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Waste biomass trials boost carbon-negative fuel
Nova Pangaea Technologies has completed a major round of endurance trials. The results add further proof that its process for turning waste biomass into carbon-negative aviation fuel works at scale. The trials took place at the UK company's demonstration plant…
Avantium completes FDCA plant purification unit
Avantium has completed commissioning of the purification unit at its FDCA flagship plant in Delfzijl, the Netherlands. The plant is the world's first commercial-scale facility for producing FDCA, a key building block in bio-based plastics. With the purification unit now…
13 compelling reasons to join the Renewable Materials Conference (RMC)
The upcoming Renewable Materials Conference will bring hundreds of industry leaders together to drive the defossilisation of the chemical sector. Here are just a few reasons why to join. 1) Be part of the world’s leading event for the defossilisation of…
Europe’s largest biomass storage deal signed
Senken has signed what it describes as the largest biomass storage deal in Europe to date, a multi-year carbon removal offtake with Berlin-based Carbonsate covering 50,000 tonnes of permanent carbon removal between 2026 and 2028. Deliveries under the agreement begin…
ÄIO and TFTAK launch digital biomanufacturing project
Estonian biotechnology company ÄIO and applied research organization TFTAK have launched DigiFoundry 2.0. The three year project aims to make microbial oil production more efficient and cost-competitive, combining fermentation improvements, automation and digital process control. The project has received €1.94…
Switch Bioworks bolsters leadership as field trials advance
Switch Bioworks has named Gordana M. Djordjevic as Chief Scientific Officer and Eric Bartels to its Board of Advisors. The appointments come as the company's engineered nitrogen-fixing microbes move through USDA and EPA authorized field trials in the Midwest. The…