Author Archive: Jim Lane

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The Yosemite Sam of the microbial world, Hot Rodded Lichen, BYO Nitrogen, The Microbial Marx Brother, Sexy Hexy and more: The DOE delves into new orgamsism for fuels & chems

The Yosemite Sam of the microbial world, Hot Rodded Lichen, BYO Nitrogen, The Microbial Marx Brother, Sexy Hexy and more: The DOE delves into new orgamsism for fuels & chems

June 27, 2018 |

The meanest, nastiest, ornierest, heat-seeking organism ever found that munches biomass and other microbes that got a booster via the DOE’s $40M grants for advanced microbes R&D. And aromatics without the mess, a sky-vacumming organism and much more. As we reported last week here, the U.S. Department of Energy announced $40 million in funding for […]

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“To-mah-toe, to-may-toe…”: Consequences of valorizing biobased carbon over biobased matter

“To-mah-toe, to-may-toe…”: Consequences of valorizing biobased carbon over biobased matter

June 27, 2018 |

By Michael A. Fatigati, Special to The Digest It’s not news to the readers of Biofuels Digest, but it bears repeating that we find ourselves in an age of heightened awareness of the impact of drawing down the fossil carbon savings account of our precious blue orb as quickly as we’ve managed to do in recent […]

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GoBiGas: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to advanced biofuel production via gasification

GoBiGas: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to advanced biofuel production via gasification

June 27, 2018 |

High quality biomethane from biomass through gasification? A Swedish plant is now a first for injecting biomethane into the national grid. That’s the Gothenburg Biomass Gasification Project (GoBiGas), and its the suject of this illuminating deck on the project’s promise and progress, as presented by IEA Bioenergy in their webinar series by Prof. Henrik Thunman of Chalmers […]

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The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to Biofuels for the Marine Sector

The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to Biofuels for the Marine Sector

June 26, 2018 |

Biofuels for marine diesels — a biofuel developers dream? That’s the premise of his IEA webinar deck on the promise and progress in marine biofuels, a 330 Mton fuel market with both fuel technology in transition, and where anything that is carbon-based, liquid, stable and low in sulphur might work. This illuminating overview of the opportunities and […]

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Ready to Eat, Ready to Wear, Ready to Move, Ready to Go: a look at the Bio World Congress plenary sessions and the shift in industrial biotechnology

Ready to Eat, Ready to Wear, Ready to Move, Ready to Go: a look at the Bio World Congress plenary sessions and the shift in industrial biotechnology

June 26, 2018 |

This July, industrial biotech returns to its largest and grandest stage at the BIO World Congress, which convenes in Philadelphia on July 16th through the 19th, and the plenary program brings CRISPR technology under the klieg lights and moves into the world of pret-a-porter — the biobased type— as the industry’s opportunities turn towards advanced […]

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EPA lifts renewable fuels in 2018-2020 proposal: industry welcomes volumes, warns on refinery waiver impact

EPA lifts renewable fuels in 2018-2020 proposal: industry welcomes volumes, warns on refinery waiver impact

June 26, 2018 |

In Washington, EPA issued proposed volume requirements under the Renewable Fuel Standard program for cellulosic biofuel, advanced biofuel, and total renewable fuel for calendar year 2019. EPA also proposed biomass-based diesel volume standards for calendar year 2020. Here are the proposed volumes: The EPA proposed the Renewable Volume Obligations (RVO) for the biomass-based diesel category […]

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Closing the applications gap: Checkerspot closes $5M seed financing in pursuit of high-performance biomaterials

Closing the applications gap: Checkerspot closes $5M seed financing in pursuit of high-performance biomaterials

June 25, 2018 |

From California comes the news that Checkerspot closed its Seed Round financing for over $5 million. The round was led by KdT Ventures, and included Viking Global Investors, Refactor Capital, Sahsen Ventures, and Godfrey Capital. DIC Corporation also invested as part of its recently announced Joint Development Agreement with Checkerspot.  Dr. Andrew Cain McClary, general […]

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Deliver sustainable bioenergy: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to the IEA Technology Roadmap

Deliver sustainable bioenergy: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to the IEA Technology Roadmap

June 25, 2018 |

Bioenergy needs a new impetus based on up to date evidence and experience, according to this presentation deck on the IEA Bioenergy Roadmap.  The authors contend that there is growing consensus on what constitutes sustainable best practice, and that bioenergy can be a major part of a low carbon energy system, providing low carbon transport fuels, […]

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Computational predictive biology: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to Evogene

Computational predictive biology: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to Evogene

June 24, 2018 |

Evogene develops novel products for life science markets through the use of a unique computational predictive biology platform. Currently, the Company focuses on three key target markets: Seeds – addressing essential seed traits such as: yield, environmental stresses and resistance to insects and diseases; Ag-Chemicals – developing novel herbicides and insecticides; and Ag-Biologicals – developing […]

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High-Performance: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to Avantium

High-Performance: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to Avantium

June 21, 2018 |

The company is now safely emerged from its celebrated IPO, and is embarked on the development of the first commercial plant project with its JV partner BASF — so, its been a big period and even more critical thresholds lie ahead for Avantium. Avantium’s YXY technology converts plant-based sugar into chemicals and plastics, including 2,5-furandicarboxylic […]

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