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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.
Recent News:
Industrial Biotechnology: More than green fuel in a dirty economy?
A report from WWF/Novozymes exploring the transformational potential of industrial biotechnology on the way to a green economy concludes, “that the full climate change mitigation potential of industrial biotechnology ranges between 1 billion and 2.5 billion tCO2e per year by 2030, compared with a scenario in which no industrial biotechnology applications are available.”
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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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