In Missouri, Pluton Biosciences, LLC entered into an exclusive license agreement with biotechnology company Evolugate of Gainesville, FL to optimize its mosquito biopesticide discovery for commercial use in the vector control industry. Headquartered in St. Louis, MO, Pluton Biosciences discovers new beneficial microbes in the soil for use in sustainable, natural products. Pluton used its […]
In Pennsylvania, Air Products, a leader in industrial gases and megaproject development, and Haldor Topsoe, a leader in high-performance catalysts and proprietary technology for the chemical and refining industries, signed a global Alliance Agreement to collaborate and work together on potential projects for large-scale ammonia, methanol and/or dimethyl ether plants to be developed and built […]
In Switzerland, the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials offered updates on their “Fueling the Sustainable Bioeconomy” project powered by Boeing’s Global Engagement Portfolio, including the latest activities in three countries identified to be of key importance given their rapidly growing commercial aviation sectors and potential to produce significant volumes of feedstocks: Brazil, Ethiopia and South Africa. […]
In the Netherlands, Avantium N.V, a tech company in renewable chemistry, said that at their Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, Avantium’s shareholders approved all resolutions which includes the adoption of the company’s 2019 financial statements, the appointment of Bart Welten to the Management Board and the appointment of Michelle Jou to the Supervisory Board. The […]
In India, Autocar Professional reports that the government permitted surplus rice to be used for the production of ethanol for biofuel usage as India struggles to reach its mandated blend of 10% ethanol in gasoline by 2022. The 2030 target is to double the blending percentage to 20 percent. “Government estimates indicate that total production […]
In Colorado, researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory developed a new machine-learning tool that has significantly speeded up calculating the thermodynamics of chemical reactions and is able to provide predictions that are used in development of detailed reaction mechanisms for combustion of biofuels. Developed as part of the Department of Energy’s Co-Optimization of Fuels […]
From the land down under arrives news of millions pouring in for renewable energy – $1.1 million (about $700K USD) funding pouring into renewable methane, $3 million (nearly $2 million USD) for building a world-first solar hydropower plant, and $1.7 million (a little over $1 million USD) to look at scaling up renewable hydrogen for […]
In Wisconsin, researchers at the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center at the University of Wisconsin–Madison developed a method to combine traits from up to six different yeast species in a single hybrid strain — a yeast that could carry more tools for a specific job, such as producing biofuels. The idea is to combine as […]
In Washington, D.C., two biofuels groups, Iowa Biodiesel Board and Renewable Fuels Assocation, both released notes of thanks to 24 Senators that signed the bipartisan letter to President Trump urging him to uphold the Renewable Fuel Standard and reject the requests for a waiver from five oil state governors. Grant Kimberley, executive director of the […]
In Washington, D.C., Kilpatrick Townsend reports that as of early 2020, over 500 qualified opportunity funds totaling almost $70 billion of capital gains eligible for tax-advantaged treatment under the opportunity zone legislation and regulations were created and there is project level funding and private placement funding at the technology company level if located in a […]
