The Olive Economy
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) …Here are five types of technologies that straddle the political divide between green and black.
Re-using industrial waste gases Here are three companies aiming at capturing CO2 and either directly converting to fuels, or using it as a means of mitigating the impact of a high-carb fuel.
BioProcess Algae …
OakBio …
LanzaTech …
Symbiosis Green technologies as components in an overall industrial symbiosis converting waste streams to material streams
Inbicon …
XTL XTL Technologies that use a combination of biomass and traditional coal and gas feedstocks to make affordable fuel, at scale, that performs better on carbon
Accelergy …
Sundrop …
Oil refinery upgrade Technologies that produce pre-fuel intermediates that are upgraded at traditional refineries into renewable fuels
KiOR …
Bio-based enhanced oil recovery Not every Olive Economy story brings bio-based production to the refinery. In the case of Glori Energy, the technology brings bio-based strategies to the wellhead.
Glori Energy … READ MORE and MORE (Algae Industry Magazine) and MORE (Biomass Magazine) and MORE (Biofuels Digest)