7 March 20254 March 2025 ICO₂NIC Project Kicks Off in Brussels: Transforming CO₂ Waste into Value The project’s ultimate goal is to make Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU) more economically viable, reducing energy consumption, CO₂ emissions, and supporting industrial sustainability
22 May 201719 May 2017 Interra and the pursuit of soil magic via affordable biochar Young company launched its first line of biochar enriched soil products
28 March 201726 March 2017 BioChar’s Buzzing and Cool Planet’s $20M cap raise is feeding it High-end purveyors aiming to get away from the iffy reputation that some unscrupulous producers have gained for BioChar products
14 November 20169 November 2016 Reverdia, Gingko BioWorks, Rennovia, Leaf Resources, Mango Materials take top slots in The 40 Hottest Emerging Companies in the Advanced Bioeconomy 2016-17 The rankings recognize biotechnology innovation and achievement in fuels, biobased chemicals, nutrition, health, genetics and materials
22 February 201615 February 2016 Cool Terra earns the USDA Certified Biobased Product Label Engineered biocarbon naturally benefits soil health
23 October 201523 October 2015 10 Signature biofuels projects for 2015-16, and where they are That was then, this is now
28 April 201425 April 2014 Winners of the 2014 Transformative Technologies competition LanzaTech, Cool Planet win two 2014 Transformative Awards each as winners announced in DC
25 April 201424 April 2014 ABLC buzzes about finance, government actions, chemicals, carbon, and technology advances As ABLC completes its second day, companies, agencies, financiers step forward to detail advances toward scale, new programs.
3 April 20142 April 2014 Of auxins, toxins and raging hormones: Does Biochar really work? So, what about biochar? Is it just fantasy, a sideshow, or a vital future market that will power the carbon economics for hot ventures like Cool Planet? And, er, what’s an auxin anyway — and why is that important?
3 March 20146 May 2014 Giant grass boosts biofuel yield 12-fold Miscanthus found as leaving current corn ethanol production levels far behind
31 January 201430 January 2014 It’s 2014: Feel the pressure, turn up the heat, and get cracking Hydrotreating, catalytic cracking, pyrolysis, metathesis, supercritical, and catalytic reforming
11 November 201310 November 2013 USDA Announces Cool Planet and the Bioenergy Alliance Network of the Rockies Receive $10 Million to Develop Sustainable Biofuels from Beetle-Killed Wood Common project to quantify the greenhouse gas benefits from using dead trees
21 October 201320 October 2013 Cool Planet Announces Launch of Cool Terra™ Biochar Soil Amendment Reduces Atmospheric CO2 and Increases Crop Yields
2 October 20133 October 2013 Cool Planet Signs Agreement with Acritaz Greentech: $60MM Targeted to Build First Commercial Biorefinery in Malaysia License model to be part of deployment for first international plant, a complement to Cool Planet’s build and operate model in the U.S.
23 August 2013 Cool Planet Locates Their First 10 Million Gallon Renewable Gasoline Refinery in Alexandria, Louisiana Will produce a drop-in gasoline, and soil enhancing biochar, from renewable biomass
26 March 2013 Biorefinery 2015 – The Shape of advanced biofuels to come – Part II Consideration of a number of new technologies that redefine our notions about the scope and costs
20 November 2012 Little Big Tech: Can Fischer-Tropsch technology work at smaller scale? Velocys is seeking to make F-T work economically with micro-reactors
