Today we want to look at a major disruptor working on advanced ingredients and nutraceuticals like DHA — you know, the reason we’re supposed to ingest fish oil at a zillion bucks a bottle, because we need those omega-3s. But fish don’t make them, they just accumulate them — why not get it from the […]
Today we want to look at a major disruptor working on industrial chemicals made from every day plants. SIRONIX Renewables is a seed-stage company developing environmentally friendly and safe chemicals from plants to be used for industrial consumer products.
As the International Renewable Energy Agency observed of the next decades, “transport and industry will still require combustible fuels for many purposes,” and those “needs could be met with hydrogen, which itself can be produced using renewable power.” The opportunity is threefold, IRENA predicts: Industry for replacing high-emission applications; Buildings and power; and Transport, where […]
Today, we’re looking again at 50 Companies to Disrupt the World, and the disruption in particular is the potential to supply nitrogen to corn through microorganisms that fix N from the air, instead of from fertilizer. Soybeans get it that way, so it’s tough science but not impossible. Has Pivot cracked it? Pivot Bio offers […]
Today, we’re looking at the new generation of sweeteners. And Evolva’s got an interesting technology in nootkatone, and resveratrol Evolva solves the supply chain issues of nature through a 21st century mix of biotechnology and fermentation. We develop, make and sell ingredients that provide significant health, wellness and nutrition benefits to people in their daily […]
To everything there is a season, goes the old Pete Seeger lyric, and the Book of Ecclesiastes, come to think of it, and they must be reading their Bibles closely at Neste. Once into petroleum as the original Finnish oil refiner, then turning to renewable diesel and getting caught in all the flack over palm […]
Over 10 years (2007–2017), three Bioenergy Research Centers produced multiple breakthroughs in the form of deepened understanding of sustainable biomass production practices, targeted re-engineering of biomass feedstocks, development of new methods for deconstructing feedstocks, and engineering of microbes for more effective production of a diverse range of biofuels. These successes are being leveraged in the […]
The Agile BioFoundry brings together a specialist team of scientists, engineers, and technical staff from eight of the U.S. Department of Energy’s national laboratories, with the aim that their collective skills, expertise, and experience lead to rapid innovation and growth in the biomanufacturing sector. The Vision? To unite and expand the capabilities of the national […]
The Beyond Burger recently arrived as the world’s first plant-based burger that looks, cooks, and satisfies like beef, without GMOs, soy, or gluten, and has become a global sensation. Overall the company aims to “create The Future of Protein® – delicious plant-based burgers, sausage, crumbles, and more– made directly from simple plant-based ingredients. By shifting […]
Atmospheric CO2 levels have hit, er, stratospheric levels. The levels measured today were last recorded in 3 million B.C., and given the global concern about climate impact, a major industry is in the process of being born — namely, the Carbon Reduction Industry. Afforestation, bioenergy with carbon capture and storage, and direct air capture of […]
