Steven Gust

Steven Gust serves as a Senior Technical Advisor bringing more than 35 years of experience in the advanced biofuels space to Steeper. After graduating with a M.Sc. in Chemistry, he began his career in the battery space before switching to renewable energy projects.

Steven has been the technical lead in various thermal conversion technologies projects such as fast pyrolysis and gasification. In addition, he led European Union projects on upgrading catalytic pyrolysis biocrudes and conducted techno-economic evaluations of different advanced biofuel technologies, including hydrothermal, hydropyrolysis, and biological processes. He also led the Fischer-Tropsch technology vendor selection of a biomass gasification demonstration plant. On the sustainability side, Steven has evaluated the carbon intensity of biofuels and their indirect land-use change (ILUC) effects, as well as their legislative requirements in multiple jurisdictions.