In Florida, Nuu, the Digital Voice of the Advanced Bioeconomy officially debuted as a new digital content portal for the new physical world of the advanced bioeconomy NUU will cover advanced genetics, nutrition, biomaterials, renewable fuels, green chemicals, advanced agriculture, robotics, microbes and catalysts. If it’s new and sustainable, it’s in Nuu. “Innovation in the advanced […]
In Florida, The Digest announced the launch of TerraTech, a weekly one-hour radio program on new technologies, rising companies and personalities in the advanced bioeconomy. TerraTech will air live each Wednesday at 9am ET on VoiceAmerica. Recorded broadcasts will be available via BioChannel Audio at nuudigest.com and biofuelsdigest.com. The first 13-week series will debut on […]
In the Netherlands, BASF and Avantium have formed a joint venture for the production and marketing of furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA), which is produced from renewable resources, as well as the marketing of polyethylenefuranoate (PEF) based on the new chemical building block FDCA. The Synvina JV plans to invest a medium three-digit million Euro sum to […]
Just when Toyota Tsusho and Suntory were outed as Anellotech investors, along comes another stealthy investor, who has put $1.5M into the company, according to this latest Reg D report from the Securities & Exchange Commission. We swear, there are more black masks in Anellotechville than the costume department for a Zorro picture. The investment comes […]
In the EU, the International Energy Agency has released its Bioenergy Countries’ Report, outlining the national renewable energy targets, total primary energy supply and contribution of bioenergy. We’ve presented the information relating to EU counties, below. The complete report can be downloaded here. This report was prepared from IEA statistical data, information from IRENA, and IEA […]
In Washington, the USDA reports that the total contribution of the biobased products industry to the U.S. economy in 2014 was $393 billion in value added and 4.223 million jobs. Every 1,000 jobs in the biobased industry supported 1,760 additional jobs in other parts of the economy. The 1.528 million jobs directly supported by the […]
In Washington, the Biotechnology Innovation Organization released the new white paper, “The Myth of High RIN Prices As Proof of the Blend Wall,” analyzing data recently released by EPA on compliance with the Renewable Fuel Standard between 2010 and 2013 (the latest year for which compliance is complete). The newly available data challenge the widely […]
In Florida, Gingko BioWorks, Reverdia and Calysta have taken the lead in early voting in the 40 Hottest Emerging Companies in the Advanced Bioeconomy ballot. The Digest released the early-voting totals from Subscriber Voting — which do not yet include Social Votes or Invited International Selector votes. The Rise of Fresh Faces Companies such as AltAir Fuels, Impossible Foods, Caribou Biosystems, Ripple Foods, Clara Foods, Hampton Creek, Industrial […]
In Florida, Gingko BioWorks, Reverdia and Calysta have taken the lead in early voting in the 40 Hottest Emerging Companies in the Advanced Bioeconomy ballot. The Digest released the early-voting totals from Subscriber Voting — which do not yet include Social Votes or Invited International Selector votes. The Rise of Fresh Faces Companies such as AltAir Fuels, […]
In California, Mercurius Biorefining has furthered its partnership with UC Davis to develop first-of-its-kind technology for production of furan-2,5-dicarboxylic acid (FDCA). While current approaches to the commercialization of FDCA use fructose as a feedstock, the Mercurius-UC Davis process operates from raw biomass. Early cost estimates from the partners? “It will be lower in cost than […]
