Rethinking Tomorrow and New Product Launches: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to Novozymes
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) The Digest’s new “Stocks Worth Tracking” Multi-Slide Guide Series highlights hot companies that are making strides
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) The Digest’s new “Stocks Worth Tracking” Multi-Slide Guide Series highlights hot companies that are making strides
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Jonathan Trent, late of the OMEGA algae projects, has authored a column on the topic of
Meet and secure contracts with Nordic and Baltic biomass players -- Are you looking to build relationships with biomass producers or
by Matt Thompson (Ethanol Producer Magazine) Beyond Enerkem, a few companies around the world are looking to feedstocks outside of corn
(DFDS/MASH Energy/Globe Newswire) DFDS is investing in the start-up company MASH Energy ApS that produces biofuel from agricultural waste, currently from
How can companies and agriculture enter into a circular bioeconomy, and how do we ensure that its further development will
(Benzinga) Biofuels created by recycling used cooking oils are being tested by ocean-going ships in pilot trials around the world. Such
by Helena Tavares Kennedy (Biofuels Digest) ...Brazil-based Braskem and Denmark-based Haldor Topsoe just commissioned their pioneering demonstration unit, located in Denmark, for
The two days event will give you an extensive view on the European and regional Nordics situation of the biomass
The two days event will give you an extensive view on the European and regional Nordics situation of the biomass
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) IEA Bioenergy has several member countries involved in Task 37 which aims to improve innovations in biogas
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In Florida, the Digest today (January 1, 2019) releases its annual review of biofuels mandates and
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ... So, let’s look at Q3 earnings statements now just coming out from four of the
(American Energy Society) 2nd place: More than nine countries and a dozen cities in Europe have announced they are going to
by Mikkel Pates (AgWeek) New Energy Blue LLC is about five months away from finishing engineering and permitting on a
(Maersk) Aimed at accelerating the transition to carbon neutral shipping, Maersk announces today its goal to reach carbon neutrality by 2050.
Through presentations, exercises and plenary discussions participants will acquire solid knowledge of fundamental biochemistry and molecular biology and obtain an understanding of
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) From the Netherlands comes news of a world first: GoodFuels Marine and the shipping company NORDEN have
by Tom Burridge (BBC News) As things stand, the vast majority of ocean-going vessels that transport goods across the globe run
(FuelCellsWorks) ... 'Hydrogen and fuels derived (from it) is capable of reducing the carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels in the
(Scandinavian Airlines System) A group of Nordic-based CEOs announced a joint initiative to speed up the realisation of the UN
(Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory/Phys.Org) Microbes in the gastrointestinal tract of ruminants such as moose help break down recalcitrant plant biomass into
by Bill Keba* (Advanced Biofuels USA) October 2, 2018, Annapolis, Maryland. Inside the Doubletree Inn, it was as hectic as
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Sustainable intensification of agricultural systems in combination with biorefinery processing can produce more biomass for bioenergy
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Reliable information is an essential foundation for policy decisions. We are therefore working: to provide a
by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine) A biorefinery that will produce 16 MMgy of cellulosic ethanol and 120,000 of lignin pellets
by Helena Tavares Kennedy (Biofuels Digest) ... Like a beautiful unicorn flying in the sky, biogas production is taking off in Denmark,
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In today’s Digest, let’s look at trends driving the industry’s results at scale — and while
(Wärtsilä/Biomass Magazine) The technology group Wärtsilä has reached an agreement to acquire Puregas Solutions, the Sweden-based provider of turnkey biogas upgrading
by Steve Bi* (Advanced Biofuels USA) Renaissance-era facades capped with green copper patina and orange clay shingles harmonize seamlessly with imaginative,
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Biofuels for marine diesels — a biofuel developers dream? That’s the premise of his IEA webinar
by Michael Eggleston* (Advanced Biofuels USA) Challenged by strict, binding international targets to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and sulfur
by Patrick C. Miller (Biomass Magazine) Will Australia use bioenergy to its full potential, or primarily serve export markets? -- Australia’s bioenergy
Presentation of results of the IEA Bioenergy Inter-task project on “Measuring, governing and gaining support for sustainable bioenergy supply chains” Sustainability
(International Energy Agency) IEA Bioenergy has started to make a collection of success stories in the field of bioenergy. This is
by Martin Høj (ScienceNordic/Phys.Org) ... The biological processes that transform biomass to alcohol yield a relatively low amount of energy, around 35
(Technical University of Denmark) New technology from DTU can convert milk sugar (lactose) in dairy by-products into alcohol. The newly established
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In Florida, the Digest today releases its annual review of biofuels mandates and targets around the
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In a striking pledge made in the latter part of 2016. 20 Latin American countries promised
(Biofuels International) A (CDN) $76.8 million (€50.7 million) industrial scale advanced biofuel demonstration plant will be constructed at a former pulp
Countries representing half of the global population and 37% of the global economy today (November 16, 2017) agreed to scale
