Tag: California

Prometheus Fuels reaches TRL 9 with Titan Forge Alpha prototype

Prometheus Fuels reaches TRL 9 with Titan Forge Alpha prototype

July 29, 2025 |

In California, Prometheus Fuels has reached commercial readiness for its proprietary e-Fuel production system. The company’s Titan Forge Alpha prototype has successfully integrated a full-scale 50-cell Faraday Reactor validating its core technology at TRL 9, the highest benchmark for real-world deployment and system maturity. With this milestone, Prometheus becomes the only company capable of producing […]

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Global Clean Energy Holdings gets court OK for reorganization plan

Global Clean Energy Holdings gets court OK for reorganization plan

July 29, 2025 |

In California, Global Clean Energy Holdings, Inc. announced that the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas has confirmed the Company’s Plan of Reorganization. Under the terms of the Plan, GCE will complete a comprehensive restructuring transaction that will simplify the capital structure, inject new liquidity to fund the go-forward business plan, and […]

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Starbucks disappointed in Cali compostable cup trial

Starbucks disappointed in Cali compostable cup trial

July 28, 2025 |

In California, Starbucks is winding down a compostable cups trial following disappointing results. The fiber-based cups, which the coffee giant began trialing in West Hollywood in February, did not have the “functionality [to meet] customer needs,” a spokeperson told WeHo. The cups also required industrial composters, because of a bioplastic coating. The Cool Down also […]

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Funding shortfall forces NovoNutrients to launch asset sale

Funding shortfall forces NovoNutrients to launch asset sale

July 28, 2025 |

In California, gas fermentation firm NovoNutrients has ceased operations and is looking for a buyer for its assets, citing difficulty securing sufficient funding. The company’s technology uses industrial carbon dioxide emissions, hydrogen and naturally occurring microbes to create high-grade proteins for human and animal consumption. According to AgFunder News, NovoNutrients’ former CEO David Tze said […]

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Divert teams with United States Cold Storage to produce biogas from food waste

Divert teams with United States Cold Storage to produce biogas from food waste

July 21, 2025 |

In California, Divert, Inc. recently announced a strategic collaboration with United States Cold Storage (USCS) partnering on an innovative recycling program that processes food and beverage products that can’t be sold or donated into renewable energy and soil amendment.  As a part of this program, unsold and non-donatable food and beverage products from USCS’s California […]

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California Bioeconomy Innovation Campus lands $9.8M funding

California Bioeconomy Innovation Campus lands $9.8M funding

July 21, 2025 |

In California, BEAM Circular recently announced a major milestone for California’s clean technology and biomanufacturing future with $9.8 million in new funding secured for the California Bioeconomy Innovation Campus—a state-of-the-art facility designed to scale breakthrough technologies that convert agricultural byproducts, food waste, and forestry residues into renewable energy, sustainable materials, and other valuable products. The […]

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Caltech chemists develop new system to convert CO2 into molecules

Caltech chemists develop new system to convert CO2 into molecules

July 9, 2025 |

In California, a team of Caltech chemists have developed a system that uses electricity from sustainable sources to carry out the chemical conversion of carbon dioxide (CO2) into molecules, such as ethylene and carbon monoxide, that are useful for making more complex compounds. When this is accomplished using light as the energy source, without plants, […]

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Frontier facilitates $41M in carbon removal offtakes from Arbor

Frontier facilitates $41M in carbon removal offtakes from Arbor

July 8, 2025 |

In California, Frontier has facilitated offtakes with Arbor, a Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) company that uses waste biomass to create clean energy while removing CO₂. Frontier buyers will pay Arbor $41 million to remove 116,000 tons of CO₂ between 2028 and 2030. These offtakes will enable the launch of Arbor’s first commercial […]

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Scientists convert human urine into bone-like material

Scientists convert human urine into bone-like material

July 7, 2025 |

In California, a team at University of California, Irvine have developed a method to convert human urine into hydroxyapatite, a mineral naturally found in bones and teeth. The innovation could offer a sustainable, low-cost source of materials for medical implants and industrial applications.  The work, which is published in a recent issue of Nature Communications, […]

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CARB approves pathways for seven Aemetis dairy digesters

CARB approves pathways for seven Aemetis dairy digesters

June 30, 2025 |

In California, Aemetis, Inc. says the California Air Resources Board (CARB) has approved provisional pathways under the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) for seven dairy digesters built and operated by Aemetis Biogas, a subsidiary of the Company. The pathway approvals are effective as of January 1, 2025. The average carbon intensity for the seven approved pathways […]

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