6 October 20206 October 2020 Multifunctional microbe simplifies processing of plant-derived fuels, chemicals ORNL researchers got an organism to co-utilize multiple compounds in a single bioreactor, gaining a better understanding of how these different pathways interact
26 August 20209 September 2021 Why invest in Concentrating Solar Power? As the market for utility scale storage accelerates in response to the increasing penetration of intermittent renewables (such as PV and wind), CSP will be increasingly recognised for its most important attribute: low cost thermal storage
19 August 202015 August 2020 Danimer Scientific Receives U.S. Department of Energy Grant to Support Bioplastic Production Nearly $5.7 million in support to conduct research and development projects within the biomanufacturing industry
6 August 20203 August 2020 Agile BioFoundry Selects New Projects to Accelerate Biomanufacturing Each of the ABF Directed Funding Opportunity awardees will be invited to collaborate with National Lab research facilities to conduct their proposed research
26 May 202025 May 2020 NREL Tool Quickly Provides Answers for Chemical Reactions A new machine-learning tool developed at NREL has significantly speeded up calculating the thermodynamics of chemical reactions
28 April 202022 April 2020 BOTTLE: Bio-Optimized Technologies to keep Thermoplastics out of Landfills and the Environment Newly founded BOTTLE Consortium to develop new processes and polymeric materials that are recyclable-by-design
23 April 202020 April 2020 Research Team Engineers a Better Plastic-Degrading Enzyme NREL-, University of Portsmouth-scientists discover enzyme which breaks down PET plastics in hours
16 April 20209 April 2020 Lignin Research Yields Additional Answers into Bacteria’s Role Newly published research builds upon previous observations at NREL on the ability of 14 strains of bacteria to break down lignin oligomers and take advantage of those components
Die Lignin-Forschung liefert zusätzliche Antworten auf die Rolle der Bakterien Neu veröffentlichte Forschung nimmt frühere Beobachtungen am NREL auf und berichtet über die Fähigkeit von 14 Bakterienstämmen, Lignin-Oligomere abzubauen und diese Komponenten zu nutzen
25 March 20209 September 2021 Department of Energy Announces $25 Million for Plastics Recycling R&D, Launches Upcycling Consortium Department ’s Plastics Innovation Challenge is offering a comprehensive program to accelerate innovations in plastics recycling technologies
DOE offers $25 million for plastics recycling R&D BETO issued a joint funding opportunity announcement on March titled “BOTTLE: Bio-Optimized Technologies to Keep Thermoplastics out of Landfills and the Environment.”
20 February 20209 September 2021 New Nanoparticle Can Turn Carbon Emissions Into Fuel, Sustainably Californian researchers team has discovered a metal carbide nanoparticle that can convert CO2 into fuel, and it can be produced sustainably at low temperature
5 December 20192 December 2019 DISCOVRing Algal Strains for Sustainable Biofuels Consortium finds strain that has potential to contribute to productivity targets for open ponds
27 November 20199 September 2021 Power-to-Gas-Technologie: Weltweit größte biologische Power-to-Gas-Anlage speist Biomethan in dänisches Erdgasnetz ein Gasqualität übersteigt die Anforderungen für Netzeinspeisung in Deutschland und Kalifornien
11 October 20199 September 2021 The Deployment of Carbon Capture and Utilisation Technologies Takes a Key Step Forward International Effort Establishes Global Standards to Meet Tech’s Growth and Opportunity Across Sectors
28 August 201927 August 2019 SoCalGas and Electrochaea Announce Commissioning of New Biomethanation Reactor System Pilot Project Innovative project with U.S. Department of Energy's NREL converts renewable electricity into renewable methane for storage in existing natural gas pipelines
23 August 20199 September 2021 Erstes US-Projekt für Electrochaea Neue Power-To-Gas wird Anlage die erste in den USA sein, die grünes Methan aus Wasser, erneuerbarem Strom und CO2 produziert
23 July 20199 September 2021 Yum, yum, CO2 in my tum – NovoNutrients moves forward with CO2 to fish feed plans NovoNutrients is moving forward towards their goal of transforming industrial waste CO2 into feed, initially for the fast-growing aquaculture sector
NovoNutrients gets $300K from DOE program for CO2 to feed technology NovoNutrients will partner with the NREL to improve CFD models in order to identify efficient and productive bioreactor designs
3 July 20191 July 2019 Italian-U.S. partnership in the bioeconomy: RE-CORD and NREL signed a MoU The agreement will constitute a framework for cooperation and coordination that will allow scientists and engineers from both parties to pursue common opportunities
10 May 20199 September 2021 Harnessing sunlight to pull hydrogen from wastewater New Princeton University hydrogen production process attractive for refineries and chemical industry
12 March 20196 March 2019 NREL Pioneers Cleaner Route to Upcycle Plastics into Superior Products Researchers chemically combined reclaimed polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic with bio-based compounds to produce higher-value fiber-reinforced plastics
6 December 20183 December 2018 Algae Testbed Experiment Yields Data Useful for Future Projects Researchers established identical raceway-style ponds in five outdoor locations to cultivate and harvest three strains of algae during the four seasons
