ABLC NEXT 2024 sponsors will be announced July 1 2024 — sponsors of ABLC 2024 were:
Comstock Fuels develops proprietary lignocellulosic technology and produces short cycle lignocellulosic feedstock at commercial scale for fuel producers to produce efficient, carbon-neutral Short Cycle Biofuels and Sustainable Aviation Fuels. Comstock Fuels is a wholly owned subsidiary of Comstock Inc.
Iowa leads the way in the commercial scale-up of sustainable chemicals necessary to champion development in energy, feedstock, textiles, manufacturing, and transportation goods. Iowa’s central location, robust transportation infrastructure, highly educated and productive workforce, abundant raw materials, and pro-business state government contribute to the state’s success in the biofuels and biorenewables industry. These strategic advantages, combined with Iowa’s renewable chemical production tax credit program, provide an environment that supports innovation and growth. To learn more about Iowa’s business climate and bioeconomy, visit iowaeda.com.
Gold Plus Sponsor
At Cemvita we believe that revenue goals and sustainability initiatives can, and should, coexist. It’s not only possible to provide sustainable solutions that increase revenue and cut costs —it’s imperative to the strength of our coalition and the soundness of our shared future. By developing sustainable innovative solutions that benefit the environment and your business, we make the transition to clean energy feel like it’s supposed to. Natural. Empowering. Good.
Chevron Lummus Global (CLG), a joint venture between Chevron U.S.A. Inc. and Lummus Technology, is a leading technology provider for the production of renewable and conventional transportation fuels, premium base oils, and sustainable petrochemicals from a wide range of feedstocks. Powered by cutting-edge catalysts and innovative reactor internals, CLG’s portfolio is designed to optimize efficiency and flexibility while minimizing emissions and maximizing economic returns. For more information, visit www.chevronlummus.com.
DG Fuels LLC is a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) technology and development company that combines green hydrogen production with very high carbon conversion rates in producing its zero emissions, drop-in jet and other high value fuels. The company’s proprietary approach results in lower carbon feedstock requirements, lower costs of production and greater scalability potential.
Ecostrat is the North American leader in assessing, developing, and optimizing biomass supply chains. Since 2008, our Biomass Advisory Group has carried out trusted supply chain due diligence and issued BDO Zone Ratings for hundreds of bioproject developers, capital markets, engineering companies, US National Labs, and economic development bodies.
Futuria Fuels, a subsidiary of SHV Energy, innovates on-purpose sustainable fuel production, predominantly in the form of renewable liquid gas. This is achieved through collaboration, forging partnerships and securing investments for defossilizing liquid gas. SHV Energy, with the support of its 12,100 employees, provides decentralized, low-carbon and efficient energy solutions to 30 million customers in 25 countries across 4 continents. The company’s introduction of bioLPG in 2018 exemplifies its commitment to its mission of Advancing Energy Together.
Jenike & Johanson is the world’s leading company in powder and bulk solids handling, processing, and storage technology. Over the past 55 years, we’ve tested over 19,000 unique powders and bulk solids. We have a combined team experience close to 1,000 person-years in the field, and worked on more than 9,000 projects, giving our team the broadest real-world and in-depth experience in the industry to address a wide variety of bulk material handling and engineering needs.
Virent’s proprietary BioForming® technology converts bio-based sugar feedstocks into products molecularly identical to those made from petroleum. Virent’s catalytic chemistry can produce renewable gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel, as well as renewable chemicals used for plastics, fibers and films. Virent is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Marathon Petroleum Corporation.
Worley is a global professional services company of energy, chemicals and resources experts. We partner with customers to deliver projects and create value over the life of their assets. Right now, we’re bridging two worlds, moving towards more sustainable energy sources, while providing the energy, chemicals and resources needed now.
Gold Sponsor
Axens is a worldwide group that provides a complete range of solutions for the conversion of oil and biomass to cleaner fuels, for the production and purification of major petrochemical intermediates as well as for gas treatment and conversion options. Axens helps its clients build a sustainable future with inventive and performing solutions. The portfolio for the production ofbiofuels and bio-sourced
chemicals includes cellulosic ethanol production via the FuturolTM technology, bio-ethylene production through the Atol® ethanol dehydration process, renewable jet-fuel and diesel production via Vegan® technology for lipid hydroprocessing.
