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8 May 20247 May 2024

The many uses of carbon dioxide

Putting CO2 to good use may even reduce the burden of preventing its release to the atmosphere

19 March 202414 March 2024

The Bioeconomy 500 for 2024 Includes Advanced Biofuels USA Executive Director and Board Members

The Bioeconomy 500 honors scientists, engineers, policy makers, financiers, project developers, feedstock pioneers, offtakers, advocates and supply-chain and distribution partners

29 September 20234 October 2024

Monthly news from the Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI), September 2023

Review to the Annual General Meeting of the RCI, an update of the first major RCI-publication, the Guiding Principle Paper, a position-paper on the Commission Proposal for a Green Claims Directive (GCD), RCI in Brussels, about the latest webinar with Alfa Laval and Borealis and more

21 August 202315 August 2023

Direct air capture of CO2: dangerous nonsense

If DAC is taken seriously by policy makers and the general public, this will lend the oil and gas companies delay in reducing their levels of production

18 November 202216 November 2022

Below Zero: why Less is More for the Advanced Bioeconomy

Above zero, the bioeconomy is just another path competing with EVs, or wind, or solar, getting grief over costs, or land-use, or diversion of feedstocks. Better to be the necessary helper than the competitor

14 June 202116 June 2021

Lignin leads the way – World’s first lignin bio-asphalt road, lignin’s array of applications and more

In today’s Digest, all about the new bio-road, the tech behind it, lignin’s markets, applications, tech and other recent lignin news

11 May 20219 September 2021

SAF, please prepare for take-off…even with aviation industry turned upside down due to pandemic

In today’s Digest, let’s kick the tires and light the fires as SAF is cleared for take-off – The latest SAF news and what it means

3 May 202118 June 2021

The cannabinoid revolution is coming – and fermentation is the catalyst

Roy Lipski, Co-founder & CEO of Creo – Special to The Digest

22 April 20219 September 2021

Can Bacteria, Biocement, Biomason save the concrete industry?

In today’s Digest, an exclusive Digest only interview with Biomason’s CEO Ginger Krieg Dosier, and more

16 April 20219 September 2021

The Extraordinary Re-Making of Ordinary Things: Part 1 Reinventing Ethanol as Ethyl Acetate

Ethyl acetate, it’s that sweet-smelling ester found in nail polish and glue

12 April 202118 June 2021

Non-Renewable Carbon User Fee: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to the Disappearing Gas Tax

Like magic, it’s the ‘disappearing’ gasoline tax on just the non-renewable portion of transportation fuel

30 March 202118 June 2021

The Global Industrial Bioeconomy Opportunity: Is Canada Going to Get Serious?

If you heard Canada is sitting on an untapped $200 billion/year sustainable economic development opportunity, would you not want to hear more?

25 February 202123 February 2021

Ay, there’s the rub! Functional Challenges and Opportunities for Hemp Cannabidiol (CBD) External Analgesic Rubs

This article focuses on the reported benefits of topically applied hemp phytocannabinoids extracts including non-cannabinoid co-extracts

22 February 202118 February 2021

Colossally Cool Cannabinoids Captivate Creo, Genomatica, Amyris, others

In today’s Digest, the latest news from around the world on cannabinoids, a new market report on cannabinoids, and more

9 February 20219 September 2021

Competitive Edge: Reducing CO2 emissions via next-gen industrial processes – Brimstone Energy

Brimstone Energy’s mission is to globally reduce industrial process emissions by developing innovative next-generation industrial processes

25 January 202122 January 2021

Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning in Bioeconomy: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to Idaho National Laboratory

From biomass supply and logistics to preprocessing and conversion, AI and ML has many applications that can lower those barriers

20 January 202116 January 2021

AI for the Bioeconomy: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to Artificial Intelligence

UC Berkeley’s Dr. James Bentley Brown shared this illuminating slide guide at ABLC

15 December 202012 December 2020

Biobased Zero-Calorie Sweetener: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to Amyris

Check out this slide guide from Jim Iacoponi of Amyris on how they get it done

8 December 20203 December 2020

5 management tools to reduce hemp biomass harvest variability

By David F. Peterson, B.S, MBA, Lee Enterprises Consulting – Special to The Digest

30 September 202027 September 2020

Competitive Edge: ChainCraft’s technology converts organic waste into medium chain fatty acids

We have found the optimal conditions for our process to yield an attractive mixture of fatty acids

17 September 202015 September 2020

Plants without the plant? A look at cannabinoids made with yeasts instead of plants

We’ve covered beef without the cow, pork without the pig, but what about plants without the plant?

3 September 20202 September 2020

Captain Canola – Yield10 Biosciences one step closer to canola feedstock superhero

How does the USDA-APHIS approval take Yield10 one step closer to becoming a leader in canola?

