In France, startup Core Biogenesis has raised $3.1 million in seed financing to scale production of growth factors for cultivated meat. Founded earlier this year in the Station F technology incubator in Paris, the company says it will target samples for testing in the first half of 2021. “These [growth factor] molecules represent 50% to […]
In New Zealand, human pest control products maker Goodnature is working to develop biodegradable rat traps that can be dropped by drone or helicopter. Slightly bigger than a Keurig coffee capsule, the traps will break down in the environment within a few months, whether it caught a rat or not. The current iteration of the […]
In Washington, DC, a consumer survey by the Plant Based Products Council shows the majority of U.S. consumers are receptive to plant based products and packaging, with 54% viewing them favorably and 59% expressing interest. According to the report, the potential market size for plant-based products is estimated to be over 136 million U.S. consumers. […]
In New York, researchers at Manhattan College and green chemistry startup Evolved by Nature have demonstrated that pure silk can act as a co-surfactant, making the renewable material a potential replacement for petrochemicals in soap formulations. The research demonstrated that a natural silk protein produced by Evolved by Nature—trade-named Activated Silk™ 10S—synergized with capryl glucoside […]
In New York, two designers and a Fashion Institute of Technology professor have essentially grown a sneaker in a lab. The shoes are made from a leather-like material composed of nanofibers of cellulose assembled by bacteria. Other sneaker features include a cork sole, natural dyes—including a black dye made from rusty nails and acacia tree […]
In Sweden, Scania’s cab production plant in Oskarshamn, Sweden, enters 2021 as fully fossil free. It will thereby be the first of its major production plants around the world to successfully phase out carbon emitting production elements. The largest contribution to reducing carbon emissions has been to convert the three ovens – water drying, powder […]
In Louisiana, Grön Fuels, LLC’s renewable diesel and jet fuel option facility at the Port of Greater Baton Rouge is based on Topsoe’s proprietary HydroFlex hydrotreating and H2bridge hydrogen technologies, including an option to capture ~1 million tons per year of bio-CO2 for carbon sequestration in suitable deep saline aquifers located below the project site. […]
In Denmark, Novozymes has expanded its portfolio of innovative enzyme solutions for the bioenergy industry with the launch of Fortiva Hemi. The unique new product brings novel enzymes to liquefaction that enable unmatched substrate conversion to deliver the highest corn oil and ethanol yields possible. Effective across the broadest pH and temperature ranges, it is […]
In California, California Ethanol + Power announced an exclusive 15-year contract was awarded to CHS Inc. to market and sell the 68 million gallons of Essential EthanolTM to be produced annually by the Sugar Valley Energy campus located in California’s Imperial Valley. Sugar Valley Energy will be a 160-acre multi-plant campus consisting of sugarcane-to-ethanol, sugarcane to low-carbon […]
In France, Connexion France reports the country’s parliament is looking to implement a 2% biofuel blending mandate for aviation by 2025 in an effort to create demand for SAF that will in turn lead to increased production and lower fuel prices. The policy would then call for 5% blending by 2030 followed by 50% blending […]