23 November 201821 November 2018 NREL: Nitrilation Process Produces Acrylonitrile, Attention, and Awards Interdisciplinary collaboration of researchers across chemical engineering, biology, and computational modeling led to award-winning research about the nitrilation process
23 October 201822 October 2018 The 40 Hottest Technologies of 2018 – as voting gets underway, the nominees in depth All through this month, Digest subscribers have been voting on the 40 Hottest Transformative Technologies in the Advanced Bioeconomy
31 July 201815 October 2018 Polyethylene Furanoate (PEF) – The Rising Star Amongst Today’s Bioplastics Next-gen polymer is renewable, non-toxic and a recyclable alternate with similar properties
Researchers Discover New Enzyme Paradigm for Critical Reaction in Converting Lignin to Useful Products New finding will help convert lignin to useful products
4 May 20182 May 2018 Solution to plastic pollution on the horizon Scientists accidentally create mutant enzyme that eats plastic bottle
18 April 201817 April 2018 Engineering a unique plastic-degrading enzyme Solution to plastic pollution on the horizon: Newly evolved enzyme could be the key to tackling the worldwide problem of plastic waste
17 April 201817 April 2018 Engineering eines kunststofffressenden Enzyms Entdeckung könnte zu einer Recycling-Lösung für Millionen Tonnen von Plastikflaschen führen
8 March 20188 September 2018 Auf der Suche nach dem biobasierten heiligen Gral – ist das Ergebnis in Europa das gleiche wie in den USA? Die US-Regierung und die EU versuchen vorherzusagen, welches die vielversprechendste biobasierte Chemikalie ist
26 February 201820 February 2018 NREL Scientists Model Methane-Eating Bacteria Nature is full of surprises – not to mention solutions
23 January 201817 January 2018 Bio-Based Compound Offers a Greener Carbon Fiber Alternative Stampede1 helps researchers elucidate the chemistry of renewable acrylonitrile production
9 January 20189 September 2021 Batteries can’t solve the world’s biggest energy-storage problem. One startup has a solution Electrochaea’s process could be an answer to one of the biggest problems of the 21st century
21 December 201719 December 2017 NREL Develops Novel Method to Produce Renewable Acrylonitrile Research paves the way for cost-competitive, sustainable acrylonitrile and carbon fibers from renewable biomass
28 September 201718 September 2017 Depolymerizing that dang lignin: The Digest’s 2017 Multi-Slide Guide to biochemical lignin deconstruction Lignin valorization is key for meeting the DOE’s hydrocarbon fuel cost and sustainability targets in integrated biorefineries
21 September 201712 September 2017 Targeted Microbial Development: The Digest’s 2017 Multi-Slide Guide to biological upgrading of biomass sugars A NREL-led research team is investigating the engineering of Zymomonasfor 2,3 butanediol production
6 July 201729 June 2017 Capturing CO2: The Digest’s 2017 Multi-Slide Guide to Algae-based CO2 sequestration A selection of key slides on Carbon Capture and Sequestion with relation to algae-based technologies
29 June 201727 June 2017 This Startup Wants To Turn America’s Yard Waste Into A Petroleum Substitute Alliance Bio-Products plans to open a new plant that will turn yard waste into a replacement for petroleum
13 January 20179 September 2021 Researchers Learn How a Bacterium Reduces CO2 in Biofuel Production Findings identified a new metabolic route previously unknown to the scientific community
18 November 201618 November 2016 Who’s got hot lignin? The Digest’s 2016 Guide to lignin production and prospects Compendium of suppliers to produce and sell cellulosic sugar and/or lignin for use by the research community
9 November 20168 November 2016 NREL Researchers Discover How a Bacterium, Clostridium thermocellum, Utilizes both CO2 and Cellulose to Make Biofuels Clostridium thermocellum is among the most efficient bacteria in directly converting cellulosic materials into hydrogen and hydrocarbons biofuels
3 November 201631 October 2016 Growing algae faster, better, cheaper: The Digest’s 2016 Multi-Slide Guide to NREL’s algae biomass project Researchers aim to reduce algal biofuel production cost by developing advanced process options for the conversion of algal biomass
30 August 201630 August 2016 A breakthrough in algae harvesting Global Algae Innovations offering membrane system that could use just 1% of the energy needed to run a centrifuge
19 July 201618 July 2016 Future Bioeconomy Supported by More Than One Billion Tons of Biomass Potential United States could produce enough biomass to support a bioeconomy, including renewable aquatic and terrestrial biomass resources
25 January 201621 January 2016 BESC study seeks nature’s best biocatalysts for biofuel production A team of researchers analyzed the ability of six microorganisms to solubilize potential bioenergy feedstocks
13 January 201612 January 2016 Discovery advances biowaste-to-jet fuel research WSU Tri-Cities researcher finds way to make biofuel from plant matter
18 September 201516 September 2015 Hydrogen from sunlight New efficiency record for artificial photosynthesis
3 September 20152 September 2015 Trending: Biobased Microbeads, Flexible Foams Could Offer Renewable Materials for Hundreds of Products Developing technologies to produce commercial scale quantities of biomaterial products is a milestone for each company
