In Finland, Synbio Powerlabs has secured €6.6 million funding for a unique biotechnology pilot plant for precision fermentation. The Finnish Ministry of Employment and the economy organization Business Finland has granted €2.99 million in funding to Synbio Powerlabs for a pilot project specializing in precision fermentation and biotechnology. The state-of-the-art facility is part of a […]
In the Ukraine, in just a few days, the state UKRGASBANK processed and issued a documentary letter of credit to purchase biogas plant equipment from a Danish global manufacturer. The equipment will be manufactured within a year and installed at a poultry factory in Ladyzhyn, Vinnytsia oblast. Using latest technologies, electricity and heat will be […]
In Mexico, CEMEX and CEMEX Ventures announced their investment in Waste to Energy Advanced Solutions (“WtEnergy”), a clean energy startup that has developed a novel process to transform solid waste into synthesis gas for industrial purposes. WtEnergy converts biomass and non-recyclable waste into a lower-carbon energy solution, which can be used in the short-term as […]
In New York state, Lazard Asset Management announced that the Lazard Sustainable Private Infrastructure team completed its inaugural investment in DBE Energy, owner, and operator of an anaerobic digestion plant in Surrey, England. The investment has been made in partnership with DBE’s experienced management team who will continue operating the plant with LAM as a […]
In Washington, the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy has launched a request for information regarding the President’s Executive Order on Advancing Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Innovation for a Sustainable, Safe, and Secure American Bioeconomy. The executive order included the Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Initiative (NBBI) to advance biotechnology and biomanufacturing towards innovative solutions in […]
In India, SimpleFlying reports Honeywell India Technology Center and others are in discussions with India’s primary public policy think tank, NITI Ayog, about a potential 1% sustainable aviation fuel blending policy to help get SAF off the ground in the country, with ethanol seen as a top potential feedstock for the fuel. When a policy […]
In Illinois, researchers at the University of Chicago are taking inspiration from nature to engineer new systems with a range of potential applications. Their latest experiment mimics the structure of soil to create materials that can interact with their environment, with promise for electronics, medicine, and biofuel technology. It has multiple potential applications; preliminary tests […]
In Brazil, the official gazette published the temporary reduction, to zero percent, of the Import Tax rate under article 50, item d, of the Montevideo Treaty of 1980, internalized by Legislative Decree no. the fight against the Corona Virus / Covid-19 pandemic, and amends Annexes VI and VII of Gecex Resolution No. 272, of December […]
In California, Amyris, Inc. has completed the negotiation of key financial and business terms of the previously communicated strategic transaction for the exclusive rights to supply two of Amyris’ ingredients. The transaction is subject to antitrust review under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (“HSR”) with a standard waiting period of thirty days. Accordingly, the transaction is expected […]
In the UK, York Press reports that Drax is waiting to find out if it is shortlisted for the government’s ‘Track 1’ BECCS power program to kick off a £2 billion bioenergy with carbon capture and storage project that aims to capture and bury under the North Sea 95% of the carbon emissions from its […]
