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4 minutes with… Jason Force, CEO, Iron Goat

4 minutes with… Jason Force, CEO, Iron Goat

July 14, 2015 |

Tell us about your company and it’s role in the Advanced Bioeconomy. Iron Goat is an agricultural robotics company with an innovative direct-to-pellet harvester technology. Our role in the advanced bioeconomy is to provide a method to lower the harvest process cost going from energy grasses to pellet feedstock. In most cases we can produce […]

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ABLC NEXT returns to San Francisco: The complete 2015 inside guide

ABLC NEXT returns to San Francisco: The complete 2015 inside guide

July 14, 2015 |

A total immersion in the advanced bioeconomy’s cutting edge, hottest companies, winning strategies and brightest thinkers. Forget then, forget now, NEXT is back in focus. ABLC NEXT that is — November 2-5, 2015 – the 12th Advanced Bioeconomy Leadership Conference. Conference sessions Nov 3-4. Special aviation fuel “breakthroughs” in focus. 8 National Labs in a […]

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Biofuels Digest Index reaches 63.89 as enzymes rock

Biofuels Digest Index reaches 63.89 as enzymes rock

July 14, 2015 |

The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, gained 0.50 percent to 63.89 as enzymes rocked. For the day, Gevo (GEVO) gave up early-week gains, falling 11.20 percent to $2.30, while Neste Oil (NTOIF) jumped 5.98 percent to $26.75. Among other equities, Dyadic (DYAI) soared 10.10 percent to $1.09. Overall, advances led […]

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2015 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Winners announced

2015 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Winners announced

July 13, 2015 |

In Washington, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the 2015 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge awards have been made to Algenol, Hybrid Coating Technologies/Nanotech Industries, LanzaTech, SOLTEX, Renmatix and Professor Eugene Chen of Colorado State University, for  innovative solutions that “reduce the use of energy, hazardous chemicals and water, while cutting manufacturing costs and sparking investments, […]

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4 minutes with… Carl Glanzman, PE Manager, Nishnabotna Naturals

4 minutes with… Carl Glanzman, PE Manager, Nishnabotna Naturals

July 13, 2015 |

Tell us about your company and it’s role in the Advanced Bioeconomy. Experimenting with: DDG value added products (plant nutrition), soil mycorhizoidal stimulant production, design of passive and active heating and cooling systems for year-round produce production using dried distiller grains, consulting on design and enhancement of ethanol plant energy efficiency using the concept of […]

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Biofuels Digest Index reaches 63.57 as ethanol equities advance

Biofuels Digest Index reaches 63.57 as ethanol equities advance

July 13, 2015 |

The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, gained 0.41 percent to 63.57 as ethanol equities advanced. For the day, Pacific Ethanol (PEIX) was up 1.39 percent to $9.48, while Ceres (CERE) bounded up 4.42 percent to $1.89. Among other equities, Metabolix (MBLX) retreated 6.76 percent to $3.45. Overall, advances led declines […]

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See It Now: Newlight’s carbon-negative plastic, made from greenhouse gas and ordinary air. Really.

See It Now: Newlight’s carbon-negative plastic, made from greenhouse gas and ordinary air. Really.

July 13, 2015 |

In California, Newlight Technologies has signed a 20-year take-or-pay off-take agreement with Vinmar International for 1 billion pounds of AirCarbon PHA — the first cost-competitive, carbon-negative plastic that will be available at scale. Made, by the way, from greenhouse gas and thin air. What’s not to like? Critical to the deal? Newlight’s technology, which aims to […]

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One billion pounds of carbon-negative plastic, made from greenhouse gas and pure air

One billion pounds of carbon-negative plastic, made from greenhouse gas and pure air

July 13, 2015 |

Vinmar signs historic offtake agreement with Newlight Technologies for 1B lbs of AirCarbon plastic. In California, Newlight Technologies has signed a 20-year take-or-pay off-take agreement with Vinmar International for 1 billion pounds of AirCarbon PHA. Critical to the deal? Newlight’s catalyst aims to transform the economics of PHA-based plastics, solving low yields and high cost issues […]

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Steel’s Big Dog jumps into low carbon fuels: ArcelorMittal, LanzaTech, Primetals Technologies to construct $96M biofuel production facility

Steel’s Big Dog jumps into low carbon fuels: ArcelorMittal, LanzaTech, Primetals Technologies to construct $96M biofuel production facility

July 13, 2015 |

First plant will produce 14 million gallons per year by 2018; first production train online in 2017. More plants to come? Up to 150 mgy potential in Europe, ArcelorMittal says; culmination of work since 2011. In Belgium, ArcelorMittal, the world’s leading steel and mining company, with LanzaTech and Primetals Technologies, announced a letter of intent to […]

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4 Minutes with Jeff Passmore, CEO, Passmore Group

4 Minutes with Jeff Passmore, CEO, Passmore Group

July 12, 2015 |

Tell us about your company and it’s role in the Advanced Bioeconomy. Passmore Group offers expertise in strategic investor relations, project capital attraction – including government non-dilutive subordinated debt, site location assessment – including feedstock availability and price, and corporate communications. The goal is the more rapid commercialization and deployment of technologies in the bioeconomy. Tell […]

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