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Oct 20: Biofuel Companies know Ethanol Isn’t Enough
“Biofuel Companies Look Beyond the Gas Tank.” According to this recent article in the New York Times, biofuel companies are diversifying their output of bioproducts. The ethanol market, which is saturated and threatened by the uncertain outcome of federally-mandated blending rules, does not provide enough incentive anymore. There needs to be a higher value-added product. As…
Read MoreOct 14 Beyond the Corn: Cellulosic Ethanol from Non-Food Sources
Beyond the corn: The new frontier in ethanol is nonfood biofuel. Three new cellulosic ethanol plants opened in the Midwest.
Read MoreEnergy Department Announces $13.4m to Develop Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts
Oct 10. The U.S. Energy Department announced $13.5 million to develop advanced biofuels and byproducts, including $3.1 million for American Process, Inc. of Atlanta, Georgia to develop and demonstrate a process to transform cellulosic sugars to solvents in their demonstration facility. Read more.
Read MoreFBRI: Recyclable Biomaterial Particleboard
FBRI Faculty Mehdi Tajvidi in the media about his research on Recyclable Biomaterial Particleboard Panel. Read more.
Read MoreUSDA Study: Why Biobased?
Why Biobased? presents opportunities for U.S. agriculture and forests in the emerging bieconomy, valued at $1.2 trillion. July 2014 For more recent biobased news, see our Resources page.
Read MorePlant-Based Water Bottle Rolls Onto U.S. Turnpikes
According to Digital Journal, March 4, 2012: “Category innovator Green Planet Bottling has won an enormous share of the retail travel market with distribution in the HMS Host Motorway Travel Plazas along the turnpikes of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maine, Delaware, Maryland, Ohio, West Virginia and Illinois. … Green Planet’s unique 100% plant-based bottle…
Read MoreBioplastics Manufacturer Right Here in Maine!
Congratulations to Biovation LLC, a member of the Sustainable Bioplastics Council of Maine, for earning the BioPreferred label from the USDA in its Packaging Materials category. The USDA label assures consumers that a product or package contains a verified amount of renewable biological ingredients. Biovation is among one of the first in Maine to produce…
Read MoreMaine is Creating Clean Green Jobs…Lots of them!
Did you hear the latest on the ‘Clean’ Green Economy in Maine? It’s pretty exciting! Here’s the gist: the Brookings Institution, a non-partisan research institute, found Maine created more clean jobs than the national rate. (4% compared to the nation’s 3.4%). Exactly how many since 2003? Oh, just 12,000. That’s ENORMOUS and encouraging. In my…
Read MorePotatoes and green chemistry: More jobs, safer jobs
By John Newton and Anthony Zeli, Special to the BDN BANGOR DAILY NEWS | 07.10. 2011 A recent report published by the BlueGreen Alliance, a national partnership between labor unions and environmental organizations, shows that Maine could either gain or lose hundreds of jobs over the next two decades depending on the path that our nation’s…
Read MoreConsortium explores bioplastics potential
By Rebecca Goldfine Mainebiz staff writer MAINEBIZ | 02.22.11 A small group in Maine that is trying to turn potatoes and wood chips into plastics met for its first annual meeting last Friday to discuss its future. And while the Sustainable Bioplastics Council of Maine is confident it is ushering in a new wave of sustainability…
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