It’s been so many years since Amyris last knocked LanzaTech off its accustomed perch atop the 50 Hottest Companies in the Bioeconomy rankings. I’ve begun to think that LanzaTech ought to follow in the wake of its technology partner Twelve and simply rename themselves Number One, like a character out of a James Bond novel. […]
On September 12, 2022, President Joe Biden issued an Executive Order to Advance Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Innovation to support solutions in health, climate change, energy, food security, agriculture, supply chain resilience, and national and economic security. This declaration could not come too soon as rapid population growth and climatic instability in particular pose major existential […]
By Steve Weiss, co-founder of Grey Heron; member, the Due Diligence Wolfpack Special to The Digest In the bioeconomy, you need to compete for attention – of investors, customers, analysts, press, and new hires. It’s not enough to be green, or to trumpet the latest tech: you need to show how and why you can […]
Out of thousands of eligible organizations, who will make the Hot 50– who will get your vote? In Florida, The Digest announced the official opening of nominations for the 50 Hottest Companies in the Advanced Bioeconomy for 2023. Nominate companies here. Voting Rules Voting will be open to all registered subscribers of The Digest and […]
Bloomberg has reported on a pullback by ExxonMobil from its long-running investments in algae biofuels. You can read Ben Elgin and Kevin Crowley’s crisp reporting here. For those looking for a compact summary of ExxonMobil and biofuels, here’s my theory. They were against biofuels because they were too low-yield and expensive, until they found algae, […]
By Bruce Comer, Frank Kim, and Zak Putlak, Ocean Park Special to The Digest The market for buying and selling biofuels plants followed a historic 2021 with a transformational year in 2022, driven by one pivotal biomass-based diesel (BBD) transaction. Overall, seven mergers and acquisitions transactions took place, with 889 million gallons per year (MGPY) […]
By Gerard J. Ostheimer, PhD and Douglas L. Faulkner “The Cleantech Conservative” Special to The Digest GOOD NEWS Steady growth of the African bioeconomy is a “good news” story hiding in plain sight. Recent commercial successes combined with ambitious investments are helping to bring a vision for Africa’s bioeconomy into focus: Growth of the African […]
In Florida, The Daily Digest announced the Bioeconomy 500 for 2023, which recognizes individuals for their leadership contributions to the bioeconomy’s development and project deployment. The 500 honors scientists, engineers, policy makers, financiers, project developers, feedstock pioneers, offtakers, advocates and supply-chain and distribution partners. All Digest subscribers were eligible to nominate and vote for candidates […]
News has arrived from Yield10 Bioscience and Mitsubishi that they are noodling over a partnership to supply, offtake and market Camelina as a low-carbon feedstock oil for biofuels; the two companies have now progressed to a memorandum of understanding of a deal which would ultimately be aimed at supporting Mitsubishi’s stated goal o mass produce […]
By John Kirkwood and Jason Deppen and Virginia Speck, FaegreDrinker Special to The Digest On August 16, 2022, President Biden signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the “Act”), which extends and expands existing tax credits and adds several new energy tax credits to encourage the production of clean energy and reduce carbon […]
