by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Rebecca Boudreaux, CEO of Oberon Fuels, was special guest this past week on ABLC Connect, and
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Back TO HOMEThe Aviation Industry’s Quest for Zero Emissions: Challenges and Opportunities
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ... However, this challenge can be met by innovation, policy support, and collaboration across the
June 20, 2023 Read Full Article
The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Scale-Up and Commercialization of Advanced Biofuels
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) What are the four keys to successful scale up & commercialization? According to this illuminating
June 16, 2023 Read Full Article
Tipping the Scale on CO2 Levels: Fast-Tracking Bioeconomy Decarbonization
by Mauricio Villegas (Koch Modular Process Systems/Biofuels Digest) ... When we consider the decarbonization of industrial processes, various methods exist to
May 22, 2023 Read Full Article
Twelve and Emerging Fuels Technology Sign Master License Agreement to Scale Sustainable Aviation Fuel Production
(Emerging Fuels Technology/PR Newswire) Twelve and EFT are collaborating to scale production of Twelve’s E-Jet® fuel from CO2 to meet growing
May 04, 2023 Read Full Article
Stakeholders Agree on Increasing Role of Low Carbon Fuels in Net Zero Transport Strategy
(Zemo Partnership) Today, low carbon fuels contribute a third of all carbon savings from road transport. As electrification ramps up in
March 06, 2023 Read Full Article
Sustainable Aviation Fuel Grand Challenge Roadmap: Flight Plan for Sustainable Aviation Fuel Report
(U.S. Department of Energy) The Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Grand Challenge is the result of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the U.S.
September 23, 2022 Read Full Article
Barbarians at the Gate: WasteFuel Offers New Methanol Tech to Ward off the New Barbarians of Industrial Emission
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) From New York and the stages of ClimateWeek therein arrives news that WasteFuel, which would not
September 22, 2022 Read Full Article
The King Uses Biofuel in His Cherished Classic Aston DB6
by Sam Hollier (St. George and Southerland Shire Leader) While tributes to Queen Elizabeth II almost all mentioned her driving
September 21, 2022 Read Full Article
Purdue Northwest Process to Turn Food Waste into Sustainable Hydrogen Is Licensed to Energy Company
(Purdue Northwest) The Purdue Research Foundation recently completed a licensing agreement with an international energy company for the commercialization of a
June 15, 2022 Read Full Article
SCALE—a 5-letter word for EARTH MONTH.
Lots of research into biomass conversion technologies is still at BENCH SCALE or PILOT SCALE. They seek investors to finance
April 25, 2022 Read Full Article
FLITE Consortium: Build the First-of-Its-Kind LanzaJetTM Alcohol to Jet (AtJ) Facility
(RSB) The FLITE consortium, led by SkyNRG and with LanzaTech as the technology provider, will build the first-of-its-kind LanzaJetTM Alcohol
February 08, 2022 Read Full Article
New Request for Information on Renewable Fuel Scale-Up and Demonstration Released by DOE DEADLINE: January 31, 2022
(U.S. Department of Energy) The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has released a new Request for Information (RFI) on the scale-up
December 23, 2021 Read Full Article
Scale For ClimateTech Adds 17 Emerging Startups to Its Manufacturing Accelerator
(Scale for ClimateTech/Globe Newswire) Unique company support fast tracks the commercialization of breakthrough technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and
December 14, 2021 Read Full Article
Leading Companies Discuss Biomethane Scale-up with Energy Commissioner Simson
(European Biogas Association) 28 European companies and organisations presented the Biomethane Declaration to Kadri Simson, European Commissioner for Energy, in a
December 09, 2021 Read Full Article
PNNL Bioenergy Team Releases Report on Path to Sustainable Aviation Fuel
by Mary Ann Showalter (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) Bioenergy experts identify critical areas, opportunities for bringing technology to aviation industry
December 02, 2021 Read Full Article
State of Advanced Biofuels & Biorefining
by Helena Tavares Kennedy (Biofuels Digest) Check out remarks from Jim Lane, Editor & Publisher of The Digest on rationale,
November 30, 2021 Read Full Article
The Indigenous Origins of Regenerative Agriculture
by Tracy Heim (National Farmers Union) ... Long before the arrival of Europeans, Indigenous populations protected local ecosystems and preserved biodiversity
November 23, 2021 Read Full Article
Big Changes in Renewable Diesel & SAF Feedstock Partnerships
by Will Thurmond (Emerging Markets Online/Biofuels Digest) A new study titled Renewable Diesel and Sustainable Aviation 2030, Vol 2 (September, 2021) has