Gevo’s mission is to transform renewable energy and carbon into energy-dense liquid hydrocarbons. These hydrocarbons can be used for drop-in transportation fuels such as gasoline, jet fuel and diesel fuel, that when burned have potential to yield net-zero greenhouse gas emissions when measured across the full life cycle of the products. Gevo uses low-carbon renewable resource-based carbohydrates as raw materials, and is in an advanced state of developing renewable electricity and renewable natural gas for use in production processes, resulting in low-carbon fuels with substantially reduced carbon intensity.
UOP, a Honeywell company headquartered in Des Plaines, Illinois, is a leading international licensor of processing technology and supplier of engineering services, catalysts and adsorbents, equipment, specialty materials and digital solutions for the global refining, gas processing and petrochemical industries. With more than a century of leadership in hydrocarbon processing technologies, UOP has led six revolutions in technology that transformed our industry. For more information visit www.uop.com.
ICF is a global consulting and technology services provider. Since 1969, government and commercial clients have worked with ICF to overcome their toughest challenges on issues that matter profoundly to their business. ICF combines technical expertise, policy development and market analysis to provide comprehensive services to lenders, developers, and renewable operators to enable their future success.
Topsoe is a leading global provider of technology and solutions for the energy transition. We combat climate change by helping our customers and partners achieve their decarbonization and emission reduction goals. Based on decades of scientific research and innovation, we offer world-leading solutions for transforming renewable resources into fuels and chemicals for a sustainable world, and for efficient and low-carbon fuel production and clean air. We were founded in 1940 and are headquartered in Denmark, with over 2,800 employees serving customers all around the globe.To learn more, visit www.topsoe.com
Special Session Sponsor: Sustainable Aviation Fuel Policy
As a leading global aerospace company, Boeing develops, manufactures and services commercial airplanes, defense products and space systems for customers in more than 150 countries. Boeing’s diverse team is committed to innovating for the future, leading with sustainability, and cultivating a culture based on the company’s core values of safety, quality and integrity.
Special Session Sponsor
Founded in 1957, the National Corn Growers Association represents nearly 40,00 dues-paying corn farmers nationwide and the interests of more than 300,000 growers who contribute through corn checkoff programs in their states. NCGA
and its 50 affiliated state organizations work together to create and increase opportunities for corn growers.
Silver Sponsors
ABB is a technology leader in electrification and automation, enabling a more sustainable and resource-efficient future. The company’s solutions connect engineering know-how and software to optimize how things are manufactured, moved, powered and operated. Building on more than 140 years of excellence, ABB’s ~105,000 employees are committed to driving innovations that accelerate industrial transformation. www.abb.com
ARA is globally recognized for innovation and technical excellence in high temperature, high pressure water technologies. Our commercially proven, single-step HCU Pretreat technology removes inorganic contaminants from fats, oils, and greases while maintaining nearly 100% yield of the valuable feedstock molecules used to produce renewable diesel and SAF.
Dimeta is a joint venture between SHV Energy and UGI International to advance the production and use of Renewable and Recycled Carbon DME, a low-carbon sustainable liquid gas, to accelerate the LPG Industry’s transition to Net Zero. By working with partners, Dimeta is developing Renewable & Recycled Carbon DME production plants, targeting a total production capacity of 300kt per year by 2027. The UK was announced as the first plant location in 2022, with subsequent plants already in development in Europe and the USA.
Ensyn produces biocrude from forest and agricultural residues using its proprietary thermal technology. Ensyn’s biocrude has been in commercial production for over 30 years for the generation of food ingredients, natural chemicals and heating fuels. Ensyn is now building out its production capacity for a broader commercialization of heating fuels and for other energy products.
Exxon Mobil Catalysts and Technology Licensing can help refiners and petrochemical manufacturers increase capacity, lower costs, improve margins, and operate safe, reliable, and efficient facilities. In our commitment to helping customers, we provide cutting-edge proprietary catalysts and license advantaged process technologies for lower emission fuels, refining, gas, and chemical needs.
Iogen has been a leader in low-carbon fuels for 35+ years. We were the first to use enzymatic hydrolysis technology to produce cellulosic ethanol on a commercial scale. With Brazil’s Raízen Energia, we built the world’s largest cellulosic ethanol production facilities. And we were the first to use RNG as a feedstock to make renewable hydrogen.
