Bill Gates Invests in Sugars from Trees

By Charlotte Mace | Sep 21, 2016 |

In case you haven’t heard, we have an abundance of wood fiber in Maine, specifically softwood. Depending on who you talk to, there is 3 or 4 MILLION tons of wood fiber just lying around. This is the BAD news. The GOOD news is that there is viable technology coming on-line to convert low-quality forest residuals into valuable sugars.…

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Biobased Maine Awarded $519,930 from EDA to Advance Biobased Manufacturing in Maine

By Biobased Maine | Aug 3, 2016 |

  7/29/16 – “Today’s announcement by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration is a milestone for the ‘plants to products’ strategy that can breathe new life into Maine’s forest economy. “This substantial federal grant award will help advance biobased manufacturing – a strategy that uses new technology to convert renewable resources from forest,…

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"New Directions for Forest Products," feature in MaineBiz

By Biobased Maine | Jul 20, 2016 |

MaineBiz recently featured Biobased Maine and our member companies Grow-Tech and Revolution Research in a front-page feature entitled “New Directions for Forest Products: A Maine Initiative Capitalizes on Demand for Biobased Products,” written by James McCarthy.

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“New Directions for Forest Products,” feature in MaineBiz

By Biobased Maine | Jul 20, 2016 |

MaineBiz recently featured Biobased Maine and our member companies Grow-Tech and Revolution Research in a front-page feature entitled “New Directions for Forest Products: A Maine Initiative Capitalizes on Demand for Biobased Products,” written by James McCarthy.

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Photos from Plants to Products Forum

By Biobased Maine | Jun 7, 2016 |

The 2016 Plants to Products Forum was a great success! Thanks to everyone who attended. We listened to speakers from national technology companies, networked, took tours of Maine Standard Biofuels innovative technology, and visited exhibits. Check out these photos from the event.

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