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Designer yeast turns sugar into lucrative chemical 3-HP

Researcher Teresa Martin assembles the motor on the DasBox bioreactor used for the yeast fermentation in the CABBI study. / SOURCE: Julie Wurth/CABBI

February 12, 2026

BY Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation

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Verbio starts industrial production of renewable chemicals

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By Verbio AG

October 12, 2026

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Verbio on Oct. 6 commissioned the world’s first large-scale ethenolysis plant based on rapeseed methyl ester at its Bitterfeld site. The new plant is capable of producing up to 60,000 metric tons of biobased chemicals annually.

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The USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture has awarded $5.6 million to support 11 projects that focus on converting, treating, processing, refining or manufacturing products to utilize plant, animal and woody biomass.

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