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Start-up providing sustainable Omega-3 secures £2.3m funding

Envirotec Magazine

Edinburgh-based biotechnology start-up MiAlgae has secured further investment of £2.3m Championing the circular economy, the company has developed a novel biotechnology platform which uses low-value coproducts from the food and drink industry as a feedstock to initially grow microalgae rich in Omega-3 oils.

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Innovate UK preps £16m of low emission food funding

Business Green

Agency teams up with Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council to launch new funding competition. This joint BBSRC and Innovate UK investment will support incredibly important capacity building, research, innovation and business-led commercialisation to help develop alternative, more sustainable protein sources," he said.

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Scottish seaweed sparks idea to boost electric vehicle batteries

Envirotec Magazine

It is also targeting the growing demand for bio-based materials across industrial and manufacturing sectors, including naturally regenerative seaweed which can be harvested sustainably. Marine Biopolymers is an expert in extracting a range of natural polymers from seaweed for different applications such as food and pharmaceuticals.

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Let’s incubate the Green Swans hatched by the COVID-19 Black Swan

GreenBiz

The global COVID-19 pandemic is a historic Black Swan event that offers a Green Swan of opportunities to harvest innovation from 50 years of converging exponential technologies. The price of oil plunged below zero on some days, and customer demand remains at an all-time low. Back to normal is not an option. Don't bet against America.

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How Hydrogen is Changing Hollywood

Hydrogen Fuel News

Two years ago, H2OnSet proposed an innovative idea to Chris McGregor, President of Sommers Generator Systems. An article from the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) shows that diesel generators account for approximately 59% of an institution’s annual carbon footprint, equating to around 1460.20

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Top brands strengthen links between net zero goals and supply chain innovation

Business Green

The declaration tucks into the Exponential Roadmap Initiative , which appeals to "innovators, transformers and disrupters" aligning their business with the Paris Agreement aspiration of limiting global temperature increases to 1.5 VMware has long viewed sustainability as core to its long-term innovation strategy.

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Greener cleaning? Unilever and Genomatica team up to develop biotech alternatives to palm oil

Business Green

New £120m venture aims to scale up biotechnology alternative to palm oil and fossil fuels used to make everyday products. Unilever did not disclose the amount it had invested in the partnership, but confirmed it was the largest investment it had made to date in biotechnology alternatives to palm oil.

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