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Companies Sign MOU to Evaluate Camelina as a Feedstock Oil for Biofuel 

Yield10 Bioscience, Inc., an agricultural bioscience company, has signed with Mitsubishi Corporation a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) to evaluate the establishment of a partnership to supply, offtake and market Camelina as a low-carbon feedstock oil for biofuels. Mitsubishi Corporation recently announced its aim to mass produce sustainable aviation fuel to decarbonize commercial aviation.

 New Method for Effective Compression of Plant Biomass for Alternate Fuel

Researchers from Japan led by Dr. Toshiaki Ohara, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pathology and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University have identified an effective mechanical compression system for drying plant biomass for power generation without the need for thermal drying. Their novel method can be applied on both woody and herbaceous plants and generates a compression liquid with water-soluble lignin.

PlanET Biogas Announces the Formation of PlanET Organics and Staffing Growth

Due to its ongoing successful delivery of Anaerobic Digesters (AD) and Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) technology into the North American market, PlanET Biogas has created PlanET Organics, a new company specifically focused on food waste processing and nutrient recovery technologies. This complementary platform will enhance PlanET’s leadership position in the organics to renewable energy market and help it execute both manure based and complex food waste projects in the US and Canada.