by Gerard Ostheimer and Douglas L. Faulkner (Biofuels Digest) ... In the U.S., fighting between Big Ag and Big Oil over first-generation
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In Brazil and Denmark, Braskem and Haldor Topsoe have signed a technological cooperation agreement to develop a pioneering route to
(BioFuture Platform) According to projections of international energy agencies, the use of bioenergy as a share of the world’s energy usage
The EUBCE covers the entire value chain of biomass to conduct business, to network, and to present and discuss the latest developments
The EUBCE covers the entire value chain of biomass to conduct business, to network, and to present and discuss the latest developments
by Alanna Petroff (CNN) China, the world's largest car market, is working on a plan to ban the production and sale of
by Gov. Pete Ricketts (York News Times) Investments in the area of value-added agriculture are helping to grow our state’s number
by John J. Berger (Renewable Energy World) An ambitious plan to cut carbon emissions and create a sustainable future. -- ... Service
by Susanne Retka Schill and Ann Bailey (Ethanol Producer Magazine) Ethanol Producer Magazine provides an update on 10 cellulosic ethanol projects
(State of Nebraska/Foreign Affairs) Today, less than five years after Novozymes opened a state-of-the-art advanced manufacturing facility in Blair, Governor
(Ethanol Producer Magazine) Prospects for a cellulosic ethanol plant to be built as part of the Maabjerg Energy Center in
(University of Copenhagen) University of Copenhagen and the global player Bayer CropScience have successfully developed a new oilseed crop that
(Algae Industry Magazine) On May 9 Yumiko Sakuragi from the Copenhagen Plant Science Centre will participate in the Danish IP
(NewBIO) Something new happened in the bioenergy willow world this week in Pennsylvania. A new type of willow energy crop harvester
by Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen and Teis Jensen (Reuters) To cut 198 jobs, invest more in emerging markets; Says could take time to return
by Liz Gyekye (Biofuels International) Denmark has agreed plans to implement a 0.9% advanced biofuels blending mandate by 2020 for
(Leaf Resources) Leaf Resources’ patented biomass pretreatment process- GLYCELL – is an innovative, high-yield route to clean, economical cellulosic sugars
by Ron Kotrba (Biomass Magazine) Neste Corp. announced that Hamburg airport in Germany has started using its renewable diesel to reduce
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In Denmark, Novozymes launched Fermax, an enzyme protease that prevents foam development during the sugarcane
(Hellenic Shipping News/Danish Shipowners’ Association) The Danish Shipowners’ Association, Royal Belgian Shipowners’ Association, Maersk, Scandlines, J. Lauritzen, Unifeeder, and 45
Liz Gyekye (Biofuels International) Plans to build Denmark’s first biorefinery near Holstebro, which was due to produce bioethanol and biogas,
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In the EU, the International Energy Agency has released its Bioenergy Countries’ Report, outlining the national
(R&D Magazine) Our understanding of the global carbon cycle has been reshaped by KAUST researchers who have helped to reveal
(Bioenergy Insight) A new renewable energy research centre, called VILLUM Center for the Science of Sustainable Fuels and Chemicals, has
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In Denmark, Novozymes reported its Q2 earnings and updated its outlook for the rest of
by Erin Voegele (Biomass Magazine) A report recently filed with the USDA Foreign Agriculture Service’s Global Agricultural Information Network provides
(Biofuels International) The global enzymes market is expected to reach $17.5bn by 2024 helped by strong demand for bioethanol in emerging
by Egon Kjøller (NORDJYSKE.dk) Fraud fish oil. There was added biodiesel designated as unsuitable as feed and food. The judgment
by Michael Le Page (New Scientist) A small pilot project in Iceland has shown that carbon dioxide can be safely stored
(Biofuels International) Denmark has announced plans to set a 0.9% advanced biofuels blending mandate by 2020 for use in transportation
by Ron Kotrba (Biomass Magazine) Near Manchester, United Kingdom, Dong Energy is constructing the first biogas plant using its REnescience
by Keith Norman (Jamestown Sun) Plans for a $150 million cellulosic ethanol plant at the Spiritwood Energy Park Association industrial
(I4U News) Danish researchers discover a process called reverse photosynthesis that can make chemicals and biofuels. The discovery has a
(University of Copenhagen) Vehicle fuels made of plant waste are sustainable and climate friendly. Unfortunately the energy in stems, bark
(DONG Energy/Biomass Magazine) A world first bio plant for handling unsorted household waste will be built in Northwich, Cheshire by
(Labiotech.eu) Is the Future of Biotech…Green? The Algae Industry ranges from Biofuels to Nutrition to Fashion and Microalgae hold lots
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Around the world today, we have some examples of integrated industrial systems — where communities
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In France, President Obama and French President Hollande, along with a wide range of other
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) SkyNRG is the global market leader for sustainable jet fuel, supplying more than 20 carriers
by Berit Viuf (ScienceNordic) Natural enzymes can replace the expensive and toxic precious metals used in fuel cells. -- ... Fuel cells
by Kyle Nixon (Novozymes/Omaha.com) Opinion: Instead of sending money to overseas oil producers, the biofuels sector has provided financial stability
by Anna Hirtenstein (Bloomberg/Renewable Energy World) The next generation of biofuels that don’t use food crops as a raw material
by Tim Portz (Biomass Magazine) The Sustainable Biomass Partnership announced today that they have approved NEPCon’s application to become an
by Tina Casey (Clean Technica) The global biotech firm Novozymes has been sailing under the CleanTechnica radar, but we did
(Biofuels International) The Danish fuel, oil, and energy company OK has introduced a new sustainable biodiesel into its petrol stations.
