Enabling biorefineries to achieve 50% reductions in time to bioprocess scale-up, as compared to the current average of 10 years, is what the U.S. Department of Energy aims to do by establishing a distributed Agile BioFoundry to productionize synthetic biology. Find out how they are reducing time to scale up, what beachheads are (hint: not […]
Bunge, REG and Bayer helped CoverCress raise a total of $22 million including $8 million in Series B in 2021. What does that mean for this low carbon cash cover crop and for growers? What is their commercial track? How are the harvest and oil yields? What about the protein market?
By Mike Newman, Director, Parhelion Underwriting Special to The Digest The Oil industry is under pressure on many fronts in the climate change era and faces an existential threat from alternative, renewable sources of energy – but the industry is also best-positioned to win the Prize in energy’s green future. It’s “code red for humanity” […]
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office’s Nichole Fitzgerald, Program Manager, shared this short but sweet slide guide on BETO’s goals for 2021-2030 with large volumes of biomass being critical to achieving those goals, why they are looking at CO2 removal, feedstock technologies program at BETO, and more.
In a companion piece, “Where will we put all the CO2?” we looked at the potential storage solutions from geologic storage to limestone. Here’s the math. According to a chart from the US Department of Energy, we need to bring 10 billion gigatons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. That’s enough, by volume, to fill […]
Propane is usually made from oil refining, but it doesn’t have to be! SHV Energy found bacterial species from a marine sediment that are capable of producing propane. Find out how through gene sequencing they identified partial pathways that might be involved in utilising inorganic carbonate for propane synthesis and more.
Kentucky-based RedLeaf Biologics developed a proprietary, non-GMO red sorghum variant that expresses compounds at levels 2000 times higher than native strains, allowing the first ever commercial extraction. Find out how they are working with local farmers to grow, harvest, and process their red sorghum into valuable natural ingredients.
Vanguard Renewables sequesters organic waste that could be a dangerous contributor to greenhouse gas emissions and converts it into a powerful source of renewable energy, renewable natural gas. Find out how it works, the role of farms, project inputs and outputs, and more.
By Doug Durante, Executive Director Clean Fuels Development Coalition Special to The Digest The release of the highly anticipated revision of the Safe Affordable Fuel Efficient Vehicle (SAFE) proposed rule this month was, for the biofuels industry, yet another poke in the eye as the EPA totally ignored reality and continued their long history of […]
If you missed ABLC Digital’s opening remarks earlier this year, check out this short but sweet slide guide from Kyriakos Maniatis PhD. From GHG emissions, the global carbon cycle, the need for disruptive policies, and more.
