“O Canada…With glowing hearts we see thee rise, the True North strong and free!” – Canada’s National Anthem The neighbors to the North are leading the way with their latest clean fuel regulations that will rely heavily on the use of low-carbon biofuels like increasing ethanol use by 2030, bring more clean tech and energy […]
The “Eat a Swede” campaign certainly caught our eye, but thankfully it is a satirical piece to promote alternative earth-friendly proteins, not an actual promotion for creating or eating cultivated human meat. A more socially acceptable innovation this week is Carlsberg’s biobased beer bottles and Canadian researchers working on converting beer waste to nanotech to […]
Green hydrogen company H2U has a new Chief Commercial Officer and a new Board Chair, Neste has a new Executive Vice President of Renewables Platform, there’s a new CEO in town for another green hydrogen company Tree Energy Solutions, the Biden administration nominated Doug McKalip as USDA Chief Agricultural Negotiator, and more major moves in […]
In California, Amyris, Inc. successfully started fermentation at its new precision fermentation plant in Barra Bonita, Brazil. The greenfield site at Barra Bonita establishes Amyris as the leading manufacturer of highly engineered organisms at industrial scale. The plant consists of five precision fermentation “mini-factories” capable of concurrently producing all 13 of Amyris’ molecules currently in […]
In Belgium, ePURE’s latest data shows that the production and use of renewable ethanol from their members in 2021 produced more animal feed co-products than renewable ethanol for the first time ever. The record-breaking figure comes at a crucial moment for EU energy and climate legislation as policymakers determine what role sustainable biofuels such as […]
In Denmark, the Danish Board of Business Development is granting up to $12.5 million (DKK 88,8 million) to a partnership between Topsoe, Denmark’s Technical University and Aarhus University. Topsoe is to receive up to $11.3 million (DKK 80,3 million) of the total for upscaling and globally deploying their SOEC technology. In the light of the […]
In the Netherlands, Carlsberg Group and Avantium agreed to take the next step in the commercialization of PEF. Carlsberg Group has signed a conditional offtake agreement with Avantium to secure a fixed volume of the 100% plant-based, recyclable and high-performance polymer PEF (polyethylene furanoate) from Avantium’s FDCA Flagship Plant, which Avantium aims to start-up in […]
In Germany, BASF has worked with Shell to evaluate and de-risk BASF’s Puristar R0-20 and Sorbead Adsorption Technology for use in green hydrogen production. The Puristar and Sorbead technologies are now in Shell’s portfolio for potential use in Shell’s global green hydrogen projects. The two technologies purify and dehydrate the product hydrogen stream from the […]
In Belgium and Denmark, Biotalys, an agtech company protecting crops and food with protein-based biocontrol solutions, and Novozymes, a leader in biotech solutions, entered into a partnership to expand opportunities for Evoca, Biotalys’ first proprietary biocontrol. The partnership provides that Novozymes will use its expertise, intellectual property rights and know-how to explore additional routes for […]
In Michigan, lawmakers are considering Senate Bill 814, authored by committee chairman Sen. Kevin Daley, which would establish a retailer tax incentive for higher ethanol blends, specifically a tax credit of $0.05 per gallon on sales of E15 and $0.085 per gallon on sales of E85. Growth Energy General Counsel Joe Kakesh testified in support […]
