Cellulose nanofibers are attractive sustainable biomaterials with exceptional properties. Verde Namomaterials is producing affordable cellulose nanofibers from waste to enable sustainable materials in the circular bioeconomy. Verde Nanomaterials founder Danielle U. Pascoli presented these slides at ABLC Next.
For today’s storyline, I do suggest you play the Youngbloods 1960s hit Get Together on your device of choice. Whenever I read of a potential game-changing JV in the bioeconomy, I think how hard JVs are, and my mind drifts hopefully to the Youngbloods singing the chorus, “Come on, people now/Smile on your brother/Everybody get […]
The Inflation Reduction Act provides nearly $40 billion for USDA over the next 10 years to improve life and livelihoods in rural communities. Specific investments include: $19.3 billion for climate-smart agriculture on farms, ranches, and forests; $13.4 billion to lower costs for families and support goodpaying clean energy jobs in rural communities; and $5 billion […]
The USDA Western Regional Research Center has ~350 people, ~45 in bioproducts & biofuels. It’s part of the Agricultural Research Service, the ARS is the in-house research arm of the USDA. They partner with companies and industry groups to take bioproducts to market. According to the WRRC, “we can invent our way to an environmentally […]
USDA’s Rural Business-Cooperative Service offers loan guarantees, grants, and technical assistance support of the bioeconomy and access to capital for Commercialization of emerging technologies; Production of biofuels and renewable chemicals and manufacturing of biobased products; Service, supply, and marketing industries; Infrastructure; and, USDA’s BioPreferred® program supports the marketing of biobased products. USDA RBCS Deputy Administration […]
Renewable projects have a disaggregated value chain, competing and new stakeholders, and a complex technology selection process. Project risk can be reduced, and ROI maximized with accurate project definition, compressed delivery schedules, and expert management. Mickey Reeves of Triten IAG presented these slides at ABLC Next.
The DIgest completed the 7 week series of ABLC CONNECT events in which ABLC delegates join in a Zoom-based pre-networking session with this look at the world of Bioeconomy Feedstocks and Advanced Agriculture and — markets, players, technologies, policy and more. Digest editor Jim Lane presented these State of the Sector slides as part of […]
It’s been so many years since Amyris last knocked LanzaTech off its accustomed perch atop the 50 Hottest Companies in the Bioeconomy rankings. I’ve begun to think that LanzaTech ought to follow in the wake of its technology partner Twelve and simply rename themselves Number One, like a character out of a James Bond novel. […]
Sustainable Oils Camelina has emerged as the crop feedstock of choice for renewable diesel production. Renewable diesel made from Sustainable Oils Camelina is a high-demand drop-in fuel that meets all specifications for today’s engines, on par with diesel produced from petroleum. Sustainable Oils Camelina varieties are the only camelina approved for the California LCFS. Sustainable […]
On September 12, 2022, President Joe Biden issued an Executive Order to Advance Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Innovation to support solutions in health, climate change, energy, food security, agriculture, supply chain resilience, and national and economic security. This declaration could not come too soon as rapid population growth and climatic instability in particular pose major existential […]
