Back before there was an advanced bioeconomy, or even a United States, there was the Big Piney Woods and six flags have flown over it. Through it ran a path cut not by men, but by bison. From the southern plains to the banks of the Red River, the buffalo moved with the seasons—seeking salt, […]
By Sam A. Rushing, President, Advanced Cryogenics, Ltd. Special to The Digest With respect to all options being essential, we can start with sequestering CO2 via the best farming methods, and enhancing closed greenhouse operations with CO2 to put photosynthesis in overdrive. With respect to carbon management for farmers, climate smart practices do enhance CO2 […]
We’ve rarely had a week in the bioeconomy where so much worthy advancement on carbon-smart technology won so less applause. Pyran announced that an independent cradle-to-gate life cycle assessment for its 1,5-pentanediol, confirms that Pyran’s bio-based PDO reduces greenhouse gas emissions by up to 99% compared to petroleum-derived 1,6-hexanediol. Pyran’s been lauded for using intermediates […]
Enerkem has it all: patented technology, public sector backing, global partners, and a flagship project in Quebec. It also has C$350 million in debt and as we reported last week, the company has filed for creditor protection as it reorganizes. We can only speculate about Enerkem post-reorganization, but informed voices suggest it may be controlled […]
I walk a lonely road The only one that I have ever known Don’t know where it goes But it’s home to me, and I walk alone. —Green Day, “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” So begins Green Day’s “Boulevard of Broken Dreams,” but it could just as easily describe the emotional terrain of today’s clean energy […]
Industrial Microbes CEO Noah Helman’s column yesterday on biomanufacturing was packed with real-world insight. It’s highly recommended reading, and paired well with Liberation Labs CEO Mark Warner’s column on Monday. First, let’s recap the iMicrobes column. Thankfully, it doesn’t promise the moon. Instead, it delivers something more valuable: clarity. Noah Helman’s take on iMicrobes highlights […]
By Noah Helman, CEO, Industrial Microbes Imagine two parents with a baby stroller standing in the supermarket aisle, faced with a decision: two identical boxes of diapers – same brand, same performance, same price – except one is in green packaging. Looking closer, they realize one kind is made from petroleum while those in the […]
By Mark Warner, CEO, Liberation Labs Special to The Digest Why successful biomanufacturing starts with the organism As companies rush to build the next wave of biomanufacturing capacity, they seek input from many stakeholders: elected officials who champion federal funding for their districts, agricultural conglomerates offering cost-advantaged feedstocks, and CEOs hoping the site is within […]
By Jim Spaeth Special to The Digest Before there were supermajors, there were scattered oil wells. Tiny, stubborn things—dug into dusty corners of Texas, each with barely enough output to fill a rail car. But early refiners didn’t try to process that oil in the field. They built a network. They moved intermediates—crude oil—across distance […]
The battle lines are drawn and the ethanol industry’s equivalent of the Met Gala is about to begin. When June rolls around, the titans of the enzyme and yeast industries roll out their latest offerings. The strain engineers unleash their latest offerings on the runways, and we all sit back and marvel at the audacity, […]
