Due Diligence in Renewables? Due diligence (DD) is a crucial step in every project from evaluating technology to securing funding to everything in between. What do renewable fuels or renewable chemicals due diligence experts do? It…
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Project Feasibility Studies in the Bioeconomy
The question often arises, “what is a project feasibility study or report, and why should one be done in bioeconomy-related matters”? A project feasibility study is an integral part of any due diligence process in…
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Using a Third Party for Renewable Energy Analysis
Renewable energy analysis always includes techno-economic analysis which combines scientific findings, process design, and financial factors to provide a holistic picture of a technology’s economic potential. Good TEA experts can build useful models to help…
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What is TEA?
What is TEA in the renewable industries? Very simply, it is the acronym for techno-economic analysis. Bringing new technology to the market is a commitment. It’s expensive and normally takes quite some time. Uncertainty is…
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Renewable Fuel Standards (RFS)
Congress created the Renewable Fuel Standards (RFS) Program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and expand the nation’s renewable fuels sector while reducing reliance on imported oil. This program was authorized under the Energy Policy Act…
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Renewable Energy TEA for Investors
Should investors in renewable energy due independent third-party techno-economic analysis? Experts who work with renewable and biotechnology investors on critical tasks like due diligence, feasibility studies, risk analysis, and IP strategy use techno-economic (TEA) modeling…
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Renewable Energy TEA for Project Developers
Experts from Lee Enterprises Consulting have seen hundreds of renewable and biotechnologies progress through the research, development, and scale-up phases and performed a great many renewable energy TEA projects. As experts, we know that strong…
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Plant-Based Meats Investment
By 2030, the plant-based meats industry aspires to capture 6% of the global meat and seafood market. This represents 25 million metric tons (MMT) of annual plant-based meat production. However, in recent years consumer demand…
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Polymer Pyrolysis
Recent revelations help us understand the need for polymer pyrolysis, noting that a very large fraction of the polymers (plastics) that we recycle end up in landfills anyway have outraged some and raised widespread concern…
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Environmental Review – Renewable Energy Projects
What is an environmental review in a renewable energy project? Environmental review is the identification and evaluation of the potential impact a renewable energy project (REP) may have on natural and human resources. As is…
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