In Switzerland, Evolva said that “testing is underway by the US Navy of materials fabricated from special formulation of Evolva’s resveratrol.” Evolva’s collaboration with the US Navy (NAVAIR research facility, China Lake, California) is aiming to develop novel composite materials is to focus on the development of a new class of structural composite materials engineered […]
In Canada, BioFuelNet Canada called for proposals is to identify potential research to be conducted in the period of 2016 to 2017. The deadline for applications is 9/1/16. BFN identified the following areas for research and funding: 1. Social Outreach. BFN will consider any application that contributes to the overall goal of improving the network’s […]
In South Dakota, the American Coalition for Ethanol re-elected four board members and elected three new representatives to the group’s Board of Directors. Four current board members were re-elected to serve three year terms. • Owen Jones, representing Full Circle Ag Cooperative • Duane Kristensen, representing Chief Ethanol Fuels • Dave Sovereign, representing Golden Grain […]
In Germany, UFOP is reporting that “prices for rapeseed oil, soybean oil and sunflower oil converged in July 2016”. Whereas soybean oil and sunflower oil were on a sluggish trend due to abundant supply of feedstock, the price curves for rapeseed oil showed a slight upward trend. According to Agrarmarkt Informations-Gesellschaft mbH (AMI), oil mills […]
Why do hot US agricultural technologies fail to get the explosive growth they deserve? BEE offers a new tech-to-market approach. They say that to be a great champion, you have to learn to win on the road. So, it’s meaningful in that context when BEE’s Patrick McDonnell throws down the gauntlet to the US agricultural […]
By Lorenz Bauer, PhD, Lee-Enterprises Consulting Special to The Digest Recent declines in oil prices and the failure of start-up biofuel processes to meet production cost targets have increased the interest in producing value added chemicals from biomass as coproducts. The vision is that these products can leverage the production of fuel by providing revenue to […]
This week, Gevo reported its Q2 financial results, reaffirmed its guidance on production cost targets, lengthened out the timing on its production targets, and placed all the near-term chips on marine biofuels. Market reaction was generally pretty hateful, with the stock dropping 33% today. Investors seem to have translating Gevo’s messaging thus: Gevo says: We’re […]
In the world of consumer adoption, moda means fashion and fashion means change, and TerraVia’s new CEO Apu Mody arrives to warn companies in the food sector that the old days are over. “The days of companies talking one way to consumers, of the endless debates over ‘how do we educate the consumer?’ are well […]
At the outset of his historic Conquest, Cortés gathered the men and burned the boats. As TerraVia jettisons its break-out industrial product line and completes the pivot to Food, what lies ahead in the New World? Gromeko: They’ve shot the Czar. And all his family. Oh, that’s a savage deed. What’s it for? Zhivago: It’s […]
I think it might have been a Kennedy who remarked one time: Some people see used coffee grounds and say, yecch. Other people dream of bacon flavoring and say, why not? If you’ve wondered ever how to take some of the most unloved forms of food waste — old coffee grounds, spent grape pomace (the stems, […]
