In Illinois, the U.S. Department of Energy awarded a $3.3 million grant to a multidisciplinary research team at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to develop a precise system for measuring greenhouse gas emissions from commercial bioenergy crops grown in central Illinois. The three-year project through the Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment (iSEE) is […]
In Denmark, Novozymes announced 2019 financial results with a 1% increase in household care, but with decreases in food and beverages (-1%), bioenergy (-3%), agriculture & feed (-5%), and tech and pharma (-3%). EBIT margin 28.1% (~26% underlying). Net profit decline of 2%. Free cash flow before acquisitions DKK 2.2 billion. However, they expect a […]
In California, Amyris said their clean beauty brand, Biossance is expanding into the United Kingdom market this month. Biossance will land on Cult Beauty, which is one of the UK’s fastest-growing online beauty businesses with significant market presence. Known for innovating the first renewably sourced, 100% plant-based squalene, Biossance first launched in 2015. Its No […]
In Saudi Arabia, Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures (SAEV) is planning to set up a $500 million fund to promote energy efficiency and renewable energy solutions. SAEV is a subsidiary of the kingdom’s state-owned oil producer and recently opened an office in Beijing, China to scale up its presence in the country, said CEO Majid Mufti […]
In Austria, a new kind of bioreactor for the biological production of methane has enabled the use of extremely high pressure levels for the first time – and set new efficiency standards for the conversion of CO2 and H2 into methane. This significant improvement compared with conventional bioreactors is down to billions of microorganisms that […]
In Washington, D.C., the U.S. Department of Agriculture is seeking public input to help with the creation of the Higher Blends Infrastructure Incentive Program (HBIIP), a new program that will expand the availability of domestic ethanol and biodiesel by incentivizing the expansion of sales of renewable fuels. “Feedback from farmers, retailers and biofuels producers is […]
In Germany, plant physiologists from the University of Hohenheim in Stuttgart, the Universities of Geneva, Lausanne and the University of Lyon have jointly tracked down the internal molecular dialogue between the embryo and endosperm, genetically two different organisms, that is required for seed development. The communication of the embryo and the surrounding endosperm is based […]
No, we aren’t going to be riding on the backs of big bucks for transportation, but transportation will be changing with the big news from Washington, D.C. at the Washington Auto Show, that the U.S. Department of Energy is investing nearly $300 million in funding for research and development of sustainable transportation resources and technologies. […]
In Nebraska, the Associated Press reports that Nebraska’s Environment and Energy Department has revoked air and other permits from the Big Ox Energy biogas plant in South Sioux City following lawsuits by local residents against both state and local authorities over odors and gases. The company has 30 days to appeal the revocation of the […]
In Washington, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is establishing eligibility and selection criteria for Tribal Biomass Demonstration Project and Alaska Native Biomass Demonstration Project proposals submitted for BLM-managed lands, as authorized by the Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self-Determination Act Amendments of 2017. For Tribal Biomass Demonstration Projects, the Act requires, for each of fiscal […]
