21 November 202418 November 2024 Revolutionizing Tech to Produce Sustainable Fuel SRI and University of Houston to receive $3.6M to develop a microreactor to convert carbon dioxide to methanol using renewable energy
How will Trump’s return impact US biomanufacturing? It’s difficult to say at this early stage, but here we break down what to watch for
4 November 202429 October 2024 A $1.46 Billion Boost for First-of-Its-Kind Carbon Capture and Clean Fuels Colorado-based alternative fuels Gevo company has taken a significant step towards expanding its carbon capture and storage capabilities
28 October 202428 October 2024 LanzaTech Awarded $3 Million from U.S. Department of Energy to Advance Conversion of Waste CO2 into Valuable Chemicals Project uses waste CO2 as a feedstock to produce sustainable isopropanol, a common alcohol found in everyday products
17 September 202410 September 2024 Chemical recycling of mixed textile waste Most postconsumer textiles are mixed fibers, complicating mechanical recycling due to material blends and contaminants
4 September 20243 September 2024 NREL Advances Method for Recyclable Wind Turbine Blades Resin Made From Biomass Enables Chemical Recycling at End of Useful Lifespan
22 August 202419 August 2024 Industry’s workhorse chemicals go biobased Thousands of chemicals are used by consumers and businesses every day. At the base of most of their supply chains lie petrochemicals
21 June 202414 June 2024 Fine-Tuning Leaf Angle with CRISPR Improves Sugarcane Yield Some researchers from the University of Florida researchers turned to gene editing tools to precisely target the sugarcane genome for improvement
29 May 202424 May 2024 Größter CO2-„Staubsauger“ der Welt in Betrieb genommen Climeworks „Mammoth“ hat bereits erfolgreich mit dem Auffangen und Speichern des ersten CO2 begonnen - Geothermie-Partner ON Power in Island liefert die erneuerbare Energie, um das Luftfilter-Verfahren zu betreiben
16 May 202410 May 2024 Researchers offer US roadmap to close the carbon cycle The experts from several DOE laboratories present a United States-based perspective for achieving net-zero carbon emissions
4 April 20244 April 2024 Technip Energies and LanzaTech Selected by the US Department of Energy to Receive $200M Investment for Breakthrough, Replicable Decarbonized Ethylene Commercial Facility
26 March 202421 March 2024 The US plans a biomass supply chain for Biden’s biomanufacturing push New report identifies the US’ raw material potential as well as bottlenecks to scaling the bioeconomy, including the regulation and infrastructure needed to get biomass flowing into industry
19 March 202414 March 2024 The Bioeconomy 500 for 2024 Includes Advanced Biofuels USA Executive Director and Board Members The Bioeconomy 500 honors scientists, engineers, policy makers, financiers, project developers, feedstock pioneers, offtakers, advocates and supply-chain and distribution partners
1 March 202428 February 2024 PPL, affiliate partners selected for $72 million research grant from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations The research project and new carbon capture system was developed in partnership with the University of Kentucky and Koch Modular, will be hosted in Louisville, Ky.
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
15 February 202412 February 2024 Climeworks and Svante Collaborate in Development and Supply for Direct Air Capture Climeworks and Svante have signed a collaboration and supply agreement to further advance commercial-scale solutions for direct air capture
Climeworks und Svante kooperieren bei der Entwicklung und Bereitstellung von “Direct Air Capture” Beide Unternehmen vereinbaren die Zusammenarbeit bei drei großen CO₂-Abscheidnungsprojekten
30 January 202419 January 2024 ZymoChem Secures $21M Series A Funding Round Led by Breakout Ventures with New Investments from lululemon and Toyota Ventures With this financing and funding from the Department of Energy, ZymoChem will launch its first high-performance material and advance its first partnered product to commercial scale
23 January 202417 January 2024 Catalytic Combo Converts CO2 to Solid Carbon Nanofibers Tandem electrocatalytic-thermocatalytic conversion could help offset emissions of potent greenhouse gas by locking carbon away in a useful material
Katalysator-Kombination wandelt Kohlendioxid in feste Kohlenstoff-Nanofasern um "Das Neue an dieser Arbeit ist, dass wir versuchen, CO2 in etwas umzuwandeln, das einen Mehrwert bietet, aber in einer festen, nützlichen Form"
16 January 20249 January 2024 2023 Sees NETL Make Strides in CO2 Conversion Research & Development Researchers grew versatile biocatalysts using microbes from a coalbed methane (CBM) well to convert industrial CO2 wastes and other single-carbon compounds into useful chemicals
2 January 202418 December 2023 Announcing the formation of New Energy Farmers LLC, a biomass aggregation company Because top-quality biomass is critical to efficient refinery operation and delivery of climate-healing products, over the past decade the New Energy Aggregation System was developed to assure a continuous supply of clean, dry stover in tight, compact bales
29 November 202324 November 2023 US drive to make green jet fuel with ethanol stalled by CO2 pipeline foes The developments raise questions about future growth for U.S. producers of the biofuel, including POET, Valero and others, who have been banking on proposed carbon capture and storage (CCS) pipeline projects
