In Washington, USDA Office of Communications Director Matt Paul gave an update on the detection of genetically engineered wheat in Oregon: On May 29, USDA announced that a small number of volunteer wheat plants in an Oregon field had tested positive for genetically engineered glyphosate-resistant wheat. Extensive testing confirmed the wheat as a variety – […]
In Canada, at the World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology, Scott Stanners and the BC Bioenergy Network came up as winners in a drawing by Sustainability Consult — the winners take home a free, comprehensive review of their corporate messaging, website, social media presence and media relations (including a review of press releases and media coverage). […]
In the United Kingdom, NVM Prive Equity has invested £3 million to support the £4.4 million management buy-out of Cleveland Biotech, a provider of environmentally friendly biological waste treatment products. The change in ownership will allow the management team to build the business organically, taking advantage of the significant growth potential in existing and new […]
In France, Technip has been awarded a €5 million contract by Forest BtL Oy for the front-end engineering and design of a new second generation biomass-to-liquid to be built on Ajos island, Finland. This plant will produce approximately 140,000 tons of biodiesel and naphtha from wood and by-products from the wood-processing industry. Technip will develop […]
In Canada, the National Research Council of Canada has announced a new project to assist in the development and testing of an alternative for low lead (100LL) aviation gasoline. The project, which is in response to concerns from the aviation industry over the replacement of 100LL with a no-lead alternative, will seek ways to reduce […]
In France and Malaysia, METabolic EXplorer, a company that specializes in the development of bioprocesses for the production of chemical compounds, and Bio-XCell Malaysia, the promoter tasked with the construction of the plant and biotechnology infrastructure in Malaysia, jointly announced that they have reached an agreement on the terms and conditions by which they would […]
Today on Twitter: fsWoodLab Deriving transportation fuels and valuable chemicals from wood: http://t.co/7vop1vHzhz alicecharles European Parliament votes on crucial cap on biofuels made from food crops BiomassMagazine: The #Biofuels Center of North Carolina recently completed a statewide woody biomass assessment.
In Spain, Spanish researchers coordinated by the Spanish National Research Council have to sequence the genome of the global deep ocean. They are using more than 2,000 samples of microorganisms collected in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans during the Malaspina Expedition. Jesús María Arrieta, CSIC researcher at the Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies, explains: […]
In Washington, the House Appropriations Committee has released its Energy and Water Appropriations Bill for Fiscal Year 2014. The bill includes a $1.4 billion cut for the DOE below fiscal year 2013 levels. The proposal would fund energy programs funded at $983 million – a cut of $911 million (-50%) below the fiscal year 2013, […]
Two of the pioneers of the biobased economy – former Codexis CEO Alan Shaw and NatureWorks — strike a landmark deal based on methane – most affordably sourced from natural gas. Renegades? Revolutionaries? Practical business in commodity-driven industries? The Digest takes you inside the deal — and the technology. In Canada, Calysta Energy and NatureWorks […]
