3 April 201724 March 2017 Nutrition and Energy from Methane: The Digest’s 2017 Muti-Slide Guide to Calysta Calysta’s Lori Giver gave this illuminating overview of Calysta’s promise and progress at ABLC 2017 in Washington
31 March 201729 March 2017 The Race for Bionylon heats up: Rennovia enters piloting stage of its key bio-based HDO platform Company looking for strategic partnerships to commercialize innovative catalyst processes for the production of cost-advantaged chemicals
7 March 20173 March 2017 The Biobased Economy: Measuring Growth and Impacts BIO's new paper: Congress should create a clear path forward for Farm Bill energy programs with mandatory funding
28 February 201727 February 2017 New biobased chemical options: The Digest’s 2017 Multi-Slide Guide to Rennovia Rennovia has successfully combined its bio-based AA and HMD to produce 100% renewable nylon-6,6
16 February 201715 February 2017 Just One Word. Plastics: The Digest’s 2017 Multi-Slide Guide to Avantium Before the “quirt period” Cone of Silence descended, CEO Tom Van Aken gave this illuminating overview of the company’s technology, progress and prospects
24 January 201716 January 2017 Catalysis in Renewable Chemicals: Noteworthy Developments, 2015 – 2016 The most noteworthy items in catalytic biotechnology are presented
23 January 201718 January 2017 New path to ethylene via ethanol: The Digest’s 2017 Multi-Slide Guide to Technip’s Hummingbird tech Technip’s Paul Langston gave this comprehensive overview of the technology and the company
19 January 20179 September 2021 KnipBio closes Series B round for its Single Cell Protein: What’s SCP and why is it becoming the hottest development target around?
18 January 201716 January 2017 Amber Waves of Gain: BioAmber, CJ CheilJedang to launch Asian JV for bio-succinic Some Digest's editors background views
17 January 201717 January 2017 Global Bioenergies to acquire gas fermentation start-up Syngip Some Digest editor's backstories and stakeholder statements about this acquisition
16 January 201712 January 2017 Hydrocarbons from cheap renewable carbon: The Digest’s 2016 Multi-Slide Guide to Global Bioenergies CEO Marc Delcourt and Director of Industrial Strategy gave interesting presentations
13 January 201711 January 2017 Second chance carbon: The Digest’s 2016 Multi-Slide Guide to LanzaTech LanzaTech CEO Jennifer Holmgren gave this illuminating address at ABLC Next 2016 in San Francisco
12 January 201710 January 2017 All Bioeconomy Processes Developed Upstairs: The Digest’s 2016 Multi-Slide Guide to the ABPDU Technology centers to optimize and scale technologies to enable the commercialization of bio-based chemicals, materials, and fuels
11 January 20179 January 2017 A Critical Look at Cellulosic Ethanol and Other Advanced Biofuels Our intent was to provide a state-of-the-art assessment of progress of advanced biofuels within three market segments: gasoline, middle distillates and aviation fuels
8 December 20166 December 2016 Glycerin as Anti-Freeze Agent for Coal Many biodiesel producers questioning to rely on a market associated with the coal industry
1 December 201629 November 2016 The Biobased Economy after Trump: the States May Lead the Way Brent Erickson's comment - Special to The Digest
18 November 201618 November 2016 Who’s got hot lignin? The Digest’s 2016 Guide to lignin production and prospects Compendium of suppliers to produce and sell cellulosic sugar and/or lignin for use by the research community
16 November 201615 November 2016 CO2 capture for use: The Digest’s 2016 Multi-Slide Guide to Antecy Founder Paul O’Connor outlined the technology of Antecy at ABLC Next in San Francisco
10 November 20168 November 2016 Reverdia Tops the Bioeconomy Hot 40 Company won ‘Bio-Based Chemical Partnership of the Year’ at the WBM Bio Business Awards
3 November 201631 October 2016 Growing algae faster, better, cheaper: The Digest’s 2016 Multi-Slide Guide to NREL’s algae biomass project Researchers aim to reduce algal biofuel production cost by developing advanced process options for the conversion of algal biomass
27 October 201625 October 2016 Poised for production: The Digest’s 2016 Multi-Slide Guide to Fermentalg Microalgae found to produce molecules of interest such as the Omega 3 fatty acids, coloring agents, antioxidants and biopolymers
10 October 20168 October 2016 Advanced enzymes for lignocellulosic conversion: The Digest’s 2016 Multi-Slide Guide to MetGen The company has made a name for itself via participation as a preferred enzyme developer in EU Horizon 2020 projects
5 October 20161 October 2016 Industrial biotech employment to triple to 1.5 million in the EU by 2030: new report New EuropaBio study was launched in the European Parliament as part of celebrating European Biotech Week
29 September 201627 September 2016 Strategic Intent: The Digest’s 2016 Multi-Slide Guide to Novozymes Look at direct investments, partnerships and alliances with companies
28 September 201626 September 2016 Answers to your questions about Renewables and the Advanced Bioeconomy Ron Cascone has provided the answers — and in few cases, Digest's editors have expanded on some of the themes from the journalistic point of view
19 September 201615 September 2016 Landmark report from BIO charts $770B renewable chemicals and materials market by 2020 By 2020, McKinsey expects biobased products to make up 11 percent of the global chemical market, sales of biobased products would reach annual growth rate of 8 percent over the preceding decade
5 September 20161 September 2016 Will Intrexon’s methane gambit transform the world? Deployment of industrial biotechnology at scale suggests that it is a complex science, with many factors at play, and before bold confidence is achieved, bold questions need to be asked
2 September 201629 August 2016 India’s oil marketing companies give up on jatropha biodiesel definitively Many believed that jatropha could be successfully grown in dry wastelands without irrigation
22 August 201618 August 2016 The Building Block Builders: The Digest’s 2016 8-Slide Guide to BioAmber Bio-succinic giant secured funding to construct of their next global-scale facility in Sarnia, Ontario
17 August 20169 September 2021 50 Hot Bio-Based Companies, 50 Quick Takes Which goals and projects should be considered top-priority in the coming years besides solar, wind and hydro-based companies in regards to upgrading biomass?
