Category: Thought Leadership

Unveiling Excellence: Extract Talent Is Your Path to Elite Recruitment

Unveiling Excellence: Extract Talent Is Your Path to Elite Recruitment

February 28, 2024 |

By Nancy Newman, CEO, Extract Talent Special to The Digest In the quest for talent, discerning businesses seek partners who transcend the conventional and perceive recruitment not as a transactional endeavor but as a transformative journey. Enter Extract Talent, an emblem of distinction in recruitment agencies. With a legacy spanning over three decades, Extract Talent […]

Read More

Investing in Top Talent is a Profit Center for the Oil, Gas and Renewables Industry

Investing in Top Talent is a Profit Center for the Oil, Gas and Renewables Industry

February 28, 2024 |

By Nancy Newman, CEO, Extract Talent Special to The Digest The ability to innovate, adapt, and efficiently manage resources can significantly differentiate leaders from the rest. A critical factor underpinning these capabilities is the quality of the talent within an organization. Contrary to the traditional view of hiring top talent as a cost center, there […]

Read More

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 […]

Read More

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 […]

Read More

India: A Vibrant Ecosystem for Cost-Effective Bioplastics Production

India: A Vibrant Ecosystem for Cost-Effective Bioplastics Production

January 14, 2024 |

Dr. Ashwini Shete, Technology Lead – Renewable Chemicals & Materials, Praj Industries Special to The Digest Plastic production has surged since the 1970s, outpacing other materials. Predictions show global primary plastic production reaching 1,100 million tonnes by 2050 if current trends persist. The shift to single-use plastics is alarming, constituting 36% of total plastic production, […]

Read More

Gates to Success: Stage Gate Engineering for Bioenergy Projects

Gates to Success: Stage Gate Engineering for Bioenergy Projects

January 7, 2024 |

By Dean Weber, Lee Enterprise Consulting Special to The Digest The status of the bioenergy industry can change rapidly due to numerous factors, including technological advancements, policy changes, and market dynamics. These all create risks for investors and stakeholders. While rapid deployment of investments is critical to beat the competition, we still need to allocate […]

Read More

Elevating the EU’s Sustainable Energy Landscape: A Focus on Low-Carbon Ethanol and Innovative Solutions

Elevating the EU’s Sustainable Energy Landscape: A Focus on Low-Carbon Ethanol and Innovative Solutions

January 1, 2024 |

By Mr. Amol Sheth, Assistant Vice President – Business Development, Advanced Biofuels and Chemicals (Global Market), Praj Industries Special to The Digest The European Union is leading the way in sustainable energy solutions through structured policy initiatives to achieve its Net Zero goals by 2050 under the ambitious European Green Deal. The Net-Zero Industry Act, […]

Read More

The Hydrogen Economy: Making Green Steel Achievable

The Hydrogen Economy: Making Green Steel Achievable

November 19, 2023 |

By Daren E. Daugaard, PhD, PE, Lee Enterprise Consulting Special to The Digest Since its inception over 4,000 years ago, steel has been the foundation of global modernization in building construction, transportation, and manufacturing.  Steel and iron production ranks first in total global CO2 emissions at 8% and second in overall energy consumption.  The industry […]

Read More

Unlocking the Future with Biofuels: A Pathway to Sustainable Mobility Transformation

Unlocking the Future with Biofuels: A Pathway to Sustainable Mobility Transformation

November 14, 2023 |

By Shrikant Rathi, Executive Director, Praj Americas Special to The Digest In an era defined by environmental concerns and the urgent need to transition towards renewable energy sources, ethanol has emerged as a key contender in shaping the future of sustainable energy. Its multifaceted role in ensuring energy security, its transformative capacity as a biorefinery, […]

Read More

The Sydney Communique of the Bold Goals Action Group

The Sydney Communique of the Bold Goals Action Group

October 30, 2023 |

The participants in the Sydney meeting of the Bold Goals Action Group, a coalition of the willing working to accelerate the rate of deployment in the advanced bioeconomy, issued the following Communique: The initial meeting of the Bold Goals Action Group was held in Sydney on 22 September 2023. It involved leaders of companies and […]

Read More