“Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupery Digital biology, synthetic biology and metabolic engineering are not all the same – just ask Matt Lipscomb, CEO and Founder of DMC who shared this presentation at ABLC NEXT in San […]
If the exit polls and early results hold up, the Conservative Party will have won a landslide victory in the 2019 UK General Election, Brexit is on and it will happen in the next 60 days. The size of the win of the Scottish National Party, exit polls have them at a highwater-mark of around […]
In the Ivory Coast, Scania has signed an agreement with the Ivorian Ministry of Transport and SOTRA, the Abidjan Transport Company, to deliver 450 buses. The bus delivery forms part of a major initiative to upgrade SOTRA’s fleet and improve public transport in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. Scania, in collaboration with Agence Nationale d’Appui au Développement […]
In the UK, In May this year, the Serious Fraud Office (“SFO”) announced it was investigating certain aspects of biodiesel trading at Greenergy and various third parties as part of a broader investigation. The SFO has informed the company and our employees that they are no longer suspects in an ongoing investigation. The Board of […]
In Washington, Growth Energy hailed the announcement of a long-awaited deal on the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) on trade. The USMCA modernizes the previous trade pact, strengthens the trade relationship between these North American nations, and provides critical market access for U.S. agriculture. The USMCA provides additional market access and trade opportunities for U.S. biofuel and […]
In Belgium, Renewables Now reports Brazilian ethanol production broke a record for the season through November with 22.04 billion liters of hydrous and 9.68 billion liters for anhydrous. During November, UNICA reported mills sold 2.83 billion liters of ethanol, of which 1.94 billion liters were hydrous, while just 143.81 million liters were exported. The Brazilian […]
In Finland, Stora Enso is investing EUR 9 million to build a pilot facility for enabling the production of bio-based plastics as barrier in transparent packaging. The pilot plant will convert plant-based sugars into the renewable building block required to make PEF, a bio-based plastic, mainly targeting the food and beverage industry. The pilot plant […]
In India, Hinduja Group on Wednesday offered to help Punjab in addressing the stubble burning problem by lifting all the paddy straw from the fields for use in ethanol plants. Offering transport and technology solutions to mitigate the menace of stubble burning, the Chairman assured the state’s Chief Minister that the tippers of the Group […]
In China, ethylene, or ethene, is a primary feedstock for the chemical industry, including as a starting material for the production of a wide variety of plastics. In the journal Angewandte Chemie, scientists have now introduced a new electrochemical technique for selective and energy-efficient production of ethylene from carbon monoxide, which can be obtained from […]
In Belgium, the European Commission presented The European Green Deal – a roadmap for making the EU’s economy sustainable by turning climate and environmental challenges into opportunities across all policy areas and making the transition just and inclusive for all. The European Green Deal covers all sectors of the economy, notably transport, energy, agriculture, buildings, and […]
