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14 March 201814 March 2018

Bio-based chems market sees setback with Rennovia exit

Company failed to raise sufficient financing from investors and/or strategic partners to advance its pilot-scale technology to commercial production

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21 February 201819 February 2018

Big Algae chases Omega-3 dominance: DSM, Evonik underway on $200M algae project in Nebraska

Veramaris will now enable all partners along the value chain to grow in a responsible way and meet the demand for healthy animal protein

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10 January 20188 January 2018

In for a Penny, In for a Pound: The Advanced Bioeconomy and all the pivots

Henry Threadgill wins a Pulitzer Prize for his landmark composition

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23 October 201712 October 2017

Innovative microalgae specialist TerraVia acquired by Corbion

TerraVia brings a microalgae-based platform which will enable to expand into the field of producing specialty lipids and proteins, structured fats and tailored oils

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Corbion acquires TerraVia for $20m

The acquisition is expected to bring high value creation potential

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5 October 201719 September 2017

Psst! The latest bioeconomy flashes from Bayer, Gingko, BioAmber, Joule, TerraVia, Corbion, Phytelligence, DNA Script

Bayer and Ginkgo Bioworks will create a new company focused on the plant microbiome

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20 September 201718 September 2017

Corbion approved as highest bidder in sale of innovative microalgae specialist TerraVia

United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware authorized TerraVia to consummate the sale to Corbion

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11 August 201710 August 2017

Corbion signs agreement to bid for substantially all of the assets of innovative microalgae specialist TerraVia

TerraVia leverages its microalgae platform to deliver high-value ingredients with clear benefits, such as Omega-3 for animal nutrition and tailored oils

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28 October 201628 October 2016

What To Do With Algae

Production of fine chemicals, nutrients, and drugs from algae can be as valuable as a gold mine

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28 September 201626 September 2016

Answers to your questions about Renewables and the Advanced Bioeconomy

Ron Cascone has provided the answers — and in few cases, Digest's editors have expanded on some of the themes from the journalistic point of view

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6 September 20162 September 2016

Cargill expanding in cosmetics and personal care

New global general manager, Tony Jaillot will lead the business focused on plant-based, sustainably-sourced ingredients

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18 August 201618 August 2016

TerraVia sells Algenist

As part of the transaction, TerraVia will continue to be an ingredient supplier for the Algenist brand

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8 June 20166 June 2016

Hard times for public renewable chemical companies

Codexis and Solazyme (now Terravia) reinvented themselves, while Gevo and Metabolix shareholders seem to be now looking into selling the companies

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The Advanced Bioeconomy 2016: State of the Industry

What’s likely to cost less than 5 cents a pound in the near and mid-term?

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6 April 201623 March 2016

J. Craig Venter, Ph.D to Receive the 2016 BIO George Washington Carver Award

Dr. Venter has developed technology that enables sustainable economic growth through use of renewable resources

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4 April 201623 March 2016

No pain, no gain: A Tale of Three Companies, Pacific Ethanol, BioAmber and TerraVia at a crossroads

A fascinating look at the evolution in the fuels, renewable chemicals, specialty products and nutrition that make up the advanced bioeconomy

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1 March 201629 February 2016

Protein and Perfume: At ABLC, Even Less of a Focus on Fuels

Changed oil price accelerating industry's shift to chemicals and other high-value materials

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23 February 201622 February 2016

The 50 Hottest Companies in the Advanced Bioeconomy 2016

Rankings recognize innovation and achievement in fuels, biobased chemicals and materials

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20 January 201619 January 2016

2015: Renewable Chemicals Review

Continued low petrochemical prices led to several rethinking strategies

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Biobased industry review 2015

NNFCC gives a track and analyse market, policy developments

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13 January 201612 January 2016

Solazyme chops Roquette (again) in the Great Algae Flour Fight

After the bizarre attempted heist detailed in The Great Algae Robbery, Roquette tries the US courts but comes up short, in its quest to get a hold of Solazyme’s algae tech

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11 January 201616 January 2016

That was the biobased year that was!

