A team of researchers partnered with Visolis to develop a hydrogenolysis catalyst that can operate at low-pressures (≤ 5 MPa) and demonstrate conversion of a fermentation-derived C6 intermediate to a high value chemical monomer. The rewards? Risk and cost reduction for bioproduct process commercialization. And, developing a stable and selective catalyst for biomass conversion R&D. […]
By Bob Starkey, LEC Partners (formerly Lee Enterprises Consulting) Special to The Digest In October 2023 the Biden Administration announced a USD $7B investment in clean hydrogen production. This historic program, known as the Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs (H2Hubs), selected 7 locations across the U.S. to develop clean hydrogen infrastructure. The H2Hub concept is important […]
What are the best pathways to generating and upgrading biochemical intermediates. For example, wet waste to mixed volatile fatty acids in arrested methanogenesis. Or, sugars to butyric acid, or 2,3 butanediol. Tasks include mitigation of scalability roadblocks, measurement of finished fuel properties and quantification of blend limitations, demonstration of life-cycle GHG emissions, and more. What’s […]
How can a public biofoundry develop and demonstrate capabilities that enable commercially-relevant biomanufacturing of a wide range of bioproducts by both new and established industrial hosts? The ABF has operated as a BETO-supported project since 2016. In 2017 the ABF expanded to a $20M/year BETO-consortium. The goal? To enable biorefineries to achieve 50% reductions in […]
In this project, researchers aim to engineer Polyketide synthase for production of commodity and specialty chemicals. PKSs provide the potential to access a massive chemical space of useful small molecules, and produce these from renewable carbon sources. This project is making an array of valuable products including several novel plastic (nylon) monomers with potentially better […]
This week we are reporting many positive shifts in risk, particularly relating to hydrogen, ethanol, DME and sorghum in the US. The new BRISKIs are out from the Daily Digest, they are free and here. https://bit.ly/4dqr58U The risk picture. Although D4 RIN values fell 9.46% with a negative effect on risk for the SAF market in the […]
HARNESS strives to develop a proof-of-concept pilot system designed to break down polyether-polyurethane (PE-PU) foams with engineered enzymes, then convert breakdown intermediates to high-value polyols (POs) and diamines. The primary objective of this project is to develop an innovative platform for waste plastics upcycling to PO and diamines, demonstrated and validated for PE-PU foams, which […]
From Colorado comes news that Gevo inked a purchase agreement for its low-carbon intensity fuel blendstock with Shell Global Solutions Deutschland for use in motorsports. Yep., Gevo’s insanely low-carbon fleul blendstock now heads for the racing circuit and the grueling world of motorspots. Sustaninable? Check. Affordable? Check. Fast? Check, check, check. Or should we put […]
Development of Bacillus as an industrial host for the microbial production of biopolymers is of industrial interest from lignocellulosic hydrolysates. In this project, researchers worked to apply ZymoChem’s Carbon Conservation (C2) technology in non-model organisms to maximize carbon efficiencies to biopolymers via minimizing loss of CO2 from lignocellulosic hydrolysates. The team applied – ABF’s state […]
Researchers launched a ChemCatBio project to Develop new upgrading technologies enabling cost-competitive conversion of C2 oxygenated intermediates to distillate fuels and valuable co-products. One outcome, the team discovered a catalytic pathway for direct ethanol to butene-rich olefin intermediates, providing control over jet blendstock and co-products, with the potential to obtain a distillate fuel MFSP of […]
