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Crabs curbing COVID, 3D printed biopolymers, fermentation-based production for cannabinoids and more: The Digest’s Top 8 Innovations for the week of August 21st

August 20, 2020 | admin

We’ve seen the disposable face masks tossed on the floor, but what if they were biodegradable and non-toxic? That’s what one Bangladeshi scientist is tackling with mask material developed from cellulose extracted from jute fiber and chitosan, a material found in shellfish shells. Speaking of marine life and the sea, there’s also a new 3-D […]

Study looks at species protection and palm oil development in Indonesia

August 16, 2020 | admin

In Germany, in an interdisciplinary study by the Universities of Göttingen, Hohenheim and Indonesian partner universities, examines the environmental, social and economic consequences of land-use transitions in a tropical smallholder landscape on Sumatra, Indonesia and the economic-ecological conflicting goals of developments for the oil palm landscapes. Land-use transitions can enhance the livelihoods of smallholder farmers […]

Court denies POET’s claim that U.S. EPA’s guidance will cost credits

August 16, 2020 | admin

In Washington, D.C., Reuters reports that a federal appeals court on Friday denied a challenge by leading ethanol maker POET Biorefining, LLC who accused the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency of making it impossible to certify its corn-fiber-derived ethanol under a renewable-fuel program. A split three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. […]

Topsoe and partners issue report “Ammonfuel – An industrial view of ammonia as marine fuel”

August 16, 2020 | admin

In Denmark, Alfa Laval, Hafnia, Haldor Topsoe, Vestas, and Siemens Gamesa issued a report “Ammonfuel – an industrial view of ammonia as a marine fuel” providing a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the applicability, scalability, cost, and sustainability of ammonia as a marine fuel. The report describes ammonia as an attractive and low risk choice […]

Forward prices for rapeseed and soybeans stand up to corona crisis

August 16, 2020 | admin

In Germany, UFOP reports that the restrictions in the wake of the corona crisis generated pressure on rapeseed and soybean prices in the first quarter of the calendar year of 2020. However, prices have firmed since then. Starting at the beginning of the 2019/20 crop year, both rapeseed prices in Paris and soybean prices in […]

Ethanol production 12.2% below same week in 2019 as COVID-19 pandemic continues

August 16, 2020 | admin

In Washington, D.C., ethanol production pared back by 1.4%, or 13,000 barrels per day (b/d), to 918,000 b/d—equivalent to 38.56 million gallons daily, according to EIA data analyzed by the Renewable Fuels Association, but remained 12.2% below the same week in 2019 as a result of the continuing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The four-week […]

Terravesta launches new video touting miscanthus as biofuel feedstock

August 16, 2020 | admin

In the United Kingdom, Terravesta launched a new animation video to spread the word about building a bio-based future with Terravesta Performance Hybrids, and miscanthus grown from seed rather than the usual rhizomes, allowing it to be upscaled 200 times faster. Terravesta is reducing the world’s dependence on fossil derived fuels and products by utilizing […]

Yield10 Bioscience signs research agreement with GDM to evaluate new yield traits in soybean

August 16, 2020 | admin

In Massachusetts, Yield10 Bioscience, Inc., an agricultural bioscience company, signed a three-year non-exclusive research agreement with GDM, a company specialized in plant genetics based in Gibson City, Illinois to evaluate novel yield traits in soybean. Under the agreement, GDM plans to work with Yield10 yield traits within its research and development program for soybean as […]

EPRI and GTI launch initiative to accelerate low-carbon energy technologies

August 16, 2020 | admin

In California, the Electric Power Research Institute and Gas Technology Institute are embarking on a five-year Low-Carbon Resources Initiative to accelerate the development and demonstration of low-carbon energy technologies. The LCRI is targeting advancements in low-carbon electric generation technologies and low-carbon energy carriers, such as hydrogen, ammonia, synthetic fuels, and biofuels. Seeded with $10 million […]

Earnings Season – 5 Companies remain strong in wild 2020

August 16, 2020 | admin

2020 is a doozy for many biofuel and bioeconomy companies but here are 5 companies – several that were voted for The Digest’s Hot 50 companies – that are taking 2020 by the reins and succeeding through all the challenges thrown their way. In today’s Digest, a peek into 5 biocompanies – an ethanol producer, […]

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Author Archive: admin

Crabs curbing COVID, 3D printed biopolymers, fermentation-based production for cannabinoids and more: The Digest’s Top 8 Innovations for the week of August 21st

Study looks at species protection and palm oil development in Indonesia

Court denies POET’s claim that U.S. EPA’s guidance will cost credits

Topsoe and partners issue report “Ammonfuel – An industrial view of ammonia as marine fuel”

Forward prices for rapeseed and soybeans stand up to corona crisis

Ethanol production 12.2% below same week in 2019 as COVID-19 pandemic continues

Terravesta launches new video touting miscanthus as biofuel feedstock

Yield10 Bioscience signs research agreement with GDM to evaluate new yield traits in soybean

EPRI and GTI launch initiative to accelerate low-carbon energy technologies

Earnings Season – 5 Companies remain strong in wild 2020