Regardless of the Covid-19 pandemic, Neste’s just released Q1 financials show a solid start to the year and good results despite margin pressure. But how? Adaptation. Flexibility. Innovation. Efficiency. Neste’s renewable products segment led the way with a record-high production volume. Sure, there was high volatility in feedstock prices, especially with vegetable oil and animal fat […]
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? We formed HelioBioSys to reduce the carbon footprint of fuels and other biomaterials. We initially targeted ethanol production via a […]
Gevo’s business strategy is to secure off take agreements for jet fuel and isooctane striking a price that gives attractive returns for project financing for large scale build out of capacity. But how? How will they build out IBA, jet and isooctane with project financing? How will they license their technology to establish large production facilities […]
In California, Pivot Bio announced the close of its $100 million Series C funding round. With this new funding, Pivot Bio will accelerate its plans to scale its first-to-market microbial nitrogen technology that increases crop yields and farmer revenue. The technology will also aid in decreasing greenhouse gas emissions, water pollution, and global energy use […]
By The European Bioeconomy Alliance (EUBA) Special to The Digest The ambitious European Commission strategy to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the EU and achieve climate neutrality by 2050 has recently been set in motion as the European Green Deal. The European Bioeconomy Alliance (EUBA), representing twelve organisations in various sectors active in the […]
From bioinformatics, fermentation, genetic engineering and more, Deinove is looking at active molecules in a variety of ways from conception to production. Check out this insightful Slide Guide on how their lead generation platform is creating unique molecules from rare and extremophilic microorganisms, their development of next-generation anti-infectives to fight antimicrobial resistance, the formation of innovative […]
By Michael Bakas, EVP Distributed Energy Systems, Ameresco Special to The Digest In the final weeks of 2019, the American Gas Foundation updated its nearly decade-old report assessing the market and technical potential for renewable natural gas (RNG) supply and emissions reductions. One of the biggest takeaways was this: RNG could reduce emissions from natural […]
The Digest reported yesterday how White Dog Labs is giving a glimmer of hope to the ethanol industry by being able to convert ethanol production into alternative protein production thanks to their microbiome-derived biotech – and in just 9 months. Their offtake agreement with Cargill is the latest but check out their Slide Guide, created exclusively for The Digest, […]
During last week’s DigestConnect webinar, Kate Lewis from USDA’s BioPreferred Program shared this slide guide on how there is a refresh going on with biobased products driven largely by Millennials, the growth in intermediates even now, benefits of the USDA certified biobased product label and opportunities for the green recovery in 2020 – even with COVID-19 […]
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? MetGen vision is to empower industries to get the most out of biomass. According to our vision, we are driven […]
