23 February 202420 February 2024 Inexpensive, carbon-neutral biofuels are finally possible In addition to better lignin utilization the innovative biomass pretreatment technology also proposes to produce renewable chemicals
Kostengünstige, kohlenstoffneutrale Biokraftstoffe sind endlich möglich Innovative Biomasse-Vorbehandlungstechnologie sieht neben einer besseren Ligninverwertung auch die Produktion von erneuerbaren Chemikalien vor
22 February 202420 February 2024 UC engineers’ CO2 conversion helps industry, addresses climate National research team led by UC professor develops more efficient system to address climate change - a new approach to converting CO2 into ethylene
21 September 202318 September 2023 WVU engineers study how to pull carbon out of building air to make methanol Liu and his partners said they believe they have found a way to erase harmful emissions from the production process by harvesting the carbon needed to synthesize methanol from the air of buildings
28 April 202325 April 2023 Gevo, LG Chem on ethanol-based propylene partnership The joint development agreement between Gevo and LG Chem will accelerate the pilot research, technical scale-up, and commercialization of bio-propylene
14 April 202311 April 2023 Multilab Separations Consortium puts biofuel on the path to decarbonization Separations technology critical to converting biomass to low-carbon biofuel
28 February 202323 February 2023 From Lab to Market: Bio-Based Products Are Gaining Momentum Propelled by government investment and shareholder demand, manufacturers are pushing to get bio-based products into the marketplace. These new materials — made from plants, fungi, and microbes — aim to replace those that contain toxins and are difficult to recycle or reuse
14 February 20239 February 2023 How waste-eating bacteria digest complex carbons New information could lead to bacteria-based platforms that recycle plastic and plant waste
3 January 202322 December 2022 To Make Valuable Bioproducts, Pick the Right Solvent Pretreatment Three common solvents for pretreating switchgrass yield lignin extracts with the potential for making different valuable bioproducts
1 December 202228 November 2022 First 100% bio-based 3D-printed home unveiled at the University of Maine New, 600-square-foot prototype features 3D-printed floors, walls and roof of wood fibers and bio-resins
14 November 20229 November 2022 Oregon State, U.S. Dept. of Energy researchers take key step toward big gains in plastics recycling A collaboration led by NREL combined chemical and biological processes in a proof of concept and used chemical oxidation to break down a variety of plastic types
15 July 202212 July 2022 Closed-loop additive manufacturing fueled by upcycled plastic Innovative method introduces a closed-loop strategy that could globally reduce plastic waste and cut carbon emissions tied to plastic production
7 July 20225 July 2022 Scientists Discover “Holy Grail of Catalysis” – Converting Methane Into Methanol Using Light The method involves a continuous flow of methane/oxygen-saturated water over a novel metal-organic framework (MOF) catalyst
14 March 20228 March 2022 NREL Bioengineering Process Prepares To Make a Splash Renewables To Replace Petroleum-Based Materials in Commercial Filtration Systems
3 March 202228 February 2022 Carbon-negative platform turns waste gases into valuable chemicals Researchers built on LanzaTech technology to develop a new process that converts emissions from heavy industry or bio-based syngas, into either acetone or IPA, using an engineered bacterium called Clostridium autoethanogenum
2 March 202228 February 2022 Bacteria upcycle carbon waste into valuable chemicals Engineered bacteria convert captured carbon dioxide into chemicals for fuels, fabric and cosmetics
Klimafreundliches Verfahren: Bakterien bilden Chemikalien aus CO2 Modifizierte Bakterien wandeln CO2 in Additive für Treibstoffe, Stoffe, und Kosmetika um
2 June 20219 September 2021 LanzaTech Awarded $4.1 Million from ARPA-E for Transformational Energy Technology The funding will be used to enhance existing technology to enable the direct conversion of CO2 to ethanol — a building block for low carbon intensity fuels and chemicals
23 April 20219 September 2021 New process could bring down cost of direct carbon capture A peptide-guanidine system soaks up CO2 from air and can be regenerated with mild heat
23 February 20219 September 2021 Carbon Capture – A Man-made Solution To Solve A Man-made Problem Many of the companies, who were not that long ago considered progressive, oil majors etc now hold the key to solving the problem man has created
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
18 September 202016 September 2020 A new method for making a key component of plastics Bacteria create ethylene in a tech-friendly way
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
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
1 April 202027 March 2020 Climate Disrupted: Lignin, Cellulose, and Starch Bioplastics, TSPs There exist a big variety of biodegradable bioplastics that could be used to replace petro-based materials in 3D-printing
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.”
