In Belgium, Biotalys, an agricultural tech company protecting crops and food with protein-based biocontrol solutions, announced its business highlights and consolidated financial results for 2021 and an outlook for the remainder of 2022 which includes its 2021 IPO to expand the potential of the company’s AGROBODY Foundry platform, the planned launch of the first protein-based […]
In Germany, Dole Inc., the world’s leading supplier of fresh fruit, operates a biogas plant in the Philippines together with its service partner, METPower. Germany’s MEBA Biogas provided a full complement of systems used to feed the material, including shredding and defibering units from BHS-Sonthofen. Crop waste and organic waste from the production process have […]
In Belgium, Agriland reports that the EU plans to use funding under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) to double the planned production of biomethane by 2030 in order to reduce the reliance on gas from Russia. This would lead to the creation of 35 billion cubic metres of biomethane per year by that year (the […]
In Texas, Southwest Research Institute upgraded its test equipment to allow for testing the effects of transporting natural gas and hydrogen blends in the same pipeline. The latest capability will help clients research hydrogen-based solutions to understand if infrastructure for climate-warming greenhouse gases can be transitioned to handle more sustainable resources. “Hydrogen is an excellent […]
The stars were aligning for the world’s 1st FDCA Flagship Plant construction when Avantium’s shareholders granted the requested approvals for all items on the agenda related to it earlier this year with an expected operational date of 2024, enabling the commercial launch of PEF from 2024 onwards. So what’s the status now? What’s the inside […]
Calyxt leverages their proprietary PlantSpring tech platform, Plant Cell Matrix structures, and BioFactory production system, to produce plant-based chemistries that are scarce in nature, that have unstable supply chains, or that cannot be produced through fermentation, or other similar methodologies. Calyxt’s highlights, milestones, customers, investments, unprecedented time to market, and more…ready for you now at […]
Lately, we all seem to need a drink and world’s largest brewer Anheuser-Busch’s Brazilian arm is making it more green by tapping into Israel’s UBQ for integrating waste-based plastics into its packaging mix. Coors Light is ditching the plastic ring packaging that hold six packs together. And vineyard waste, specifically grape marc, is being converted […]
We are now a few months into 2022 but there are still some changes going on with personnel moves in the bioeconomy. From Aemetis President Andy Foster elected to the Board of Opportunity Stanislaus to several BASF and Store Enso leadership changes, a new Finnair CIO and BrightNight CFO, it’s an exciting time to work […]
In California, Aemetis, Inc. closed two new, lower interest rate credit facilities with aggregate availability of up to $100 million, comprised of up to $50 million for projects that produce lower carbon intensity renewable products and up to $50 million for working capital. In connection with the closing of the new credit facilities, Aemetis repaid […]
In Virginia, microbial solutions company, BIO-CAT Microbials, LLC, is investing $35 million to significantly expand its Troy, Virginia facility to include fermentation capabilities. The company will be breaking ground on an initial 53,800 square-foot expansion phase in March of 2022, with potential future expansion up to an additional 100,000 square feet. The expansion — anticipated […]
