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, […]
In California, World Energy announced a $350 million investment over the next two years to complete the conversion of its Paramount, California facility into one of the cleanest fuel refineries in the world. The project will enable World Energy Paramount to process 306 million gallons annually. The conversion to renewable jet, diesel, gasoline and propane […]
Sometimes we feel like we are living in an alternate universe. You think everything is great – President Trump announces support for year-round E15 and things are looking up for ethanol. Then you open a newspaper (in your hands or on your web browser…) and the Halloween horror begins and you see an article attacking […]
The pace of bioeconomy invention and change continues at a frenetic pace. Here are the top innovations for the week of October 24th. #1 Covestro develops first biobased coating hardener for lightfast polyurethane coatings In Germany, Covestro received the MATERIALICA Design + Technology Award 2018 for the development of the first biobased coating hardener for […]
An interesting addendum appeared in recent days on the Anellotech website — a notation, not seen before from the Sultans of Stealth, that “Anellotech has raised US$80 million in cash and in-kind contributions to date. These considerable investments come from our highly-motivated and engaged strategic partners, who are working with us to develop and commercialize […]
You got no troubles, right here in River City, friend, if building a sustainable business or a biorefinery is on your mind. The secret of the economics of the bioeconomy is in the riverside cities and towns, if you think about it. Now, all cities are close to rivers, but here we think of them […]
By Mark Warner, PE, Founder, Warner Advisors LLC Special to the Digest Accurate cost forecasting for first-of-a-kind biorefineries is both challenging and necessary to achieve commercial success. At its genesis is model development, which enables the brilliant concepts produced in the lab, and pairs them with reality of building commercial scale technology. Insights from both the benchtop […]
Bioengineering…it doesn’t sound very magical but it is full of mystery and potential waiting to be unlocked, much like Harry Potter’s character. In the early books and movies, Harry is young, mysterious, smart, and you just know he is capable of something great and destined for amazing things. We feel the same about bioengineering and […]
The pace of bioeconomy invention and change continues at a frenetic pace. Here are the top innovations for the week of October 17th In today’s Digest, edible barcodes, DARPA’s modifying crops, insects, Pivit Bio raises $70M, rice straw ethanol, renewable concrete, automated indoor farming, biobased hairstyling, silkworms making spider silk — these and more, ready […]
