News has emerged in the sector which should be known as Medieval Combat and yet is politely described as yeast fermentation that Novozymes’ new Innova Apex and Innova Turbo have arrived on the Innova yeast platform. They are companions to Innova Quantum. Usually, advances in yeast are told in terms of yield, but here’s an […]
The Ultraviolets (by which I mean the left side of the political spectrum) and some enthusiasts for renewables that come from other parts of the politcal spectrum are rejoicing over news that Senators Schumer and Manchin reached an agreement on the Inflation Reduction Act. President Biden said, “With this agreement, we will improve our energy security and […]
From Connecticut comes news that crop protection tech pioneer Enko raised $70 million in Series C funding, bringing the company to an overall valuation of $320 million. Global agrochemical company Nufarm led the round — we’ve covered their NuSeed subsidiary extensively in recent years as it has invested in bringing carinata forward as a feedstock. […]
Today, The Daily Digest turns 15, it’s our quinceañera! We started the Digest on July 27, 2007 because it seemed to me, then as now, that the industry could use a good 5-minute round-up of what’s going on around the globe. ABLC came along, then the CIRCULAR and not long ago, ROBIN. It seems like […]
The Iron Law of Sustainability reasserted itself this morning when Ginkgo BioWorks acquired Zymergen and along with it a vast sea of intellectual property and some tasty business opportunities, for the bargain price of $300 million. It’s just a fraction of the $3 billion valuation that Zymergen achieved at its all time high of $4.8 […]
In the days around the global financial crisis of 2008-09 when so many eyes were glued to the television watching the cable financial networks like Bloomberg and Fox Business, the 9am Morning Call program at Fox was so frenzied as the storylines expanded, that you might have mistaken it for the frenzy of the US […]
Been a lon, lon day here in Digestville, and that’s no typo. We have news on Revlon and nylon, taking a step towards that happy day when product makers no longer Use the Sky as a Free Sewer. From Italy and California news has arrived that long-time partners Genomatica and nylon giant Aquafil broke through […]
In aviation fuels as elsewhere in life, it’s sustainable, affordable, available, pick two out of three. You can find affordable SAF, but not in big volumes. You can find as much unaffordable SAF as you like. as we know, there’s plenty of petroleum-based jet fuel and the carbon numbers are astronomical (a case of “off […]
It’s probably not well known that Chevron’s original name was Standard Oil of Iowa, you’d be 116 years old this week if you were around back then to notice it. Congratulations on your longevity. This summer, the Iowa-Chevron tie has been revived with Chevron’s acquisition of Iowa-based Renewable Energy Group, which now becomes Chevron Renewable […]
There’s euphoria in the EU and Canada over expanded opportunities for SAF and transport fuels, and especially from those engaged int he world of e-fuels. We reported earlier this month from Canada of the approval and release of the rules for the Clean Fuels Standard, and from Europe we see this update from the European […]
