In the UK, in a huge step forward for the business, Kelpi has secured £4.35 million ($5.5m) in investment to take its pioneering biomaterial technology to market. The funding round will fund the next chapter for the business, allowing it to expand operations, grow the team and run scale-up pilots to plot its pathway to […]
In Washington, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) and Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) announced the MACRO: Mixed Algae Conversion Research Opportunity funding opportunity announcement (FOA). The FOA will award up to $18.8 million to address research and development (R&D) challenges in converting algae, such as seaweeds and other wet waste feedstocks, to biofuels […]
In Washington DC, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) and Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) announced the MACRO: Mixed Algae Conversion Research Opportunity funding opportunity announcement (FOA). The FOA will award up to $18.8 million to address research and development challenges in converting algae, such as seaweeds and other […]
In France, Premium Beauty News reported that Somater has joined forces with French start-up Eranova to create a 100% bio-based line of packaging solutions. The report noted that this news partnership aims to provide a sustainable alternative to fossil-based polymers Somater’s new range of biosourced solutions is based on the ALGX material developed by Eranova […]
In Washington state, a study from the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory details uptake of organic matter from algae and remineralization by 15 bacterial co-cultures and subsequent incorporation of the resulting nutrients by the algae Phaeodactylum tricornutum, a diatom. The work is published in the journal Nature Communications. Although algae are an essential part of primary […]
