In Australia, Algae.Tec has shipped 7 containers of equipment, including photobioreactor modules and solar light units, on schedule and received in Jamnagar, India for installation within the world’s largest oil refinery, owned and operated by Reliance Industries. Ground works, equipment erection and plant construction are well underway with commissioning of the plant to be completed […]
In Alberta, TerraVerdae BioWorks has reached scale-up of its proprietary technology to a commercial scale, the company said, after completing the scale-up optimization of its process to produce biodegradable PHA bioplastics from waste-derived methanol. TerraVerdae uses “green” methanol from, forestry, municipal, agricultural or industrial waste sources, instead of petroleum or sugar-based sources to produce polyhydroxyalkanoate […]
In Germany, researchers reported on the deeply sequenced metagenome and metatranscriptome of a complex biogas-producing microbial community from an agricultural production-scale biogas plant located in North Rhine Westphalia. “We assembled the metagenome and, as an example application, show that we reconstructed most genes involved in the methane metabolism, a key pathway involving methanogenesis performed by […]
In Washington, Representatives Bill Pascrell (D-N.J.), Mike Fitzpatrick (R-PA), and Richard Neal (D-MA) introduced H.R. 3390, which provides renewable chemical producers access to production or investment tax credits currently available to other renewable energy producers. The production tax credit was the subject of a Digest column by Corinne Young and Michelle Jalbert of re:chem earlier this […]
Tell us about your company and it’s role in the Advanced Bioeconomy. Warner Advisors LLC is a consulting firm focused on delivering commercialization assistance for emerging technology clients in biofuels, biochemicals and food. Our focus is on early stage technology start-ups in the emerging bioeconomy. We are experts in commercialization from bench-top, through pilot to […]
Which microbes achieve a better, faster, cheaper transformation of the world around us? OK, so you’ve just counted “one, methanogens, two, methanotrophs, three, acetogens, four, knallgas bacteria.” Three Microbeteers?! Lookee, Mom, at those morons at The Digest! They can’t even count to four! So, grasshopper, explain to me Athos, Porthos, Aramis and D’Artagnan as the Three […]
The Digest Bioeconomy Index, an index of publicly traded advanced bioeconomy stocks, gained 0.50 percent to 59.99 as advanced biofuels surged again led by Gevo. For the day, Gevo (GEVO) soared 19.83 percent to $2.62 on news of new isobutanol distribution at the pump, while Amyris (AMRS) rebounded 7.74 percent to $1.67 on closing a […]
Carlos A. Cabrera, was elected executive chairman of Genomatica. Cabrera was formerly chairman, president and CEO of UOP, a Honeywell company, that supplies and licenses process technology and services to the petrochemical, refining and gas processing industries. He also previously served as executive chairman of Ivanhoe Energy; a director at Gevo; and as CEO of […]
In California, BASF and Solazyme have launched of the first commercial surfactant derived from microalgae oil, a high performance algal betaine for use in home and personal care applications. Generally speaking, surfactants, which are the “lifting agents,” if you will, that power the work of detergents and shampoos, are made from C12 to C14 medium […]
In Nebraska, Green Plains is reporting Q2 2015 net income of $7.8 million, or $0.19 per diluted share, compared to net income of $32.3 million, or $0.82 per diluted share, for the same period in 2014. Revenues were $744.5 million for the second quarter of 2015 compared to $837.9 million for the same period in […]
