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Get Funded! Avoid the Top 3 Mistakes in Raising Bioeconomy Capital

Get Funded! Avoid the Top 3 Mistakes in Raising Bioeconomy Capital

April 15, 2024 |

By Steve Weiss, co-founder of Grey Heron, and long-time member of the Due Diligence Wolfpack* Capital is the fuel for building your business – and you can get it, just like you keep achieving milestones and adding partners. But fundraising is often harder, longer and more uncertain than you’d like – and you don’t want […]

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More to do on Methane

More to do on Methane

April 13, 2024 |

By Patrick Serfass and Adam Comora Special to The Digest A recent study released by the journal Science supported by research conducted by Carbon Mapper and the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory revealed that methane emissions from landfills are greater than previously thought – but also that their abatement represents a significant opportunity in our fight […]

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The Digest’s 2024 Multi-Slide Guide to Futuria Fuels and DME

The Digest’s 2024 Multi-Slide Guide to Futuria Fuels and DME

April 11, 2024 |

Dimethyl-ether is a single molecule that can be produced from a wide range of renewable feedstocks. It can be blended with LPG and used in existing applications. It is chemically similar to propane and butane, and is a gas at room temperature and pressure. Like LPG it is easily transported as a liquid in pressurized […]

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The Digest’s 2024 Multi-Slide Guide to the global policy context for BIO-LPG

The Digest’s 2024 Multi-Slide Guide to the global policy context for BIO-LPG

April 11, 2024 |

A decarbonization path for the LPG sector continues to increase in importance as a response to political forces which affect regulatory survivability and access to capital. Global North LPG marketers are responding to the lack of green LPG by getting involved in upstream green supply development. Global South countries are looking for ways to unlock […]

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The Digest’s 2024 Multi-Slide Guide to DG Fuels’ St. James SAF project

The Digest’s 2024 Multi-Slide Guide to DG Fuels’ St. James SAF project

April 10, 2024 |

DG Fuels is an emerging leader in renewable hydrogen and biogenic based, synthetic low emissions aviation and diesel fuel, and this deck looks at their second-generation cellulosic biofuel and their market expansion plans, whose hydrogen content is derived from water electrolysis and uses a Fischer Tropsch based process with 96% carbon feedstock conversion efficiency and […]

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US Coast Guard to transition USGA Aviation Training Center to SAF, drops big RFP

US Coast Guard to transition USGA Aviation Training Center to SAF, drops big RFP

April 10, 2024 |

In Washington, news arrived that the Defense Logistics Agency Energy seeks to award a contract to supply an estimated annual requirement of 876,000 US gallons of sustainable aviation fuel to the U.S. Coast Guard Aviation Training Center in Mobile, Alabama. The fuel must be blended from conventional jet fuel and one of three approved synthetic […]

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DGF picks Johnson Matthey, bp tech for massive SAF plant in Louisiana

DGF picks Johnson Matthey, bp tech for massive SAF plant in Louisiana

April 10, 2024 |

In Louisana, we see that DG Fuels has chosen Johnson Matthey and bp’s co-developed Fischer Tropsch CANS technology for its first sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) plant. Located in Louisiana, USA, it would be the largest announced FT SAF production facility in the world, with a planned capacity of 13,000 barrels per day – capable, after […]

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JX, Sumitomo sign pact to accelerate SAF via Louisiana Green Fuels BECCS project

JX, Sumitomo sign pact to accelerate SAF via Louisiana Green Fuels BECCS project

April 10, 2024 |

In Lousiana, JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration C and Sumitomo executed consortium agreements to manage investment in the Louisiana Green Fuels BECCS project at the state’s Port of Columbia. The project will produce 32 million gallons of SAF per year and has a scheduled commercial operation date in 2029. The Project will convert woody […]

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The Digest’s 2024 Multi-Slide Guide to Nzyme2HC and Renewable H2 Production

The Digest’s 2024 Multi-Slide Guide to Nzyme2HC and Renewable H2 Production

April 9, 2024 |

Renewable H2 production that requires ~40% less electricity than state-of-the-art electrolysis> That’s the promise of early-stager Nzyme2HC. As the company puts it, “The amount of electricity required to produce green H2 must be significantly reduced. We have designed a system that does this. It is nearly 40% more energy-efficient than electrolysis of water.”Nzyme2HC CEO Steve […]

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The Digest’s 2024 Multi-Slide Guide to OMC Thermochemistry

The Digest’s 2024 Multi-Slide Guide to OMC Thermochemistry

April 8, 2024 |

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