September 08, 2021 Read Full Article
Hurry up, Scale up: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to the U.S. DOE Agile BioFoundry
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Enabling biorefineries to achieve 50% reductions in time to bioprocess scale-up, as compared to the
September 03, 2021 Read Full Article
Maersk Secures Green E-Methanol for the World’s First Container Vessel Operating on Carbon Neutral Fuel
(Maersk) European Energy will establish a new e-methanol facility in Denmark and provide renewable energy to fuel it. -- A.P. Moller
August 20, 2021 Read Full Article
Operational Energy from Seawater: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to U.S. Naval Research Lab
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) The power of water – the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory knows what that means in
August 18, 2021 Read Full Article
Upcycling Carbon to Fuel, Fragrances and More: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to LanzaTech
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) This week we are sharing some of the hottest 2021 ABLC Digital presentations and you won’t
August 10, 2021 Read Full Article
Unlock the Power to Predict: NREL Model Benefits Biomass-to-Fuel Reactor Design
by Zia Abdullah (National Renewable Energy Laboratory) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) researchers can accurately predict reaction rates and optimal
August 09, 2021 Read Full Article
E-Fuels Development for Aviation Gets a Boost with Germany’s New PtL Roadmap
by Susan van Dyk (GreenAir Online) Germany’s federal and state governments, with backing from industry, have agreed a roadmap that commits
June 28, 2021 Read Full Article
Avoiding the Coming Apocalypse: NREL’s Vision for Strategic Piloting and Enabling the Deployment of Bioenergy Technologies
by David J. Robichaud, Robert M. Baldwin, and Thomas D. Foust (National Renewable Energy Laboratory) ... Developing technologies are moving
June 17, 2021 Read Full Article
I Got 99 Problems but Product vs. Platform Ain’t One: Introducing Microbes-as-a-Service
by Moji Karimi (Cemvita Factory/Biofuels Digest) Any SynBio (synthetic biology) company is faced with three principal questions right off the bat: 1.
May 13, 2021 Read Full Article
U.S. Department of Energy Announces $61 Million for Biofuels Research to Reduce Transportation Emissions DEADLINE: April 30, 2021
(U.S. Department of Energy) The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced more than $61 million for technologies and processes that produce
April 08, 2021 Read Full Article
Algae Oil, Lignin, Plastics, Waste: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to Conventional Fuels from Unconventional Sources
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Southwest Research Institute’sEloy Flores, Assistant Director R&D in Chemical Engineering, shared this illuminating slide guide
April 06, 2021 Read Full Article
Microbioreactors for Fermentation Optimization: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to m2p-labs
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) If you missed ABLC this summer, check out this illuminating slide guide from Jeff Thornton
December 04, 2020 Read Full Article
Predictive Models and Computing to Accelerate Biofuels: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to Scaling-Up of Biofuels
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) This just released report from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office sums up
December 03, 2020 Read Full Article
U.S. Department of Energy Releases SBIR and STTR Funding Opportunities
by Helena Tavares Kennedy (Biofuels Digest) In Washington, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science announced a funding opportunity
November 18, 2020 Read Full Article
Hemp Biomass Management: 12 Ways to Reduce Risk When Scaling up Biomass Feedstock Operations
by David F. Peterson (Lee Enterprises Consulting/Biofuels Digest) This is the first article in a two-part series addressing the challenges of
November 18, 2020 Read Full Article
New VTT-Based Startup Company eniferBio Producing Protein from Biorefinery By-products Received More than One Million Euros in Funding
(VTT Research) The growing demand for food and sustainable food production are global challenges. A significant part of the problem
November 02, 2020 Read Full Article
Disrupting, Scaling Up, Numbering Up: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to LanzaTech
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) COVID-19 continues to change how we do things, and LanzaTech shared this illuminating slide guide on
November 02, 2020 Read Full Article
WEBINAR: Biorefineries: Ensuring Successful Process Scale-up and CAPEX Reliability. --- October 21, 2020
