In Arizona, Fortistar and Paloma Dairy announced the beginning of construction on a dairy digester renewable natural gas (RNG) facility, the Sunoma Renewable Biofuel Project. The new facility will produce 1.6 million gasoline gallon equivalents (GGE) of vehicle fuel annually for the Class 8 trucking sector—enough fuel to move 10 million miles of freight. In […]
In Colorado, Gevo, Inc. announced that Peak Value IP LLC has completed a valuation of intellectual property including trade secrets, know-how, patents and patent applications across the world that can be licensed and monetized by Gevo. Peak Value’s analysis yielded an indication of investment valuation of $412 million for the IP. Peak Value used an […]
In Indonesia, Reuters reports Pertamina expects 2020 biodiesel sales to fall 12% on the year to 28.2 billion liters. The company told parliament it sees sales rebounding in 2021, however, back up to 31.5 billion liters, of which 26.6 billion liters will be from Pertamina. COVID-19 has significantly impact fuel demand, which has hit biodiesel […]
In Washington, Reuters reports Energy Information Administration data shows the ethanol production and consumption rebound post-COVID-19 outbreak has plateaued with most recent production figures showing 931,000 barrels per day with the four-week average at 927,000 bpd. The previous four weeks were at similar levels but slightly lower. Stocks have also rebounded after a serious drawdown […]
In Illinois, a second grant has been awarded that dovetails into an initial $12 million grant to study pennycress and helps ensure a consistent version of the alternative crop is produced. WIU will receive just under $1 million of a $13 million U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) grant aimed at genetically strengthening pennycress plants for […]
In Canada, ground transportation is responsible for almost a quarter of greenhouse gas emissions globally—and account for about 40 percent of emissions in British Columbia. Increasing emissions from this sector suggest further growth despite current policies. Continuing down this path puts into question whether we can meet the Paris Agreement requirements to slow the planet’s […]
There’s great news in the advanced bioeconomy this month. Impossible Foods has secured $200 million in its latest funding round, led by new investor Coatue. Wonder Food The industry-leading food-tech startup has raised about $1.5 billion since its founding in 2011. Impossible Foods will use the funds in part to expand its research and development […]
2019 was a banner year for RSB that saw growing recognition of RSB’s leadership in the circular and bio-based economy, as well as engagement of new sectors and overall expansion of their global footprint. Check out their just released annual report that dives into their exciting projects, certifications and developments to their standard across many sectors – […]
Take genotype + environment + management practices and you’ve got phenotyping, a measurable characteristic or trait of a plant. In this case, we look at sorghum from Purdue University’s Dr. Melba Crawford and how they are using multi-modality sensing and modeling for high throughput phenotyping of sorghum as an energy crop. Field-based phenotyping, RGB imagery-based field phenotyping, […]
Praj’s strategy has been to broaden its horizons leveraging its innovative end to end technology solutions in Bioeconomy. Its vision is to make the world a better place by deploying these solutions for sustainability and conservation of the environment. But how will it do that? How has this crazy year of 2020 impacted their plans? […]