Linde is a leading global industrial gases and engineering company with 2023 sales of $33 billion. We offer a broad array of gases, technologies, and services to help our customers succeed while helping to protect our planet. For over 100 years, Linde has been a pioneer in air separation technologies. Now Linde is among the leaders in developing syngas reforming, low carbon hydrogen, and electrolysis technologies.
RCM Thermal Kinetics is a leader in the bio economy sector focused on bolstering clients’ competitive advantage. Our patented technologies and innovative approach to projects enable us to provide specialized solutions for distillation, dehydration, evaporation, and crystallization process design and equipment for separation applications in the renewable and bio-based fuels and chemical processing industries. Being an integral part of RCM Engineering’s Process & Industrial division, Thermal Kinetics continues to provide lab, engineering and equipment supply services to support projects across the globe. As we evolve based on the needs of our clients and the environment, RCM Thermal Kinetics remains committed to providing high-value, sustainable and renewable solutions.
For 20 years, Whitefox has pioneered towards a Net Zero future through purpose-driven innovation and resource-conscience engineering, founded on producing more from less. Whitefox membrane separation enables ethanol and chemicals across multiple industrial markets to be produced with less energy and water consumption, increased profitability, and reduced environmental impact
Co-Sponsor
The Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) within the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy supports research, development, and demonstration of technologies aimed to enable the sustainable use of domestic biomass and waste resources for the production of biofuels and bioproducts. BETO’s overall goals are designed to:
•Lower costs and reduce technology risks for production of biofuels and bioproducts
•Improve environmental benefits of bioenergy production
•Reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation, industrial, and agricultural sectors to address the climate crisis
•Support the scale-up of sustainable, low-carbon biofuel production technologies
•Create economic opportunities and good-paying jobs in agriculture and manufacturing sectors.
• Meeting these goals requires significant and rapid advances in technology development and innovation across the entire biomass-to-bioenergy supply chain.
Coffee Break Sponsor
Ariel Green provides Technology Performance Insurance (TPI) for the clean energy industry, deploying capital through customized long-term and non-cancellable risk management solutions. As a division of Ariel Re, a premier (re)insurance business and underwriters at Lloyd’s, our team is supported by the world’s leading insurance and reinsurance marketplace. Ariel Green brings deep expertise and a collaborative approach to developing insurance products that enable clean energy projects to secure financing, get built and begin operations. Learn more at https://www.arielgreen.com.
Corporate and Organizational Support Sponsors
The Advanced Biofuels Association is a Washington, D.C.-based trade association representing more than forty companies from the U.S. and around the world who supply low-carbon liquid fuels to the U.S. ABFA is the leading voice for advanced biofuels before the U.S. federal government.
Airlines for America® (A4A), the principal trade and service organization of the U.S. airline industry, vigorously advocates for the industry as a model of safety, customer service and environmental responsibility and as the indispensable network that drives our nation’s economy and global competitiveness. While representing only 2 percent of the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions, the U.S. airlines are committed to continuing to improve fuel efficiency and reduce emissions through technology, operations, sustainable fuel and infrastructure advances, coupled with the International Civil Aviation Organization’s Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA). We are vigorously pursuing the deployment of sustainable alternative aviation fuels (SAF) through the Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative® and other collaborative programs.
Chemex Global is a premier engineering, procurement, fabrication, and project management company specializing in modular and conventional refinery and energy projects in renewables and conventional resources. Headquartered in The Woodlands, TX, Chemex is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Shaw Group.
Faegre Drinker is a law firm designed for clients. With more than 1,200 experienced attorneys, consultants and professionals in 21 locations, we have the strength to solve your most complex transactional, litigation and regulatory challenges wherever you need us. We partner with clients ranging from emerging startups to multinational corporations, delivering comprehensive and customized advice that advances your most ambitious business objectives.
Kilpatrick is a multi-practice international firm of 600 attorneys, with 23 offices. Our attorneys work with forward-thinking clients to solve their most critical business matters. The firm’s energy practice has extensive experience in every aspect of energy and infrastructure development and finance and collaborates with firm-wide teams to tap into Project Finance, Construction & Infrastructure, Private Placement, Private Equity, and Intellectual Property knowledge.
LanzaJet is a leading sustainable fuels technology company dedicated to accelerating the energy transition by embracing the circular economy. As a Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) technology provider and producer with patented alcohol-to-jet (ATJ) technology, LanzaJet is creating an opportunity for future generations, addressing the climate crisis, and transforming the global economy.
