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LanzaTech, Novozymes, Amyris, DSM, Enerkem, POET, BASF, Genomatica and Avantium among early Hot 50 voting leaders

LanzaTech, Novozymes, Amyris, DSM, Enerkem, POET, BASF, Genomatica and Avantium among early Hot 50 voting leaders

December 5, 2017 |

In Florida, LanzaTech, Novozymes, Amyris, DSM, Enerkem, POET, BASF, Genomatica and Avantium have taken the lead in early voting in the 50 Hottest Companies in the Advanced Bioeconomy ballot. The Digest released the early-voting totals from Subscriber Voting — which do not yet include Invited International Selector votes. This week’s summary includes phioto and other bonus votes which […]

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Accelerating Innovation in Agriculture: The Digest’s 2017 Multi-Slide Guide to the USDA Agricultural Research Service

Accelerating Innovation in Agriculture: The Digest’s 2017 Multi-Slide Guide to the USDA Agricultural Research Service

December 5, 2017 |

The Agricultural Research Service (ARS) is the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s chief scientific in-house research agency. ARS conducts research to develop and transfer solutions to agricultural problems of high national priority and provide information access and dissemination to: Ensure high-quality, safe food, and other agricultural products; Assess the nutritional needs of Americans; Sustain a competitive agricultural economy; […]

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Japanese researchers develop new solvent for biomass

Japanese researchers develop new solvent for biomass

December 4, 2017 |

In Japan, Kanazawa University researchers developed a novel carboxylate-type liquid zwitterion as a solvent of biomass, which could dissolve cellulose with very low toxicity to microorganisms. Use of this novel solvent enables significant reduction of energy cost for ethanol production from non-food biomass. They succeeded in reducing the toxicity to microorganisms by developing a novel […]

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Land allocation for Bharat Petroleum’s 2G ethanol plant held up for a year

Land allocation for Bharat Petroleum’s 2G ethanol plant held up for a year

December 4, 2017 |

In India, although Bharat Petroleum Corporation announced a year ago that it would develop a second-generation ethanol plant using crop waste, it still hasn’t been allotted land for the project by the Industrial Promotion and Investment Corporation of Odisha Limited. Fingers are being pointed at the national labor minister for getting in the way of […]

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Canadian government awards funding to BioAmber sugar-based nylon research

Canadian government awards funding to BioAmber sugar-based nylon research

December 4, 2017 |

In Canada, five projects have been selected for funding in Round 8 of the Genomic Applications Partnership Program, for a total investment of C$24.5 million ($8.1 million from Genome Canada and $16.4 million from co-funding partners including provincial governments, private sector and not-for-profit organizations). These project include a project led by Krishna Mahadevan (BioZone) & […]

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Trump says OK to oil industry meeting about biofuel policy

Trump says OK to oil industry meeting about biofuel policy

December 4, 2017 |

In Washington, reform of the Renewable Fuel Standard could be on its way following confirmation of a meeting between President Trump and oil industry leaders regarding biofuel policy. The meeting was a result of Texas Senator Ted Cruz blocking the approval of a high level USDA appointment in the Senate until the meeting was agreed. […]

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Tokyo’s cherry trees lit with UCO biodiesel-powered pink LED “blossoms” for holiday season

Tokyo’s cherry trees lit with UCO biodiesel-powered pink LED “blossoms” for holiday season

December 4, 2017 |

In Japan, biodiesel produced from used cooking oil will be used to power more than 420,000 pink LED lights in cherry trees along 2.2km of road in Tokyo’s Meguro river, meant to resemble the famous cherry blossoms the attract visitors from around the world every spring. The demonstration began seven years ago after the Fukushima […]

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Letter sent to Dutch cabinet by 178 Dutch scientists urges end to food-based biofuels

Letter sent to Dutch cabinet by 178 Dutch scientists urges end to food-based biofuels

December 4, 2017 |

In the Netherlands, an open letter to the Dutch cabinet signed by 178 Dutch scientists called on policy makers to ensure that food crop-based biofuels were not included in the European energy policy post-2020. “We, the undersigned, wish to express our sincere worries about the European biofuel policy. In this letter we urgently implore you […]

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Rot is Hot to Trot: Brown Rot Fungi cries “Tora! Tora! Tora!” to biomass

Rot is Hot to Trot: Brown Rot Fungi cries “Tora! Tora! Tora!” to biomass

December 4, 2017 |

As any observer of roadkill knows, time takes care of even the most complex organisms if they die by the side of the road — rots sets in, and time takes its toll, and bones are generally all that is left by the side of the road. Rot is nature’s free bioconversion technology — and […]

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Lo-Carb at any speed: The Digest’s 2017 Multi-Slide Guide to California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard

Lo-Carb at any speed: The Digest’s 2017 Multi-Slide Guide to California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard

December 1, 2017 |

There are two approaches to encouraging low-carbon fuels  — volumetric mandates and carbon reduction incentives. What is different about a Low Carbon Fuel Standard — as compared to a Renewable Fuel Standard? There are 4 primary differences. 1. An RFS creates a standard, and any fuel that meets that standard can compete in that market. Once […]

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