Category: Top Stories

Will I get sick, will I die? Surprises in the COVID-19 hard data on infections, mortality, as the April 6th witching hour nears

Will I get sick, will I die? Surprises in the COVID-19 hard data on infections, mortality, as the April 6th witching hour nears

March 29, 2020 |

Stunned viewers of CNN’s State of the Union program on Sunday morning heard Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases say that “projections showed the (COVOD-19) disease would kill between 100,000 and 200,000 Americans and infect far more,” and predicted “millions of cases” while warning that the projections and […]

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Power-to-fuel project plans 6 commercial-scale carbon neutral fuel facilities by 2030

Power-to-fuel project plans 6 commercial-scale carbon neutral fuel facilities by 2030

March 28, 2020 |

We all need some good news right now so it was welcoming to see the latest newsflash from Liquid Wind about the Expert Consortium uniting for a green Power-to-Fuel project to convert carbon emissions into cost-effective carbon neutral fuel. In today’s Digest, the details on the project, led by Liquid Wind, plans to establish commercial-scale […]

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Amyris Launches Leading Hand Sanitizer and Receives Initial Positive Result for Vaccine Adjuvant

Amyris Launches Leading Hand Sanitizer and Receives Initial Positive Result for Vaccine Adjuvant

March 26, 2020 |

In California comes the news that synthetic biology leader Amyris is stepping out to help fight COVID-19. Amyris may be more well known for its sustainable ingredients for the Health & Wellness, Clean Beauty and Flavors & Fragrances markets, but as you all know, things have changed a lot over the last few months and […]

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Competitive Edge: Fluid Quip Technologies

Competitive Edge: Fluid Quip Technologies

March 26, 2020 |

Q: What was the reason for founding your organization – what was the open niche you saw that could be addressed with a new product or service? What was the problem, or gap, or opportunity? Re-applying Wet Mill Separation Technologies into the Dry Grind Ethanol Industry, providing Ethanol Producers the opportunity to diversify into: – […]

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The Best Places to Work 2020

The Best Places to Work 2020

March 25, 2020 |

In Florida, The Digest announced the 100 Best Places to Work in the Advanced Bioeconomy, as voted by the Digest’s readers. All organizations engaged in the advanced bioeconomy were eligible — producers, R&D institutions, labs, suppliers, growers, distributors, investors and partner, excepting academic or teaching institutions. In all, 297 different organizations received votes from readers in the […]

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Fewer Wizards, Bigger Castles: As Zymergen acquires EnEvolv, the tension builds between Open Innovation and closed circles of high-end design and optimization

Fewer Wizards, Bigger Castles: As Zymergen acquires EnEvolv, the tension builds between Open Innovation and closed circles of high-end design and optimization

March 24, 2020 |

From San Francisco and Boston — peeking out from their shelters in place — news arrived Zymergen has acquired EnEvolv at the customary price of “terms were not disclosed”. There are a couple of streams to note here, within this storyline. The technical storyline. As the always quotable Kiwi Collin South puts it: “This partnership […]

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The Hand Sanitizer Market: a salvation for beleaguered ethanol producers, or not?

The Hand Sanitizer Market: a salvation for beleaguered ethanol producers, or not?

March 23, 2020 |

If you’ve not heard, NuGenTec is looking for Distillers to help supply Ethanol for Hand Sanitizers in California! We have two automated bottling lines waiting for ethanol to produce 8oz and 16oz gel type hand sanitizers, they write. You can learn more here. And as we reported this morning, Aemetis is one of those companies […]

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Pandemic won’t stop Impossible Foods – $500M new funding for Impossible’s R&D, retain expansion, next-gen products

Pandemic won’t stop Impossible Foods – $500M new funding for Impossible’s R&D, retain expansion, next-gen products

March 22, 2020 |

“I’m Possible” is even in Impossible Foods name and right now when so many things seem impossible, they are proof that even in a global pandemic, good things can still happen. Having just secured $500 million dollars in fresh funding, despite the global turmoil triggered by the coronavirus, they are showing anything is possible indeed. […]

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Coronavirus Responses & Impacts Bioeconomy Survey Results – March 2020

Coronavirus Responses & Impacts Bioeconomy Survey Results – March 2020

March 19, 2020 |

During the week of March 16-20, 2020, The Digest surveyed its readers on how they were impacted by the Coronavirus health & economic crisis, and how they were responding. The bioeconomy’s pioneers are an optimistic bunch, and generally are far more optimistic than pessimistic about the next 12 months. That’s changed. Now, 70 percent are pessimists about 2020-21, relative […]

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The Competitive Edge: Vertimass LLC

The Competitive Edge: Vertimass LLC

March 19, 2020 |

Q: What was the reason for founding your organization – what was the open niche you saw that could be addressed with a new product or service? What was the problem, or gap, or opportunity? Vertimass seeks to commercialize novel catalytic technology for low cost conversion of ethanol into hydrocarbon fuels to overcome obstacles that […]

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