by Cindy Zimmerman (DomesticFuel.com) Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts is on an agricultural trade mission trip to the European Union with stops in
by Russell Hubbard (World-Herald) Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts said on the last day of his European trade mission that federal
(Task 39 Newsletter) General introduction - A fossil free energy supply by 2050 -- In 2012, the Danish parliament decided
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Fuels, chemicals, pathways, and microbes that could shake it all up ... (H)ere are 8 Hot
by Loretta Sorensen (Midwest Producer) ... But one Kansas ethanol company, East Kansas Agri-Energy LLC (EKAE), is taking steps to stabilize
by (Reuters) Danish industrial enzymes maker Novozymes has struck a deal to supply the world's first refinery producing biofuel from
by Keith Campbell (Engineering News) On October 19, 2004, the world’s first exclusively biofuel powered production aircraft received its certification,
by Ron Kotrba (Biodiesel Magazine) ... Even so-called conventional chemical processing is riddled with original approaches and unique twists. A cookie-cutter
by Teis Jensen (Reuters Africa) Denmark's Novozymes , the world's largest enzymes producer, will stick to its plans
(Liefmark/PR NewsWire) In two Iowa cornfields in early November, Leifmark, LLC and New Holland Agriculture teamed up to test
(Denmark Climate, Energy and Building Ministry / google translation) The Danish energy industry today launches a new voluntary industry agreement
by Brent Chrabas (Viesel Fuel LLC/Biodiesel Magazine) In collaboration with Tactical Fabrication of Dublin, Georgia, and Novozymes of Denmark, a
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) “On the way” forever, talked up by all, deployed by some – technologies that handle
by Philip Tees (The Copenhagen Post) Roskilde University and Novozymes team publish groundbreaking results. Researchers at Roskilde University (RUC) and
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ... To Aemetis, a route to improved margins that will also help the environment. Here’s
by Sabina Zawadzki (Reuters) * Three of four advanced biofuel plants use Novozymes enzymes * Biomass conversion could transform Novozymes in future *
(Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials) MBP Group has earned the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB) sustainability certification for their waste material
by Russell Hubbard (Omaha World-Herald) It starts out as freeze-dried fungus or bacteria from Denmark and ends up being one
(Europa.EU) ... NER 300 is one of the world's largest funding programmes for innovative low-carbon energy demonstration projects. The programme aims
by Susanne Retka Schill (Ethanol Producer Magazine) ... A week before the FEW, Enerkem Inc. celebrated the inauguration of its 10 MMgy
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Inbicon technology planned as centerpiece of low-carbon, high-profit platform: “Patriot will lead the way.” In Illinois,
(Nestle Oil) Neste Oil, the world's largest producer of premium-quality renewable fuels, has joined forces with DONG Energy, one of the
by Susanne Retka Schill (Ethanol Producer Magazine) Sweetwater Energy and Proterro, two companies using widely different approaches, aim for low-cost sugar
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Reduce carbon? Rid the world of excess CO2? Not so fast, buster. A new generation of technologies
by Bruce Dorminey (RenewableEnergyWorld.com) Brown kelp macroalgae — the strange, foul-smelling seaweed so often found washed up on the Pacific Northwest’s
by Thomas Anderson (TGDaily) Producing second-generation biofuel from dead plant tissue is environmetally friendly - but it is also
(MarketWire) The BioAg Alliance Will Discover, Develop And Sell Microbial Solutions That Enable Farmers Worldwide To Increase Crop Yields With
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Asia looks at petroleum reserves and exploration and concludes: our future is in biomass. As we wrote
(Royal DSM/Ethanol Producer Magazine) Royal DSM, together with DONG Energy, announced it has demonstrated the combined fermentation of C6 and
(Green Air Online) Nordic airlines, airports and aviation authorities, with the support of Boeing, Airbus and IATA, have come together
(Algae Industry Magazine) More than 80 experts, industry representatives and entrepreneurs gathered in Grenaa, Denmark, recently to share knowledge and
by Felix Creutzig, Esteve Corbera, Simon Bolwig and Carol Hunsberger (IOP Science) Integrated assessment models suggest that the large-scale deployment
