Archives

April 7, 2017

Weekly Roundup of Other Biobased News

?  International Renewable Energy Agency, “Eliminating Energy-Related Carbon Emissions Possible, New IRENA Study Finds”   ?   Biofuels Association of Australia, “BAA Rejects Productivity Commission Claims”   ?  South China Morning Post, “Woks Away: China’s Plan to Make Jet Fuel from Restaurant Leftovers”   ?  Cornell Chronicle, “Microalgae Could Play Key Role in Relieving Climate Warming” ...
March 31, 2017

Weekly Roundup of Other Biobased News

?  Renewable Fuels Association, “Veterans Encourage President to Include Ethanol, RFS in Energy Plan”   ?   Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, “State Ag Department Greenlights 16 Promising Industrial Hemp Research Projects”   ?  Brookhaven National Laboratory, “Study IDs Link between Sugar Signaling and Regulation of Oil Production in Plants”   ?  University of Manchester, “Bioenergy Gets Graphic with New Illustrated...
February 24, 2017

Weekly Roundup of Other Biobased News

?  Biotechnology Innovation Organization, “BIO Submits Comments on EPA Renewables Enhancement and Growth Support Rule”   ?  EPA, “Draft Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2015”   ?  International Energy Agency, “New Bioenergy Roadmap Guide Released Jointly by IEA and FAO”...
February 2, 2017

Weekly Roundup of Other Biobased News

?     Montana State University, “MSU Scientist Wins $1.2 Million Federal Grant to Improve Camelina Seed Qualities"    ?   Reuters, “U.S. Biofuels Credits Drop as EPA Delay Uncertainty Grips Market”   ?     European Environmental Bureau, “Joint Position Paper — Bioplastics in a Circular Economy:  The Need to Focus on Waste Reduction and Prevention to Avoid False Solutions”   ?   Biofuels Digest,...
January 20, 2017

Weekly Roundup of Other Biobased News

?   Reuters, “Genscape Says It Will Fight EPA Move to Boot It from Biofuels Program”   ?   University of Bath, “Scientists Make Plastic from Christmas Trees”   ?   Washington Examiner, “Energy, Farm Policy Collide in the New Congress”   ?   Growth Energy, “Poll: Trump Voters Overwhelmingly Support Ethanol”   ? PETROSS, “Dual-Purpose Biofuel Crops Could Extend Production, Increase Profits”...
January 13, 2017

Weekly Roundup of Other Biobased News

?   Neste, “Neste MY Renewable Diesel to Cut Emissions from Lassila & Tikanoja's Operations”    ?   PLoS ONE, “Field-Based Estimates of Global Warming Potential in Bioenergy Systems of Hawaii:  Crop Choice and Deficit Irrigation”    ?   Growth Energy, “American Drivers Surpass 500 Million Miles On E15”    ? AMB Express, “Pretreatment Optimization of the Biomass of Microcystis...
December 23, 2016

Weekly Roundup of Other Biobased News

?  U.S. Energy Information Administration , “ EIA Forecasts Continued Biomass-Based Diesel Growth Due to Final 2017 RFS Targets”   ?  Renewable Fuels Association, “DOE Data:  Half of United States Broke Through So-Called “Blend Wall” in 2015”   ?  Corbion, “Corbion and Kraton Receive First European Certification for Biobased Products”   ?  The Lenzing Group, “Lenzing Invests in New TENCEL®...
December 16, 2016

Weekly Roundup of Other Biobased News

?   Tetra Pak, “Tetra Pak Gets Closer to Fully Renewable Packaging Goal with New Aseptic Carton”    ?   Danimer Scientific, “MHG Debuts New Corporate Identity”    ?   Leaf Resources, “Leaf Resources And Novozymes Launch Biomass-to-Sugars Collaboration”    ?   Amyris, “Amyris Partners with Queensland to Create the Leading Industrial Biotechnology Hub in Southeast Asia”    ?   Suez,...
December 2, 2016

Weekly Roundup of Other Biobased News

?   Department of Energy, “Fact Sheet: Obama Administration Announces New Financing For Renewable Energy Projects and Actions to Spur Innovation and Promote Energy Access Globally”    ?   Department of Agriculture, “USDA Resumes Incentives to Grow the Bioeconomy and Improve Forest Health”   ?   Iowa State University, “Iowa State University Scientists Explore Environmental Advantages of Horticultural Bioplastics”    ?...
November 18, 2016

