In the Philippines, Platts reports that US-origin ethanol fell to an all-time record low last Thursday of $425/cu m as demand for ethanol in the US is expected to slow down following the end of summer driving season and the upcoming corn harvest that pulls feedstock prices down. Most traders booked their Q4 shipments already […]
Origin is a new kind of chemical company, focused on the future of materials science. By finding value in underutilized feedstocks like cardboard, wood waste and agricultural residues, they invent new and better materials for humanity. Origin’s Kim Raiford gave this illuminating overview of the company’s promise and progress at ABLC 2018 in Washington DC.
In California, the folks at OriginOil have been evolving their technology and applications into industrial water treatment as interest in algae biofuels died down earlier in the decade and are now evolving further by integrating blockchain technology into their new business WaterChain in an effort to offer wastewater treatment for industry powered by their own […]
In Washington, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced that the government of Vietnam has notified the U.S. that it will resume imports of American distillers dried grains (DDGS). In December 2016, Vietnam suspended imports of U.S. DDGS after reported detections of quarantine pests in U.S. […]
In Canada, Bioindustrial Innovation Canada has made a COMM SCI investment in Origin Materials, Sacramento, California, through BIC’s Sustainable Chemistry Alliance investment fund, as part of an investment round that will see Origin construct its first commercial scale demonstration facility in Sarnia by late 2018. Origin has developed unique and proprietary technology which allows it […]
In California, OriginClear Water Solutions has received a commercial scale purchase order from Envirogard, a water treatment systems engineering company based near Kuala Lumpur. The assignment is to retrofit an underperforming landfill leachate treatment system with an EWS:AOx system. Required capacity is 100 m3 (approximately 26,000 gallons) of waste water per day, to be increased […]
In California, OriginClear signed a Master Research Agreement with Florida Atlantic University for further scientific research and validation projects pertaining to OriginClear’s technology, Electro Water Separation with Advanced Oxidation, when applied to landfill leachate treatment. When rain or ground water flows through municipal and industrial waste landfill, leachate drains from the landfill as “black water”. […]
In the UK, a Brunel University student has designed an award-winning filtration system for household sinks that traps grease and fats for collection and further use as biodiesel feedstock, helping to clean up water before reaching the sewage system where grease buildups can lead to “fatbergs” that cause millions in damage annually to wastewater treatment […]
OriginOil offers a non-chemical, low-energy technology for the removal of organic materials in water. The company’s proprietary Electro Water Separation (EWS) technology can be applied across the algae, oil & gas and waste industries to remove both contaminants and valuable resources. For the algae industry, OriginOil is able to effectively and efficiently harvest algae in […]
Tell us about your company and it’s role in the Advanced Bioeconomy. OriginOil has developed a breakthrough water cleanup technology for water-intensive industries. The company’s patent-pending Electro Water SeparationTM process rapidly and efficiently removes insoluble inorganic and organic material (fine suspended solids) from large quantities of water without the need for chemicals. Tell us about your […]
