Government
-
Minnesota bill for renewable chems incentives
.
The blog just saw this article from Biomass magazine about a pending Minnesota bill aiming to create incentives for commercial production of renewable chemicals, advanced biofuels and biomass. The bill H.F. 2456, introduced on February 27 in the Minnesota House of Representatives, aims to create a capital equipment loan program for renewable chemical and advanced…
-
Webinar: USDA BioPreferred Program under new Farm Bill
.
The blog is still working on my interview with Corinne Young about the new Farm Bill and some of its new benefits for the renewable chemical industry such as the US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) BioPreferred Program (preferred Federal purchasing of biobased products and biobased product certification and labeling). The USDA’s BioPreferred program’s authority and…
-
ACC forms Biobased Chemistry Network
.
This is good news for the renewable chemical industry in the US and hopefully will enable more acceptance for bio-based materials in the mainstream chemical supply chain. The American Chemistry Council (ACC) launched a new Biobased Chemistry Network to help educate policymakers on how to create effective and workable regulatory programs for the growing biobased…
-
NY funding for Eastman Bioscience Manufacturing Center
.
The New York State government will commit $3 million to the Eastman Business Park (EBP) Bioscience Manufacturing Center in Rochester, which will begin construction later this year. The construction of the $25 million, 60,000 square feet facility, which will improve equipment for converting non-food plant materials into biofuels and biochemicals, is estimated to create 1,800…
-
Scotland launches new industrial biotechnology center
.
Funded by the Scottish Funding Council and supported by Scottish Enterprise and Highlands & Islands Enterprise, the new Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC) has been launched, involving all 13 Scottish Higher Education Institutions that are active in biotechnology research and will be co-ordinated by the University of Strathclyde. IBIOC is said to be a key…
-
Microvi bags $1.5m grant
.
Microvi Biotechnologies has been awarded a $1.5 million grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) to demonstrate at scale a novel technology for the treatment of 1,4 dioxane in water. Microvi’s MB-DX™ technology uses 1,4-Dioxane degrading microbes. 1,4-Dioxane is among the most widely detected organic contaminants in groundwater and drinking water, with…
-
Borregaard gets bio-based chems R&D grant
.
Borregaard has received a pledge for a NOK 12.4 million ($2.04m) grant from Innovation Norway to be used over three years in the field of innovation projects based on products from biomass. The funds come from the Government’s package of measures for the forestry industry as well as the biorefinery programme financed by the Ministry…