2 November 202330 October 2023 Firms plan pilot plants for biobased acrylic acid They all hope to succeed despite false starts to commercialize the process, but there are only few successful - Companies still have more work to do before they can compete with the petrochemical production
6 September 202330 August 2023 Higher Oil Prices Are One More Reason Why Airliners Look to Alternative Fuels Oil prices have spiked to at least $84 per barrel — another reason to consider using alternative fuels. It’s especially true for airliners, among the industries hardest hit by rising fuel prices
30 August 202328 August 2023 Lignin Conversion Could Make Jet Fuel 100% Sustainable In 2021, nearly a quarter of the world's carbon dioxide emissions came from the transportation sector, with aviation being a significant contributor
21 August 202316 August 2023 Biden-Harris Administration Announces Up To $1.2 Billion For Nation’s First Direct Air Capture Demonstrations in Texas and Louisiana President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda Will Fund Projects to Kickstart Critical New Industry, Remove Historic Climate-Harming Carbon Emissions Out of the Air, and Create 4,800 Good-Paying Jobs
17 August 202314 August 2023 Bacteria as Blacksmiths ISTA scientists use a bath of swimming bacteria to assemble unconventional materials
Bakterien als Schmiede ISTA Wissenschafter:innen nutzen ein Bad mit schwimmenden Bakterien um unkonventionelle Materialien zu formen
21 June 202315 June 2023 You Can Make Carbon Dioxide Filters With a 3D Printer NC State researchers demonstrated that it’s possible to make carbon dioxide capture filters using 3D printing
Sie können Kohlendioxidfilter mit einem 3D-Drucker herstellen "Dieses Herstellungsverfahren mit 3D-Druck macht alles schneller und präziser"
9 June 20237 June 2023 Equatic Launches Low-Cost, Gigaton-Scale Technology to Decarbonize at Unprecedented Speed Equatic emerges from the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering’s Institute for Carbon Management with a carbon dioxide removal agreement from The Boeing Company
2 June 202330 May 2023 U.S. Government Sets Bold Goals For The U.S. Bioeconomy – Including A Target For 30% Of Bio-Based Chemicals Number of specific strategies developed by agencies like the USDA, NIH, NSF, DOE, and DOD and different change solutions can have an impact across a lot of sectors
24 April 202320 April 2023 Chemists redesign biological PHAs, ‘dream’ biodegradable plastics They’ve been called “dream” plastics: polyhydroxyalkanoates, or PHAs
17 April 202313 April 2023 Structure of ‘Oil-Eating’ Enzyme Opens Door to Bioengineered Catalysts Atomic level details reveal how enzyme selectively breaks hydrocarbon bonds, suggesting bioengineering strategies for making useful chemicals
Struktur eines “ölfressenden” Enzyms öffnet die Tür zu biotechnologisch hergestellten Katalysatoren Details auf atomarer Ebene zeigen, wie das Enzym selektiv Kohlenwasserstoffbindungen aufbricht, was auf biotechnologische Strategien zur Herstellung nützlicher Chemikalien hindeutet
29 March 202328 March 2023 FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Bold Goals and Priorities to Advance American Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing The Biden-Harris Administration is announcing new bold goals and priorities that will catalyze action inside and outside of government to advance American biotechnology and biomanufacturing
Biden sets US goal to replace 90% of plastics with biomaterials President Joe Biden's administration is setting a goal of replacing 90 percent of fossil-fuel based plastics with bio-based alternatives over the next two decades
2 March 202327 February 2023 Algae: Should they stay or should they go? Report on the development of algae-based products from the Green Chemicals Blog
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
8 February 20237 February 2023 Wissenschaftler stellen das bisher kostengünstigste System zur Kohlenstoffabscheidung vor Neues System fängt CO₂ effizient ab und wandelt es in eine der weltweit meistverwendeten Chemikalien um
31 January 20236 February 2023 Scientists Unveil Least Costly Carbon Capture System to Date PNNL scientists carve a path to profit from carbon capture through carbon upcycling, unlock crucial step in decarbonization and advancing toward net zero emissions
30 January 202325 January 2023 LanzaJet Freedom Pines Fuels Receives EPA Fuel Pathway Approval Milestone for Soperton, GA Facility Marks First-Ever EPA Approval for Ethanol as a Feedstock for Production of Sustainable Aviation Fuel
20 January 202318 January 2023 A big step toward ‘green’ ammonia and a ‘greener’ fertilizer Industrial production of ammonia, primarily for synthetic fertilizer — the fuel for last century’s Green Revolution — is one of the world’s largest chemical markets, but also one of the most energy intensive
5 January 202327 December 2022 It’s the holiday season for US renewable chemicals While the renewable chemicals industry continues to play second fiddle to biofuels when it comes to US government funding (it’s true!), the Biden Administration’s actions towards boosting the bioeconomy are setting off a flurry of activities on how renewable chemicals companies can dip in to these bioeconomy-related funding initiatives
4 January 202327 December 2022 How the $1.7T omnibus affects energy, from CCS to hydrogen The year-end spending package released by Congress on Tuesday could deliver an influx of funding to several Department of Energy programs that may be pivotal for hitting the Biden administration’s climate targets
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