LanzaTech took the #1 spot in the 2017 “50 Hottest Companies in the Advanced Bioeconomy” rankings, published today in The Digest, the world’s most widely-read bioeconomy daily. It was second year at the top for LanzaTech, which also ranked #1 two years ago. Amyris (#2), Renewable Energy Group (#3), Novozymes (#4), Avantium (#5), BioAmber (#6), […]
In Washington, on stage at the Advanced Bioeconomy Leadership Conference, Licella (through its subsidiary Cat-HTR Plastics) and Armstrong Chemicals unveiled a joint venture to build the world’s first commercial-scale hydrothermal upgrading plants for End of Life Plastic to chemicals. The plant will come on line in 2018. The JV expands an Agency Agreement signed by […]
As ABLC 2017 got underway in Washington, Sofinnova Partners announced the first closing of Sofinnova Industrial Biotech I (Sofinnova IB I) at €106 million. The fund, dedicated to renewable chemistry, follows a series of 9 investments in the sector since 2009, and places Sofinnova Partners at the forefront of this promising emerging market. Sofinnova IB I […]
By Helena Tavares Kennedy Special to The Digest In Washington, ABLC 2017 kicked off at the USDA’s Jefferson Auditorium in the heart of D.C. Remember when your teachers said not to be disruptive in class? Well, the common theme at ABLC’s opening sessions is that being disruptive sounds like a bad thing but is really a […]
By Douglas L. Faulkner, “The Cleantech Conservative” Special to The Digest Robert McNally, the author of the new, critically-acclaimed book, “Crude Volatility: The History and the Future of Boom-Bust Oil Prices”, believes that global oil markets are entering an epic, structural shift to a protracted new era of wildly fluctuating crude prices. The reason is […]
As ABLC 2017 opened, Qualitas Health revealed a partnership with Texas retailer H-E-B. On March 28, 2017, H-E-B will begin exclusively selling the premium omega-3 supplement line, alGeepa, in stores throughout Texas. The source of alGeepa’s nutritional power comes from its core ingredient, Almega PL. Almega PL is a 100% vegan, algae-based ingredient that is […]
In Washington, after the Fuels America coalition severed ties with the Renewable Fuels Association over reports of discussions between the Trump Administration and the RFA over reforms to the Renewable Fuel Standard, RFA CEO Bob Dinneen released a statement: “I continue to have great respect for the Fuels America coalition and its members, and I believe deeply […]
The 8th Advanced Bioeconomy Leadership Conference is ready to open in Washington, DC just as a major split looms in the ethanol sector, which we report on here. And as the Fuels America coalition dumps RFA, as we report here. Rumors continue to fly that the Trump Administration will issue and executive order changing the RFS […]
In Washington, the Fuels America coalition resolved to reject a play by Carl Icahn, owner of CVR Refining, to permanently destabilize the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) and has severed ties with the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA). The Fuels America coalition has issued the following statement: “Fuels America represents a diverse coalition, from farmers to scientists, […]
By Brent Erickson, executive vice president, Biotechnology Innovation Organization Special to The Digest BIO continues to be the champion of federal and state policies that help build the biobased economy. Biobased production encompasses a value chain from agriculture, through industrial biotechnology, to the manufacture of consumer goods. Biobased manufacturing generates measurable economic benefits, including new […]
