for Fuels

April 6, 2020 | Jim Lane

Few countries blend ethanol beyond 10% right now but are targets moving? What about biodiesel targets, mostly set below 7% volume in some countries? How about the 18 countries that plan to ban of phase out ICEVs and more than 45 countries have set or are setting national targets for EVs by 2030 – how […]

Iowa’s Renewable Energy Portfolio & Opportunity: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to All Things Iowa

April 6, 2020 | Jim Lane

At last week’s Digest webinar, Mark Laurenzo from the Iowa Economic Development Authority shared this illuminating presentation on Iowa’s key value propositions, activity from the biosciences industry in the state where bioscience R&D expenditures per capita is 30% higher than the national figure, how there is still opportunity to unleash Iowa’s energy potential especially with the […]

USDA, DOE, SBA Programs for Biofuels, Biopower, Biochem: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to Federal Programs Supporting Commercial Scale Development

April 2, 2020 | Jim Lane

Earlier this week we shared the latest federal programs supporting demonstration concept and today our focus is on federal programs supporting commercial scale development for biofuels, biopower, biochemicals and biobased projects. Check out this slide guide from Bill Hagy at Lee Enterprises Consulting, for details on the USDA Biofuels, Renewable Chemical, and Biobased Product Manufacturing Assistance Program […]

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