Let’s Get Tacky: Cray Valley launches new sticky resin based on Amyris tech
In France, Cray Valley has launched new tackifying resins produced with Amyris’ biologically derived Biofene branded farnesene.
Tack is the measure of stickiness — vital...
Amyris and the Great Rate Debate
The full-year and Q4 2016 results are in for Amyris, and there’s reason for the Hot 50 selectors, who lifted Amyris to #2 in...
Crazy Sexy Gut Health
Gaze at your navel for a second. Use a mirror if you like. Go ahead, it’s OK, I won’t tell anyone.
Yes, the navel, the omphalos....
Hot Spots: The Top 10 Advanced Bioeconomy Places to Watch in California
California is for many the “home of innovation” but almost everyone thinks of Silicon Valley in this respect, or perhaps the Bay Area as...
The Paramount Deal: World Energy takes off with audacious $72M acquisition of AltAir and...
In Massachusetts, World Energy has acquired renewable jet and diesel producer AltAir Paramount, and its Paramount Petroleum refinery assets, both collocated in Paramount, CA,...
The Silver in Silva: The Story of Steeper Energy and SGF’s’s $59M advanced biofuels...
This week we reported that Steeper Energy is partnering with Silva Green Fuel, a Norwegian-Swedish joint venture, to construct a $59M industrial scale demonstration plant...
USDA bioenergy programs gutted in 2018 Trump Budget: The Digest’s 7-Minute Guide
Rural Business Service to shut down; BCAP, REAP, loan guarantees gone; food stamps, crop insurance slashed.
Want to understand what USDA is targeting, cutting, growing...
Lanxess to acquire Chemtura for $2.69B
In Germany, Lanxess will acquire the US-based speciality chemical maker Chemtura, one of the major global providers of high-quality flame retardant and lubricant additives,...
Let’s Get it On: Avantium acquires Liquid Light
In the Netherlands, Avantium has acquired the assets of Liquid Light Inc, developer of a process technology to make major chemicals from low-cost, globally-abundant...
Aux Farms, Citoyens! France’s Bioeconomy Plan is a stirring call to action on jobs,...
It took a long time, but France in the past year published a national bioeconomy strategy and its national government has approved it. It’s...