In Illinois, LanzaTech Global, Inc recently announced the closing of the sale and issuance of shares of its common stock to a group of leading investors, including new investor, SiteGround, for gross proceeds of $20 million. “We’re advancing high-value projects, with the potential to drive market transformation,” said LanzaTech CEO, Jennifer Holmgren. “This investment from […]
In Illinois, biobased ethyl acetate producer Viridis has stopped construction of its first large-scale production plant. According to Chemical and Engineering News, work on the nearly completed Peoria site was halted by investor EIV Capital, which cited a declining market for biobased chemicals declined throughout 2025. Higher costs, particularly due to tariffs, also contributed to […]
In Illinois, Northwestern University and Stanford University synthetic biologists have created a new artificial metabolism that transforms waste carbon dioxide (CO2) into useful biological building blocks. In the new study, the team engineered a biological system that can convert formate — a simple liquid molecule easily made from CO2 — into acetyl-CoA, a universal metabolite […]
In Illinois, researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have developed a groundbreaking new tool that allows them to watch and quantify how plants breathe through stomata in real-time and under strictly controlled environmental conditions. The study, published in the journal Plant Physiology, introduces a system dubbed “Stomata In-Sight.” It solves a long-standing technical challenge […]
In Illinois, LanzaTech Global, Inc. announced an increase in its holdings of LanzaJet, Inc. to 53%. This announcement follows the successful commissioning and production of ASTM-certified sustainable fuels including Synthetic Paraffinic Kerosene (SPK) and Renewable Diesel (RD) at LanzaJet’s Freedom Pines Fuels facility in Soperton, Georgia, the world’s first commercial-scale plant to produce jet fuel from […]
In Illinois, while annual cropping systems such as maize/soy rotation perpetuate soil organic carbon (SOC) loss, perennial crops have been found to contribute to SOC increases. However, most perennial crop studies have been short-term, resulting in incomplete understanding of their long-term impacts on SOC. A study, published in the journal GCB Bioenergy, led by researchers […]
In Illinois, researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have discovered a novel way to address the problem of air travel’s greenhouse gas emissions—by converting food waste into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) that meets industry standards without relying on fossil fuel blends. Their process, described in a new Nature Communications study, could help the aviation […]
In Illinois, LanzaJet, Inc., a leading next-gen fuels technology company and producer of sustainable fuels, has recently awarded the Front-End Engineering and Design (FEED) for Project Speedbird to Fluor Corporation. Developed with support from British Airways, LanzaJet’s Project Speedbird is a commercial scale ethanol-to-SAF facility to be located in Teesside, UK, which will produce over […]
In Illinois, CME says a supply shortage in feedstocks used to produce cleaner road, rail and air transportation fuel could be exacerbated in the European Union (EU), one of the world’s largest markets for biofuels, by growing demand stoked in large part by stricter environmental policies in the region. The mandated demand for renewables under […]
In Illinois, there is growing interest in high-biomass sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) as a bioenergy feedstock, but more information is needed to determine the most suitable varieties for the U.S. Midwest. This study by researchers at the Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI) evaluated and compared the yield potential of 13 sorghum […]
