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The Digest’s 2024 Multi-Slide Guide to Sustainable Aviation Fuel technologies from Chevron Lummus Group

The Digest’s 2024 Multi-Slide Guide to Sustainable Aviation Fuel technologies from Chevron Lummus Group

March 28, 2024 |

Built on the strength of Chevron and Lummus technology, CLG offers innovative hydroprocessing and bottom-of-the-barrel technologies for lower carbon fuels and premium base oils, and world-class renewable fuels & circular products for the energy transition powered by Endeavour catalysts. CTO Arun Arora gave this overview of the company’s technologies and capabilities at ABLC 2024

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The Digest’s 2024 Multi-Slide Guide to renewable fuel technologies from Honeywell UOP

The Digest’s 2024 Multi-Slide Guide to renewable fuel technologies from Honeywell UOP

March 27, 2024 |

Honeywell UOP creates new technologies that convert oil and natural gas into transportation fuels, energy and petrochemicals. UOP has a century-long record leading technology development for the oil and gas industry UOP technology makes more than 60% of the world’s gasoline, 70% of its polyester, and 90% of biodegradable detergents, and processes more than 40% […]

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The Digest’s 2024 Multi-Slide Guide to Synonym

The Digest’s 2024 Multi-Slide Guide to Synonym

March 26, 2024 |

Synonym is a financing and development platform for essential biomanufacturing infrastructure. Based on a team of cross‑functional experts, they are partnering with synthetic biology companies and capital providers to enable fermentation at scale. CIO Brentan Alexander took us through the market opportunities and the financing challenges and solutions in these slides presented at ABLC 2024.

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The Digest’s Biofuels Mandates Around the World 2024

The Digest’s Biofuels Mandates Around the World 2024

March 25, 2024 |

In Florida, the Daily Digest today released its annual review of biofuels mandates and targets around the world, looking at the state of biofuels mandates in 65 countries. Get the latest up to the minute new information on the New Mexico and Canada Clean Fuels Standard as well as a section on SAF mandates in […]

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The Digest’s 2024 Multi-Slide Guide to Ag-Grid Energy

The Digest’s 2024 Multi-Slide Guide to Ag-Grid Energy

March 25, 2024 |

AgGrid Energy is one of our most admired biogas project developers, and is on a rapid expansion curve as many of the best biogas companies are right now.  Rashi Akki gave this overview of the company’s promise and progress, milestones achieved and ahead, at ABLC 2024.

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Co-processing promises a cost-efficient SAF pathway – but not all refineries face equal costs

Co-processing promises a cost-efficient SAF pathway – but not all refineries face equal costs

March 24, 2024 |

By Maria J. L. Perez, Senior Product Line Director for Clean Fuels & Chemicals Catalysts and Milica Folic, Product Line Director for Clean Fuels & Chemicals Technology, Topsoe Special to The Digest By introducing renewable feedstocks directly into existing diesel hydrotreaters, refineries can produce a combination of renewable and fossil diesel, reducing CO2 emissions originating […]

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Exploring the Untapped Potential of the Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Market

Exploring the Untapped Potential of the Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Market

March 24, 2024 |

By Shalini Nagar Special to The Digest DMFCs utilize methanol, a liquid fuel which, unlike hydrogen, can be placed directly into a fuel cell. Methanol is also more efficient than many traditional combustion processes and has the potential to reduce emissions by up to 80%. Methanol fuel cells are also much less expensive than hydrogen […]

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Would You Make 3 Phone Calls to Get Development Capital?

Would You Make 3 Phone Calls to Get Development Capital?

March 24, 2024 |

By CJ Evans, Co-Founder, Alternative Fuels & Chemicals Coalition & Managing Director, Project Financing Assistance Special to The Digest Three phone calls. That’s all it takes. Just a few minutes of your time. One person speaking up. Calling their Representative and two Senators. Voicing support for an initiative that is underway. That’s how a $500 […]

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The Digest’s 2024 Multi-Slide Guide to Triple bottom line sustainability indicators for waste-to-energy supply chains

The Digest’s 2024 Multi-Slide Guide to Triple bottom line sustainability indicators for waste-to-energy supply chains

March 21, 2024 |

Development of a triple-bottom line sustainability (social, environment, economic) assessment tool for local government to evaluate trade-offs of different organic waste streams and energy conversion strategies can help achieve local/regional policy objectives over the current and long-term. A team of researchers funded by DOE have undertaken a project looking at the  opportunity in carbon recovery/minimizing […]

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The Digest’s 2024 Multi-Slide Guide to Feedstock Supply Scenario Analysis

The Digest’s 2024 Multi-Slide Guide to Feedstock Supply Scenario Analysis

March 20, 2024 |

Building on previous biomass supply analysis to provide robust feedstock supply information, the US Department of Energy has a project to update the Billion Ton Study and add a Best Use of Biomass Report. Billion Ton is End-use agnostic; the Best USe of Biomass is end-use explicit. Using economic and logistics simulation models and data […]

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