For those making investment decisions with biorefinery projects, they are typically presented with scale-up complexity on one side and investment
October 01, 2020 Read Full Article
Till, Baby, Till – $13M DOE Grant Advances New High-Value Feedstock, Pennycress
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In Washington, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) awarded a five-year, $13 million grant to
August 25, 2020 Read Full Article
Two Renewable Fuel Producers Scale Up to Increase Productivity and Economic Growth in Rural Southwestern Ontario
(Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario) Parliamentary Secretary Kate Young announces $10 million for two southwestern Ontario clean energy
August 13, 2020 Read Full Article
Department of Energy Announces $97 Million for Bioenergy Research and Development
(U.S. Department of Energy) Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced more than $97 million in funding for 33 projects
July 31, 2020 Read Full Article
Letter to the Advanced Bioeconomy: Advance off the Beach
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) There was always going to be a point when the advanced bioeconomy reached the end of
July 28, 2020 Read Full Article
What Is Needed for Green Liquid Fuels
by Jens Kehlet Nørskov (Technical University of Denmark) In 2019, the EU project Energy-X brought together around 150 leading catalysis
July 16, 2020 Read Full Article
Milking Algae Can Produce Eco-Friendly Biofuel
by Hannah C. (The Science Times) ... Furthermore, the costs of culturing, collecting, and extracting algae can be countered by a
July 15, 2020 Read Full Article
IEA Offers World Governments a Sustainable Recovery Plan to Boost Economic Growth, Create Millions of Jobs and Put Emissions into Structural Decline
(International Energy Agency) Based on analysis conducted in cooperation with the IMF, new IEA report outlines energy-focused policies and investments
June 19, 2020 Read Full Article
New System for Widespread Availability of Green Hydrogen
(Alpha Galileo/Graz University of Technology) Hydrogen researchers at Graz University of Technology, together with the Graz-based start-up Rouge H2 Engineering,
June 05, 2020 Read Full Article
Sekab and Praj Industries in Collaboration to Accelerate a Green Transition
(Praj/Sekab E-Technology AB) Sekab E-technology AB and Praj Industries, India have signed a collaboration agreement in order to upgrade and
May 18, 2020 Read Full Article
Vale Male: Big Changes at the BioEnergy Technologies Office
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ... If you’ve noticed that DOE is taking on a much more fundamental bit of science
April 30, 2020 Read Full Article
Alliance BioEnergy Building Next Generation Prototype towards Commercialization of Its Revolutionary Green Renewable Energy Technology
(Alliance BioEnergy/Globe Newswire) Alliance BioEnergy Plus, Inc. (PINK: ALLM). Alliance BioEnergy Plus Inc., is pleased to announce that it has finalized
April 10, 2020 Read Full Article
3 Reasons to Scale-Up and How: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to Scale-Up of Industrial Fermentation Processes
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) There are 3 big reasons to scale-up a process but how exactly do you go about
February 11, 2020 Read Full Article
Advanced Algal Systems: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to Photosynthetic Production of Biodiesel by Cyanobacteria
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) The U.S. Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office’sBioenergy Technology Incubator 2 project is looking at how
February 04, 2020 Read Full Article
#1 Biggest Barrier to Bioeconomy: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to Bioeconomy Bottlenecks
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) What are the bottlenecks that prevent technologies from fueling the bioeconomy? Is it government? Is
January 28, 2020 Read Full Article
Department of Energy Announces nearly $100 Million for Bioenergy Technologies Research
(U.S. Department of Energy) The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced an investment of nearly $100 million in funding for research
January 24, 2020 Read Full Article
WPI Professor Expands Green Energy Research with $2M DOE Grant -- Chemical Engineer Works to Turn Yard Waste and Food Waste into Biofuel
by Sharon Gaudin (Worcester Polytech Institute) Chemical engineers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute are broadening attempts to convert waste into environmentally friendly
January 23, 2020 Read Full Article
EERE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable E : Department of Energy Announces nearly $100 Million for Bioenergy Research and Development DEADLINE Concept PaperMarch 5, 2020
(U.S. Department of Energy) Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to over $96 million in funding for
January 23, 2020 Read Full Article