16 August 201612 August 2016 Organic Acids: Key Facilitators of the Bio-economy Lorenz Bauer, PhD, Lee-Enterprises Consulting, giving a comprehensive overview
12 August 201610 August 2016 The Summer of Innovation: How to get bacon out of spent coffee grounds, and other topics Blue Marble Biomaterials released natural flavor ingredient for use in food and beverage applications
30 June 201621 June 2016 Crossing the chasm to scale: S2G goes commercial with bioglycols S2G BioChemicals completed a five-week commercial production campaign of fossil-free, bio-based glycols at the Pennakem plant in Memphis
14 June 201613 June 2016 Ahem, it’s the chems: The Digest’s Multi-Slide Guide to Sofinnova and biobased chemicals private equity Company chief Denis Luquin gave these slides on renewable chemical private equity at ABLC 2016
8 June 20167 June 2016 The Advanced Bioeconomy 2016: State of the Industry What’s likely to cost less than 5 cents a pound in the near and mid-term?
2 June 20161 June 2016 Big Data, robotics and synth bio: Driving “The New Agriculture” High potential for great margins from companies coming along the new technology wave
27 April 201619 April 2016 Methanol as a chemical platform: The Digest’s 2016 Multi-Slide Guide to Enerkem Slide deck presented from Enerkem Senior Vice President can be seen below
14 April 201612 April 2016 New platforms, new pathways: The Digest’s Multi-Slide Guide to Organic Acids, the molecules and markets Main Digest slide deck can be seen below
4 April 20164 April 2016 Making Lignin Pay: The Digest’s 2016 Multi-Slide Guide The slides presented at the webinar on “Making Lignin Pay — Now, Soon, Never?”
29 March 201624 March 2016 Explosive growth: The Digest’s 2016 8-Slide Guide to Nanocellulose and its applications Excerpt of American Process Senior VP Kim Nelson's great overview, recently hold at the BDC meeting
Is it the perfect energy solution? Where solar, carbon capture and bio collide We probably have a while to wait for true biobatteries, that use renewable energy, CO2 and water
29 February 201626 February 2016 7 Megatrends for the Bioeconomy The Digest presented a survey on that topic
25 February 201624 February 2016 300 million tons of US biomass is used today for fuels and chemicals Heard on the Floor at ABLC 2016, Day 2
23 February 201622 February 2016 The 50 Hottest Companies in the Advanced Bioeconomy 2016 Rankings recognize innovation and achievement in fuels, biobased chemicals and materials
22 January 201621 January 2016 Joule Unlimited: The Digest’s 2016 8-Slide Guide Transformative Helioculture platform directly and continuously converts sunlight and waste CO2 to infrastructure-ready diesel, ethanol or commodity chemicals
21 January 201619 January 2016 The 30 Hottest Biobased Molecules for 2016 The Readers of Biofuels Digest rated more than 100 individual molecules
15 January 201614 January 2016 Affordable, drop-in hydrocarbons from wood: The Digest’s 2016 8-Slide Guide to CRI/GTI’s IH2 process Twelve US and seven international patents have been issued on the technology
11 December 201510 December 2015 Are All Processes Made Equally?: The Digest’s 2015 8-Slide Guide to Clariant Sunliquid paving the way to a second generation sugar platform for the production of biobased chemicals
2 October 20151 October 2015 The Digest’s 2015 Guide to Italy in the Advanced Bioeconomy The key takeaways - the mandates and national targets - the key producers - process technology R&D - feedstock & supply chain development
