DuPont leading in two categories (and its JV Butamax also in the lead); Sapphire Energy, Ceres, Genomatica, Heliae, MBI, OriginOil, KiOR Evogene, DuPont, Cool Planet, Edeniq and Sierra Energy among the early leaders as voting gets underway. In Florida, The Digest announced nominations for Transformative Technologies 2014, in which organizations are recognized for their impact […]
This is the official Transformative Technologies 2014 nominee page for Mascoma, nominated in the “Transformative conversion technology (liquid)” category for its consolidated bioprocessing technology. Voting Rules All voting is exclusively via social media this year. To vote, simply click on the Tweet, Like or Share link in on this page. Each tweet, like or share will […]
Which are the most transformative bioeconomy technologies? In the Transformative Technologies awards for 2014, you decide. In Florida, The Digest announced nominations for Transformative Technologies 2014, in which organizations are recognized for their impact in transforming a feedstock, a process step, a processing technology, a molecule — and in which plants, towns or industrial complexes, […]
In New Hampshire, Mascoma announced that its consolidated bioprocessing technology (CBP) has been used to produce over 1 billion gallons of renewable fuel. This achievement is a key commercial milestone for its MGT yeast products including TransFerm and TransFerm Yield+. TransFerm is an advanced bioengineered replacement for conventional fermenting yeast that lowers costs for corn ethanol […]
In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, exotic materials are brought from outer space, but in the Digest Cinematic Universe, the most transformative materials are all around you. Possibly in your trash. If there is a lesson we can draw from the fracking and the biobased revolutions, it is that the most important work we can do […]
With a $8 million award from the French government, Deinove heads for the next level in developing deinococcus as a biofuels and chemicals platform. What’s next for consolidated bioprocessing via the roughest, toughest bacteria genus that Mother Nature has yet devised? At some point in your reading, you may have run across the assertion that, should […]
Biobased investing continues surging, both direct and via strategics. The Digest has the data and the scoop in our 5-Minute Guide. In Florida, Biofuels Digest reports that 9 biobased ventures raised $363.8 million in new capital in 2013, compared to $435 million in Q2, and $434 million in Q4 2012 and Q1 2013. Overall, the […]
Advanced biofuels – mirage or reality? In January we wrote: “When these 12 projects open for business (or not) in 2013, you’ll know for sure.” So, what do we know? Advanced, next-generation biofuels are on the march, say the supporters. Next-generation biofuels are a debacle, according to a chorus of skeptics including the editorial page […]
In Missouri, Lallemand Biofuels & Distilled Spirits and Mascoma announced the introduction of their next generation advanced yeast product, TransFerm Yield+, a bioengineered drop-in substitute for conventional fermenting yeast. In pilot-scale tests at ICM, the leading provider of engineering services to the ethanol industry, and commercial-scale trials at corn ethanol producers, TransFerm Yield+ consistently demonstrated […]
Beyond fossil fuels, beyond light itself. And now, the direct production of drop-in biofuel blendstocks. All available from a microbial “cow”. This week in California, a research team from Shota Atsumi’s lab at the University of California, Davis have reported that they engineered Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942, a strain of photosynthetic cyanobacteria, to grow without the […]
