Category: Million Minds

4 Minutes with Jeff Passmore, CEO, Passmore Group

4 Minutes with Jeff Passmore, CEO, Passmore Group

July 12, 2015 |

Tell us about your company and it’s role in the Advanced Bioeconomy. Passmore Group offers expertise in strategic investor relations, project capital attraction – including government non-dilutive subordinated debt, site location assessment – including feedstock availability and price, and corporate communications. The goal is the more rapid commercialization and deployment of technologies in the bioeconomy. Tell […]

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4 minutes with… B.B. Klaversteijn, Co-Founder, Fairchar

4 minutes with… B.B. Klaversteijn, Co-Founder, Fairchar

July 9, 2015 |

Tell us about your company and it’s role in the Advanced Bioeconomy. Responsible for and engaged in the development of portable biomethanol production units for the on site conversion of wood from invasive trees (Africa) to biomethanol and pyrolysis oil. The most prominent systems component is a pyrolysis system developed by Nettenergy. Pyrolysis oil and […]

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4 minutes with… Oladunjoye A. Waleola, Managing Director, Avandith Renewable Energy Limited

4 minutes with… Oladunjoye A. Waleola, Managing Director, Avandith Renewable Energy Limited

July 8, 2015 |

Tell us about your company and it’s role in the Advanced Bioeconomy. We are a biofuels technology company, who specialises in Jatropha curcas and the extraction of it’s oil as a sustainable fuel. We consult for farmers/clients and help them in cultivating Jatropha curcas and selling its seed as a profitable cash crop. Tell us […]

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4 minutes with… Dr Bryan Lavarack, Senior Technologist, MSL

4 minutes with… Dr Bryan Lavarack, Senior Technologist, MSL

July 7, 2015 |

Tell us about your company and it’s role in the Advanced Bioeconomy. A sugar company that is diversifying into co-products that can be produced from fibre (cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin), sucrose and/or molasses. The company supports R&D activities and has developed and is continuing to develop value adding opportunities in the Advanced Bioeconomy. Tell us about […]

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4 minutes with… Bill Holmberg, Chairman Emeritus, Biomass & Biofuels American Council On Renawable Energy

4 minutes with… Bill Holmberg, Chairman Emeritus, Biomass & Biofuels American Council On Renawable Energy

July 6, 2015 |

Tell us about your company and it’s role in the Advanced Bioeconomy. Launching a new effort to work with most of all the associations, organizations, groups and industries affiliated in any way with food, fiber, feed, fertilizers, feedstocks for biochemicals, and fuels from farms and forests Tell us about your role and what you are […]

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4 Minutes with…Alexandre T. Barbosa, R&D and Consultant engineer, IVIG / COPPE / UFRJ

4 Minutes with…Alexandre T. Barbosa, R&D and Consultant engineer, IVIG / COPPE / UFRJ

July 3, 2015 |

Tell us about your company and it’s role in the Advanced Bioeconomy.   IVIG is an institute of Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and its mission is: Training and development of human resources to act mainly in the areas of science and technology, infrastructure, energy and environment, developing projects, methodologies, tools, assessment and management […]

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4 minutes with… Jeff Hove, Vice President, RINAlliance

4 minutes with… Jeff Hove, Vice President, RINAlliance

July 2, 2015 |

Tell us about your company and it’s role in the Advanced Bioeconomy. RINAlliance was established in 2007 and in response to the EPA’s Renewable Fuel Standard. The program serves almost 200 petroleum marketers that bring renewable fuels to the public across the U.S. Our software based programs decrease compliance burdens (RFS and LCFS) and increase […]

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4 minutes with… Michael R. Schuppenhauer, Ph.D. President & CEO, Farmatic

4 minutes with… Michael R. Schuppenhauer, Ph.D. President & CEO, Farmatic

July 1, 2015 |

Tell us about your company and it’s role in the Advanced Bioeconomy. Farmatic is since 50 years an internationally successful biogas and waste water EPC and technology provider to customers from agriculture, industry and municipalities. With over 300 completed anaerobic digesters globally, Farmatic plants are technology leaders for distributed renewable energy and co-digestion of complex […]

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4 minutes with… Donal F. Day, Professor, Audubon Sugar Inst. LSU AgCenter

4 minutes with… Donal F. Day, Professor, Audubon Sugar Inst. LSU AgCenter

June 30, 2015 |

Tell us about your company and it’s role in the Advanced Bioeconomy. Lead organization in development of energycane and sweet sorghum for use as biofuel crops in the deep South Tell us about your role and what you are focused on in the next 12 months. Bringing to fruition the first energy crop to sugar […]

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4 minutes with… Enrique Preu, Owner, Preu Engenharia

4 minutes with… Enrique Preu, Owner, Preu Engenharia

June 29, 2015 |

Tell us about your company and it’s role in the Advanced Bioeconomy. My company has a main objective to provide consulting, and in the biotechnology, provide recovery of agriculture waste transforming it into Biocoal. The waste water from the process can be used later as biofertilizer. Since Brazilian Municipal waste has 57% organic and 50% […]

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