By Matt Carr Special to The Digest Algae-derived products and technologies are on the cusp of changing nearly everything. Algae will transform how we eat; will make the materials in your shoes more sustainable; provide fuel for vehicles and planes; recycle greenhouse gases and deliver many more products that have yet to be commercialized. It sounds like a […]
IEA Bioenergy Task 33 is a working group of international experts with the aim to promote the commercialization of efficient, economical and environmentally preferable thermal biomass gasification processes. Donatella Barisano gave this illuminating overview of the progress and promise of thermal gasification of biomass in Italy at an IEA Bioenergy Task 33 meeting.
IEA Bioenergy Task 33 is a working group of international experts with the aim to promote the commercialization of efficient, economical and environmentally preferable thermal biomass gasification processes. Jitka Hrbek gave this illuminating overview of the progress and promise of thermal gasification of biomass in Austria at an IEA Bioenergy Task 33 meeting.
How do you convert an oil refinery to a biorefinery? In this presentation given at an IEA Bioenergy Task 43 workshop, the research team examines the case of Hungary’s INA oil refinery and a project called BIO-CCUS.
Cyclotron Road is a fellowship program affiliated with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory that supports leading entrepreneurial scientists as they advance a project with the potential for global impact. Since 2015, more than $15 million has been awarded to 41 fellows who have gone on to generate more than $75 million in early stage funding […]
Yield10 Bioscience is an agricultural bioscience company focusing on the development of disruptive technologies to produce step-change improvements in crop yield for food and feed crops to enhance global food security. Experts forecast that food production must be increased by over 70% in the next 35 years to feed the growing global population, which is […]
The pace of bioeconomy invention and change continues at a frenetic pace. Here are the top innovations for the week of November 1st In today’s Digest, biobased credit cards, useful products from diapers, chicken-fat biodiesel, mobile-based precision ag, biodegradable insualtion, soy synth meat, algae-based straws — these and more, ready for you now. #1 What’s […]
Codexis is a leading protein engineering company that applies its technology to the development of biocatalysts for the commercial manufacture of pharmaceuticals and fine chemicals. Codexis’ proven technology enables implementation of biocatalytic solutions to meet customer needs for rapid, cost-effective and sustainable manufacturing. The company gave this illuminating update on the company’s progress, promise, and most […]
By Gerard J. Ostheimer, Ph.D., below50 Co-Founder and Senior Advisor; Graham Noyes, Executive Director, Low Carbon Fuels Coalition & Managing Attorney, Noyes Law Corp, and Stephanie Batchelor, Director of State and International Policy, BIO Special to The Digest This month the International Energy Agency issued a wake-up call to the Renewable Energy sector. With the very welcome […]
In California, Amyris has started industrial scale production of what it believes is “the world’s best tasting and lowest cost zero calorie natural sweetener” and therein lies a tale. Of Amyris and, by extension, almost everyone else who will — soon or later — follow in its wake. Originally, it was going to be fuels, […]
