The Tule River Indian Reservation is 56,000 acres serving about 2,000 members drawn from Yokuts, Pauite, Mono, Tubatulabal tribes. Found on the foothills and western slopes of the Sierra Nevada, land uses include forestry, cattle ranching, and hunting. With serious challenges including pine beetle kill, wildfire, overstocking, the tribes have turned to biomass usage as […]
Schmidt Futures is a philanthropic initiative of Eric and Wendy Schmidt. Their BioFutures Program will accelerate the translation of bioeconomy research into public and economic benefits, building on Schmidt Futures’ core mission to bet early on a group of exceptional people making the world better, through solving hard problems in science and society. BioFuture co-founder […]
Globally, 140 billion metric tons of waste biomass is generated every year.Loamist is the pioneering cleantech feedstock platform that connects suppliers of bio-waste streams with emerging cleantech startups focused on using these feedstocks to decarbonize industrial materials. Loamist co-founder Pete Christiansen presented these slides at ABLC Next 2023 on the company’s promise and progress.
Futuria Fuels was founded by SHV Energy to lead the global advocacy of sustainable molecules, aiming to deliver viable sustainable fuel to off-grid customers. Through collaboration, we are building partnership and investment opportunities which will directly result in the defossilisation of liquid gas for customers and suppliers. As business unit of SHV Energy, Futuria Fuels […]
Wastewater/water island costs are up to 2-8% of the overall CapEx of bioeconomy projects. Plus, Long design studies are necessary to optimize the total cost of both investment and operations. New strategies from Aquatech are addressing these challenges. Aquatech is a global leader in water purification technology for industrial and infrastructure markets with a focus […]
Aequor’s natural chemicals uniquely kill a broad spectrum of bacterial and fungal pathogens at all stages of growth – including biofilm (the first and often only resistance response of microorganisms). This is significant because every antimicrobial-resistant (AMR) pathogen and every biothreat on the CDC and WHO lists is a biofilm former – resistant to antimicrobials, […]
BDNE was formed In 2019 to commercialize proprietary Biofine technology and is the exclusive Licensee of the IP Portfolio for the Northeast Region. This is a patented continuous chemical conversion process, enabling the economic production of third-party verified GHGnegative biofuels, biochemicals, and biochar from lingo/cellulosic feedstocks. Already there is the B2P2 Pilot Plant – Operating […]
The US Department of Agriculture’s Rural Business-Cooperative Service manages a wide array of programs designed to support and accelerate deployment of the bioeconomy at scale. Among them, the Biobased Markets Program (BioPreferred®) – Sec. 9002, Bioenergy Program for Advanced Biofuels (Advanced Biofuel Payment Program) –Sec. 9005, the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) – Sec. […]
This past week Shrikant Rathi, executive director for Praj Americas, returned to the Digest stage for this fascinating deep-dive into new technologies that open up opportunities for ethanol producers through retrofit, bolt-ons or add-on technologies that expand product selections, vary feedstock inputs or find new levels of yield and carbon reduction, Here are the slides […]
The US Department of Energy’s Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Office’s Systems Development & Integration Program is overseen by Jesse Adams, who gave this overview of the US program, projects underway, targets, milestones ahead and more, at the Hydrogen Program 2023 Annual Merit Review and Peer Evaluation Meeting.
