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 Top 10 Slide Guides of 2020 so far The Digest brings you the hottest Top 10 slide guides so far from this crazy year
25 June 20209 September 2021 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