Category: Top Stories

Closing the Gap in Renewable Energy – the Next 80%?

Closing the Gap in Renewable Energy – the Next 80%?

November 9, 2021 |

By Sergey Nuzhdin, Kristen Davis, Meredith Brooks, Ann Carpenter, Pierre Wensel, Cindy Wilcox, all from the Cluster for Sustainable Seaweed Solutions (CS3) Special to The Digest A rising human population coupled with the damaging effects of climate change pose a paramount challenge to producing more resources in an increasingly variable climate. As the agricultural “Green […]

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Electrofuels Advance: Vattenfall, SAS, Shell, LanzaTech, US Air Force, Emerging Fuels Technology and Twelve advance on Power-to-liquids via waste CO2

Electrofuels Advance: Vattenfall, SAS, Shell, LanzaTech, US Air Force, Emerging Fuels Technology and Twelve advance on Power-to-liquids via waste CO2

November 8, 2021 |

It’s a simple idea, using renewable electricity to induce carbon dioxide and hydrogen to form a hydrocarbon. Hydrocarbons, you know, the stuff we burn as liquid fuel and from which we make plastics, fabrics, flavors, fragrances, resins, coatings, etcetera. If you are what you wear, as the New York Times once famously opined, you are […]

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Evolve invests $600M in HOBO Renewable Diesel 120M gallons project

Evolve invests $600M in HOBO Renewable Diesel 120M gallons project

November 7, 2021 |

A $600 million investment in construction of a renewable fuels facility. A project that is expected to produce more than 120 million gallons of renewable fuels annually. That alone is enough to catch some attention, but who exactly is Evolve and how is HOBO Renewable Diesel getting in with them for this project? Who will […]

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Competitive Edge: PQ Corporation’s Materials Science

Competitive Edge: PQ Corporation’s Materials Science

November 4, 2021 |

Q: What was the reason for founding your organization – what was the open niche you saw that could be addressed with a new product or service? What was the problem, or gap, or opportunity? Pennsylvania-based PQ has a history dating nearing 200 years with our first products being soap and candles, among the basic […]

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Pollution pods, machine learning, fermentation protein-producing microorganisms, Microsoft’s look at algae and fungi for green data centers and more: The Digest’s Top 8 Innovations for the week of November 4th

Pollution pods, machine learning, fermentation protein-producing microorganisms, Microsoft’s look at algae and fungi for green data centers and more: The Digest’s Top 8 Innovations for the week of November 4th

November 3, 2021 |

Want to know what it’s like to breathe some of the world’s lowest quality air? “Pollution pods” in the UK are giving people that opportunity to draw attention to growing pollution impacts. And an alternative protein startup in California is building a pilot-scale facility for food-friendly proteins, using machine learning and fermentation to genetically engineer […]

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Fueling biodiesel adoption – Sulzer Chemtech’s tech helps vegetable oil producer enter biofuel market

Fueling biodiesel adoption – Sulzer Chemtech’s tech helps vegetable oil producer enter biofuel market

November 2, 2021 |

By Sulzer Chemtech Special to The Digest Businesses interested in producing biodiesel need advanced processing solutions that can achieve high purity levels while maximizing the recovery of this fuel. When Bremfield Sdn Bhd, a leading Malaysian vegetable oil processor, was looking to add biodiesel to its product portfolio, Sulzer Chemtech’s distillation technology offered an effective […]

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The Advanced Bioeconomy State of the Industry 2021: as seen at ABLC

The Advanced Bioeconomy State of the Industry 2021: as seen at ABLC

November 1, 2021 |

ABLC 2021 has come and gone with its theme of ““building a bridge to Net Zero” and 560 delegates from 300 organizations grappling with the immense opportunities and supply chain challenges posed by the world’s rapid turn towards charting a path toward a post-fossil society. We have two ways to experience the 2021 State of […]

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A Digest exclusive Q&A with Bryan Stonehouse, Head of Aviation Sustainability & Risk, Shell Aviation

A Digest exclusive Q&A with Bryan Stonehouse, Head of Aviation Sustainability & Risk, Shell Aviation

November 1, 2021 |

From SAF size and scale, Shell’s plans for scaling up, fuel use and blends and more, check out this Digest exclusive Q&A with Bryan Stonehouse, Head of Aviation Sustainability & Risk at Shell Aviation. Q: What is the current size and scale of SAF across the industry? Stonehouse: Despite the progress that has been made, […]

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Biofuels for Bentley – Bentley Flying Spur Hybrid crosses Iceland using biofuel made of waste straw

Biofuels for Bentley – Bentley Flying Spur Hybrid crosses Iceland using biofuel made of waste straw

October 30, 2021 |

This hot news is in car e-zines – CarScoops, Automotive World, The Auto Channel – but here at The Digest, an inside look at Bentley’s Flying Spur Hybrid car that drove across Iceland, 733 km (455 miles), in one stint using second generation biofuel made from waste biomass, in this case waste straw based biofuel […]

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Heard on the Floor at ABLC 2021 – October 28

Heard on the Floor at ABLC 2021 – October 28

October 29, 2021 |

ABLC 2021 continues today with its theme of ““building a bridge to Net Zero” after a flurry of announcements buzzed around the floor yesterday, as the 560 delegates grappled with the immense opportunities and supply chain challenges posed by the world’s rapid turn towards charting a path toward a post-fossil society.  1. The BDOZone CONNECT […]

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