In California, Ferment, a venture studio that creates bio-enabled product companies, has launched a new $20 million studio fund to rapidly translate biology into products that solve targeted problems across sectors including energy, agriculture, materials, and health. The new fund’s first creation and $2.5 million investment is Alchemyca, a company that uses enzymes, sensors, and […]
In California, Industrial Microbes (iMicrobes), a biomanufacturing company on a mission to accelerate the transition to sustainable materials, announced the successful completion of the first close of its seed round funding, bringing the company’s total investment to over $10M. The funding was led by First Bight Ventures, with participation from Universal Materials Incubator Co. (UMI). […]
In California, Invizyne Technologies, Inc. was awarded a $2 million project to enable enzyme production for cell-free biomanufacturing of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The project is a cost share grant from the U.S. Department of Defense’s BioMADE initiative, in partnership with the University of Georgia. It is one of 17 BioMADE projects announced on October […]
In California, UC Santa Cruz reported that UC Santa Cruz chemists have discovered a new way to produce biodiesel from waste oil that both simplifies the process and requires relatively mild heat. In their study, published on October 3 in the American Chemical Society journal Energy & Fuels, lead author Kevin Lofgren details a new […]
In California, Sevana Bioenergy LLC has completed over $5 million of capital and operational improvements for their Rialto Bioenergy Solutions (RBS) facility, which is North America’s largest RNG facility processing landfill-diverted organic waste. With these improvements, Sevana provides its customers with a reliable and flexible facility that can accept a wide variety of organic feedstocks. […]
In Norway, TradeWinds reports Switch Maritime announced plans to order the first US-built hydrogen-powered RoPax ferry, with a design approved in Norway. This 80-car, 300-passenger vessel, using liquefied hydrogen, is part of Switch’s commitment to zero-carbon marine transportation. “With rigorous planning, state-of-the-art engineering and support from leading industry partners and the US Coast Guard, we […]
In California, the ability to genetically engineer plants is largely thanks to a microscopic helper: a bacterium called Agrobacterium tumefaciens. Agrobacterium in the wild causes damaging tumors in flowering plants, including some economically important crops, but its ability to insert its own DNA into host plants is what makes it both a pest to farmers […]
In California, Clean Fuels Alliance America commends the California Air Resources Board (CARB) for passing the amendments to the state’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS), a move that marks another step forward in California’s decarbonization leadership. Clean Fuels acknowledges CARB’s continued commitment to a cleaner future while recognizing there is more work ahead to ensure […]
In California, UC Santa Cruz chemists have discovered a new way to produce biodiesel from waste oil that both simplifies the process and requires relatively mild heat. This discovery has the potential to make the alternative fuel source much more appealing to the massive industrial sectors that are the backbone of the nation’s economy. In […]
In California, in proceedings before California energy and environmental agencies, the Engine Technology Forum (ETF) called on policymakers to recognize the continued importance of advanced renewable biodiesel fuels and maximize their roles and inclusion as essential decarbonization options. “Both CARB and the CEC have important obligations in these proceedings this fall to promulgate effective and […]
