In the UK, the University of East Anglia is searching for a first level researcher to apply machine learning approaches to investigate cyanobacterial metabolism and identify optimal pathways and metabolic fluxes for compound production. The student will test these outcomes by generating appropriate mutants and measuring growth and compound production of these strains in small […]
In Sweden, a new report from researchers from IIASA, Luleå University of Technology (LTU), and RISE Research Institutes of Sweden has shown that more biorefineries, which produce biobased fuels and chemicals, will have only a small effect on the availability and pricing of wood products and feedstocks. They set out to better understand the potential […]
In Argentina, Reuters reports that if the European Union slams Argentine biodiesel exports with fresh anti-dumping tariffs in the next two to three months, that production could come to a screeching halt as 85% of exports would be cut off without an alternative market to flow into. Just the threat of potential new tariffs could […]
In Washington, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt has resigned. US President Donald Trump announced the exit on Twitter, commenting, “President Donald Trump announced Pruitt’s exit, saying on Twitter “I have accepted the resignation of Scott Pruitt as the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Within the Agency Scott has done an outstanding job, and I will […]
In the bioeconomy, the grass is always greener on the other side of a corporate repositioning, and we’ve seen the product and feedstocks fads roll onto the shoreline with numbing regularity. We had ethanol until there was biodiesel, and algae until there was jet fuel. Then, chemicals until there was Brazil, and drop-in fuels until […]
What is the Feedstock Conversion Interface Consortium and why does it exist? The Why is simple. #1 issue plaguing High and Low Temperature IBR projects is consistent operability of preprocessing and primary deconstruction. In response, researchers have joined together from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, DOE, Oak Ridge National Lab, Argonne National Lab, Los Alamos […]
In Iowa, Platts reports that Elite Octane’s new 120 million gallon per year ethanol plant started crushing corn this week, just in time to load extra supplies of DDGS on the local market ahead of the holiday weekend when stocks are high and demand is low. Some plants are offering DDGS at a $20/ton discount […]
In California, the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery has awarded more than $25 million in California Climate Investments to bolster organics recycling infrastructure in the state and rescue edible food for Californians in need. The projects in 10 California communities are set to transform nearly a half-million tons of discarded food, green waste, […]
In India, the Uttar Pradesh sugar mills association is seeking deregulation of molasses in an effort to offload supplies that are currently drowning its local market following a record sugarcane crush while providing opportunity to supply other states that can’t fulfill their own demand. Even though the central government has recently deregulated the use of […]
In the UK, local press reports that if the government won’t provide the required demand for ethanol under an E10 policy to keep the Ensus facility operating year-round, the country is bound to continue having CO2 shortages like the recent one that saw beer stocks run out during the World Cup. The Ensus ethanol plant […]
