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Enerkem produces a new clean, renewable alternative solution to diesel fuel for the transportation sector

Enerkem produces a new clean, renewable alternative solution to diesel fuel for the transportation sector

September 25, 2018 |

In Canada, we hear that Enerkem has tested and validated the production of fuel-grade bio-DME made from unrecoverable carbon-rich municipal solid waste. More than 1,000 hours of operations at its Innovation Centre in Westbury, Quebec have been completed.has successfully produced renewable bio-dimethyl ether (Bio-DME), a by-product of biomethanol.  The DME backstory Bio-DME offers a 20% […]

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India rising to the top of the bioeconomy

India rising to the top of the bioeconomy

September 24, 2018 |

To measure the impact that advanced biofuels are having in India, consider that the World Biofuels Day program featured, on stage, Prime Minister Modi, the minister for agriculture, the minister for road transport & highways, shipping and river development; the minister of consumer affairs and food; the minister of science & technology and climate change; […]

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Thermal Gasification of Biomass: The Digest’s Multi-Slide Guide to TGoB in Switzerland

Thermal Gasification of Biomass: The Digest’s Multi-Slide Guide to TGoB in Switzerland

September 23, 2018 |

IEA Bioenergy Task 33 is a working group of international experts with the aim to promote the commercialization of efficient, economical and environmentally preferable thermal biomass gasification processes. Martin Rüedsegger gave this illuminating overview of the progress and promise of thermal gasification of biomass in Switzerland at an IEA Bioenergy Task 33 meeting.

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Thermal Gasification of Biomass: The Digest’s Multi-Slide Guide to TGoB in Norway

Thermal Gasification of Biomass: The Digest’s Multi-Slide Guide to TGoB in Norway

September 23, 2018 |

IEA Bioenergy Task 33 is a working group of international experts with the aim to promote the commercialization of efficient, economical and environmentally preferable thermal biomass gasification processes. Judit Sandquist gave this illuminating overview of the progress and promise of thermal gasification of biomass in the United States at an IEA Bioenergy Task 33 meeting.

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Thermal Gasification of Biomass: The Digest’s Multi-Slide Guide to TGoB in the United States

Thermal Gasification of Biomass: The Digest’s Multi-Slide Guide to TGoB in the United States

September 23, 2018 |

IEA Bioenergy Task 33 is a working group of international experts with the aim to promote the commercialization of efficient, economical and environmentally preferable thermal biomass gasification processes. Kevin Whitty gave this illuminating overview of the progress and promise of thermal gasification of biomass in the United States at an IEA Bioenergy Task 33 meeting.

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Circular biobased economy: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to the Biobased Delta

Circular biobased economy: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to the Biobased Delta

September 23, 2018 |

In a biobased economy renewable raw materials take over the role of fossil raw materials, such as oil. This is extremely important in order to reduce the carbon footprint which has a positive influence on climate change. The south-western Netherlands region is rich in agrofood, horticulture and chemical companies. They can tap into new markets […]

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Industrially important molecules: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to Constructive Biology

Industrially important molecules: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to Constructive Biology

September 23, 2018 |

Berkeley legend Jay Keasling gave this illuminating overview of the promise and progress of a new company in the Keasling universe, Constructive Biology.

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Faster genetic engineering and fighting antibiotic resistance: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to Scibac

Faster genetic engineering and fighting antibiotic resistance: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to Scibac

September 20, 2018 |

Scibac is new and the underlying MERGE technology, is strikingly new; however, the co-founders Jeanette Mucha, Anthony Cann and Derick Twomey are veterans of the advanced bioeconomy, having spent a number of years  at Cobalt Technologies bringing forward that biochamicals platform Cobalt was about the clostridium bacteria— and SciBac is in a neighboring region, but in […]

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Biosteel for airplanes, chemicals from sunlight, water and CO2, automated tractors, cloud biology, biodegradable straws: The Digest’s Top 10 Innovations for the week of September 21st

Biosteel for airplanes, chemicals from sunlight, water and CO2, automated tractors, cloud biology, biodegradable straws: The Digest’s Top 10 Innovations for the week of September 21st

September 20, 2018 |

The pace of invention and change is just too strong, we’ve realized, to highlight annual or even quarterly or monthly rankings and summaries of significant product and service advances. For now, we’re going to be tracking these on a weekly basis to keep pace with the changes. Here are the top innovations for the week […]

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Looking deeper into Clariant cellulosic technology: Part 2 of 2, a visit to Craiova, Romania and first commercial groundbreaking

Looking deeper into Clariant cellulosic technology: Part 2 of 2, a visit to Craiova, Romania and first commercial groundbreaking

September 16, 2018 |

Clariant launches flagship sunliquid plant in Romania as the EU bids to decarbonize transport In Romania, Clariant officially started construction of the first large-scale commercial sunliquid plant for the production of cellulosic ethanol made from agricultural residues.  The project represents the biggest industrial commitment by an international corporation in this region. At full capacity, the […]

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