In Florida, biotech company Dyadic International has entered into definitive agreements with an institutional investor to raise approximately $2.9 million through a registered direct offering of common stock and a concurrent private placement of warrants. The company will use the funds for general corporate purposes and working capital. The offering price per share of Common […]
In Florida, biotechnology company Dyadic International has expanded its bio-industrial pipeline with a new proprietary enzyme program focused on advanced cellulose processing. The initiative builds on the commercialization of EN3ZYME™, Dyadic’s first proprietary bio-industrial enzyme product developed in collaboration with Fermbox Bio. The new program leverages Dyadic’s Dapibus™ microbial expression platform to develop enzymes for […]
In Florida, Refinity announced key advances across both its commodity olefins and specialty hydrocarbons platforms, including an exclusive license from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) for technology designed to convert waste plastic-derived light olefins into distillate-range products for further upgrading into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), renewable diesel (RD), or lubricants and other technical fluids. The […]
In Florida, the owner of a company that produced and sold renewable fuel and fuel credits was sentenced to serve 18 months in prison followed by two years of supervised release, and to pay $2,857,029 in restitution and a $150,000 fine, for his role in a scheme that generated over $7 million in fraudulent Environmental […]
In Florida, Rayonier Advanced Materials, a major producer of biobased cellulose products, has announced a comprehensive review of strategic alternatives as the company positions itself to capture rising global demand for renewable materials. The Jacksonville‑based manufacturer, whose cellulose specialties are used in everything from pharmaceuticals to high‑performance plastics, said it has hired Morgan Stanley as […]
In Florida, PureCycle Technologies, Inc. has signed a €40 million grant agreement from the Innovation Fund with the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA) to fund its ‘ASTRA PP’ project in the NextGen District at the Port of Antwerp-Bruges. Yesterday, CINEA announced that a total of 54 projects selected under the Innovation Fund […]
In Florida, a University of Miami research team has won the top prize at the recent Climate Correction Conference in Orlando for developing an algae‑based concrete additive that reduces the construction industry’s outsized carbon footprint. The team harvested native Florida algae and converted it into biochar, a carbon‑rich, charcoal‑like substance, that Jasmine Rodriguez, a first‑year […]
In Florida, Nopetro Energy, a vertically integrated producer, distributor and operator of natural gas solutions across North America, announced recently it has extended its decade long partnership with LYNX, the Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority and will build a new compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling station in Kissimmee, made 100% from renewable natural gas (RNG). […]
In Florida, NASCAR announced a landmark partnership with POET, the world’s largest producer of biofuels, naming the company the Official Bioethanol Partner of NASCAR. As part of the agreement, NASCAR will become the first major motorsports series to utilize zero-carbon bioethanol in combination with its existing fuel partner Sunoco, reinforcing the sport’s commitment to innovation, […]
In Florida, Roof Rejuvenate has achieved USDA BioPreferred Program Certification for its asphalt shingle restoration products featuring Colorbiotics. Boasting 95% biobased content from a corn oil-based formula and no added PFAS, Colorbiotics “add[s] years to the life of [a] roof with a single application,” said Kent Rotert, vice president of Colorbiotics. Roof Rejuvenate USA has […]
