In California, gas fermentation firm NovoNutrients has ceased operations and is looking for a buyer for its assets, citing difficulty securing sufficient funding. The company’s technology uses industrial carbon dioxide emissions, hydrogen and naturally occurring microbes to create high-grade proteins for human and animal consumption. According to AgFunder News, NovoNutrients’ former CEO David Tze said […]
In California, Divert, Inc. recently announced a strategic collaboration with United States Cold Storage (USCS) partnering on an innovative recycling program that processes food and beverage products that can’t be sold or donated into renewable energy and soil amendment. As a part of this program, unsold and non-donatable food and beverage products from USCS’s California […]
In California, BEAM Circular recently announced a major milestone for California’s clean technology and biomanufacturing future with $9.8 million in new funding secured for the California Bioeconomy Innovation Campus—a state-of-the-art facility designed to scale breakthrough technologies that convert agricultural byproducts, food waste, and forestry residues into renewable energy, sustainable materials, and other valuable products. The […]
In California, a team of Caltech chemists have developed a system that uses electricity from sustainable sources to carry out the chemical conversion of carbon dioxide (CO2) into molecules, such as ethylene and carbon monoxide, that are useful for making more complex compounds. When this is accomplished using light as the energy source, without plants, […]
In California, Frontier has facilitated offtakes with Arbor, a Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) company that uses waste biomass to create clean energy while removing CO₂. Frontier buyers will pay Arbor $41 million to remove 116,000 tons of CO₂ between 2028 and 2030. These offtakes will enable the launch of Arbor’s first commercial […]
In California, a team at University of California, Irvine have developed a method to convert human urine into hydroxyapatite, a mineral naturally found in bones and teeth. The innovation could offer a sustainable, low-cost source of materials for medical implants and industrial applications. The work, which is published in a recent issue of Nature Communications, […]
In California, Aemetis, Inc. says the California Air Resources Board (CARB) has approved provisional pathways under the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) for seven dairy digesters built and operated by Aemetis Biogas, a subsidiary of the Company. The pathway approvals are effective as of January 1, 2025. The average carbon intensity for the seven approved pathways […]
In California, Aemetis, Inc. announced the receipt of $6 million of cash, after transaction costs, from the sale of $7.7 million of Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) investment tax credits generated by the construction of dairy biogas digesters by the Aemetis Biogas subsidiary of the company. The investment tax credits were sold to a corporate purchaser […]
In California, Aircapture recently announced a $50 million Series A round led by the Larsen Lam Climate Change Foundation. The investment will enable the 2025 XPrize “Carbon Removal” winner to scale operations and accelerate deployment of its modular, revenue-positive DAC systems that deliver high-purity, on-site CO₂ to food, beverage, industrial, and agricultural customers. With the […]
In California, sustainable material firm von Holzhausen has made a 100% biodegradable and plastic-free shoe from Liquidplant™, a polyurethane-like material developed in house out of sugar and seeds. von Holzhausen said the Ripple Shoe “is more than a product. It’s the first case study in a new strategic direction for von Holzhausen. A broader rollout […]
