The opening session of ABLC events is the State of the Industry and our initial Networking event. Here are the slides from the presentation by Digest editor & publisher Jim Lane on the evening of October 26th covering advanced ethanol. renewable diesel, SAF, renewable chemicals, biomaterials, hydrogen, feedstocks and supply chain, vegan foods, finance and […]
Here are the 50 Hottest Project Development & Deployment Spots in the Advanced Bioeconomy for 2022, as selected by the Digest’s editors.
As the Advanced Bioeconomy Leadership Conference opened in San Francisco, news arrived on the conference floor that Ara Partners has committed $65M in additional capital to BioVeritas to support rapid commercialization of the company’s bio-based ingredient solutions technology. Let’s take a deeper look at BioVeritas, which has been operating in a stealthy mode in Bryan, […]
ABLC Next 2022 commences at 5pm Pacific Time on Wednesday, October 26th at the Hotel Nikko in San Francisco, with more than 90 speakers, 43 sponsors, 750 delegates and 430 companies represented at the event. Here is the official guide to the onstage content. WEDNESDAY 5:00pm STATE OF THE INDUSTRY presentation The Top Trends in […]
By Jim Seurer, CEO, Glacial Lakes Energy & Doug Sombke, South Dakota Farmers Union The ethanol and entire biofuel industry is pacing the floor like an expecting parent waiting for the baby to be born as the new EPA “set” rule is going to be unveiled soon establishing renewable volumes for the next three years. For […]
In Texas, the BDO Zone Initiative has issued an ‘AA’ rated BDO Zone designation for Bon Wier, Texas for 2,000,000 green tons per year of woody biomass. ‘AA’ and ‘A’ BDO Zone ratings identify the areas in the country which are best positioned for low-risk bioeconomy project development. Bon Wier’s ‘AA’ Rating for Forest Residues, […]
The race is on. It was a race to lower carbon aviation. Now it is a race for Net Zero. Ultimately, as we have tipped, it will become a race for carbon negative aviation because only when a jet becomes a Hoover in the skies, reducing carbon with every flight, will airlines and travelers be […]
Growth Energy released a study conducted by ABF Economics that found that nationwide access to E15, a 15 percent ethanol blended fuel, could save drivers billions in annual fuel costs, create new jobs, and return billions to the U.S. economy. Specifically, the data show that a nationwide transition to E15 would save consumers $20.6 billion […]
News arrives from Colorado that BOTTLE consortia researchers led by NREL have developed a process that can convert mixed plastics to a single chemical product, working toward a solution that would allow recyclers to skip sorting plastic by type. Combining chemical and biological processes is a promising new strategy for the valorization of mixed plastic waste — yes, […]
A barrel of strategic equity has landed on the Infinium square of the bioMonopoly board, this one from South Korea, the Land of Morning Calm. SK Innovation (part of the SK group, one of Korea’s most formidable chaebol conglomerates), to step up and send this interesting company right into front row in the race for electrofuels at scale. It has […]
