Archive for 2018

Living interactive surfaces, color-changing biomaterials, California’s climate satellite; iPhones add bioplastic; hemp manufacturing, amino acids from wood The Digest’s Top 10 Innovations for the week of September 27th

Living interactive surfaces, color-changing biomaterials, California’s climate satellite; iPhones add bioplastic; hemp manufacturing, amino acids from wood The Digest’s Top 10 Innovations for the week of September 27th

September 26, 2018 |

The pace of bioeconomy invention and change continues at a frenetic pace. Here are the top innovations for the week of September 27th. In today’s Digest, a new engineered surface with living interactive properties; motion-activated, color-changing biomaterials; California’s climate satellite; iPhones add bioplastic; hemp manufacturing; farm nutrient mapping; and making amino acids from wood — […]

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North Dakota straw to fuel California cars with NewEnergyBlue’s groundbreaking

North Dakota straw to fuel California cars with NewEnergyBlue’s groundbreaking

September 25, 2018 |

In Massachusetts, NewEnergyBlue is about six months away from breaking ground on a renewable fuel refinery that is forecast to turn 280,000 tons of North Dakota wheat straw into 16-million gallons a year of some of the lowest carbon auto fuel selling in California. The refinery is expected to produce not only cellulosic ethanol capable […]

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Boskalis to use biofuel blend on wind farm project

Boskalis to use biofuel blend on wind farm project

September 25, 2018 |

In the Netherlands, Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) will use a biofuel blend on the Borssele Renewable Energy project to install the export cable to the Borssele offshore wind farm resulting in a more sustainable realization of this renewable energy project. The Borssele Alpha project is being executed on behalf of TenneT and is aimed […]

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United Airlines first U.S. airline to pledge GHG emissions reduction by 50% by 2050

United Airlines first U.S. airline to pledge GHG emissions reduction by 50% by 2050

September 25, 2018 |

In California, United Airlines became the first U.S. airline to publicly commit to reducing its own greenhouse gas emissions by 50 percent by 2050, which represents the equivalent of removing 4.5 million vehicles from the road each year, or the total number of cars in Los Angeles and New York City combined. The airline will […]

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School toilets power school kitchens via biogas

School toilets power school kitchens via biogas

September 25, 2018 |

In Rwanda, more than 80 schools are using biogas derived from the methane emitted from the school’s latrines to cook their meals. The schools also uses methane from dairy cows and use pipes to carry the methane into school kitchens as well as underground biogas digesters and bacteria that converts the solid waste into fertilizer. […]

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Government subsidies available for biogas plants

Government subsidies available for biogas plants

September 25, 2018 |

In India, the state of Rajasthan is giving subsidies of about 1/3 to ¼ of the cost for constructing a biogas plant in rural areas to reach a target of 3,700 households to meet the requirements under the country’s National Biogas Policy that came into force on May 30. The goal is to help households […]

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No damage to Logistec biofuel plant after wood pellet fire

No damage to Logistec biofuel plant after wood pellet fire

September 25, 2018 |

In Canada, a large smoldering pile of wood pellets in a Logistec warehouse in Brunswick is now under control after the local fire department was called at about 10pm Monday night. The wood pellets in the center of the pile “spontaneously combusted” according to Fire Chief Randy Mobley who also told The Brunswick News that […]

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Sorghum genome sequence helps researchers with sugarcane genome

Sorghum genome sequence helps researchers with sugarcane genome

September 25, 2018 |

In France, researchers from the French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development worked on sequencing and assembling fragments of sugarcane chromosomes into the first monoploid reference of the gene-rich part of the sugarcane genome. The project was part of a proposal by the DOE’s Joint BioEnergy Institute. “Their approach relied in part on having a […]

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Importing bioethanol by oil companies against the law according to Philippines DOE

Importing bioethanol by oil companies against the law according to Philippines DOE

September 25, 2018 |

In the Philippines, government official and Energy Undersecretary, Wimpy Fuentebella from the Department of Energy told ABS CBN News that it is against the law to bring down gasoline prices by allowing oil firms to import cheaper bioethanol. Instead, oil companies need to use locally produced bioethanol. The suggestion to import cheaper bioethanol from abroad […]

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Bioeconomy Project Financing & Due Diligence

Bioeconomy Project Financing & Due Diligence

September 25, 2018 |

By Wayne Lee, CEO, Lee Enterprises Consulting, Inc. and Martin Wahl, Director of Marketing, Lee Enterprise Consulting, Inc. Special to The Digest Last fall, the experts at Lee Enterprises Consulting published a series of articles entitled Financing Bioeconomy Ventures[1]. At a high level, this previous series covered pro formas, business plans, strategic analysis, market assessment, engineering design, […]

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