Top Industrial Biotechnology Trends in the U.S. – The View from Europe
by Mark Warner (Warner Advisors LLC/Biofuels Digest) ... Housed in a region with significant historic chemical operations, including the home
January 08, 2020 Read Full Article
Merrick’s Bioprocessing: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to Bioprocess Engineering Toolbox
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Bioprocessing is complex, but does it have to be? Just ask Michael Washer at Merrick
January 06, 2020 Read Full Article
Biorefining Start-Up Wins Significant EU Funding to Scale-Up Business
(Bioenergy Insight) Biorefining start-up Chrysalix Technologies has won significant funding from the EU to scale-up its business. The company uses
December 19, 2019 Read Full Article
9 Hot New CO2 Applications
by Sam A. Rushing (Advanced Cryogenics/Biofuels Digest) ... Food and beverage applications often account for 70% of all tonnage consumed in
December 10, 2019 Read Full Article
South African Airways Welcomes the Scaling Up of Sustainable Local Fuel Supply in South Africa
(South African Airways) South African Airways (SAA) and its wholly-owned subsidiary and low cost carrier, Mango Airlines, made history in
November 29, 2019 Read Full Article
Transport Biofuels: Tracking Clean Energy Progress
by Pharoah Le Feuvre (International Energy Agency) Transport biofuel production expanded 7% year-on-year in 2018, and 3% annual production growth
August 23, 2019 Read Full Article
No Carbon Left Behind: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to LanzaTech
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) LanzaTech has produced 5.5 million gallons of ethanol since start up and has compelling project
August 15, 2019 Read Full Article
MicroNiche Engineering: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to Microvi
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Microvi has a vision of safe water, sustainable chemicals and a clean environment for all. How they
May 28, 2019 Read Full Article
Clean Transportation Solutions from ACT Expo 2019
by Erik Neandross (Fleet Owner/ACT News) ... One of the many key takeaways was that the commitment and investment we are
May 23, 2019 Read Full Article
Cellulosic Biofuels: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to Iogen
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Iogen is a leading biotechnology firm specializing in transforming cellulosic ethanol biofuels into real, reliable and cost-effective
April 09, 2019 Read Full Article
What a Microbe Would Say on Glassdoor
by Mark Warner (Warner Advisors LLC/Biofuels Digest) In my previous article on Scale-up from the Microbes Perspective, I discussed how the biotechnology commercialization
March 19, 2019 Read Full Article
Biomanufacturing as a Service: Culture Biosciences Lands Series A for Its Bioreactors Accessed via the Cloud
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In California, a new company has launched called Culture Biosciences and today we’d like to take you inside
March 15, 2019 Read Full Article
From Research Milligrams to Commercial Kilograms: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to Bio-Process Scale-Up
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Douglas Rivers, of Sunflwr Consulting and a member of Lee Enterprises Consulting offers this illuminating overview
February 22, 2019 Read Full Article
CEC Grants Wishes to Some for Biofuels Projects
by Helena Taveras-Kennedy (Biofuels Digest) Wishes are coming true for some California bioenergy projects. Aemetis, Oberon Fuels and others will receive
February 05, 2019 Read Full Article
Top 4 Techs: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to Carbon Capture, Gas-to-Liquids, Bio-Based Ethylene Glycol, Biomass to Commodity Chemical Application
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Carbon Capture, Gas-to-Liquids (GTL) Technologies, Bio-Based Ethylene Glycol, and Biomass to Commodity Chemical Application. EPIC Modular Process writes that “through our
December 07, 2018 Read Full Article
2018 State of the Industry: ABLC Global Kickoff Presentation and Remarks
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Where is the industry right now?What are the 25 Key trends, how the industry is organizing,
November 07, 2018 Read Full Article
Scaling up Biobased BTX: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to Anellotech
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Founded in 2008, Anellotech has developed a clean technology platform for inexpensively producing bio-based chemicals from
October 10, 2018 Read Full Article
Q.E.D.: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to the Advanced Biofuels Process Demonstration Unit
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) It’s known by the ungainly acronym ABPDU, which might as well decode as “All Bioeconomy Processes Developed
