Archive for 2019

University of Saskatchewan researchers develop compound that may slow Alzheimer’s progress using waste from ethanol plants

University of Saskatchewan researchers develop compound that may slow Alzheimer’s progress using waste from ethanol plants

January 24, 2019 |

In Canada, a University of Saskatchewan (USask) research team’s quest to extract protein from more than a billion liters of annually produced wastewater (called thin stillage) at Saskatchewan’s ethanol plants has yielded something far more valuable—a compound used in many countries to slow cognition loss in Alzheimer’s patients. That compound is glyceryl phosphoryl choline (GPC) […]

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Indonesian government says it needs to up its game to incentivize biofuel

Indonesian government says it needs to up its game to incentivize biofuel

January 24, 2019 |

In Indonesia, the Jakarta Post reports that the head of renewable energy for the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry said a lack of incentives for biofuels has tampered demand and that the government must step up to ensure that energy prices for consumers don’t increase due to the switch to biofuels. Potential incentives include capping […]

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Castor oil ski boots, biohybrid car, Neutrogena 3D printed hydrogel mask, biosolvents, biobowls and more: The Digest’s Top 10 Innovations for the week of January 25th

Castor oil ski boots, biohybrid car, Neutrogena 3D printed hydrogel mask, biosolvents, biobowls and more: The Digest’s Top 10 Innovations for the week of January 25th

January 24, 2019 |

The pace of bioeconomy invention and change continues at a frenetic pace. Here are the top innovations for the week of January 25th. In today’s Digest, castor oil ski boots, biohybrid car, Neutrogena 3D printed hydrogel mask, biosolvents, biobowls — these and more, ready for you now at The Digest online. #1 Slide down the […]

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Industrial Sugars: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to FQPT

Industrial Sugars: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to FQPT

January 23, 2019 |

Fluid Quip Process Technologies provides fully integrated custom technologies and services to dry-grind ethanol and biochemical industries which include full plant design, process optimization studies, yield improvement technologies, new co-product technologies, and turnkey capital projects. Jeff Robert Director from FQPT gave this illuminating overview of their clean sugar technology, how industrial sugars are bridging the […]

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ExxonMobil teams with Genomatica, Clariant to evaluate waste-based cellulosic sugar production

ExxonMobil teams with Genomatica, Clariant to evaluate waste-based cellulosic sugar production

January 23, 2019 |

In Texas, ExxonMobil and Renewable Energy Group (REG) said that they have signed a joint research agreement with Clariant to evaluate the potential use of cellulosic sugars from sources such as agricultural waste and residues to produce biofuel, which has the potential to play a role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. (Editor’s note: The REG […]

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Aemetis scores Customs OK for $50 million funding round

Aemetis scores Customs OK for $50 million funding round

January 23, 2019 |

In California, Aemetis, Inc. announced that the US Customs and Immigration Service (USCIS) has issued an I-924 Exemplar Approval for its $50 million EB-5 Phase II funding related to the Aemetis Riverbank cellulosic biorefinery project in California.  Three EB-5 investors filed with the USCIS and funded $1.5 million to the Aemetis project in December 2018 […]

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Dyadic tries again to launch IPO after government shutdown got in the way

Dyadic tries again to launch IPO after government shutdown got in the way

January 23, 2019 |

In Florida, Dyadic International announced that the Company has filed a replacement Registration Statement on Form 10-12G with the Securities and Exchange Commission. On November 5, 2018, the Company filed its initial Form 10-12G (File No. 000-55264), which was withdrawn on January 2, 2019 in order to prevent the Initial Form 10 from becoming effective […]

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Azerbaijan to get “bio”diesel plant using waste tyres as feedstock

Azerbaijan to get “bio”diesel plant using waste tyres as feedstock

January 23, 2019 |

In Azerbaijan, local press reports that a “bio”diesel facility is being developed at the new Balakhani Industrial Park that will use waste tyres as feedstock. The $1.76 million facility will create 20 jobs but the investor nor the technology to be employed was revealed by the country’s economy minister who announced the new project. The […]

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Bids and offer heard for US origin ethanol to China for first time since July

Bids and offer heard for US origin ethanol to China for first time since July

January 23, 2019 |

In China, Platts reports that bids and offers for US origin ethanol are being heard after practically no trade since July due to the ongoing, but potentially easing, trade war between the US and China. Bids were offered for $450-460/ton CFR China while an offer was made for $510/ton CFR China for prompt shipment of […]

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UW-Madison researchers develop biosensor that may help ID microbial candidates for biofuel production

UW-Madison researchers develop biosensor that may help ID microbial candidates for biofuel production

January 23, 2019 |

In Wisconsin, a new study led by researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, unveils a biosensor that may light the way to the best microbial candidates for biofuel production. In search of the best biofuel-producing microbes, scientists may need to make millions of variants via genetic modifications. But only a handful of these variants are […]

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