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New research project launched looking at ways to produce energy from hemp processing waste

New research project launched looking at ways to produce energy from hemp processing waste

November 14, 2022 |

In Germany, residual and waste materials from hemp processing that have been largely unused so far are mainly leaves and blossoms, hemp hurds and hemp dust or extraction residues from hemp oil production. In the “HempNRG” project led by Deutsches Biomasseforschungszentrum gemeinnützige (DBZG), these are to be put to a preferably energetic use in the […]

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Companies team up to offer blockchain for US hemp industry

Companies team up to offer blockchain for US hemp industry

October 11, 2022 |

In Canada, Global Compliance Applications Corp. announced a strategic partnership with ThingBlu Inc., a Washington state-based business with a SaaS agriculture business intelligence solution and B&M Products and Services LLP, an Indiana state company that has contracts with a network of industrial hemp growers and processors. By partnering with B&M, GCAC and ThingBlu’s current integrated […]

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Atlantic Biomass, Bionoid ink letter of intent to produce SAF from residual hemp biomass

Atlantic Biomass, Bionoid ink letter of intent to produce SAF from residual hemp biomass

August 11, 2022 |

In Maryland. Atlantic Biomass signed a Letter of Intent with Bionoid, with the aim of producing commercial quantities of sustainable aviation fuels from residual hemp biomass.  The parties noted that this agreement will lead to the production of SAF and other bioproducts from up to 190,000 tons of annual residual hemp biomass harvests. The first […]

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Isiah Thomas trades hoop dreams for hemp

Isiah Thomas trades hoop dreams for hemp

June 6, 2022 |

In Colombia, former NBA star Isaiah Thomas is leading a full-court press against fossil-based plastics as CEO of One World Products, a licensed hemp and cannabis producer.  His plans for the company include opportunities for hemp in the automotive market. “I envision a future where the Fords, the GMs, the Stellantis’ of the world take […]

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Nextleaf Solutions teams with Hempcrete Natural Building

Nextleaf Solutions teams with Hempcrete Natural Building

May 9, 2022 |

In Canada, Nextleaf Solutions Ltd. has entered into a strategic agreement with Hempcrete Natural Building Ltd. an international construction company creating carbon neutral communities through sustainable, renewable, and stronger buildings. The agreement permits Hempcrete Natural, on a non-exclusive basis, to commercialize certain Nextleaf intellectual property, specifically, a U.S. patent related to hemp biomass processing. Hemp […]

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Atlantic Biomass announces results from phase 1 of scaling up hemp for SAF

Atlantic Biomass announces results from phase 1 of scaling up hemp for SAF

March 14, 2022 |

In Maryland, Atlantic Biomass, LLC has announced results of their Phase I Maryland Energy Innovation Institute Scale-Up project to verify the use of residual hemp biomass for the production of biofuels including sustainable aviation fuels (SAF). Robert Kozak, President of Atlantic Biomass, said the results clearly showed that the very low-value biomass left over from […]

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Gigacorn microbial cement, hemp rebar, date waste for filtration membranes, and more: The Digest’s Top 8 Innovations for the week of March 4th

Gigacorn microbial cement, hemp rebar, date waste for filtration membranes, and more: The Digest’s Top 8 Innovations for the week of March 4th

March 3, 2022 |

Rebuilding in a more sustainable way is top of mind for this week’s Top 8 Innovations. From a composite reinforcing material made of hemp stalk and bioplastic to create a rebar as strong as steel for construction to a ‘gigacorn’ cement alternative using microbes and without emitting carbon dioxide, rebuilding is getting greener and more […]

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RPI team developing hemp rebar for greener, longer-lasting buildings

RPI team developing hemp rebar for greener, longer-lasting buildings

February 28, 2022 |

In New York, a team at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is developing a composite reinforcing material made of hemp stalk and bioplastic to create a rebar as strong as steel for construction.  “There are some natural fibers that have a similar strength to steel for the same weight,” Alexandros Tsamis, a professor of architecture at RPI, […]

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Generation Hemp teams with Cryptech Solutions on hemp-powered bitcoin mining

Generation Hemp teams with Cryptech Solutions on hemp-powered bitcoin mining

February 28, 2022 |

In Texas, Generation Hemp, Inc. announced significant developments in the previously announced collaboration with a leading player in the Bitcoin hardware resale business, Crypt Solutions, Inc. (DBA, Cryptech Solutions). Engineering and equipment procurement is underway on the team’s first “Diversified Green Energy” project with Bitcoin mining installations that will ultimately utilize hemp biomass as a […]

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Kansas company creates more comfortable prosthetics using hemp fiber

Kansas company creates more comfortable prosthetics using hemp fiber

February 21, 2022 |

In Kansas, a company called Human Plant Solutions has developed lower-extremity prosthetics using a hemp fibers.   The company was cofounded in 2017 by medical device entrepreneur Sam Spallitta and prosthetic technician Kyle Trivisonno after the two met at a hemp conference. The company is using hemp yarn sourced from China and automated knitting equipment […]

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