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Scottish seaweed sparks idea to boost electric vehicle batteries

Envirotec Magazine

A 2022 report by IBioIC and the Scottish Association for Marine Science estimated that the sector could grow to generate revenues of £71.2 It would be great to see seaweed species indigenous to Scottish coastal waters being used to power everyday electronics and technology in the future.”

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2022 Decarbon8 AgTech funding round open now

E8 Cleantech Angels

Summer 2022. E8, an impact investor community specializing in climate tech and cleantech, invites applications from early-stage companies to its 2022 Decarbon8-US funding round focused on technological solutions that advance regenerative agriculture and reduce its environmental impacts. Ag and ecosystem biotechnology (e.g.

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Biomass-fermentation-based protein recognised for potential contribution to a net zero food system

Envirotec Magazine

The company operates within the accelerating segment of fermentation-enabled alternative protein that attracted $3.69Bn investment in the last decade, with a 37% increase in Europe in 2022. The MicroHarvest team have made significant progress in overcoming the challenges associated with scaling biotechnological processes.

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Demo plant produces industrial sugars from mixed household waste fractions

Envirotec Magazine

A UK-based demonstration plant that generates industrial biotechnology sugars and other recycled material streams from the paper and card in mixed household waste has come online in May 2022. The products will be used in the production of several high-performance bio-based materials.

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BusinessGreen Leaders Awards 2022: And the winner is.

Business Green

The Innovation of the Year is always one of the most competitive categories, but this year N2S won out with the judges thanks to its pioneering work to harness advanced biotechnology to tackle the seemingly intractable problem of electronic waste and the huge environmental footprint that comes with it.

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The American chestnut tree is coming back. Who is it for?

Grist

For years, controversy has swirled around the ethics of using novel biotechnology for species conservation. When I met Powell in 2022, he fretted that the chestnut restoration process was taking too long. In 2022, the state and the federal government agreed to return more than 1,000 acres to the Onondaga Nation.

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Finland pilot plant demonstrates production of bioplastic from soy residues

Envirotec Magazine

“This project is both an excellent example of what expertise in industrial biotechnology can achieve and a triumph in converting a challenging industrial residue into a higher value product using microbes. The pilot plant will be built during 2021-2022. The full-scale plant will be operating by the end of 2023, says VTT.