July 12, 2018 Read Full Article
5 Minutes With… Dhivya Puri, Senior Technical Lead at Fiberight.
by Dave Songer (Bio-Based World News) “The milestones and professional growth I've achieved in this role are above and beyond what
July 06, 2018 Read Full Article
The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to Fulcrum BioEnergy
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Fulcrum BioEnergy has developed a “game-changing process for converting municipal solid waste that would otherwise
May 23, 2018 Read Full Article
Capital Light Scale-Up : Utopia or Perfect Storm?
by Mark Warner (Warner Advisors LLC/Biofuels Digest) Capital light scale-up utilizes existing fermentation facilities, in lieu of purpose-built demonstration facilities, to bring
May 09, 2018 Read Full Article
Tesla-Inspired Euglena Bets Big on Algal Jet Fuel
(Algae Industry Magazine) JapanNews.com reports that Euglena Co., a Tokyo-based maker of nutritional supplements, is spending ¥5.8 billion ($5.3 million
May 01, 2018 Read Full Article
Nth Power and Nth Plant: The Digest’s 2018 Guide to Process Scale-Up, or Not?
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) You probably knew him first as the VP for Biofuels at Chevron, and later the Program
March 30, 2018 Read Full Article
Biotechnology Scale-up Hacks
by Mark Warner (Warner Advisors LLC/Biofuels Digest) Not enough time or money to scale-up following the traditional rules of advanced biotechnology
February 16, 2018 Read Full Article
Top 20 Advanced Bioeconomy Projects underway in North America
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) To date, North America is the most active of all regions in terms of deploying advanced
January 19, 2018 Read Full Article
Start Right, Finish Right: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to Project Development for New Technology
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Scale-up. Everyone wants it, but how do you get it done, right, on-time, on-target, on-budget? How
January 17, 2018 Read Full Article
A New Catalyst to Produce the Biodiesel of the Future
(FGUSAL/DICYT) Researchers at the University of Salamanca test a catalyst to produce biodiesel more efficiently and economically in accordance with the
December 29, 2017 Read Full Article
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil Scale-Up: The Digest’s 2017 Multi-Slide Guide to Building Industrial Fermentation for World Scale
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) At ABLC Next, we invited Genomatica’s Jeff Lievense as part of a special session focused on
November 22, 2017 Read Full Article
Australian Researchers Lead Way in Developing Sustainable Biofuel Technology
by Cecilia Connell (ABC News) An Australian-first biofuel demonstration facility in the New South Wales Hunter Valley has been touted as
November 21, 2017 Read Full Article
$2.25 Per Gallon Biohydrocarbon Fuels, Unsubsidized? Biozin Licenses IH2 Technology — Heads for Commercial-Scale in Norway
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In Texas, CRI/Criterion Catalyst Company has awarded an FEL-2 license agreement for the IH2 technology which converts biomass
November 16, 2017 Read Full Article
Financing Bioeconomy Ventures Pt. 11: Series Summary
by Martin Wahl and Gerald Kutney (Lee Enterprises Consulting/Biofuels Digest) The preceding articles in this series cover the major steps that investors and
October 10, 2017 Read Full Article
Financing Bioeconomy Ventures (Part 1 of 11)
by Wayne Lee and Gerald Kutney (Lee Enterprises Consulting/Biofuels Digest) This article is the introduction to a series of articles[1], reviewing
September 26, 2017 Read Full Article
Lessons Learned Presenting Biotechnology Scale-Up During Fundraising
by Mark Warner (Warner Advisors/Biofuels Digest) ... This paper will build on my previously published white paper on what makes scale-up of
September 25, 2017 Read Full Article
Secretary of Energy Rick Perry Announces Integrated Biorefinery Optimization Projects
(U.S. Department of Energy) Today (September 20, 2017), U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry announced that the Department of Energy (DOE) has
September 21, 2017 Read Full Article
Fermentation Frontiers: Top 10 Trendlines in Industrial Biotech Fermentation
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) The most visible advanced industrial fermentation target for a number of years has been cellulosic
September 06, 2017 Read Full Article
Biorefinery Optimization Workshop Summary Report Published
(U.S. Department of Energy) The Biorefinery Optimization Workshop Summary Report is now online! Read this new report for an overview of
February 27, 2017 Read Full Article
A New Hydrocarbon Brew: The Digest’s 2017 Multi-Slide Guide to Technical Market Analysis for Biochemical Conversion
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) As the project team behind this presentation explains, there’s trouble right here in River City
February 16, 2017 Read Full Article
The Uber Model for Industrial Biotechnology, on Display at REG Okeechobee?