23 January 202020 January 2020 Forscher machen Biosprit-Produktion billiger Forscher der Rutgers University entwickeln effektive Konversionsmethode, um Pflanzenzucker in Ethanol umzuwandeln
How to Make it Easier to Turn Plant Waste into Biofuels Rutgers-led team develops innovative process to rapidly dissolve plant fibers
4 December 201929 November 2019 Verdict’s in for Vertimass: Yep, it’s commercially viable The innovative catalytic technology of one of the Digest's 'next 50 companies to disrupt the world' allows any feedstock for the conversion of biomass into fuels
14 November 201912 November 2019 Watch the World’s Largest 3D-Printer Spit Out a 25-Foot Boat …and how this is really about using wood to replace metal
6 September 201931 August 2019 New Catalysts, Improved Genetic Tools Bring New Opportunities: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to ORNL’s Biomass to Bioproducts Brian Davison, Chief Scientist for Biotechnology at ORNL, gave this knowledge-filled presentation at ABLC 2019 in Washington, D.C.
6 June 20193 June 2019 Biomass-based 3D printing, renewable solvents, fermentation-based CBD, coffee waste upcycling, algae-based ink, limestone paper and more The Digest’s Top 10 Innovations for the week of May 31st
27 May 201922 May 2019 Researchers develop biobased, self-healing elastomer derived from lignin To achieve these results, ORNL researchers developed a unique method to extract a specific form of lignin
15 May 201910 May 2019 University of Maine, Oak Ridge National Laboratory to announce $20 million 3D printing manufacturing partnership to boost forest products industry Collaboration aims to strengthen regional manufacturing by connecting university–industry clusters with the Manufacturing Demonstration Facility at ORNL
16 January 201911 January 2019 New composite advances lignin as a renewable 3D printing material Lignin gives plants rigidity and also makes biomass resistant to being broken down into useful products
15 January 201915 January 2019 New composite advances lignin as a renewable 3D printing material Finding new uses for lignin can improve the economics of the entire biorefining process
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
12 November 20187 November 2018 Economic comparative advantage of willow biomass in the Northeast USA Willow is grown commercially on about 500 hectares in the Northeast, predominantly for biopower but also for some other markets
2 October 20189 September 2021 Chemists demonstrate sustainable approach to carbon dioxide capture from air ORNL's direct-air-capture approach provides the basis for an energy-sustainable negative emissions technology
14 August 201823 January 2019 Cannabis, canola, solids, hog fuel, wheat: what’s new with food and feedstocks? Feedstock that is — crops and residues of the municipal, industrial, agricultural and forest type
18 July 201811 August 2020 Taming the Tasmanian Devil of Polymers: lignin, the orneriest, roughest, toughest, most un-cooperative and abundant natural polymer ever Lignin, the second most abundant natural polymer in the world, has developed into a sustainable and very satisfactory alternative to fossil fuels
27 February 201823 February 2018 Materials – Supertough bioplastic ORNL researchers designed a new polymer adding tiny amounts of silicon-based materials to usual PLA
8 February 20186 February 2018 The Slowed Corrode: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to Bio-oils and Corrosion The team prepared this illuminating overview on the projects progress and promise for the DOE Project Peer Review meetings
1 December 20179 September 2021 Pollution to Products! Efficient use of carbon is driven by carbon recycling technologies
23 August 201721 August 2017 3D printable resin: The Digest’s 2017 Multi-Slide Guide to melt-stable engineered lignin thermoplastic A novel family of commercial-ready, lignin-based 3D-printable composites
8 August 20171 August 2017 Fungi that Evolved to Eat Wood Offer New Biomass Conversion Tool UMass Amherst microbiologists, international team show fungal deconstruction of wood
24 July 201721 July 2017 In search of next-gen bioproducts and fuels, DOE invests $40M in 4 Bioenergy Research Centers The centers are designed to lay the scientific groundwork for a new bio-based economy that promises to yield a range of important new products