Category: Top Stories

International Airlines Group inks 14-year Twelve eSAF deal, jumpstarting era of fuels made from CO2, water

International Airlines Group inks 14-year Twelve eSAF deal, jumpstarting era of fuels made from CO2, water

February 28, 2024 |

International Airlines Group announced a fourteen-year contract with Twelve to supply IAG with 785,000 tonnes* of e-SAF, made from made from CO2, water and renewable energy, to support five European airlines — British Airways, Iberia, Aer Lingus, Vueling and LEVEL. The next-generation fuel will reduce lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions by up to 90% versus conventional […]

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Development Capital & Unsolicited Proposal Talking Points

Development Capital & Unsolicited Proposal Talking Points

February 26, 2024 |

By CJ Evans, Co-Founder, Alternative Fuels & Chemicals Coalition and Managing Director, Project Financing Assistance Special to The Digest Here are some talking points to help the  Alternative Fuels & Chemicals Coalition (AFCC) create a $500 million development capital grant program in the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Loan Programs Office (LPO) and obtain more funding […]

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You Can Help Expand Access to Development Capital & Federal Funding to Advance Game-Changing Bioeconomy Projects, … and mitigate the climate crisis

You Can Help Expand Access to Development Capital & Federal Funding to Advance Game-Changing Bioeconomy Projects, … and mitigate the climate crisis

February 26, 2024 |

By CJ Evans, Co-Founder, Alternative Fuels & Chemicals Coalition & Managing Director, Project Financing Assistance Special to The Digest You can make a difference. You can raise your voice and make your voice heard … you can help create a grant program within the federal government to provide development capital … and you can help […]

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Unsolicited Proposals, Needed: More Access, More Flexibility, More Funding to Advance Game-Changing Projects

Unsolicited Proposals, Needed: More Access, More Flexibility, More Funding to Advance Game-Changing Projects

February 25, 2024 |

By CJ Evans, Co-Founder, Alternative Fuels & Chemicals Coalition & Managing Director, Project Financing Assistance Special to The Digest Time is of the Essence in Addressing the Climate Crisis… every technology and innovation that can help needs to be deployed as rapidly as possible. Unfortunately, five obstacles stand in the way of advancing MUCH NEEDED […]

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Going for the Benjamins: Here’s How Access to Development Capital Can be Improved

Going for the Benjamins: Here’s How Access to Development Capital Can be Improved

February 25, 2024 |

By CJ Evans, Co-Founder, Alternative Fuels & Chemicals Coalition & Managing Director, Project Financing Assistance Special to The Digest The Alternative Fuels & Chemicals Coalition (AFCC) has drafted legislation to create a $500 million development capital grant program in the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Loan Programs Office (LPO). You can help AFCC push this request […]

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The Pamplona Bioeconomy: watch out, the bulls are running

The Pamplona Bioeconomy: watch out, the bulls are running

February 20, 2024 |

The bioeconomy is on fire, and three tales reveal the extent to which the bulls are running. One in RNG, one in industrial furnaces, one in integrated cellulosic biorefining. And you thought we were going to point to hydrogen, SAF or renewable diesel. Those are hot, too — but not quite as white how. Hot […]

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How to secure offtake for your first-of-its-kind project

How to secure offtake for your first-of-its-kind project

February 19, 2024 |

By Steve Weiss Special to The Digest At a recent bioeconomy-focused ABLC conference I counted over a dozen companies striving to ‘bring to life’ first-of-its-kind (FOIK) projects, in renewable chemicals, fuels or materials – typically requiring hundreds of millions each in financing. A critical ingredient to make these real? High-quality – investment-quality – offtake agreements. […]

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The 50 Hottest Companies in the Bioeconomy 2024: with one week left for voting, who is in the lead?

The 50 Hottest Companies in the Bioeconomy 2024: with one week left for voting, who is in the lead?

February 18, 2024 |

In Florida, the Daily Digest has revealed the top 200 vote-getting organizations in the 50 Hottest Companies in the Bioeconomy 2024 rankings, with one week remaining in Digest subscriber voting. To date, 4870 votes have been tallied — the results below are indexed (100 equals the media vote total) and ranked. Voting is complete at […]

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STX, BioValue unveil new financing structure for biomethane

STX, BioValue unveil new financing structure for biomethane

February 18, 2024 |

In the Netherlands, STX Group has unveiled a new structure financing partnership with BioValue for the construction and development of the Groengas Cothen biomethane plant in the Netherlands. The project The new plant adds at least 80GWh of renewable natural gas capacity per year. This strategic move is aligned with STX Group’s mission to promote […]

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Happy Valentine’s Day from the ABLC Due Diligence Wolfpack

Happy Valentine’s Day from the ABLC Due Diligence Wolfpack

February 14, 2024 |

The Due Diligence Wolves return to the ABLC stage Yes, the Wolves wish you a happy and value-friendly Valentines. They’re getting ready for their next appearance on the ABLC stage as we look at five new technologies and fumigate out any cant, pettifoggery or hype in the search for true value. Only value! That’s their […]

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