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) The REG Okeechobee facility is now “open for business” as a contract manufacturing site, and
February 07, 2017 Read Full Article
Imagine, with Us!: AkzoNobel Issues an Innovation Challenge to the Advanced Bioceconomy
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) AkzoNobel is launching Imagine Chemistry, an exciting opportunity to partner with start-up firms, students, research
February 07, 2017 Read Full Article
Scaling-up through Contract Manufacturing
by Mark Warner (Warner Advisors LLC/Biofuels Digest) As companies consider options to commercialize their advanced biotechnologies, they are faced with the
January 20, 2017 Read Full Article
Attacking Carbon Intensity, Energy Intensity: The Digest’s 2016 Multi-Slide Guide to the Agile BioFoundry
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) With the Agile BioFoundry project, the National Lab consortium, in partnership with academia and industry,
December 27, 2016 Read Full Article
All Bioeconomy Processes Developed Upstairs: The Digest’s 2016 Multi-Slide Guide to the ABPDU
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) It’s known by the ungainly acronym ABPDU, which might as well decode as “All Bioeconomy Processes
December 15, 2016 Read Full Article
Bolting Chemicals onto Ethanol Plants: The Digest’s 2016 8-Slide Guide to Greenyug
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Greenyug is a privately held technology development company with a mission to research, develop and
December 06, 2016 Read Full Article
Colorado Engineering Council’s Top Awards
(The Villager) The American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) of Colorado announced the winners of its 2017 Engineering Excellence Awards
December 05, 2016 Read Full Article
A Strategic Approach to Scale-Up
by Mark Warner (Warner Advisors, LLC/Biofuels Digest) ... In my previous series “what makes scale-up of industrial biotechnology so difficult” (here),
November 30, 2016 Read Full Article
What Does it Take? The Experts Report from Ottawa on Scaling up the Bioeconomy
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) This past week, a remarkable group of people gathered in Ottawa, perhaps described best as
November 21, 2016 Read Full Article
Scaling up Industrial Biotech: The Digest’s 2016 Multi-Slide Guide to Financing the Advanced Bioeconomy
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Building a low carbon, bio-based economy through sustainable innovation means scaling up technologies. And that means
November 18, 2016 Read Full Article
Scaling Biofuels Technology
by David Edwards ( Zeton Inc./Lee Enterprises Consulting) The recommended approach for scaling bioenergy and biofuels technology follows a similar
November 10, 2016 Read Full Article
Derisking: A Strategy for Growing the Biobased Economy
by Neil A. Belson (LeafPro Bioproducts/Biofuels Digest) ... Despite its potential benefits and some very real achievements, the biobased economy has overall
October 28, 2016 Read Full Article
Reaching Scale: The Digest’s 2016 Multi-Slide Guide to Leveraging Supply Chain Investments
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) This season, Faegre Baker Daniels’ John Kirkwood outlined the latest on leveraging supply chain investments into
October 10, 2016 Read Full Article
White Dog Labs Looks to Build Delaware's Next Chemical Giant
by Scott Goss (The News Journal) ... Now the rather smelly, colorless liquid is poised to become the cornerstone of a Delaware
September 05, 2016 Read Full Article
Scale-Up: What Makes the Winners Win?
