In Germany, FKuR Kunststoff GmbH has started operation of an additional line for the production of biopolymers delivered by Hannover-based KraussMaffei Berstorff. This is the third compounding line the producer of biodegradable and biobased polymer compounds has bought from KraussMaffei Berstorff. The third line is equipped with a ZE 75 R UTXi and designed for […]
In Delaware, DuPont announced it has gained more than one point in North America corn market share for its Pioneer seed business and strong harvest results in 2013. “Pioneer brand products, coupled with our industry-leading agronomic and technical support, delivered strong yield performance again on growers’ farms this year, validating the more than one point […]
In Canada, BacTech Environment announced it is launching a crowdfunding campaign to raise capital for testwork for the Telamayu tailings remediation project in Bolivia. The acid rock drainage runoff from the abandoned Telamayu tailings has been impacting the drinking water in downstream communities for many decades. Should the test work prove positive, BacTech proposes to […]
The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, shed 1.10 percent to 62.71 as an EPA proposal on renewable fuel volumes continued to hammer equities. For the day, Renewable Energy Group (REGI) shed 3.59 percent to $11.01, while Green Plains Renewable Energy (GPRE) fell 4.07 percent to $14.15. Among other equities, Pacific […]
As stranded natural gas is poured into the atmosphere by the millions of tons each year — biologists are coming to the rescue with a new class of technologies. They’re designed to convert more “old methane” to higher value fuels and chemicals, and make more “new methane” via high-tech digesters that turn waste into liquid […]
In Illinois, the EPA gave AkzoNobel’s Dissolvine GL, the company’s biodegradable and biobased chelate, the EPA Design for the Environment label to recognize the product as being a safer ingredient for consumers and the environment. EPA awards the DfE designation only to chemicals that pass the strict DfE criteria after the agency’s scientific team screens […]
In Tennessee, researchers at Vanderbilt University have found that when the biological clocks of cyanobacteria were stopped in their daylight setting, the amount of several biomolecules that they were genetically altered to produce increased by as much as 700 percent when grown in constant light. “We have shown that manipulating cyanobacteria’s clock genes can increase […]
In Germany, four partners, BRAIN, the Hohenstein Institute, Kelheim Fibres and rökona, announced the formation of a new research alliance for the biotechnical production and modification of specialty alginates. The aim of the alliance is to establish a sustainable microbial bioprocess for the production of specialised alginate components. The biopolymers should serve a dual purpose: […]
The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, dumped 2.60 percent to 63.41 as an EPA proposal on renewable fuel volumes hit selected equities hard. For the day, Renewable Energy Group (REGI) shed 14.65 percent to $11.42, while Gevo (GEVO) retreated 13.79 percent to $1.50. Among other equities, Pacific Ethanol (PEIX) dropped […]
Obama, in trouble on healthcare, sounds the retreat on renewable fuels; industry groups aghast as EPA targets next-generation, non-food biofuels for biggest cuts; slashes corn ethanol also. Major push-back expected following “complete capitulation to Big Oil”. What are the political, economic drivers? What’s the impact, and how will industry respond? In Washington, the EPA released […]
