Jim Lane

The Digest’s 2026 Multi-Slide Guide to Decentralized Biomanufacturing Platforms Visolis is pioneering the decentralized production of chemicals and fuels using its proprietary mevalonolactone (MEV) platform, which upgrades biomass into high-value products.

Graham Noyes provided a crucial regulatory and market update focusing on Section 45Z tax credits. The most newsworthy information is the publicly disclosed pricing data for 45Z Production Tax Credits (PTCs). Noyes revealed that 45Z PTCs for Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) and Ethanol are currently trading at strong valuations between $0.80 and $0.93 on the dollar, while Biodiesel PTCs are trading between $0.80 and $0.91.

The pallets come in uneven. Not like fuel. Fuel moves clean—measured, continuous, almost abstract. But this is different. Boxes, drums, crates, sealed containers—each with its own handling, its own timing, its own consequence if it doesn’t arrive when it should. LTJG H. H. “Tex” Riley stands on the bridge of the fleet oiler USS Decatur and watches the first load clear the deck of the supply ship and swing out over open water. A helicopter holds position above the gap, steady but never still.