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The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Takachar

The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Takachar

May 26, 2023 |

Takachar is on a mission to fight climate change by transforming massive amounts of waste biomass into marketable products around the world. Takachar has developed and patented the design of small-scale, low-cost, portable equipment to convert waste biomass into solid fuel, fertilizer, and other specialty chemicals. Compared to the process of sending waste biomass to […]

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The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Praj Industries

The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Praj Industries

May 20, 2023 |

The world is shifting to lower carbon ethanol, driven by sustainability goals. But exactly how will we get there – what technology will we use, at what cost, when will we deploy and where? To answer these questions and more, we were joined by Praj Industries CEO Shishir Joshipura at ABLC 2023 for a look […]

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The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to USDA Rural Development

The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to USDA Rural Development

May 12, 2023 |

The Inflation Reduction Act provides nearly $40 billion for USDA over the next 10 years to improve life and livelihoods in rural communities. Specific investments include: $19.3 billion for climate-smart agriculture on farms, ranches, and forests; $13.4 billion to lower costs for families and support goodpaying clean energy jobs in rural communities; and $5 billion […]

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The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to iogen

The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to iogen

May 5, 2023 |

You may know iogen as the cellulosic ethanol tech and biofuel company, but did you know they are now deploying low-carbon hydrogen? Check out this slide guide from ABLC in Washington DC from CEO Brian Foody on net zero fuels and biomass-based fuels, which ones they think have the most promise and why, and more.

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The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Boeing and SAF

The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Boeing and SAF

April 27, 2023 |

Boeing’s Director of Environmental Sustainability Ryan Faucett gave this presentation at ABLC 2023 in Washington, DC examining global emissions, the rise of SAF in the context of other emissions-limiting measures, and the progress and plans of Boeing in the support of SAF development.

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The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Wagner Corporation

The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Wagner Corporation

April 21, 2023 |

The Wagner Companies has actively been working toward implementing more green business practices since 2004, when they first participated in the Queensland Focus on Energy program. As a result, they have upgraded to more energy-efficient lighting; and hot-water boiler and air compressor systems. They also offer products and components that qualify for LEED credits. But […]

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The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Enerkem

The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Enerkem

April 18, 2023 |

Enerkem is the first company in the world to produce renewable methanol and ethanol from non-recyclable, non-compostable municipal solid waste at full commercial scale. The company’s solution replaces the use of fossil sources like petroleum and natural gas to produce sustainable transportation fuels and chemicals that are used in a broad range of everyday products. […]

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The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Alden Group

The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Alden Group

April 14, 2023 |

Alden Group Renewable Energy provides sustainable solutions for edible oil wastes with a focused approach on waste to energy opportunities and a circular economy. Reducing client costs, ensuring business continuity, eliminating waste, and providing a sustainable feedstock to the rapidly growing biofuel industry are Alden’s core objectives. Alden provides customized environmental and economical solutions for […]

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The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to the State of the Bioeconomy

The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to the State of the Bioeconomy

March 30, 2023 |

The complete State of the Bioeconomy presentation — all the slides and lots of appendix slides that were not presented on stage — as delivered by Digest editor & publisher Jim Lane at ABLC 2023.  

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The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Greenfields vs Retrofits

The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Greenfields vs Retrofits

March 23, 2023 |

Last week on the REenergize online series, we looked at the question of when to go greenfield, when to look for a retrofit or a co-location. We identified 18 key decision points, and in this presentation, we relate them back to actual companies and projects looking at those criteria to decide how to progress on […]

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