In Florida, BioTork has created a sustainable, GMO-free, vegan omega-3 oil produced from algae. This omega-3 oil will be launched in the nutraceutical, feed and food industries worldwide as a direct replacement to fish oil. BioTork’s product is naturally evolved, not genetically modified, and therefore does not carry the GMO label. BioTork’s omega-3 oil is […]
In Spain, researchers from the University of Granada teamed with the University of Campinas in Brazil to determine the ideal blend of fish oil and cooking oil to produce a new kind of biodiesel. The project looked at 13 different blends of oils in the biodiesel as well as biodiesel produced from pure oils as […]
How do you really value something that takes a bad outcome (high gas prices) and prevents a worse outcome (outrageous gas prices). Preventative medicine – you never really feel the value, see the value — so how do you measure the benefits of renewable fuels in ways that have meaning to individuals? If you are […]
In Brazil, Petrobras and the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore the production of biodiesel from residual fish oil. Brazil aims for expansion of fishing activity and trade to 2 million tons of fish by 2014. Petrobras is currently in a partnership pilot project conducted with Biopeixe fish […]
In Portugal, Incbio has been awarded a contract to supply a turnkey biodiesel unit for Norway’s N3Pharma. Designed to transesterify a total capacity of 10,000MT/year of fish oil with ethanol (ethylation), the plant will be fully built with food grade materials and components, and include excess ethanol recovery. Once built, the plant will be installed […]
In Canada, the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador will fund the Centre for Aquaculture and Seafood Development to the tune of $89,500 to set up a demonstration scale facility that will produce biodiesel from fish oil. Pilot scale research used salmon and cod oils brought in from outside the province but the next round of […]
The pace of bioeconomy invention and change continues at a frenetic pace. Here are the top innovations for the week of May 15th. In today’s Digest, mushroom burial suits, fish gut bioplastic, algae foam bags, power generated from human sweat, castor oil polyamides — these and more, ready for you now at The Digest online. […]
In India, Indian Oil is working with Airbus, Kingfisher Airline and UOP to conduct biofuel test flights. Indian Oil, a state run corporation has signed pacts with Canadian universities and Pratt & Whitney to further their ambitions to join the growing group of countries pursuing bio-avjet.
The U.S. Navy is up to something fishy – hagfish that is. Researchers are evaluating the use of hagfish slime – a unique goo that can swell to 10,000 times its original size – to clog the propellors of enemy ships. And in London, a materials innovation partnership developed a technique to turn the shells […]
In Florida, researchers at the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Panama are evaluating the use of hagfish slime—a unique goo that can swell to 10,000 times its original size—to clog the propellors of enemy ships. The creepy creature squirts the slime into the gills of would-be predators. Just 90 mg of slime can become a […]
