methane
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Intrexon produces lab-scale farnesene from methane
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Synthetic biology company, Intrexon Corporation, says its Industrial Products Division has achieved the bioconversion of methane to farnesene in the lab. Farnesene is a key building block chemical for diesel fuel, and also for other lubricants and specialty products, including…
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Maverick Synfuels and PPE in GTL methanol partnership
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Maverick Synfuels and Plant Process Equipment, Inc. (PPE), a global energy engineering and fabrication company, have formed a partnership to manufacture and sell small-scale Gas-to-Liquids (GTL) methanol plants. The skid-mounted modular plants can be rapidly deployed and are capable of…
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LanzaTech gets $4m DOE grant
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LanzaTech has been awarded a $4 million grant by the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). LanzaTech and its partners, The City College of New York (CUNY), Louisiana State University (LSU) and Michigan Technological…