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Global Bioenergies receives payment for converting sugar from wheat straw into bio-isobutene

April 10, 2019 | Meghan Sapp

In France, Global Bioenergies received a payment of EUR2.2 million for the OPTISOCHEM project supported by the Bio-Based Industries Joint Undertaking (BBI-JU) the public-private sector partnership between the European Union and the Bio-Based Industries Consortium (BIC) under the European Horizon 2020 program. Global Bioenergies has successfully converted sugars from wheat straw into bio-isobutene at demo […]

Funding awarded for C$285 million, first-of-its-kind, wheat-based, biofuels facility

March 18, 2019 | Meghan Sapp

In Canada, a C$285 million, first-of-its-kind, wheat-based, biofuels facility is being developed by Carbon Clean Energy Inc. The project aims to create low carbon intensity ethanol in response to Alberta’s new renewable fuel standards. Known as Project Wheatland, the state-of-the-art plant features an energy self-sufficient design that will also generate clean power from biogas production. […]

T2 ethanol wheat crush margins jump to 18-month high

March 6, 2019 | Meghan Sapp

In the Netherlands, Platts reports that the crush margin for European T2 ethanol produced from wheat reached an 18-month high at near EUR100 per metric ton thanks to wheat prices easing to eight-month lows. Margins have jumped from negative margins during much of last year. Aggressive bidding in the spot market for T2 ethanol over […]

Global Bioenergies produced cellulosic isobutene from Clariant’s wheat straw hydrolysate

February 11, 2019 | Meghan Sapp

In France, Global Bioenergies announced that runs using wheat straw hydrolysate provided by its partner Clariant were successfully performed in its Leuna demo plant, leading to the production of cellulosic isobutene for the first time at this scale. These runs were part of OPTISOCHEM, a project which started in June 2017 and was granted €9.8 […]

Brain regeneration, data storage with biocomputers, plastic from waste gases, bamboo diapers, gene-edited wheat, jackets from bison fluff : The Digest’s Top 10 Innovations for the week of November 29th

November 30, 2018 | Jim Lane

The pace of bioeconomy invention and change continues at a frenetic pace. Here are the top innovations for the week of November 29th. #1 Brain regeneration can happen thanks to silk biomaterial In Spain, researchers from the Polytechnic University of Madrid developed a silk biomaterial that can increase the survival of transplanted stem cells into […]

Wheat pushes beets into 2nd place for bioethanol feedstock

September 27, 2018 | Helena Tavares Kennedy

In Germany, the proportionate use of cereal raw materials in the production of bioethanol has shifted in Germany in recent years. As the Deutsches Maiskomitee eV (DMK) reports, the range of products and prices has led to the fact that wheat in Germany is now the most important crop for bioethanol production with a share […]

Cannabis, canola, solids, hog fuel, wheat: what’s new with food and feedstocks?

August 7, 2018 | Jim Lane

We eat it, we wear it, we burn it, we glue it, we live in it and more. Feedstock that is — crops and residues of the municipal, industrial, agricultural and forest type. We’ve been reporting all the innovations in making new stuff from this old stuff. But who’s doing what to make old stuff […]

University of Illinois researchers determine feed value for wheat co-products

April 3, 2018 | Meghan Sapp

In Illinois, with feed costs and the worldwide demand for meat growing, livestock producers are increasingly turning to co-products from the ethanol and human food industries. Research from the University of Illinois is helping to determine the feed value of wheat middlings and red dog, two co-products of the wheat milling process that can be […]

Rapeseed and wheat worth less than fuel oil?

February 3, 2018 | Helena Tavares Kennedy

In Germany, UFOP responds to the vegetable oil price index of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations which fell to a five-month low in December 2017, primarily driven by weaker prices for palm, rapeseed and soybean oil. UFOP said that in Germany, “wheat and other produce are valued at less than fuel […]

Alabama farmers look to carinata as alternative to winter wheat

January 8, 2018 | Meghan Sapp

In Alabama, farmers are giving carinata a go as a winter rotation crop to see if could add value to their operations while also providing Agrisoma supplies during the off-season after its Midwest farmers have already harvested. In the Midwest, carinata is a summer crop but its cold weather tolerance means it could potentially be […]