The world is awash in low-cost ethanol thanks to bioeconomy technology, but we’re not yet awash in high-value renewable chemicals — now, with new technology, we can make those high-value chemicals from ethanol. If you missed last week’s DigestConnect, Catalyxx CEO Joanquin Alarcon shared this slide guide on what his technology edge is, how the projects work […]
Shortages of medical face masks were just one problem we faced this year, but Celluair tackled it head on by using nanocellulose materials for face masks enabling it to decouple from the traditional supply chain, thereby eliminating the bottlenecks in the supply of chemicals and materials used. Instead of fossil fuel based raw material, Celluair […]
Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials may have started in biofuels, but their latest work to transform the chemicals and polymers industry by ensuring sustainability is of note and goes across the supply chain. For example, RSB-certified bio-naphtha is mixed with virgin fossil naphtha from UPM when it enters the INEOS O&P supply chain in Germany and […]
In Florida, The Digest announced the NEXT 50, “the 50 Next Companies to Disrupt the World”, for 2020. The NEXT 50 are companies whose emerging technology promises to disrupt markets (or is already doing so) and powering a transition from the old economy to the bioeconomy based on rapid innovation and the sustainable use of […]
By David F. Peterson, B.S., MBA, Lee Enterprises Consulting Special to The Digest This is the first article in a two-part series addressing the challenges of implementing and scaling up hemp production from a biomass management perspective. After the product or products are chosen and the business strategy is developed, biomass scale-up considerations largely sift […]
As part 2 of the seawater-to-fuels discussion from DigestConnect last week, get an insider look at the breakthroughs the U.S. Navy project to produce renewable fuels from seawater using synthetic biology, as shared by Professor Nigel Scrutton of the UK Future Biomanufacturing Research Hub. Details on how synthetic biology is being used to engineer microbes for fine and […]
By Jacqueline Greenberg Vogt, Esq. and Robert C. Epstein, Esq., both with Greenberg Traurig LLP Special to The Digest These Ten Steps May Help Biofuels Companies Avoid Headaches, Delays, Higher Costs and Legal Complications Bioenergy accounts for about 10 percent of the world’s total primary energy supply. The International Energy Agency projects that global biofuels […]
W2X sounds like a new rock band name, but it’s what Brightmark’s CEO, Bob Powell, talked about at last week’s DigestConnect on fuels and plastics from dairy and MSW wastes. How do the technologies work? What are the economics? Where are the markets? When are projects coming online? Who’s joining in on the RNG and plastics-from-waste future?
Even with the craziness of 2020, Amyris had above market growth rate with a YTD consumer revenue growth of +220% and a YTD product revenue of +72%. How? Maybe it’s the $60 million invested per year in R&D? Or its their deliverance of 4 new molecules at scale surpassing their target of 2 or 3? […]
Q: What was the reason for founding your organization – what was the open niche you saw that could be addressed with a new product or service? What was the problem, or gap, or opportunity? Consumers and governments across the globe are putting increasing pressure on brands, retailers and the chemical industry to reduce their […]
