In West Virginia, Greasezilla is partnering with next generation of pumpers to install FOG (fats, oils and grease) Separation Systems in key cities around the U.S., investing $1 million per facility, already working with pumpers in New Orleans, Jacksonville, Austin, Atlanta, Washington, Idaho, Ohio, Tampa and Chicago. Greasezilla is actively selecting established FOG hauling and […]
In the United Kingdom, the World Biogas Association launched its latest report: Biogas: Pathways to 2030, which provides a comprehensive review of how management of unavoidable organic waste through anaerobic digestion could deliver by 2030 a 10% reduction in global greenhouse gas emissions – and in particular methane, which is 85 times worse than carbon […]
In North Carolina, DMC CTO and Co-Founder Mike Lynch launched a web-based calculator to assess the economic feasibility of products made from fermentation. The Bioprocess Technoeconomic Analysis (TEA) tool will help users – academics, startups, funding agencies, R&D team, and investors – make commercially relevant decisions about technology development and deployment. The calculator connects key […]
In California, Los Angeles will be able to achieve 98% clean energy in the next 10 years and 100% by 2035, according to their Los Angeles 100% Renewable Energy Study (LA100) conducted with NREL. NREL developed a range of scenarios to evaluate pathways to 100% renewable energy on different timescales and expected levels of building […]
In the United Kingdom, the Miscanthus genus of grasses, commonly used to add movement and texture to gardens, could quickly become the first choice for biofuel production. A new study shows these grasses can be grown in lower agricultural grade conditions – such as marginal land – due to their remarkable resilience and photosynthetic capacity […]
Photo credit: TODA Corporation / Japan Blue Energy Co. Ltd. News comes from the Land of the Rising Sun that a first-of-its-kind Tokyo facility will convert sewage sludge into renewable hydrogen fuel is now complete. Ways2H Inc. and its shareholder and technical partner Japan Blue Energy Co. say the waste-to-hydrogen facility will process 1 ton […]
3D printed mud huts, called Casa Covida, are offering Covid-19 quarantine comfort complete with 3 a bedroom, fireplace and bathtub for when you need to separate from others. And you can be like a turtle and carry your house around thanks to the lightweight adobe walls made from sand, silt, clay and water, and printed […]
In the Netherlands, Avantium’s subsidiary Avantium Renewable Polymers signed two additional conditional offtake agreements for the supply of PEF resin to manufacture bottles and films, bringing the total now to four such contracts. Avantium RNP aims to commercialize its proprietary plants-to-plastics YXY® Technology, which is used to produce FDCA (furandicarboxylic acid) – the main building […]
In Belgium, Port of Antwerp, Fluxys and Titan LNG christened a new LNG bunker vessel: the FlexFueler 002 which is owned by gas infrastructure group Fluxys and LNG supplier Titan LNG. The bunker barge ensures that ships can refuel with LNG anywhere in the port. The FlexFueler 002 operates from its base at quay 526/528 […]
In California, Amyris, Inc. achieved another breakthrough with its production of Cannabigerol (CBG) from fermentation for consumer skincare treatment formulations. Amyris believes that this production run is the largest industrial-scale fermentation-based CBG by any producer to-date. The production was completed utilizing 225,000 fermenters at the facility of Amyris’s Spain-based manufacturing partner. Amyris’s Lab-to-Market synthetic biology […]
