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Dunkin’s coffee-waste powered house, infections nixed by bioactive surfaces, Novomont’s microbeads, plant/nanocellulose hybrid, hi-rez field imagery, rescued food: The Digest’s Top 10 Innovations for the week of October 10th

Dunkin’s coffee-waste powered house, infections nixed by bioactive surfaces, Novomont’s microbeads, plant/nanocellulose hybrid, hi-rez field imagery, rescued food: The Digest’s Top 10 Innovations for the week of October 10th

October 10, 2018 |

The pace of bioeconomy invention and change continues at a frenetic pace. Here are the top innovations for the week of October 10th. #1 House runs on Dunkin’ – tiny home powered by Dunkin’ coffee grounds In New York, Ohio-based Dunkin’ Donuts Coffee at Home introduced a biofuel-powered home in New York City’s Madison Square […]

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Novozymes’ Yeast Beast in New Release; Innova Lift’s Yield Revealed 

Novozymes’ Yeast Beast in New Release; Innova Lift’s Yield Revealed 

October 9, 2018 |

In North Carolina, Novozymes launched its next yeast technology, Innova Lift, for the starch-based ethanol industry. The product follows the launch earlier this year of its ambitious yeast platform, Innova, and the first product, Drive.  The Need to Knows • Lift is targeted to plants with longer fermentation times, generally 57 hours or more – […]

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It’s Past Midnight: Do You Know Where Funds for Your Farm Bill Energy Title Programs Stand?

It’s Past Midnight: Do You Know Where Funds for Your Farm Bill Energy Title Programs Stand?

October 9, 2018 |

By Brent Erickson, Executive Vice President, Industrial & Environnmental Section, Biotechnology Innovation Organization Special to The Digest On September 30th, the 2018 Farm Bill officially expired. And while both chambers of Congress passed their respective bills, the final version of the legislation that supports the agricultural sector in the U.S. is still being negotiated between […]

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Of Flying Peaches and Barrels of Monkeys: The quest for sustainable flight by world-scaling a neurotransmitter

Of Flying Peaches and Barrels of Monkeys: The quest for sustainable flight by world-scaling a neurotransmitter

October 8, 2018 |

The fact that you are reading this makes the case for “reasons to love carbon monoxide”, because the molecule works as a neurotransmitter (conducting signals around the nerve system) and plays a role in keeping your heart beating. So, if we have a carbon monoxide problem it is the problem of having too much of […]

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Getting the Most out of Technoeconomic Analyses

Getting the Most out of Technoeconomic Analyses

October 8, 2018 |

By Daniel A. Lane, Ph.D., Member, Lee Enterprises Consulting, Inc. Special to The Digest At its most basic level, technoeconomic analysis or assessment (TEA) is a cost-benefit comparison tool used to evaluate the commercial viability of a process.  While many companies are quite familiar with this tool, a number of startups often forgo TEAs of […]

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Scaling up biobased BTX: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to Anellotech

Scaling up biobased BTX: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to Anellotech

October 7, 2018 |

Founded in 2008, Anellotech has developed a clean technology platform for inexpensively producing bio-based chemicals from renewable non-food biomass. These drop-in, green versions of widely used petrochemicals; benzene, toluene and xylenes, are used to make plastics for consumer goods such as beverage bottles and packaging, clothing, carpeting, automotive parts, home and construction materials, electronic products, […]

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Sustainable intensification: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to more biomass for bioenergy without imposing iLUC

Sustainable intensification: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to more biomass for bioenergy without imposing iLUC

October 7, 2018 |

Sustainable intensification of agricultural systems in combination with biorefinery processing can produce more biomass for bioenergy without imposing iLUC. That’s the topic of this illuminating overview from Poul Erik Laerke and Uffe Jørgensen of Aarhus University Foulum, as presented at a recent IEA Bioenergy Task 43 workshop.  

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The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to optimizing lignocellulosic cropping systems

The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to optimizing lignocellulosic cropping systems

October 7, 2018 |

How attractive are systems for Bioenergy Feedstock Production in Sustainably Managed Landscapes for Rural Development? Ioannis Dimitriou, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Dep. of Crop Production Ecology offered this illuminating overview at a recent IEA Bioenergy Task 43 workshop.

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From Unloved Woods to Desirable bioenergy: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to wood and forest projects

From Unloved Woods to Desirable bioenergy: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to wood and forest projects

October 7, 2018 |

Increasing global demand for energy, a push by governments and industry to reduce greenhouse gases (GHG), and a desire to increase energy independence are driving the demand for renewable alternatives to fossil fuels. As a source of renewable carbon that can be used in the existing energy infrastructure, woody biomass is an attractive feedstock for […]

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Biorefinery Monitoring: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to Bioeconomy Materials Flows & Assessment

Biorefinery Monitoring: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to Bioeconomy Materials Flows & Assessment

October 7, 2018 |

Reliable information is an essential foundation for policy decisions. We are therefore working: to provide a solid database of the de facto development, to develop manageable and summarizing balance sheets and indicators, which aggregate multitude data to informative key ratios. Even if only dynamic technological development with new opportunities is considered, which has not been […]

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