Category: Research

Ginkgo Automation to design anaerobic-enabled lab system for Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center

January 23, 2025 | Meghan Sapp

In Massachusetts, Ginkgo Bioworks announced that Ginkgo Automation will design and deploy a flexible, anaerobic-enabled laboratory automation system for the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC), a U.S. Department of Energy-funded Bioenergy Research Center at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. This new system is designed to support the diverse needs of multiple investigators and research teams […]

BETO hosting Project Peer Review in April in Virginia

January 22, 2025 | Meghan Sapp

In Virginia, Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) will be hosting their next Project Peer Review from April 22-25, 2025, at the Hyatt Regency – Crystal City in Arlington, Virginia. During the 2025 Project Peer Review, approximately 200 projects in BETO’s research, development, and demonstration portfolio will be presented to the public and systematically […]

DOE to fund $10M in algae R&D for cultivation and preprocessing

January 21, 2025 | Meghan Sapp

In Washington, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) recently announced up to $10 million in funding to support high-impact research and development (R&D) focused on algae system cultivation and preprocessing. The notice of funding opportunity (NOFO), Maximizing Algal System Yield (MASY), will support BETO’s R&D priorities in the area of Renewable Carbon Resources […]

CABBI researchers develop sorghum variant that producers more oil than soybean

January 20, 2025 | Meghan Sapp

In Illinois, researchers at the Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI) have developed a new sorghum variant that can outperform soybeans in oil production, with great potential as a clean source of renewable fuel. Scientists have long worked to create new sustainable sources of vegetable oils, known as triacylglycerols (TAG), to meet the […]

Korean researchers develop technology for syngas conversion to ethanol

January 19, 2025 | Juan Pedro Tomas

In South Korea, ChosunBiz reported that a research team led by Professor Jang In-seop from the Department of Environmental and Energy Engineering at the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST) and another team from the Department of Convergence Biotechnology at Korea University, announced that they have developed the necessary single compound generation and upgrading […]

DOE releases latest GREET model

January 16, 2025 | Meghan Sapp

In Washington, the U.S. Department of Energy released an update to the 45VH2-GREET model, which has been adopted by the Department of the Treasury for the purposes of calculating well-to-gate emissions of hydrogen production facilities for the clean hydrogen production tax credit established in Internal Revenue Code (I.R.C. section 45V [45V tax credit]). 45VH2-GREET Rev. […]

Korean researchers use acetogen to ferment syngas and ethanol

January 15, 2025 | Meghan Sapp

In South Korea, researchers from the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology and from Korea University have developed technology to produce commercially-viable syngas and C1 gas from biomass, waste or byproduct gas by using acetogen to absorb CO2 and produce metabolite acetic acid. Syngas fermentation can then be used to produce ethanol, butyric acid, and […]

European researchers develop biocomposites in BIOntier project

January 14, 2025 | Meghan Sapp

In Spain, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) is participating in a European research project, called BIOntier, which is developing more sustainable materials than conventional ones, known as biocomposites, for industrial sectors such as the automotive, aeronautics, energy storage and water treatment industries. Biocomposites developed by BIOntier cover applications as diverse as vehicle components, battery […]

ARPA-E funds 9 projects to reduce synthetic corn fertilizer in corn and sorghum for $38M

January 13, 2025 | Meghan Sapp

In Washington, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) announced $38 million for 9 projects to develop technologies that reduce synthetic nitrogen fertilizer use in corn and sorghum farming – key crops for U.S. ethanol production. The Technologies to Emend and Obviate SYnthetic Nitrogen’s Toll on Emissions (TEOSYNTE) program aims to […]

DiagnaMed partners with Texas Tech University to pioneer hydrogen innovation

January 12, 2025 | Juan Pedro Tomas

In Canada, DiagnaMed Holdings announces it has entered into a limited license and option agreement with the Texas Tech University System to commercialize a technology that produces hydrogen directly from petroleum reservoirs and natural hydrogen fields. This proprietary technology, developed by Qingwang Yuan of the HOPE Group in Texas Tech University’s Edward E. Whitacre, Jr. […]

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