Weekly Roundup of Other Biobased News

?   BP, “BP Announces Investment of $30 Million in Biojet Producer, Fulcrum”    ?   European Coatings, “Sustainable Coatings from Bio-based Polyesters with Enhanced Functionalities”    ?   PR Underground, “Advanced Biofuel Center Reports Moringa Biodiesel Breakthrough"     ?   Biofuels International, “Hungarian Company to Build Biogas and Ethanol Plant in Nigeria”   ?   Washington...
November 11, 2016

Weekly Roundup of Other Biobased News

? University of Minnesota News and Events, "Researchers Invent ‘Perfect’ Soap Molecule" ? Beverage Daily, "Cargill Pairs with Start-Up to Make Spirulina from Malt Waste" ? Braskem, "Polarbröd Changes to Bio-Based Packaging" ? City of South Portland, "South Portland Pilots Locally Made Biodiesel in Vehicle Fleet" ? DuPont Tate & Lyle Bio Products, "DuPont Tate & Lyle Bio Products Celebrates 10 Years of Bio-Based...
November 4, 2016

Weekly Roundup of Other Biobased News

?   BioPilotsUK, “Landmark Alliance Launched to Support the Growth of the UK Bioeconomy”   ?   The Prowers Journal, “National USDA Official Highlights Biofuels Investments in Colorado”   ?   UDaily, “Biofuel Breakthrough:  PNAS Paper Reports New Approach to Methanol Utilization”   ?   MSU News Service, “MSU Awarded Grant to Research Biofuel, Carbon Capture Technologies For Upper Missouri River Basin”...
October 28, 2016

Weekly Roundup of Other Biobased News

?   Inside Sources, “Data Dispel the Myth of The Blend Wall”   ?   My Sunshine Coast, “Queensland Government Goes Global for Bio Opportunities”   ?   The Philadelphia Inquirer, “New $170M Delaware River Chemical Plant”   ? ars technica, “Turning Plants into Better Fat Factories”...
October 7, 2016

Weekly Roundup of Other Biobased News

Amyris, "Amyris Expands In Global Nutraceuticals Market With New Collaboration and Partner Funding of $30 Million" Loyola, "Loyola Biology Professor Wins $50,000 National Science Foundation Grant to Create a Network to Prep Students for Careers in Biotechnology" Neste, "Henrik Erämetsä from Neste to Co-Chair EU Initiative for Advanced Biofuels in Aviation" National Science Foundation, "NSF Awards $94 Million to Create Four New Science and Technology...
September 30, 2016

Weekly Roundup of Other Biobased News

BioAmber, "BioAmber Achieves Important Milestone in U.S. DOE Loan Guarantee Process" BusinessWire, "JetBlue Announces One of the Largest Renewable Jet Fuel Purchase Agreements in Aviation History" WSU News, "Researchers Make Breakthrough in Biobased Materials" Times of Malta, "France Bans Plastic Plates, Cups and Cutlery"...
September 23, 2016

Weekly Roundup of Other Biobased News

? Danforth Center, "National Science Foundation Supports Stony Creek Colors And Danforth Center Collaboration for Bio-Based Indigo Business Project" ? Business Wire, "Cardolite Corporation Earns USDA Certified Biobased Product Certification For Cardanol Product Line — a Versatile Building Block for High Performance Biomaterials" ? RSC Bio Solutions, "RSC Bio Solutions Launches First-Of-Its Kind EAL Designed to Improve Performance, Increase Uptime and Enhance System...
September 9, 2016

Weekly Roundup of Other Biobased News

? Plastics Industry, "100 Percent Compostable Single Serve Coffee Pod Wins International Innovation Award" ? Market Wired, "Seventh Generation Develops EPA Safer Choice Certified Laundry Detergent Packs Mission-Led Household and Personal Care Products Company Introduces New Line Of Solid Laundry Detergent Packs Formulated With Plant-Based Ingredients" ? Synthetic Genomics, "Synthetic Genomics Team Engineers Vmax™, an Advantaged Next-Generation Host Organism for a...
September 2, 2016