With a track record of leadership and success, the Low Carbon Fuels Coalition advances technology neutral, science- and market-based clean fuel policies to drive the U.S. economy. Innovators welcome!. To learn more, contact us at info@lcfcoalition.com, or visit lcfcoalition.com
Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) is a leading global financial services firm providing investment banking, securities, wealth management and investment management services. With offices in more than 42 countries, the Firm’s employees serve clients worldwide including corporations, governments, institutions and individuals. For further information about Morgan Stanley, please visit www.morganstanley.com
New Energy Risk (NER) enables project financing for breakthrough technologies by transferring technical risk from capital to the insurance markets, reducing cost of capital and accelerating time to market. Applying proprietary models and processes, NER utilizes technology performance data from pilot and demonstration-level facilities to analyze risk and can provide risk mitigation that addresses technology performance and reliability, commercial factors, and credit issues. Working with global A-rated insurers, including AXA XL (S&P AA-), NER customizes insurance products designed to secure client financing or backstop product warranties, often for the very first facility. NER-supported projects span a wide range of sectors and geographies, with nearly $3 billion in deployed capital and a decade of experience.
Lanyard Sponsor
As North America transitions to cleaner fuels, Kiewit’s supporting our clients by providing engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning services. We bring an innovative and solutions driven approach to sustainable fuels projects, built on a foundation of over 130 years delivering projects of all sizes and complexities on schedule, within budget.
Tote Bag Sponsor
BioVeritas exists to decarbonize what fuels human progress. We do this by creating bio-based ingredients and chemicals through a proprietary upcycling process, producing high-quality, high-purity, clean inputs for innovative companies seeking a more sustainable tomorrow.
Exhibitors
Burnham Sterling & Company LLC is an asset advisory practice whose clients are among the world’s largest companies; its average financing project is over $150 million. Burnham Sterling has financed billions of assets and is expanding rapidly in SAF and renewable diesel. Burnham Sterling works with clients and investors globally. Please see www.burnhamsterling.com.
ISO 17025-accredited Beta Analytic offers ASTM D6866 biogenic carbon content measurement via Accelerator Mass Spectrometry carbon-14 dating. The laboratory offers a standard turnaround time of 5-7 business days. Expedited services are available. Respected worldwide for accuracy, high quality, and customer care with sample forwarding offices around the world.
Technology and Global Market Leader in Mixing and Blending Technology. As world market leader in mixing technology, EKATO is offering optimized mixing technology to all process-oriented industries. EKATO has been family-owned since its founding in 1933 and is represented worldwide by subsidiaries in Europe, Asia, Australia, South America, South Africa, and the USA as well as a network of trading partners.
The Biomass Feedstock National User Facility located at Idaho National Laboratory, features $15 million of upgraded equipment including expanded preprocessing capabilities coupled with intelligent automation; tools to advance our fundamental knowledge of feedstock variability and material handling; and capabilities to improve feedstock quality for sustainable aviation fuel and renewable chemicals.
We deliver science, technology and engineering solutions to governments and companies around the world. KBR employs approximately 28,000 people performing diverse, complex and mission-critical roles in 34 countries. KBR is proud to work with its customers across the globe to provide technology, value-added services, and long-term operations and maintenance services to ensure consistent delivery with predictable results. At KBR, We Deliver.
Loamist is the platform to access, validate, and transact biomass. Our software helps customers quickly perform detailed regional feedstock analysis, saving time and money while also accelerating project timelines
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is DOE’s premier R&D laboratory dedicated to technology development for the bioeconomy. NREL partners with industry to develop sustainable and cost-effective processes and technologies for conversion of biomass and other renewable feedstocks to fuels, chemicals, and bio-based materials.
SCS Global Services is an international leader in third-party certification, validation, and verification for environmental, sustainability, and food safety and quality performance claims.
The International Alternative Fuel Technology Center at Southwest Research Institute® (SwRI®) assists clients with developing and evaluating alternative fuels
from source through production to real-world use. SwRI is a non-profit, independent research and development organization with 75 years of experience with fuels and engines. For more information, please visit https://iaftc.swri.org.
Teikoku is the world leader in sustainable pumping solutions that align with the industry’s Below Zero pursuits by reducing emissions. Unique to centrifugal pumps, Teikoku sealless canned motor pumps offer true secondary containment inherent in its base designs and eliminate emissions from various services like feedstock treatment to finished fuel unloading.