In the Netherlands, Cargill is pumping more than 125 million euros (nearly $150 million) into the construction of a new factory at its Ghent site to produce biodiesel from waste and residues. Cargill already produces biodiesel from oilseeds in Ghent at its subsidiary Bioro. This will be joined by a brand-new factory which represents a […]
In Arizona, Northwest Advanced Bio-Fuels is in final funding discussions to raise hundreds of millions of dollars for its sustainable aviation fuel project in Washington state, which will produce and supply 60+ million gallons of SAF annually for Delta Air Lines. “NWABF is currently holding serious, active investment discussions with top U.S. Infrastructure and Energy […]
Biotalys is transforming food protection with unique protein-based biocontrol solutions, tackling two birds with one stone – reducing food waste and driving the sustainability of food production. But how? And why should we care? In today’s Digest, how Biotalys is creating nature-based protein products that protect food, ensure a safe, sustainable food supply, and reduce […]
Maybe it’s because Thanksgiving is right around the corner, but this week’s innovations are heavy on food with a protein innovation contest crowning MycoTechnology for their mushroom-based protein production, a whopping $7 million raised for a 3D-printed cultured meat startup to commercialize its meat bioprinter, a “metabolized restaurant” concept with food produced using bacteria through […]
As reported in The Digest recently, ADM (Archer Daniels Midland) and Japan-based Spiber partnered up to expand production of biobased polymers, called Brewed Protein polymers, produced through a fermentation process that utilizes sugars and microbes instead of petrochemical or animal-derived raw materials, for use in apparel, auto parts, high-performance foams, and other consumer products. In […]
In Washington, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has helped the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Research and Development Center take their algae bloom research a step further by investigating blooms as a viable source of biocrude fuel and fertilizer using hydrothermal liquefaction. The team demonstrated a three-step approach that “cleans” the water, removes the algae and […]
In Canada, the National Law Review reports that the government of Manitoba is working to amend three regulations under the Biofuels Act which will update clean fuel standards by increasing the ethanol and renewable fuel content in gasoline, including increase ethanol content from 8.5% to 10%, increase renewable fuel content of diesel from 2% to […]
In Germany, BASF and TECNALIA, a European center for research and technological development, are collaborating in digitalization to accelerate the global research and development of new crop protection products which will help contribute to a faster development of innovations that respond to farmers’ needs worldwide to control weeds, fungal diseases and insect pests in their […]
In Washington, D.C., the U.S. Grains Council submitted comments to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative highlighting significant trade barriers facing exports of U.S. coarse grains, ethanol and co-products. “We believe that resolution of the broad range of trade barriers outlined in this report could bring about a correction in the coarse grain trade […]
In Washington, D.C., ethanol production scaled 2.1% higher, or 20,000 barrels per day (b/d), to a 32-week high (since March 20) of 961,000 b/d—equivalent to 40.36 million gallons daily, according to EIA data analyzed by the Renewable Fuels Association. Still, production remained 5.2% below the same week last year. The four-week average ethanol production rate […]
