In California, Aurora Algae’s laboratories have implemented homologous recombination, a powerful strain development tool, for optimization of their industrial algal crops. This technology is a game changer for the company, as it vastly expedites research cycles, reducing the time and costs associated with studying biosynthetic pathways and subsequently manipulating those pathways. The proprietary process for […]
In China, FuturaGene has its first research and development center in China with a team of scientists dedicated to helping the country meet its demand for sustainable fibre production and renewable energy sources. The site of the laboratory will serve as the company’s China headquarters. The company has been operating in China through partnerships with […]
In China, FuturaGene has its first research and development center in China with a team of scientists dedicated to helping the country meet its demand for sustainable fibre production and renewable energy sources. The site of the laboratory will serve as the company’s China headquarters. The company has been operating in China through partnerships with […]
In Canada, Himark Renewables has licensed their Integrated bioRefinery patent and their patent-pending Enhanced Ethanol production technology to Western Plains Energy for $15 million. The licenses is for WPE’s 50 MGy ethanol plant in Oakley, Kansas. According to Himark, their EIEP technology will result in a 10% boost to ethanol production at no extra cost […]
In Canada, Himark Renewables has licensed their Integrated bioRefinery patent and their patent-pending Enhanced Ethanol production technology to Western Plains Energy for $15 million. The licenses is for WPE’s 50 MGy ethanol plant in Oakley, Kansas. According to Himark, their EIEP technology will result in a 10% boost to ethanol production at no extra cost […]
In Sweden, Billerud is reorganizing their bioplastic efforts. The work has previously taken place in the subsidiary Tenova Bioplastics, with Billerud acquired in 2009 to explore and gain more in-depth knowledge of new possibilities of combining bioplastic with paper in smart packaging. The development division of the company is now being entirely integrated in Billerud. […]
In California, Sapphire Energy announced that Nucleic Acids Research Journal has published its white paper, “An exogenous chloroplast genome for complex sequence manipulation in algae.” Chloroplast genomes present a unique opportunity for the field of synthetic biology. In a single, relatively small molecule, they encode the most important genes of photosynthesis, nature’s principle method for […]
In Washington, Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman announced a new pilot initiative to reduce hurdles that prevent innovative companies from working with the DOE’s national laboratories. The new Agreements for Commercializing Technology will help businesses bring job-creating technologies to the market faster by allowing them to work with the DOE’s national laboratories from start […]
In the UK, Black Pearl Capital Partners have appointed Bill Bates, a respected bio-diesel expert with extensive management experience, as Managing Director of its Biodiesel facility in Bromborough, Wirral. This refinery, which is the UK’s third largest in terms of production capacity, has recently started commercial production of EN 14214 biodiesel. Bill Bates has been […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, plummeted 2.96 percent to 70.96 as advanced biofuels stocks tumbled. For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) fell 2.74 percent to $28.74, while Solazyme (SZYM) plunged 9.40 percent to $11.47. Among other equities, Codexis (CDXS) dumped 11.45 percent to $5.26. Overall, declines led advances […]