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ... It’s worth some detail, before the cheering: BioAmber Sarnia demonstrated performance levels validating commercial operation,
September 05, 2016 Read Full Article
Scale-up from Pilot to Commercial: The Digest’s 2016 Multi-Slide Guide to Fermentation 2.0
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) As part of March Madness 2016, Mark Warner presented this highly-praised slide deck on Fermentation
April 28, 2016 Read Full Article
Scale-Up of Emerging Biofuel Technologies
by Lorenz Bauer and William Quapp (Biofuels Digest) ... However, attempts to translate these small scale successes into commercial technologies
April 12, 2016 Read Full Article
Pivot to Play: The Digest’s 2016 Multi-Slide Guide to Cellulosic Sugars
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) This week, we held a well-attended webinar on the markets and makers of cellulosic sugars,
April 12, 2016 Read Full Article
DE-FOA-0001481: Request for Information (RFI): Understanding Scale-Up and Operation Challenges for Integrated Biorefinery Optimization
(U.S. Department of Energy) The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Bioenergy Technologies
March 16, 2016 Read Full Article
Momentum Builds behind Researcher's New Biomass Process
(University of Wisconsin-Madison/Phys.Org) For a world hooked on fossil carbons, the vials of amber syrup in Jim Dumesic's lab are
March 11, 2016 Read Full Article
Engineers Are from Mars, Business Developers Are from Venus
by Mark Warner (Warner Advisors LLC) ... In this case, we are substituting engineers and business developers, then focusing on the differences
January 11, 2016 Read Full Article
What Makes Scale-Up of Industrial Biotechnology so Difficult?
by Mark Warner (Warner Advisors LLC) Two questions have dominated the responses received after my Lessons Learned series on commercializing industrial
December 03, 2015 Read Full Article
ORNL Team Discovers Mechanism behind Direct Ethanol-to-Hydrocarbon Conversion; Implications for Energy Efficiency and Cost of Upgrading
(Green Car Congress) Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have discovered that the reactions underlying the transformation of ethanol
November 06, 2015 Read Full Article
Top 10 Lessons Learned Commercializing Advanced Biotechnologies
by Mark Warner (Warner Advisors/Biofuels Digest) Spending half a billion dollars placing steel in the ground to commercialize advanced biotechnologies for fuels,
July 06, 2015 Read Full Article
Top 10 Lessons Learned Commercializing Advanced Biotechnologies -- Part 1
by Mark Warner (Warner Advisors/ Biofuels Digest) ... My focus is on the technical perspectives of technology deployment, from early stage
June 02, 2015 Read Full Article
Shell: Expects to Be Producing Advanced Biofuels at Scale, in US, by End of Decade
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Shell VP Matthew Tipper, at ABLCNext: “We will likely begin manufacture in the southeast United
November 21, 2014 Read Full Article
Celtic Renewables Opts For A Well-Oiled Remedy
by Ann M. Thayer (Chemical and Engineering News) Scottish startup to make biobased chemicals from the leftovers of whisky production The process
November 20, 2014 Read Full Article
The 10 Biofuels Priorities for 2012
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In California, more than 350 delegates gathered at Advanced Biofuesl Markets to set industry priorities
November 10, 2011 Read Full Article
LS9 Significantly Expands Production
(LS9/GlobeNewsWire) LS9, Inc., a technology leader in the development of renewable and sustainable products, today announced that it has successfully
November 08, 2011 Read Full Article
7 Decision Points in the Race for Scale in Advanced Biofuels
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...In the Race for Scale, the industry has excelled in driving down operating costs. Capital
November 08, 2011 Read Full Article
Technologies and Fuels of the Future – A Panel Discussion
by Vidya Ramanathan (Advanced Biofuels USA) “Artificial leaf, Nanowires and Biomass - Are these the fuels and technologies of the
September 28, 2011 Read Full Article
Vinod Khosla on the Technology Pathway to Biofuels
by Vinod Khosla (Green Tech Media) Part 1: Production technologies: where are we? The financial crisis of 2008 set back
January 24, 2011 Read Full Article
A.I.M. Interview: Sapphire Energy’s CEO Dr. Jason Pyle
by David Schwartz (Algae Industry Magazine) Dr. Jason Pyle, the high profile CEO at the even more high
January 24, 2011 Read Full Article
Hydrocarbon Fuels: Commercialization of New Technology
by Andras Marton, Ph.D. (Project Analyst, Independent Project Analysis, Inc.) Independent Project Analysis (IPA) functions as a consultant on process industry