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3D bioprinted Mars rover, coffee waste face masks, world’s first approved cell-based meat and more: The Digest’s Top 8 Innovations for the week of December 11th

3D bioprinted Mars rover, coffee waste face masks, world’s first approved cell-based meat and more: The Digest’s Top 8 Innovations for the week of December 11th

December 10, 2020 |

If you are looking for a unique holiday gift, the European Space Agency just released the blueprint for at-home 3D printers to produce their own miniature Rosalind Franklin ExoMars rover at home using bioplastic. And enjoy holiday meals made with the world’s first approved cultivated, cell-based meat from Eat Just or cell-based seafood from Avant […]

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The Green Hydrogen Catapult aims for $2/kg H2 and needs $110 billion, if you’ve any to spare

The Green Hydrogen Catapult aims for $2/kg H2 and needs $110 billion, if you’ve any to spare

December 9, 2020 |

From Europe comes news that major hydrogen project developers including ACWA Power, CWP Renewables, Envision, Iberdrola, Ørsted, Snam, and Yara have joined hands to scale-up green hydrogen production 50-fold in 6 years in a bid to slash the production cost to below $2 per kilo. This report from the Hydrogen Council has focused on $2 […]

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Washington Notebook: Vilsack’s back!

Washington Notebook: Vilsack’s back!

December 9, 2020 |

It’s been a striking 24 hours in the nation’s capital, with news emerging last night from numerous major media outlets that former US Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack will be nominated to lead USDA again in the Biden Administration. Vilsack served as Secretary of Agriculture from 2009 through 2017 and was governor of Iowa between […]

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Enerkem, Shell, Suncor, Proman’s new $669 million biofuels baby

Enerkem, Shell, Suncor, Proman’s new $669 million biofuels baby

December 8, 2020 |

In Quebec, Enerkem, Shell, Suncor and Proman have proposed the construction of an $669 million biofuel plant in Varennes, Québec, in partnership with the Québec and Canadian governments.  The project would use more than 200,000 tonnes of non-recyclable waste and wood waste to produce nearly 125 million litres of biofuels, and would include construction of […]

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Offtake Agreements – Connecting Hemp Growers with Buyers

Offtake Agreements – Connecting Hemp Growers with Buyers

December 8, 2020 |

By Rachael Z. Ardanuy, Esq., Cannabis Business Attorney and Member of Lee Enterprises Consulting Special to The Digest The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (2018 Farm Bill) removed hemp from the Controlled Substances Act, authorized the production of hemp pursuant to USDA and state regulation, and guarantees that hemp can be moved in interstate and […]

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Avantium gets $9 million grant to support the construction of FDCA flagship plant

Avantium gets $9 million grant to support the construction of FDCA flagship plant

December 7, 2020 |

In the Netherlands, news broke that the National Programme Groningen has confirmed a $9 million (€7.5 million) grant award to Avantium N.V to support the construction of a 5 kilotonnes FDCA (furandicarboxylic acid) flagship plant, to be built in Delfzijl, The Netherlands. This grant is part of a €30 million financing mix that Avantium and […]

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Biofuels – The Marine Fuel of the Future is Here

Biofuels – The Marine Fuel of the Future is Here

December 7, 2020 |

By Teemu Jutila, Director of Engineering & Products, Auramarine Special to The Digest The marine fuel market is developing and expanding at an unprecedented rate, set against the backdrop of IMO decarbonisation targets; 50% reduction in emissions from 2008 levels by 2050, and a minimum reduction in carbon intensity per transport work of 40% by […]

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“Life in plastic, it’s fantastic” – Braskem invests $67M in recycling line, DOE Plastics Innovation Challenge

“Life in plastic, it’s fantastic” – Braskem invests $67M in recycling line, DOE Plastics Innovation Challenge

December 6, 2020 |

Isn’t it fantastic, recycling plastic? The Barbie Girl song reminds us, “Imagination, life is your creation” and we couldn’t agree more especially with all the recent bioplastic and plastic recycling news. Like Braskem’s news that they are expanding their post-consumer resin portfolio and investing $67 million in the construction of a recycling line with capacity […]

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Emissions-to-feed protein production, fermentation animal-free cheese, greener medical gloves, and more: The Digest’s Top 8 Innovations for the week of December 4th

Emissions-to-feed protein production, fermentation animal-free cheese, greener medical gloves, and more: The Digest’s Top 8 Innovations for the week of December 4th

December 3, 2020 |

This week is filled with ‘Gouda ideas’ like San Francisco animal-free cheesemaker that uses precision fermentation to produce casein, a protein present in cow’s milk, or cell-based meat company that developed cultivated chicken mince that it hopes will address both an increasing appetite for chicken and concerns for the environmental impact of meat consumption. In […]

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Who’s in Hot Water, Cold Water, and Who’s Just Right?: Mitsubishi, Monolith Materials, Codexis, Casdin, LG Chem, Neste, Wells Fargo, EPA, NXTLEVVEL, Elementis, Growth Energy, US National Labs, Ginkgo Bioworks in the news

Who’s in Hot Water, Cold Water, and Who’s Just Right?: Mitsubishi, Monolith Materials, Codexis, Casdin, LG Chem, Neste, Wells Fargo, EPA, NXTLEVVEL, Elementis, Growth Energy, US National Labs, Ginkgo Bioworks in the news

December 2, 2020 |

Who’s in Hot Water? Some of the Usual Suspects get into the usual trouble. We note that EPA missed the 2021 Renewable Volume Obligation deadline, and Growth Energy threatens a lawsuit. Really. We get tired of reporting on the industry having to (almost annually) sue the government to compel compliance to the law. It’s a […]

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