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Biopolymer alternative to plastic – “Traceless” secures €36.6 million funding.
Hamburg-based traceless secures €36.6 million to build first industry plant for bio-circular alternative to plastic. Traceless, which extracts...
World’s first rhamnolipid biosurfactant plant – Evonik brings out its product.
Evonik, a Slovakian company manufactures first product from world’s first industrial scale rhamnolipid biosurfactant plant. Surfactants - surface...
Bio-based glue – adhesive bonds that grow stronger in water.
Patent-pending glue formulations developed at Purdue University from fully sustainable, bio-based components establish bonds that grow stronger when...
Carbon negative black Pigments – Living Ink secures $3.5 million.
Living Ink announced this week that it secured $3.5 million to scale its flagship product, Algae Black. The patented black pigment is made from...
Bio-based dyes – Chromologics bag $7.5 million as seed funding.
Chromologics, a Danish biotech leveraging precision fermentation technology to produce colors for the food industry, has received $7.5 million as...
Seaweed to produce Bioplastics & Biofuels – Sea6 Energy’s sustainable technology.
The Future of Ocean Farming: Sea6 Energy’s Vision that is Transforming Seaweed into Sustainable Solutions! Sea6 works on two broad areas: First,...
10 CBG Plants: Indian State-Owned Companies Invest $72M
India bio-economy updates from BioBiz January 2024 Gail India and Trualt Bioenergy, two state-owned companies, have announced a joint venture to set...
How India’s Bioenergy Sector Will Benefit from GEF’s $1.4 Billion Sustainable Fund
July 2023 The Global Environment Facility (GEF) has launched a $1.4 billion fund to support sustainable projects in 88 countries, in partnership...
Forest Biomass Studied by NISAR Scientists
India bio-economy updates from BioBiz The NISAR program, developed by NASA and ISRO, uses a dual-frequency radar system to map the globe every 12...
Biofuel Enzyme Production Process Transferred for Commercial Use by CSIR-NIIST
India bio-economy updates from BioBiz CSIR transferred beta glucosidase enzyme production technology to Sarthak Metals Ltd., using filamentous...
Green Hydrogen Research: IIT-B and HSBC Join Hands
India bio-economy updates from BioBiz Green hydrogen, produced using renewable electricity, offers a carbon-free alternative to fossil fuels in...
Bengaluru to soon have a ‘No Food Waste’ vehicle
India bio-economy updates from BioBiz 4 February, 2024 The ‘No Food Waste’ vehicle, sponsored by the Airports Authority of India in Bengaluru,...
Budget 2024: Rs 150 crore for biomass collection to boost CBG production
India bio-economy updates from BioBiz The Budget 2024 has allocated Rs 150 crore for the collection of biomass, which is a key feedstock for...
Budget 2024: How India is Boosting its Green Energy Sector with Fiscal Incentives and New Schemes
The Interim Budget 2024-25 has introduced various measures to support the green energy sector in India. Some of the key initiatives are: Financial...
100 Bio-CNG Plants: WABAG Partners with Peak Sustainability Ventures
India bio-economy updates from BioBiz VA Tech Wabag and Peak Sustainability Ventures signed an MoU to establish 100 bio-CNG plants using methane...