NNFCC takes a look at the highlights 2015

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9 December 20157 December 2015

The bioeconomy to re-industrialize Brazil

An interview with Bernardo Silva, President at ABBI

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8 December 20157 December 2015

Commercializing Synthetic Biology

Innovation to Tackle Climate Change and Feed a Growing Population

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5 November 20154 November 2015

Solazyme expanding: The Digest’s updated 2015 8-Slide Guide

Headquartered in South San Francisco, Solazyme’s renewable products can replace or enhance oils derived from the world’s three existing sources – petroleum, plants and animal fats

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7 October 20156 October 2015

The Business of Algae and the Dream of Algae

Sapphire’s Jamie Levine, Matrix Genetics’ Margaret McCormick, Algal Scientific’s Geoff Horst, Heliae’s Len Smith and USCD’s Steve Mayfield reflect on the commercial progress of algae

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23 September 201521 September 2015

The Digest’s 2015 6-Minute Country Guide to France’s Advanced Bioeconomy

Mandates and national consumption

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7 September 20154 September 2015

Looking at Solazyme, Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials: free “Emerging Bioeconomy” event

Discussion will focus on benefits and impacts of new materials and ingredients, future implications for land use, carbon mitigation, and water use

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1 September 201531 August 2015

Algae at the Energy Department: The Digest’s 2015 8-Slide Guide to the DOE algae program

BETO's R&D strategy to increase yields and lower the costs of algal biofuels by working with partners

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3 August 20152 August 2015

BASF and Solazyme launch the first commercial microalgae-derived betaine surfactant

World’s first commercially available high-performance microalgae betaine for use in home and personal care applications

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28 July 201527 July 2015

BIO World Congress closes in Montreal—and sets new record!

More than 1,200 industry leaders representing 725 companies

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27 July 201524 July 2015

Algae and cow cells: BIO members using plants, animals in new ways

Algae and leaf-based oils for food and fuel, meat without slaughter, and healthy sugar are all part of the not-so-distant future

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21 July 201517 July 2015

GO Resources to commercialize high-tech, super high oleic safflower oil

More oleic acid than any commercial crop - Renewable alternative to petroleum-based raw materials with multiple applications in the biolubricants, biochemical and bioplastics industries

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19 June 201518 June 2015

Avantium partners with Tereos

Exclusive partnership agreement to produce an alternative to PET called polyethylene furanoate (PEF) made from 2,5 furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) in Lillebonne, France

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1 June 201529 May 2015

Cellulosic biofuels and perceptions of readiness, viability

Readers rate 27 different cellulosic biofuels technologies on perceptions of commercial readiness, viability, reasons for skepticism, and levels of confidence and awareness

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21 May 201520 May 2015

Solazyme CEO Jonathan S. Wolfson to receive the 2015 BIO George Washington Carver Award

Wolfson honored for his vision to take one of the smallest organisms in the world – microalgae – and use it to revolutionize some of the biggest industries in the world

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20 May 201520 May 2015

The materials superhighway

A revolution in physical materials is occuring

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5 May 20153 May 2015

Surfing into a Greener Future

World’s first algae-based, sustainable surfboard produced by UC San Diego biology and chemistry students

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20 April 201517 April 2015

Joint Agreements to globally commercialize and market Flocapso™

Flotek Industries and Solazyme announce strategic agreements to develop and market advanced drilling fluid technologies and expand marketing of encapso™ in the Middle East

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9 April 20158 April 2015

US poised for biobased chemicals breakout, says National Research Council

Though challenges remain, particularly in affordable feedstock, the US National Research Council says “Despite impressive recent and projected growth, the manufacturing of chemicals using biological synthesis and engineering could expand even faster.”

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19 March 201518 March 2015

Can products from synthetic biology be sustainable?

Yes, they can - but everything depends on your view on sustainability

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18 March 201517 March 2015

The Iowa Renaissance: The Advanced Bioeconomy is on view in Iowa

New technologies, new wealth, new jobs, falling emissions, a new energy security, bipartisanship, new hope — Communities of Progress are building. But will the presidential candidates see it?

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3 March 20152 March 2015

Rennovia appoints VP Commercialization

Chemicals executive to leverage experience in scaling breakthrough technologies

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30 January 201529 January 2015

A U.S. biorefinery industry is emerging

Bioindustry needs to have facilities that focus on high-value-added bioproducts such as chemical intermediates and specialty chemicals

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8 January 20157 January 2015

2014: Renewable chemicals review

Doris de Guzman's overview shows 2014 was the year for cellulosic ethanol and marketing milestones for bio-succinic acid

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NNFCC’s Review of 2014: Our bioeconomy highlights and heroes

Increasing number of biobased chemicals and join established producers on global stage

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10 November 20147 November 2014

Joint forces in the development of an aviation biokerosene value chain in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil

BE-Basic, SkyNRG and KLM to join Plataforma Mineira de Bioquerosene

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27 October 201424 October 2014

Robust economic opportunities in the U.S. Biobased Economy

By Brent Erickson, EVP, The Biotechnology Industry Organization Head, Industrial & Environmental section

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24 October 201423 October 2014

EPA honors the winners of the 19th Annual Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards

Winning technologies tackle climate change and promote energy efficiency

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7 October 20146 October 2014

Netherlands strongly provides biobased raw materials for the chemical industry

Deloitte study to design opportunities for the fermentation-based chemical industry