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Saturday, July 04, 2009

Industrial & Environmental

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Latest news on biobased products
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Industrial & Environmental biotechnology makes manufacturing processes cleaner and more efficient; creates new materials, food ingredients and other products; unlocks cleaner and greener sources of energy; and reduces industrial waste. For example, biotech enzymes are used in such wide-ranging products as cheese, detergents, environmentally-friendly plastics and renewable fuels like cellulosic ethanol.

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What will be the next great innovation within industrial biotech?

Find out at the World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioprocessing, to be held July 19-22 in Montreal. The event will focus on the latest developments in biofuels and sustainable industrial development, providing real world scenarios that can be applied in daily practice.
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U.S. Economic Impact of Advanced Biofuels Production

A new report by Bio Economic Research Associates (bio-era™), U.S. Economic Impact of Advanced Biofuels Production: Perspectives to 2030, shows that continuing to build advanced biofuels production capacity can create thousands of new jobs throughout the economy, contributing to U.S. economic growth and increasing energy security.

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Large Volumes of Cellulosic Biofuels Can Be Sustainably Produced by 2030

Large-scale production of advanced biofuels beyond the level of the Renewable Fuel Standard is achievable and sustainable by 2030, with accelerated development of biofuel and agricultural technology according to the 90-Billion Gallon Biofuel Deployment Study, a new report by Sandia National Laboratories and General Motors Corp. that investigates the challenges and feasibility of increasing biofuel production targets to 90 billion gallons.

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Check out our new Synthetic Biology Resource Center

Synthetic biology involves the application of engineering principles to biology. Learn more about synthetic biology by visiting our collection of online resources.

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