In California, Lygos, a sustainable specialty chemical company, announced the signing of an agreement with global fermentation and biotechnology firm, CJ BIO, to produce and deliver commercial volumes of sustainable products to the market. As part of the partnership, Lygos will develop a commercial-scale biorefinery complex in Fort Dodge, Iowa, combining CJ BIO’s expertise in […]
In California, Ohmium announced with Houston based Ten08 Energy the launch of a 500MW clean ammonia project in Texas to produce 1.4 million metric tons of ammonia annually. The project will use green hydrogen from Ohmium’s Proton Exchange Membrane electrolyzers and blue ammonia from Ten08’s carbon-captured natural gas operations. Initially starting with 200MW of capacity, […]
In California, Infinium announced that it had secured a $1.1 billion investment from Brookfield Asset Management to scale its production of ultra-low carbon eFuels and meet the rising global demand for sustainable aviation fuel. The funding includes $200 million for Infinium’s Project Roadrunner in West Texas and up to $850 million for future eFuels projects […]
In California, sustainable outwear brand Outerknown is using seaweed-based fibers developed by North Carolina’s Keel Labs. Dubbed Kelsun, the seaweed-based biopolymer fibers are mixed with organic cotton for a new line of Outerknown’s much-loved Blanket Shirt. “Working with suppliers that share our love for the ocean is a great fit for Outerknown. I’m excited to […]
In California, Daily Breeze reports The Port of Los Angeles was set to celebrate the Alette Maersk, a groundbreaking methanol-powered cargo ship, with public tours on Wednesday. However, the event was abruptly canceled due to planned protests linked to Maersk’s alleged involvement in the Israel-Hamas conflict —a charge the company has not confirmed. Just a […]
In California, foodtech Optimized Foods has developed a caviar alternative using lab-grown meat techniques and its proprietary mycelium platform. Dubbed MycoCarrier, Optimized Foods’ process uses spherical mycelium to convert biomass into food products, according to vegconomist. In the case of its Cultivated Caviar, the company grows caviar in a lab using sturgeon cells and an […]
In California, the US Department of Defense has granted The Better Meat Co. a $1.4 million grant to advance development of Better Meat’s Rhiza mycroprotein ingredient. Better Meat’s technology leverages microscopic fungi and fermentation to produce sustainable protein applications. The company operates a pilot plant in Sacramento. The funding, as reported by vegconomist, is part […]
In California, Clean Fuels Alliance America expressed disappointment in the California Air Resources Board’s (CARB) recently proposed amendments to its low carbon fuel standard (LCFS). If adopted, these changes would impose caps on credits for soy- and canola-based biodiesel and renewable diesel, without sufficient scientific evidence to support such limitations. By restricting credit generation for […]
In California, biobased ingredients producer Bolt Threads has successfully closed its merger with special purpose acquisition company Golden Arrow Merger Corp and on August 14 began trading on the Nasdaq under the ticker BSLK. A proprietary polypeptide in Bolt Threads’ b-silk replaces silicone elastomers in a range of beauty industry formulations. Silicone elastomers are synthetic […]
In California, Checkerspot and Cambium have partnered to develop biobased, impact-resistant, high temperature and flame-retardant polyurethane foam products and composite foam systems for high-performance applications. Checkerspot’s microalgae-based polyols are already used to create biobased polyurethanes, and Cambium has developed a number of composite systems with extreme temperature resistance. “With our vertically-integrated development approach, from computational […]
