(This 2018 State of the Bioeconomy is brought to you by Lee Enterprises Consulting, Inc. It was written by CEO Wayne Lee and LEC member Mark Reidy. Mark J. Riedy is a Partner at Kilpatrick…
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How to Win the Public Policy Debate – and the Annual Government Agency Funding Battles – for the Bioeconomy
by Craig (CJ) Evans, Lee Enterprises Consulting, Inc. More than almost any other emerging industry, financing for the bioeconomy is heavily influenced by and, in many cases, reliant on favorable public policies. Everyone involved in…
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Isobutanol: Now on the Radar for USA
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has opened a comment period for the registration of the use of Isobutanol in gasoline. Why is this important? Because since the states banning of the use of MTBE and…
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The Dynamic Pro Forma
The Basic Function – ROI A common phrase echoes in the conference halls of the ABLC: “My biofuel technology has a great ROI.” Entrepreneurs base their claims on a pro forma, a projection of future…
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Equipment Requirements to Study Mixing of Fibrous Materials
by Gregory T. Benz Introduction There are many sources of organic fibers that can be used as feedstock for biofuels and renewable chemicals. The author has tested many lignocellulosic materials for fluid flow and mixing…
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Biorefineries: Our Synthetic Biology Future
By Bob Kodrzycki, PhD This is the eighth in a series of articles prepared by the experts at Lee Enterprises Consulting (LEC) who will be speaking at the ABLC 2018 conference in Washington DC, February…
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That Was Then. This is Now. The New Economics of Biogas Projects.
By Scott Warfield This is the seventh in a series of articles prepared by the experts at Lee Enterprises Consulting (LEC) who will be speaking at the ABLC 2018 conference in Washington DC, February 28…
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Natural Rubber: Viable Industrial Bioeconomy Crop, It’s Going to Be Big
By Katrina Cornish & Corinne Young This is the sixth in a series of articles prepared by the experts at Lee Enterprises Consulting (LEC) who will be speaking at the ABLC 2018 conference in Washington DC,…
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10 Years After: Advanced Biofuels’ Status, Opportunities and Challenges
By Lorenz Bauer, Ph.D. This is the sixth in a series of articles prepared by the experts at Lee Enterprises Consulting (LEC) who will be speaking at the ABLC 2018 conference in Washington DC, from…
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Innovators Dilemma Revisited in Renewable Chemicals and Materials
By Daniel Lane and Joel Stone. Daniel had an interesting discussion recently with his 8-year old son, in which he inadvertently recalled the history of the telephone, backwards. It started with his son finding an…
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