Weekly Roundup of Other Biobased News

? Growing Produce, "Better Biocontrol Options Becoming Available to Organic Growers" ? Joint Genome Institute, "Expanding the Stable of Workhorse Yeasts" ? Scientific American: ClimateWire, "Engineered Bacterium Turns Carbon Dioxide into Methane Fuel" ? DVIDS, "Fueling The Future: Air Force Title III Program Working To 'Home-Grow' Biofuels for DOD, Industry" ? NEC, "NEC Develops Non-Edible-Plant-Based Bioplastic Featuring the Elegance of...
August 5, 2016

Weekly Roundup of Other Biobased News

? Apparel, "Accelerating the Impact of Bio-Based Materials to Improve Apparel Industry Sustainability" ? Lancaster Farming, "USDA Advances On-Farm Biofuel Production" ? Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, "When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Growing" ? Forbes, "How to Make Biobased Policy Work" ? The Guardian, "Dabbling in Duckweed: Environmental Uses for a Green Menace" ? The Lane Report, "Owensboro Grain Forms Partnership with...
July 29, 2016

Weekly Roundup of Other Biobased News

? Environmental Leader, "Toyota Tsusho Backs Bioplastic Tech In Race To Bring 100% Plant-Based PET To Market" ? Renewable Energy Magazine, "Scientists In US State Of Florida Develop Military Grade Aviation Biofuel" ? UMass Amherst, "'Green' Electronic Materials Produced With Synthetic Biology" ? Ford, "Ford, Jose Cuervo Team Up To Make Car Parts From Agave"...
July 22, 2016

Weekly Roundup of Other Biobased News

? Forbes, "The Unintended Consequences of First Generation Biofuels" ? GEN, "Is Synthetic Biology a Game-Changing Technology?" ? The Straits Times, "Singapore Scientists Mine Butanol from Food Waste" ? Boeing, "Boeing, South African Airways and Mango Celebrate Africa's First Commercial Flights with Sustainable Aviation Biofuel on Boeing's 100th Anniversary" ? Materia, "The World's First Biobased Bridge"...
July 15, 2016

Weekly Roundup of Other Biobased News

? Nature, "Policy: Five Cornerstones Of A Global Bioeconomy" ? AgWired, "A Sustainable Future Is #Biobased" ? edie, "Asia Pulp & Paper Backs Community-Led Indonesian Biofuels Project" ? Aboitiz Power, "AboitizPower To Expand RE Portfolio With Biomass" ? CBC News, "Canfor Eyes Prince George For Major Biofuel Facility" ? Sioux City Journal, "Siouxland Ethanol Approves $8M Expansion To Further Boost Production"...
July 8, 2016

Weekly Roundup of Other Biobased News

? BASF, "BASF Extends Its Portfolio Of Innovative Foam Solutions With ecovio® EA" ? The Daily Nonpareil, "New Biomass Tax Incentive Seen As Catalyst For Economic Growth For Iowa" ? USTDA, "USTDA Awards Two Power Africa Grants To Ghanaian Energy Developers" ? Plastics Today, "Biesterfeld To Sell Nurel's Compostable Inzea Bioplastic In France" ? SeeNews Renewables, "Abengoa Finds Buyers For Rotterdam Plant" ? 3Ders, "Locknesters...
June 24, 2016

Weekly Roundup of Other Biobased News

? PR Web, "Greenyug Announces U.S. Midwest Biobased Chemical Plant" ? Environmental Leader, "Will Lego's $150 Million Sustainable Plastics Challenge Make Biobased The Norm?" ? Ohio Soybean Council, "Soy-Based Replacement For BPA Receives Prestigious Bio-Based Innovation Award" ? Plastics News, "Anellotech Moving Closer To Production For Bio-Based PET" ? Reuters, "U.S. Navy 'Green Fleet' Fills Up With Italian-Made Biofuel" ? The...
June 17, 2016

Weekly Roundup of Other Biobased News

? Global Renewable Fuels Alliance, "GRFA: Commit to Biofuels Policies to Achieve COP21 Targets" ? Forbes, "A New Way To Make Biofuels: Two Feedstocks" ? Plastics Today, "Should Sustainability Include Using Farmlands for Plastics, Textiles and Dyes, or Food?" ? The Seattle Times, "Alaska Air Flights Using Fuel Made from Fermented Corn" ? Sustainable Brands, "Bio-Based and Post Consumer Recycled Plastic Packaging Redefines the Value-Chain" ? EEQO,...
June 10, 2016