by Ben Geman (The Hill E2Wire) A new report finds that the most cost-effective climate change policies are the ones
by Erin Voegele (Biomass Magazine) The Denmark-based Port of Frederikshavn, Canadian biofuel company Steeper Energy, and Denmark-based Aalborg University have
(Viesel Fuel/Biofuels Journal) Viesel Fuel, LLC announced that they have completed the upgrade of the Viesel Fuel facility to produce biodiesel
by ANI (Yahoo! News) ..."It is thought that Jatropha's future lies in further improvement of Jatropha for large-scale production on
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Despite negative press from Bloomberg, biobased investing is surging, both direct and via strategics. The
by Aino Siirala (Advanced Biofuels USA) The 21st European Biomass conference and Exhibition was held in Copenhagen on June 3-7,
(EurActiv) Several European ministers are blocking the EU’s proposal to curb the use of conventional biofuels, while some dispute claims
(Ship & Bunker) A.P. Møller-Maersk (Maersk) says it is working with partners on two projects designed to develop biomass-based marine
(Canadian Renewable Fuels Association/Ethanol Producer Magazine) The Canadian Renewable Fuels Association has announced a new committee and classification of membership
(ETH Bioenergy/Ethanol Producer Magazine) Brazil-based ETH Bioenergy, a company of the Odebrecht Group, which operates in the production of ethanol,
by Stephan Nielsen (Bloomberg) Novozymes A/S (NZYMB), the world’s biggest maker of enzymes used in laundry soap, may get 90 percent
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...Now, yeast is a fungi, but fungi as a Kingdom is a lot broader than
by Vinod Sreeharsha (IEEE Spectrum) Later this year, northeastern Brazil will host one of the most ambitious biofuel experiments ever. There, in
(EScienceNews.com) Galactan is a polymer of galactose, a six-carbon sugar that can be readily fermented by yeast into ethanol and
(ScienceCodex.com) ...Pectic compounds decorated with β-1,4-galactan (a chain of six-carbon sugars) are of considerable interest to the biofuels industry, because
(Renewable Fuels Association) The Advanced Ethanol Council this morning released a report giving a snapshot of cellulosic ethanol producers in
by Joanne Ivancic (Advanced Biofuels USA) The United Nation’s emphasis of “Sustainable Energy for All” (SE4All) in 2012 wrapped up
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ... BioGasol ApS, the renewable energy company announced today that it has raised $19.2M —
(PR NewsWire) Accounting for dynamics in the global agricultural area reduces the current estimated contributions to global warming from ILUC
by Christopher Doering (Des Moines Register) Novozymes said it has developed a new enzyme called Avantec that allows more ethanol
by Roger Moore (Ethanol Producer Magazine/Leifmark LLC) ...If you’re Denmark, and practically surrounded by the North Sea, global warming and
by RP Siegel (TriplePundit) ... 3p: If you look at where we today relative to the RFS, it says that by the
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ... Today, we’ll look at the bigger balance sheets to see who is investing what, and
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...While the economic growth in China has been drawing virtually all the headlines in recent
by Thomas Corle (Leifmark LLC, Inbicon Technology Marketing Partner) Opening his presentation with imposing nature images of pristine beauty, Corle's
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In Florida, Biofuels Digest is reporting that global advanced biofuels and renewable chemicals capacity will
by David Pruitt (The Alestle) On July 16 and 17, John Caupert, director of SIUE’s National Corn-to-Ethanol Research Center,
by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine) The once futuristic vision of integrating traditional and second-generation ethanol facilities appears more attainable
by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine) Novozymes and China’s Shengquan Group have signed a final agreement to work together on
(DSM) Royal DSM, the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company, has been qualified as supplier of enzymes for DONG
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ... Regardless of its naming deficiencies, waste has been hot and getting hotter as a
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Finding synergy between biogas, ethanol and power generation – the Maabjerg Energy Concept promises a