By Alexander Koukoulas,Henna Poikolainen, Esa Sipilä — AFRY Special to the Digest The second half of 2022 is shaping up to be a watershed year for the advanced fuels and bio-based chemicals industries. New regulatory frameworks to address climate change are providing a catalyst for what will be unprecedented growth in these sectors. In the US, the […]
In Germany, Rosenberger Optical Solutions & Infrastructure (Rosenberger OSI), an expert in fiber optic connections, cabling solutions and infrastructure services, announced that its in-house plastic packaging for patch cords will be switched to bio-based and biodegradable polymers in the coming year. The origin of this was an innovation project in which the company addressed the […]
As ABLC Next approaches with record crowds and plenty of companies to meet, we’re profiling key industry players over the next month in our long-standing “5 Minutes With” series. Today, Fermworx, aspiring to be the world’s leading specialty fermentation company with local production and a global presence focused on making quality products and exceeding customer […]
Biogas is an ancient thing, organisms have been making it for millenia – only in recent decades have we learned to capture and use it to generate on-site heat and power. That was the first generation of biomethane. A few years ago, 2G arrived. In 2G, we learned to purify, compress and transport biomethane and […]
By Rahim Rajwani, special to The Digest Cultured meat is no longer the stuff of science-fiction novels. Labs like mine, Atelier Meats, are already producing high-quality meat that looks and tastes just like the real thing. In fact, it is the real thing — it just doesn’t require the sacrifice of an animal. Lab-grown meat […]
A biodegradable debit card partially made of sea salt, a sea snail holding the key to biodegradable bullet-proof vests, Pirelli adding lignin as reinforcing filler in tires – some perfect summer time innovations. In today’s Digest, check out these bioinnovations as well as updates from Biosyntia’s biobased biotin, Evolved By Nature’s silk proteins, DIC Corporation’s […]
News has arrived out of Berkeley of an advanced biofuel so powerful and transformative that we suspect it may never reach consumer markets. These are POP fuels, and you can’t have them. Simulation data from Sandia suggests “that POP fuel candidates are safe and stable at room temperature and will have energy density values of […]
In California, Judge Evelio Grillo of the Superior Court of Alameda County has unsealed a Propel Fuels-Phillips 66 lawsuit, ordered that Propel Fuels file an unredacted copy of the suit. According to Propel, the suit alleges hat “the Texas-based oil company misappropriated Propel’s trade secrets and engaged in unlawful business practices in violation of California’s Uniform […]
Biomaterials company Nanollose is now working with California-based leather alternative company von Holzhausen on microbial cellulose as potential leather alternatives. A Dutch city opened up a pedestrian bridge made of flax fiber, biobased resin and polyurethane foam. In Scotland, famed whiskey distiller Macallan launched a new whiskey that uses cacao pod waste for its packaging. […]
By John Eichberger, Executive Director, Fuels Institute Special to The Digest Last week, the Biden Administration announced its intention to use emergency waiver authority to allow for the summer-time sale of the fuel E15, a mixture of gasoline and up to 15% ethanol. The sale of E15 during the summer months is currently prohibited due […]