Weekly Roundup of Other Biobased News

? PR Newswire, "Evergreen Packaging Introduces New Fully Renewable Cup Stock with Bio-Based Polyethylene" ? Gevo, "Gevo Hires Cowen & Company to Explore Strategic Alternatives" ? The University of Sydney, "Multimillion-Dollar Funding for Commercial Waste-to-Biofuel Plants" ? The Financial Express, "Bionic Leaf Brings Next-Gen Biofuels Closer to Reality" ? CH4 Biogas, "RIT and Synergy Biogas Announce Partnership" ? ABC, "Biofuels Sector...
June 3, 2016

Weekly Roundup of Other Biobased News

? Waste 360, "Examining The Latest Developments In Converting Organic Waste Into Renewable Energy" ? Scientific American, "Whatever Happened To Advanced Biofuels?" ? Renewable Industries Canada, "Renewable Industries Canada Becomes New Face Of Canada's Biofuels And Bio-based Sectors" ? Ford, "Preserving Mother Earth: Ford First Automaker To Use Captured CO2 To Develop Foam And Plastic For Vehicles" ? Gevo, "Clariant To Scale-Up Catalysts For...
May 27, 2016

Weekly Roundup of Other Biobased News

? Joint BioEnergy Institute, "JBEI Scientists Unravel Omics Data Using Systems Biology-Based Workflow to Improve Biofuels Productivity" ? BBC, "Pembroke Dock Seaweed Farm to Study Algae As Biofuel" ? SeeNews Renewables, "CropEnergies To Restart Wilton, UK Plant For Trial Run" ? Ethanol Producer Magazine, "EIA Predicts Increased Ethanol Production, Consumption" ? San Diego Business Journal, "Appetite for Algae" ? The Guardian, "Shell Creates...
May 20, 2016

Weekly Roundup of Other Biobased News

? Energy.gov, "Energy And Commerce Departments Announce Lab Partnership Opportunities for U.S. Small Businesses and Manufacturers" ? EPA, "EPA Awards 18 Grants For Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training" ? The New York Times, "Biofuels Plant in Hawaii Is First to Be Certified as Sustainable" ? The Motley Fool, "Can The U.S. Military Afford to Run on Biofuels?" ? Quad-City Times, "Guest View: for the Farmers, the Biofuel Bubble Has...
May 13, 2016

Weekly Roundup of Other Biobased News

? Energy.gov, "Co-Optimized Fuel-Engine Systems to Transform Our Nation's Vehicles" ? USDA Blog, "Bringing Up Better Biofuel" ? Biofuels Digest, "What is the Worst Waste?" ? Labiotech, "How the UK Is Engineering Bacteria to Produce Propane for Greener Fuels" ? Plastics Today, "Mars Goes for Bioplastic Candy Bar Wrappers" ? AkzoNobel, "AkzoNobel and Royal Cosun to Develop Sustainable Cellulose Products from Sugar Beet Processing" ?...
May 6, 2016

Weekly Roundup of Other Biobased News

? Energy.gov, "Integrating The Production Of Biofuels And Bioproducts" ? Wageningen UR, "Biobased Alternative for Sound and Vibration-Reducing Materials in Railway Systems" ? Los Alamos National Laboratory, "Hacking the Bio-Nano Interface for Better Biofuel" ? Syngenta, "Cellerate™ Technology Enhanced by Enogen® Corn Demonstrates Significant Production Increase in Trial" ? Renewable Energy Group, "Renewable Energy Group Holds Ribbon Cutting...
April 29, 2016

Weekly Roundup of Other Biobased News

? Tetra Pak, "First Tetra Top Carton Bottle with Bio-Based Plastic Hits the Market with JUST Water" ? Renewable Energy Group, "Renewable Energy Group Statement on Passage of Extension of Iowa Biofuels Tax Incentives" ? Forbes, "Replacing Petro-Chemicals With Bio-Based Alternatives. Can We Do It?" ? Santa Fe New Mexican, "SFCC, Biofuels Company Partner To Develop Renewable, Energy-Efficient Farming" ? The Yucatan Times, "Mexican College Students Create...