Archive for 2019

Nifty Nutrition: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to DSM

Nifty Nutrition: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to DSM

July 29, 2019 |

Today’s top story is about Royal DSM – a global science-based company active in Nutrition, Health and Sustainable Living. With a focus as a nutritional solutions provider, they have grown into the feed markets with an industry leading portfolio of innovative feed ingredient solutions for aquaculture, a strategic growth segment for its animal nutrition & […]

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Here Comes the Sun – Sunliquid Tech: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to Clariant

Here Comes the Sun – Sunliquid Tech: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to Clariant

July 28, 2019 |

Clariant, a Switzerland based specialty chemicals company, has four business areas: Care Chemicals, Natural Resources, Catalysis and Plastics & Coatings. While the first half of the year has been challenging, Clariant was able to increase sales by 4% and operating cash flow increased by 11%. Paolo Corvo, Head of Sales & Marketing, Business Line Biofuels […]

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Scientists look at how nature builds hydrogen-producing enzymes

Scientists look at how nature builds hydrogen-producing enzymes

July 28, 2019 |

In Germany, a team from the Ruhr-Universität Bochum and the University of Oxford has found out how hydrogen-producing enzymes, or so-called hydrogenases, are activated during their biosynthesis. They showed how the cofactor – a part of the active center and at the same time the heart of the enzyme – is introduced into the interior. […]

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Toomey, Feinstein renew effort to repeal ethanol mandate

Toomey, Feinstein renew effort to repeal ethanol mandate

July 28, 2019 |

In Washington, D.C., U.S. Senators Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) and Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) renewed their efforts to get rid of the corn ethanol mandate in the RFS. According to Senator Toomey’s statement, they “are working together to end an egregious form of corporate welfare that hurts the environment and drives up the cost of everything from […]

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Terravesta inviting farmers looking to diversify income with miscanthus

Terravesta inviting farmers looking to diversify income with miscanthus

July 28, 2019 |

In the United Kingdom, miscanthus specialist, Terravesta, is inviting farmers who want to learn more about the environmental and financial benefits of miscanthus to attend a Miscanthus farm walk hosted by Terravesta and Norfolk farmer, Adam Brewer on 10 September 2019. Alex Robinson, general manager at Terravesta, says that more farmers are looking at planting […]

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France bans palm oil from biofuels

France bans palm oil from biofuels

July 28, 2019 |

In Germany, UFOP reports that France is tightening up regulations on the use of palm oil as a feedstock in biofuels production. However, this only applies to palm oil eligibility within France. As a result, biofuels produced in France could push their way onto the EU market, toughening supply and price competition. The French regulation […]

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InSciTe welcomes new project proposals

InSciTe welcomes new project proposals

July 28, 2019 |

In the Netherlands, InSciTe is now open for new biobased and biomedical project proposals, for both new ideas as well as building on existing projects. Submission deadline is August 15th 2019 and the decision on the outcome will be September 11th 2019. Proposed projects should start no later than 1-1-2020 and run for a period […]

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Algae consortium developing programs to advance algae education

Algae consortium developing programs to advance algae education

July 28, 2019 |

In Washington, D.C., the Algae Technology Educational Consortium (ATEC) is developing programs to educate and employ the next generation of algae researchers and to improve skills for those already in the algae workforce, with funding from the Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) within the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. ATEC […]

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Sayings and images from 12 years traveling on the bioeconomy road

Sayings and images from 12 years traveling on the bioeconomy road

July 28, 2019 |

Today, the Digest turns 12. Since the Digest was launched in July 2007, we’ve had the privilege of telling the amazing success story of the bioeconomy— new applications, companies, and platform technologies have been pouring out of research labs and many of them are deploying rapidly at commercial scale. If you’ve seen the rise of […]

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Neste appoints new Exec. VP for renewable polymers and chemicals

Neste appoints new Exec. VP for renewable polymers and chemicals

July 28, 2019 |

In Finland, Mercedes Alonso has been appointed as Executive Vice President for Renewable Polymers and Chemicals of Neste Corporation and member of the Neste Executive Committee. She will join Neste on September 2019, at the latest, and will report to President and CEO Peter Vanacker. She will also be the Managing Director of Neste Germany […]

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