Category: 8-Slide Guide

Microorganism Factories: The Digest’s 2017 Multi-Slide Guide to Verdezyne

Microorganism Factories: The Digest’s 2017 Multi-Slide Guide to Verdezyne

November 20, 2017 |

Verdezyne is a privately held industrial biotechnology company that is developing and commercializing novel genetically engineered microorganisms for use as “factories” to manufacture renewable chemicals. Verdezyne’s unique microorganisms permit greener, cleaner and more cost effective production of chemicals compared with traditional methods. The Company is commercializing its technology through partnerships with leading chemical manufacturers. Verdezyne’s […]

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Does regulating indirect land use change work? The Digest’s 2017 Multi-Slide Guide to ILUC reform

Does regulating indirect land use change work? The Digest’s 2017 Multi-Slide Guide to ILUC reform

November 17, 2017 |

University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana professor Madhu Khanna has been raising issues with including an indirect land use change factor for compliance with  low carbon fuel standards. Why, since ILUC is a required calculation for the Renewable Fuel Standard? Khanna notes that estimates of ILUC factor have varied considerably across studies and over time; plus, inclusion […]

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The Ministry of All the Talents: The Digest’s 2017 Multi-Slide Guide to the Joint BioEnergy Institute

The Ministry of All the Talents: The Digest’s 2017 Multi-Slide Guide to the Joint BioEnergy Institute

November 16, 2017 |

JBEI’s mission is to convert biomass to biofuels. The goal is to provide the nation with clean, renewable transportation fuels identical to gasoline, diesel and jet fuel. Inside JBEI’s Emeryville laboratories, researchers are using the latest tools in molecular biology, chemical engineering, computational and robotic technologies, and pioneering work in synthetic biology to transform biomass […]

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From Pollution to Products: The Digest’s 2017 Multi-Slide Guide to LanzaTech

From Pollution to Products: The Digest’s 2017 Multi-Slide Guide to LanzaTech

November 15, 2017 |

LanzaTech has developed a fully sustainable integrative gas to fuels and chemicals platform that has no impact on food, water security or high biodiversity land use. LanzaTech’s gas fermentation platform disrupts the current highly centralized global energy system by enabling the regional production of low-cost energy from local wastes and residues, including gases as varied […]

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Synthetic microbial ecosystems producing targeted biochemicals: The Digest’s 2017 Multi-Slide Guide to Ecovia Renewables

Synthetic microbial ecosystems producing targeted biochemicals: The Digest’s 2017 Multi-Slide Guide to Ecovia Renewables

November 14, 2017 |

Inspired by the robustness and ability of natural microbial ecosystems to perform complex biochemical synthesis, Ecovia’s EcoSynth platform leverages a unique combination of know-how in microbial ecology and engineering for the design and construction of synthetic microbial ecosystems to efficiently produce target biochemical products. Ecovia is deploying its EcoSynth platform to produce new high-performance, water-retaining biopolymers. BioGel […]

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High-value feed from biofuels production: The Digest’s 2017 Multi-Slide Guide to ICM

High-value feed from biofuels production: The Digest’s 2017 Multi-Slide Guide to ICM

November 13, 2017 |

ICM’s equipment and processes are already used in the majority of U.S. ethanol plants, and continues to develop processes to make ethanol production more efficient for customers. The latest? A breakthrough in producing high-value animal protein supply through fractionating and optimization technologies. Steve Hartig gave this ICM overview at ABLC Next 2017 in San Francisco.

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Aviation fuels and much more: The Digest’s 2017 Multi-Slide Guide to Gevo

Aviation fuels and much more: The Digest’s 2017 Multi-Slide Guide to Gevo

November 8, 2017 |

We Really Do Mean “Drop-in”. Gevo has two proprietary technologies that combine to make it possible to retrofit existing ethanol plants to produce isobutanol, a four carbon alcohol which serves as a hydrocarbon platform molecule. They have developed an industrial scale yeast biocatalyst to produce isobutanol without typical byproducts operating at parameters equivalent to commercial […]

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What’s Next in cellulosic biofuels and biogas?: The Digest’s 2017 Multi-Slide Guide to Iogen

What’s Next in cellulosic biofuels and biogas?: The Digest’s 2017 Multi-Slide Guide to Iogen

November 8, 2017 |

Iogen says it has “one of the world’s largest and most experienced teams in developing, designing, de-bugging, scaling-up and deploying cellulosic biofuel technology. We’re using innovative thinking and disciplined engineering to transform cellulosic biofuels into real, reliable and cost-effective fuels for today’s cars and trucks.” Also, the company has become a leader in the aggregation […]

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Renewable drop-in fuels at scale: The Digest’s 2017 Multi-Slide Guide to Ensyn

Renewable drop-in fuels at scale: The Digest’s 2017 Multi-Slide Guide to Ensyn

November 8, 2017 |

Ensyn uses its patented and proprietary RTP fast thermal technology to convert wood residues and other non-food, cellulosic biomass to liquid biofuels. Ensyn has had continuous commercial operations for more than 25 years.  Its technology has produced over 37 million gallons of renewable fuels and chemicals in over 160,000 hours of successful plant operation. For […]

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Single cell protein for aquafeeds: The Digest’s 2017 Multi-Slide Guide to KnipBio

Single cell protein for aquafeeds: The Digest’s 2017 Multi-Slide Guide to KnipBio

November 7, 2017 |

KnipBio is a leading North American clean biotechnology firm working to harness the potential of synthetic biology and metabolic engineering to make safer, more sustainable aquaculture possible. KnipBio is developing a game-changing fish feed that combines the attributes of protein-packed fishmeal, carotenoids, and other health-inducing additives into a premium, affordable alternative to fishmeal called KnipBio Meal (KBM). […]

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