What does an expert in process integration in the field of industrial biotechnology or synthetic biology do? First, let’s define terms. These two terms are frequently interchanged, but are not exactly synonymous; synthetic biology should…
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Expert Witness – Biomass Power
What is Biomass Power The term “biomass power” refers to generating electricity or heat by utilizing organic materials, or biomass, as the primary fuel source. Biomass can include various biological materials derived from plants, trees,…
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Process Development: Bench to Commercialization
Process development -leading a process from bench-scale optimization and characterization through scale-up to piloting and commercialization requires a variety of knowledge and skills for the process development engineer and scientist. Beyond core competencies (e.g. chemistry,…
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Air Permitting in Bio Projects
Air Permitting in Bio Projects? Renewable energy resources are all around us. You may have passed by a windmill, a solar farm, an oilseed processing/biodiesel facility, or a biofuel facility – all of these are sources…
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Biomass Pyrolysis Comes of Age
By Dr. Lorenz Bauer, Lee Enterprises Consulting After many years of development biomass pyrolysis is finally maturing as a commercial technology. Pyrolysis is not incineration. The goal is to use heat in the absence of oxygen…
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Torrefied Biomass
Torrefied biomass is available, efficient, CO2 neutral and economic, and likely the best solid biomass on the market. Torrefaction is a thermal pre-treatment technology used to upgrade lignocellulosic biomass to higher quality and more attractive…
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Municipal Energy Planning Experts
Municipal energy planning experts has seen a great increase in work over the past two decades as many municipalities have directed their energy policies toward a reduction in the use of oil and an increase…
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Opportunities to Transition Ethanol Facilities to Biochemical Refineries
By: Daniel A. Lane and Joel A. Stone, Lee Enterprises Consulting Opportunities to Transition Ethanol Facilities to Biochemical Refineries? The US commercial petroleum industry started with the drilling by retired railroad conductor Edwin Drake of…
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Bio Litigation Experts
Renewable energy and biochemical consulting firms normally have bio litigation experts in fields like biofuels, biomaterials, biotechnologies, feedstocks, synthetic biology, and a vast array of other specialties. Most of these have experience as expert witnesses…
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Anaerobic Digesters: U.S.
Anaerobic Digesters in the U.S.? The average price of methane (GNG) around the world hit 2.94 U.S. Dollar per U.S. gallon, as of October 5, 2020 and in 3 days it increased 10%. This commodity…
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