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12 November 20256 November 2025

Illinois researchers convert food waste into jet fuel, boosting circular economy

The researchers convert food waste into biocrude oil through a thermochemical conversion process called hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) to get the biocrude oil, and they identified cobalt molybdenum as the most effective commercially available catalyst


10 October 20256 October 2025

Turning plastic waste into fuel

UD researchers and collaborators develop new catalyst to accelerate upcycling of plastics


4 July 20251 July 2025

Making Plastic from Carbon Dioxide, Water, and Electricity

Caltech chemists have developed a system that uses electricity from sustainable sources for the chemical conversion of carbon dioxide into ethylene and carbon monoxide for making more complex compounds


11 June 20255 June 2025

Eastman loses $375M DOE grant for Texas plastics recycling facility

The company was selected for the award in March 2024 but was included in more than $3.7 billion in project funding cuts announced by the DOE after a recent review


27 May 202521 May 2025

$1.5M Gift to Help ABPDU Advance U.S. Biomanufacturing

The support from philanthropists Eric and Wendy Schmidt will allow ABPDU to further its research on the science of scale-up


14 May 202514 May 2025

Scientists discover a new way to convert corn waste into low-cost sugar for biofuel

Researchers collaboration developed a process that pretreats corn stover, which allows enzymes to break down cellulosic polymers into sugar, that can then be fermented into biofuels and bioproducts


19 March 202517 March 2025

ReSource Raises $15M to Develop Safer and More Sustainable Plastics

Backed by Khosla Ventures and Fathom Fund, the company’s novel manufacturing technology aims to unlock scalable alternatives to traditional plastics and petrochemicals


14 March 202510 March 2025

OCOchem prepares to flip the switch on tech for turning captured CO2 into industrial chemicals

OCOchem will start using its electrolyzer cells to turn CO2 into formic acid and other formate compounds to replace petroleum as a feedstock for products such as clean hydrogen fuel, animal feed and fertilizer


3 March 202524 February 2025

Generating new enzymes with complex active sites

Three scientists from Baker Lab led a project focused on accelerating a specific chemical reaction: breaking ester bonds


US-Starforscher findet Wunder-Enzym, das Plastik auflösen kann

Ein Forschungsteam unter Nobelpreisträger David Baker hat mit KI ein Enzym entwickelt, das PET-Kunststoff effizient abbauen könnte


28 February 202524 February 2025

Study Reveals How Autohydrolysis is Changing Biomass Conversion

A green technology for biorefineries: A bibliometric analysis


26 February 202524 February 2025

Tiny copper ‘flowers’ bloom on artificial leaves for clean fuel production

Tiny copper ‘nano-flowers’ have been attached to an artificial leaf to produce clean fuels and chemicals that are the backbone of modern energy and manufacturing


Wenn Sonnenlicht Kohlenwasserstoffe erzeugt

Forscher aus Cambridge und Berkeley haben eine Methode entwickelt, mit der sich Kohlenwasserstoffe allein durch Sonnenlicht herstellen lassen. Mithilfe spezieller Katalysatoren und Perowskit-Solarzellen verwandelt das System CO2 in nützliche Chemikalien. Dies könnte die Abhängigkeit von fossilen Rohstoffen deutlich verringern


7 February 20254 February 2025

Svante Selected for US DOE Funding to Advance Carbon Capture in the Pulp & Paper Industry

Additional value from sustainable biomass to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere


Researchers discover way to store hydrogen using lignin jet fuel

An international team of scientists has discovered a way to store and release volatile hydrogen using lignin-based jet fuel that could open new pathways for sustainable energy production


Lignin-Kraftstoff aus landwirtschaftlichen Abfällen: Wasserstoffspeichernder Flugzeugtreibstoff für saubere Energie

Ein internationales Wissenschaftlerteam hat einen Weg gefunden, flüchtigen Wasserstoff in einem auf Lignin basierenden Flugzeugtreibstoff zu speichern und wieder freizusetzen


31 January 202528 January 2025

Durch Polymerbearbeitung kann Plastikmüll zu höherwertigen Kunststoffen verarbeitet werden

Wertvollere Eigenschaften als das Ausgangsmaterial


29 January 202524 January 2025

RepAir Carbon signed commercial agreement for Pelican DAC hub project in Louisiana

Shell and Mitsubishi Corporation will provide RepAir with up to $3 million to accelerate engineering and manufacturing capabilities for RepAir's proprietary electrochemical DAC technology, to be piloted within Pelican


24 January 202522 January 2025

Amazon is trialling bio-based delivery bags in Spain whilst developing new technologies to recycle bio-based materials

New food-safe bio-based bags for Amazon Fresh are made from vegetable materials produced in Europe, including corn starch and vegetable oils, and protect products against rain and spillages


Polymer editing can upcycle waste into higher-performance plastics

Upcycling may help remedy the roughly 450 million tons of plastic discarded worldwide annually


7 January 20252 January 2025

Technip Energies and LanzaTech Awarded Funding from the U.S. Department of Energy for Commercializing Breakthrough CO2 to Ethylene Technology

Project SECURE aims to provide an integrated commercial process which takes captured carbon dioxide from ethylene production and recycles it with low carbon intensity hydrogen to create sustainable ethanol and ethylene


2 December 202427 November 2024

White House Releases Report on Growing U.S. Biomanufacturing Capacity for the American Bioeconomy

The US bioeconomy, particularly in the areas of biotechnology and biomanufacturing, including industries, products, services, and the workforce – has the potential to create thousands of jobs and billions in economic growth


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

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