Heard on the Floor at the Bio World Congress: The Top Storylines from Day...
Industrial biotech’s biggest and grandest show, the World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology, continued today in Montreal and there was a Capital W in World...
For jet reset via renewable fuel, think carinata
The US ethanol industry is working hard on E15 deployment right now — from market deployment to regulatory relief, there’s action on every front...
$2.25 per gallon biohydrocarbon fuels, unsubsidized? Biozin licenses IH2 Technology — heads for commercial-scale...
In Texas, CRI/Criterion Catalyst Company has awarded an FEL-2 license agreement for the IH2 technology which converts biomass to liquid transportation fuels, to Biozin...
The bioeconomy, #1 catalyst for rural development: The Digest’s 2017 Multi-Slide Guide to USDA...
Outgoing Agricultural Secretary Tom Vilsack put it best: "The bioeconomy is a catalyst for economic development in rural America, creating new jobs and providing...
Industrial Biotech’s Billion Dollar Quarter: ventures raise $1.1B in Q1 from seed to commercial-scale
In Florida, Biofuels Digest reports that the industrial biotechnology sector raised $1.103B in new capital in the first quarter of 2017, excluding debt and...
Explosive new ICCT report says “offsets” will dominate “alternative fuels” in aviation
“Bulk of aviation emissions reductions will be achieved through carbon offsets,” not fuels, writes ICCT
Slow scale-up foreseen for biofuels
Challenges in feedstock costs
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Stevia Wonder: Cargill, Evolva head for EverSweet’s commercial-scale in 2018
In Switzerland, Cargill and Evolva inked a major collaboration pact for the production and commercialisation of EverSweet, the next-generation stevia sweetener. This product is...
Vive le ROI: has Sylvatex uncovered a gold mine in renewable fuels?
One of the purest, high-yield financial plays we have ever seen in the energy business is possibly emerging, one that could put fracking returns...
Corbion bids to acquire TerraVia
In California, Corbion has made a $20M stalking horse stock and asset purchase bid for TerraVia .
The purchase agreement provides TerraVia with a binding...
Be the Change: Maine’s new Born Global challenge
For some time in The Digest, we have examined the problem of matching capital to projects. As Ecostrat’s Jordan Solomon observed at ABLC Next...