In California, Ohmium closed its $45 million Series B Financing. Existing investor Fenice Investment Group led the round, with participation from current major investors and new investor Energy Transition Ventures. The funds will support Ohmium’s rapid growth plan to quadruple hydrogen manufacturing capacity from 500 MW annually to approximately two GW annually by the end […]
In California, Amyris has started the commissioning of its new fermentation plant in Barra Bonita, Brazil. The greenfield site at Barra Bonita is a strategic investment with which Amyris leads the biotechnology sector with manufacturing at industrial scale. The new plant is strategically located next to the Raizen sugar mill, which is the world’s second […]
In Iowa, President Biden toured POET Bioprocessing-Menlo, where he announced that his administration will lift restrictions on E15 for the 2022 summer driving season. Available at more than 2,600 gas stations across 31 states, E15 is approved for more than 96 percent of light duty vehicles, which account for 98 percent of all vehicle miles traveled. […]
In France, AFYREN advises that plant construction finalized on time and within budget The AFYREN NEOXY plant in Carling-Saint Avold in the Grand Est region is a first-of-its-kind flagship biorefinery that will produce bio-based carboxylic acids from sugar beet co-products. Its industrial commissioning was announced at the end of March, and production will start in […]
In the UK, the British Government announced its Energy Security Strategy to create a ‘flow of energy that is affordable, clean and above all secure. We need a power supply that’s made in Britain, for Britain – and that’s what this plan is all about.” Prime Minister Boris Johnson observed, “for most of the industrial […]
BioMADE’s Clem Fortman gave this presentation at ABLC 2022 in Washington, DC examining the independent non-profit, public-private BioMADE partnership sponsored by the U.S. Department of Defense. BioMADE is propelling new biotechnology products from the laboratory to the commercial market and bringing together a range of member organizations to bridge the gap between lab-scale research and at-scale […]
Last week, players teed off in The Masters tournament in Augusta, Georgia, and Scottie Scheffler emerged as champion because in golf, lowest score wins. You’d think it would be the same in the world of carbon emissions — lowest carbon score wins. In golf, one often hears the phrase “the scorecard has no pictures”, yet […]
Biofuture’s Gerard Ostheimer gave this presentation at ABLC 2022 in Washington, DC examining government-owned initiatives and campaigns to exchange knowledge and insights, build networks and partnerships and facilitate coordinated actions in the bioeconomy. In today’s Digest, the member countries, the upcoming meetings, the initiatives, the campaigns from industry to transport and cross-sectoral.
Just before ABLC 2022 convened, I had an opportunity to visit with four leaders of the bioeconomy, now working together at Lee Enterprises Consulting, as to how the bioeconomy is evolving and how the industry is re-shaping and expanding to meet new needs. In today’s column and roundtable discussion, we explore the what, where and […]
Argonne National Lab and Northwestern University’s Jennifer Dunn gave this presentation at ABLC 2022 in Washington, DC examining the prospects and progress of the ResIn consortium and the search for Responsible Innovation for Highly Recyclable Plastics, an d especially at the outlook for utilizing polyurethane waste that currently goes primarily to landfill and incineration. In […]
