The last time we did an in-depth story on Biotalys with an exclusive Digest interview with Patrice Sellès, CEO of Biotalys and veteran international ag exec formerly with Syngenta, we talked about product launches, product pipeline, how their biobacteriacides and biofungicides tackle food security and waste at the same time. So needless to say when […]
In what seems like a twisted, alternate universe, famous wiener maker and bologna bliss master, Oscar Mayer, launched a face mask that looks like bologna but is made out of seaweed, witch hazel and collagen (and as clearly marked on their packaging, is not meant to be eaten). If walking around with a bologna-looking […]
In California, ReCarbon, an energy and chemicals company that recycles GHGs into energy and decarbonized products such as hydrogen and syngas, closed $25 million in its Series B-1 funding round and welcomed two partners, POSCO, one of the largest steel companies in the world, and GS Holdings Corporation, a Fortune 500 energy and utility company. […]
In Indiana, POET, the world’s largest biofuels producer, completed construction on an addition to its POET Bioprocessing – Portland facility. This addition allows the facility to capture renewable CO2, a co-product of POET’s bioethanol production process, to be sold for commercial use. POET’s renewable CO2 is a part of the all-natural POET Pure line of […]
In Denmark, Haldor Topsoe is the first Danish company to join the Hydrogen Council and hopes its membership will accelerate Power-to-X solutions for the hard-to-abate sectors including steel, cement, mining, and heavy transportation. The Hydrogen Council constitutes the entire value chain within hydrogen and includes companies and industries from around the world, that all have […]
In the Netherlands, Avantium’s shareholders granted the requested approvals for all items on the agenda related to the positive Final Investment Decision on the construction of the world’s first FDCA Flagship Plant taken in December 2021. Avantium expects the FDCA Flagship Plant will be operational in 2024, enabling the commercial launch of PEF from 2024 […]
In France, alternative protein is getting a boost with Ÿnsect, a leader in producing insect-based ingredients, launched ŸNFABRE, the first industrial genomic selection program applied to mass insect farming for alternative food protein. More specifically, the programme brings together a number of fields of expertise and powerful innovations in developing phenotyping tools (biological trait characterization) […]
In Washington, D.C., ethanol production scaled back by 17,000 barrels per day (b/d), or 1.7%, to 1.035 million b/d, equivalent to 43.47 million gallons daily, according to EIA data analyzed by the Renewable Fuels Association. Production was 10.9% above the same week last year, which was affected by the pandemic, and 0.6% more than the […]
In Indonesia, Mongabay reports that President Joko Widodo’s administration canceled millions of hectares worth of concessions including Ministry of Environment and Forestry permits for 192 logging, plantation, mining and ecotourism operations, totaling 3.13 million hectares (7.73 million acres); 36 Ministry of Agrarian and Spatial Planning permits for plantations (at 34,448 hectares, or 85,123 acres); and […]
In Colorado, 10 times stronger than steel, nearly half the weight of aluminum, far stiffer than fiberglass—carbon fiber carries a package of advantages, yet is expensive and still needs perfecting to become economical for mass market vehicles. But thanks to NREL researchers and advances in biobased material design, recycling carbon fiber at an industrial scale […]
