In New York, Virgin Airlines completed the world’s first 100% SAF transatlantic flight by a commercial airline across the Atlantic, flown on a Boeing 787, using Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines. The SAF used on Flight100 is a unique dual blend; 88% HEFA (Hydroprocessed Esters and Fatty Acids) supplied by Air bp and 12% SAK (Synthetic […]
Wastewater/water island costs are up to 2-8% of the overall CapEx of bioeconomy projects. Plus, Long design studies are necessary to optimize the total cost of both investment and operations. New strategies from Aquatech are addressing these challenges. Aquatech is a global leader in water purification technology for industrial and infrastructure markets with a focus […]
The US Department of Energy’s Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Office’s Systems Development & Integration Program is overseen by Jesse Adams, who gave this overview of the US program, projects underway, targets, milestones ahead and more, at the Hydrogen Program 2023 Annual Merit Review and Peer Evaluation Meeting.
Since 2005, LanzaTech has been working to create this closed-loop system using waste carbon to make the things we use in our daily lives. LanzaTech is changing how people think about carbon, creating value and new sustainable products across multiple markets. It’s been repeatedly honored as #1 in the 50 Hottest Companies in the Bioeconomy […]
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 Next […]
A partnership between Green Plains and Fluid Quip Technologies is a now powerful ag tech alliance having the ability to focus on innovation, value-added opportunities and sustainability. The partnership Green Plains’ scope and scale to create value-added opportunities in key ingredients and especially in providing green sugars for 7-14 billion pounds in added demand from […]
Lanzajet says we are at an inflection point for the sustainable aviation industry. Why? How? What’s LanzaJet’s role in it all? How are they driving innovation and accelerating deployment of SAF? What’s the status of their plants and projects? LJ’s Jim Andersen gave this illuminating update on the company’s progress and prospects at ABLC Next […]
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% […]
This week on the Digest webinar stage, we looked at ethanol as a building block and membrane technologies that can unlock that future based on better, faster, cheaper separation. Interest is surging with the rise of demand for alcohol-to-jet technologies targeted by governments, end-users and technologists alike. But there is a far broader set of […]
The Bioprocessing Separations Consortium is a National Laboratory-led effort, supported by the U.S. Department of Energy Bioenergy Technologies Office, that is dedicated to identifying and overcoming separations challenges associated with the conversion of biomass into fuels and chemicals. This Consortium’s work is helping to reduce bioprocess separations costs, which can account for up to 50-70% […]
