The bioeconomy, #1 catalyst for rural development: The Digest’s 2017 Multi-Slide Guide to USDA...
Outgoing Agricultural Secretary Tom Vilsack put it best: "The bioeconomy is a catalyst for economic development in rural America, creating new jobs and providing...
Suds-be-gone: Novozymes launches world-first biological foam control for sugarcane ethanol
In Denmark, Novozymes launched Fermax, an enzyme protease that prevents foam development during the sugarcane ethanol fermentation process, while delivering improved control and replacing...
ABLC 2017 initial agenda announced
In Florida, The Digest announced the initial agenda for ABLC 2017 (the Advanced Bioeconomy Leadership Conference) on March 1-3, 2017 at the Mayflower Hotel...
After Dieselgate, renewables more critical to diesel’s future than ever: survey
Americans respond more to environmental messages on renewable diesel fuels than energy security or economic impact, according to a survey undertaken by the Diesel...
Blue Marble Biomaterials to offer Equity Shares to the Public via Reg A+
In Montana, Blue Marble Biomaterials will become the first biomaterials company to utilize Regulation A+, a type of equity crowdfunding regulated by the Securities...
US Biobased Industry hits $393B in revenue, 4.22M jobs
In Washington, the USDA reports that the total contribution of the biobased products industry to the U.S. economy in 2014 was $393 billion in...
Consortiapalooza: TWB points a way towards the new industrial biotech consortium
In the past month, the Digest pointed towards a tipping point in the underlying technology that powers the industry — and a convergence in...
Fuels from thin air: drop-in liquid fuels from sky CO2, water and solar power
In Finland, we reported last week commercial vehicles operated by the City of Helsinki and bus services commissioned by HSL will fully switch to...
8 fast flyers chosen for Top Cat: the big attack on biomass catalysis begins
Somewhere in the files of the Department of Energy it is called the Chemical Catalysis for Bioenergy Consortium. Inside the halls of National Labs,...
The Zero-Emission Planet: IRENA says “affordable, achieveable”.
Eliminating Energy-Related Carbon Emissions Possible, New IRENA Study Finds
Since the election of Donald Trump as US President, we’ve heard a great deal less about...