In Louisiana, longtime industry executive Glenn Johnston said that NuSeed has acquired the carinata assets of Canadian agricultural pioneer Agrisoma. Johnston was speaking at the IATA Sustainable Aviation Fuels Symposium in New Orleans and confirmed that five Agrisoma staff members have joined NuSeed, with the asset acquisition. Terms of the acquisition have not been disclosed. […]
The commercialization of algae has several challenges, but Lieve M. Laurens from National Renewable Energy Laboratory gave this illuminating presentation at the DOE’s BETO 2019 Project Peer Review that details how they are trying to reduce the cost of algal biofuels by increasing intrinsic algal biomass value. Their end of project goal is to build […]
“The measure of how disruptive Synthetic Biology is lies in the applications, the use cases and relevance to consumers,” according to Checkerspot which uses biology and chemistry to generate novel building blocks. Their ingredients include custom oils like tri-, di- and mono-glycerides, proteins and peptides, micronutrients, and polysaccharides. Charles Dimmler from Checkerspot shared this illuminating […]
In South Korea, a research team from the School of Energy and Chemical Engineering at UNIST unveiled a novel biomass conversion technology, a fusion catalytic system that can selectively convert lignin, that can turn forestry biomass residues (i.e., sawdust from timber logging) into higher value fuels and chemicals via solar energy. At present, the process […]
In California, U.S. Senator Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Peter Welch (D-Vt.) introduced companion bills in the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives to reform the Renewable Fuel Standard by mitigating harmful environmental impacts of the corn ethanol mandate and advancing the next generation of biofuels that reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The GREENER […]
In Washington, DC, the Renewable Fuels Association reports that weekly ethanol production scaled 3,000 barrels per day (b/d) higher or 0.3% to 1.033 million b/d—equivalent to 43.39 million gallons daily and 0.9% below the same week a year ago, according to EIA data. The four-week average ethanol production rate lifted 0.9% to 1.020 million b/d, […]
In the United Arab Emirates, a new study from the International Renewable Energy Agency analyzes current barriers to investment in advanced biofuels and aims to capture the perspective of project developers aiming to nurture the market and scale up actual usage in competition with fossil fuels. Among the findings: Regulatory uncertainty stands out as the […]
In California, the California Restaurant Association is suing the city of Berkeley because of the city’s recent ban on the use of natural gas in newly constructed buildings that will go into effect in January 1, 2020. While the ban is meant to lower GHG goals for the city, the association says the natural gas […]
In California, W. L. Gore & Associates is collaborating with Checkerspot, bringing together Checkerspot’s expertise in bio-based polymers and biotechnology with Gore’s experience in high performance apparel. Together, they will explore innovative performance materials development with the goal of delivering high performance textile coatings with improved environmental profiles. According to the press release, Checkerspot’s team […]
In Massachusetts, CELLINK launched the next part of a multiphase bioink expansion which includes the release of two new bioink series, the expansion of three existing bioink series, the release of a new thickener series and two products for enhanced cell analysis. Their new bioink series includes: Chitosan is an abundant biocompatible material which has […]
