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Field notes, standards explainers, and feedstock economics — written for procurement, ESG, and energy teams that actually have to ship.

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Standards·Mar 2026

CBAM is here. What every African exporter needs to ship from January 2026.

EU buyers now require verifiable scope 3 documentation. We map the new requirements and what supply chains need to do.

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Feedstock·Feb 2026

The cashew shell economy: how a waste stream becomes industrial fuel.

Côte d'Ivoire produces 1.5M tonnes of cashew annually. The shells are now one of the highest-value feedstocks on the continent.

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Operations·Feb 2026

Five hidden failure modes in biomass-fired steam.

Slagging, fouling, ash chemistry, and storage — the operational realities that brochures don't talk about.

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Case study·Jan 2026

From fuel oil to PKS: a 30 t/h steam plant conversion.

Twelve months from heat audit to commissioning. The contract structure, the cost trajectory, and the audit findings.

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Field notes·Jan 2026

Notes from Soubré: a week in the cashew belt.

What the supply chain actually looks like at the source — and why per-batch traceability is harder than the slide deck makes it look.

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Standards·Dec 2025

SBP versus ISCC EU: which certification for which buyer.

A practical map of which standards work for which buyer geography, and the cost-to-implement curve for each.

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