14 August 20209 September 2021

Converting Ethanol to Butanol: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to Catalyxx’s Ethanol Technology

Check out Catalyxx’s tech status, the economics behind the tech for ethanol producers

5 August 20209 September 2021

Takeaways: 10 Big Bioeconomy Trendlines at ABLC for fuels, chemicals, materials, food and feed

Here are the Top 10 Trendlines we saw and heard from the 8000+ delegates and viewers at ABLC 2020

4 August 202030 July 2020

Morocco looks at energy transition with opportunities for biomass but not crop-based biofuels

Part of the wider policy that is focused on significantly increasing investment in renewable energy sees the greening of transport

31 July 20209 September 2021

Renewable diesel has a bright future: NextChem and Saola Energy partnership will help feedstock suppliers of all sizes take full advantage of it

NextChem - Special to The Digest

20 July 20209 July 2020

SAF Trends for 2020 and Beyond: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to Sustainable Aviation Fuels

Find out why there are a zillian paths to sustainable aviation fuels and take a look at The Digest’s latest slide guide from last week’s DigestConnect webinar

16 June 202015 June 2020

More dope, rope, soap: an upward slope in camelina, hemp, cannabis, soybeans for food, fuels, feed

Nutritionals are of growing importance

4 May 202029 April 2020

Using Waste Carbon Feedstocks to Produce Chemicals

Elizabeth R. Nesbitt, Senior International Trade Analyst (Pharma/Biotech/Nanotech), U.S. International Trade Commission - Special to The Digest

27 April 202025 April 2020

From Biobased Poly Lactic Acid (PLA) to Algae and Fermentation: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to Corbion’s Food, Health and Planet Solutions

Get the details on the latest milestones from Corbion on their journey like getting their biobased PLA commercialized and leveraging algae fermentation

15 April 20208 April 2020

PEF Joint Venture to Renewable Polymers and All In Between: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to Avantium

Dive into the details

19 March 202017 March 2020

Early ballots are in, Praj, LanzaTech leading in “Best Places to Work in the Bioeconomy” voting

The final results will be announced at 630pm ET on March 26th, 2020 at ABLC 2020

16 March 202015 March 2020

MIND THE GAP: Letter from Europe

We have a climate emergency, not a war emergency

6 March 20204 March 2020

No such thing as a drop-in – how Circa developed a novel bio-based solvent

Tony Duncan, CEO and co-founder of Circa Group, Special to The Digest

4 March 20202 March 2020

USDA Rural Development, BioPreferred Program and more: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to USDA’s Bioproducts to Market Efforts

Check out William Orts, Research Leader of Bioproducts at USDA, presentation from ABLC NEXT in San Francisco

3 March 20201 March 2020

Plant-based PEF Plan to Commercialization: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to Avantium’s Renewable Polymers

PEF is one of the most interesting plant-based polymers right now and Avantium is looking to PEF for the future of packaging

19 February 202018 February 2020

Sustainable Fabrics from Liquid Waste: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to Nanollose’s Rayon from Liquid Waste

Nanollose turning liquid organic waste from the beer, wine and food industries into microbial cellulose that is spun into a tree-free rayon fiber or yarn

18 February 202016 February 2020

Biobased Solvents and Molecules from Renewable Feedstocks: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to Visolis’s Hybrid Bio-Thermocatalytic Process

Deepak Dugar, President and Founder of Visolis shared this illuminating presentation on their platform molecules and applications

14 January 20209 September 2021

Food and Feed from CO2: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to NovoNutrients’ CO2 to Products

Multi-Slide Guide from CEO David Tze to enlighten us on how NovoNutrients’ converts CO₂ to products that industries need, like fish feed

13 January 202012 January 2020

Carbon Recycling: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to LanzaTech’s CarbonSmart

Jennifer Holmgren CEO of LanzaTech, had this illuminating presentation to share thoughts on predictions versus the unimaginable, recycling carbon to chemicals, and more at ABLC NEXT

10 January 20208 January 2020

Specialty Polymer Products: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to Itaconix’s Polymers

Illuminating presentation from the company's CEO showed how new economics combined with unique functionality and biobased itaconic acid are creating value

9 January 20204 January 2020

Renewable Natural Gas Dominates Cellulosic Biofuels: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to Iogen’s Cellulosic Biofuels

Check out this Slide-Guide from Brian Foody’s Iogen presentation at ABLC NEXT in San Francisco

7 January 20204 January 2020

Alberta has its economic answer in front of them. Will they see the forest for the trees?

By Jeff Passmore, Founder and Chair of Scaling Up Special to The Digest

19 December 201917 December 2019

Hello Hygiene – Biobased Superabsorbant Polymers are Here!: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to Ecovia Biopolymers

Drew Hertig, Chief Business Officer at Ecovia, shared this illuminating presentation at ABLC NEXT in San Francisco and shared how they are commercializing biopolymers

11 December 20198 December 2019

The Digest’s Top 10 Innovations for the week of December 4th

Compostable coffee capsules, banana waste bioplastic, cocoa husk chocolate wrappers, cactus leather, and more

4 December 201929 November 2019

Verdict’s in for Vertimass: Yep, it’s commercially viable

The innovative catalytic technology of one of the Digest's 'next 50 companies to disrupt the world' allows any feedstock for the conversion of biomass into fuels

28 November 201926 November 2019

The Magic Behind the Molecules and Materials: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to Checkerspot’s Synthetic Biology

Charles Dimmler from Checkerspot shared this illuminating presentation at ABLC NEXT in San Francisco that shares the magic behind the molecules and materials

22 November 201919 November 2019

The Role of Chemical Recycling in a Circular Economy and Effective Waste Management

Zoltan Kish, Ph.D., Lee Enterprises Consulting, Inc. – Special to The Digest

13 November 201911 November 2019

Europe looking more to palm oil for fatty acids as tallow supplies shrink

ICIS reports that a growing shortage in Europe of fatty acids usually produced from tallow has the market looking to source palm oil as feedstock instead

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