5 Key Takeaways

• 1

  The energy transition introduces diverse, variable feedstocks into existing industrial assets, making molecular characterization essential to understanding and scaling them.

• 2

  Analytical laboratories have expanded from delivering measurements to developing methods, informing R&D strategy, and supporting industrial standardization.

• 3

  Advanced techniques, including comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography and high-resolution mass spectrometry, characterize complex emerging feedstocks.

• 4

  GC×GC data support a predictive model that estimates sustainable aviation fuel yields from renewable feedstocks and helps screen potential sources.

• 5

  Analytical data inform whether feedstocks can be processed, technologies are ready to scale, and products meet customer and regulatory requirements.