Tag: Massachusetts

Sustainable heat report shows options for decarbonizing higher education campuses

January 29, 2025 | Meghan Sapp

In Massachusetts, Lifecycle Renewables, the creator of Truburn, a renewable heating oil that reduces greenhouse emissions by over 86 percent, released the results of an independent report, Sustainable Heat: Options for Decarbonizing Cold-Region Higher Education Campus Heating Systems. The report, commissioned by Lifecycle Renewables and conducted by David Gardiner and Associates, an unbiased environmental consulting firm, […]

University of Massachusetts Amherst scientists using camelina for phytomining

January 29, 2025 | Meghan Sapp

In Massachusetts, University of Massachusetts Amherst scientists are working with Camelina sativa, a member of the mustard family, to enhance a trio of the plant’s superpowers: absorbing trace amounts of the critical mineral nickel from the soil and improving the soil’s fertility, storing that nickel in its biomass where it can be harvested and extracted […]

Lydian to scale up power-to-liquids SAF after successful pilot

January 27, 2025 | Meghan Sapp

In Massachusetts, Lydian announced the successful pilot demonstration of its technology for producing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for commercial and defense applications. The pilot plant, which can produce up to 25 gallons of fuel per day, is located at RTI International in North Carolina. This milestone was achieved within three years of the company’s founding […]

Ginkgo Automation to deploy flexible laboratory automation system for biofuels research

January 26, 2025 | Juan Pedro Tomas

In Massachusetts, Ginkgo Bioworks announced that Ginkgo Automation will design and deploy a flexible, anaerobic-enabled laboratory automation system for the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC), a U.S. Department of Energy-funded Bioenergy Research Center at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. The firm said that this new system is designed to support the diverse needs of multiple […]

Ginkgo Automation to design anaerobic-enabled lab system for Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center

January 23, 2025 | Meghan Sapp

In Massachusetts, Ginkgo Bioworks announced that Ginkgo Automation will design and deploy a flexible, anaerobic-enabled laboratory automation system for the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC), a U.S. Department of Energy-funded Bioenergy Research Center at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. This new system is designed to support the diverse needs of multiple investigators and research teams […]

MIT spinout repurposing automotive engines into tiny chemical plants

January 13, 2025 | Meghan Sapp

In Massachusetts, MIT spinout Emvolon is taking a new approach to processing methane by repurposing automotive engines to serve as modular, cost-effective chemical plants. The company’s systems can take methane gas and produce liquid fuels like methanol and ammonia on-site; these fuels can then be used or transported in standard truck containers. By using mass-produced […]

MIT chemical engineers design new catalyst converting methane into polymers

December 18, 2024 | Meghan Sapp

In Massachusetts, MIT chemical engineers have now designed a new catalyst that can convert methane into useful polymers, which could help reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The new catalyst works at room temperature and atmospheric pressure, which could make it easier and more economical to deploy at sites of methane production, such as power plants and […]

CJ Biomaterials PHA earns compostability certification

November 18, 2024 | Rebecca Gendron

In Massachusetts, CJ Biomaterials, a division of South Korea’s CJ CheilJedang, has received certification from the Biodegradable Products Institute (BPI) for its range of PHACT™ polyhydroxyalkanoate masterbatches and compounds. The certification confirms that PHACT products meet rigorous ASTM standards for compostability, paving the way for the development of environmentally friendly items such as straws, cutlery, […]

MIT spin-off secures new offtake, partnership and licensing contract for GHG-based fuels

November 12, 2024 | Meghan Sapp

In Massachusetts, Emvolon, an MIT spun-off technology company that converts greenhouse gas emissions into carbon-negative fuels and chemicals, announced several commercial and technical milestones. Following its recent field pilot announcement with Montauk Renewables to demonstrate the benefits of converting biogas into green methanol, Emvolon has secured multiple new partnerships with biogas suppliers, green methanol product […]

Ameresco, Republic Services and PG&E cut ribbon on California’s largest landfill RNG plant

October 8, 2024 | Meghan Sapp

In Massachusetts, Ameresco, Inc, Republic Services, Inc. and Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) recently celebrated the ribbon cutting for California’s largest and most resilient landfill gas (LFG) to renewable natural gas (RNG) plant, located at the Keller Canyon Landfill in Pittsburg, CA. This first of its kind energy center in the U.S. will be […]

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