The LSU AgCenter hosted a ground-breaking ceremony on Tuesday, Dec. 13, for a new Animal and Food Sciences Laboratory Building on the Baton Rouge campus. The new two-story, 48,000-square-foot building will provide state-of-the-art facilities for the AgCenter’s School of Animal Sciences and Departments of Veterinary Science and Food Science. “Research in animal and food science [...]
Colorado startup biofuels company Sundrop Fuels Inc. plans to build its first biofuels production plant in Louisiana at a cost of $450 million to $500 million. Several weeks ago Louisville-based Sundrop revealed that it agreed to purchase a 1,200-acre site for the refinery in Rapides Parish, near Alexandria, La. The plant is expected to employ [...]
Lamar Advertising, the nation’s largest outdoor advertising (billboard) company, is in the process of installing its second renewable energy project, here in Louisiana. As part of this project announced last May, Renogy solar panels will be incorporated onto many of Lamar’s billboards throughout the state, returning energy to the grid during peak consumption hours. Renogy [...]
Blade Dynamics, which manufactures high tech wind turbines, produced its first New Orleans-made blade at the Michoud manufacturing facility in eastern New Orleans on Thursday. Blade Dynamics is a clean tech startup based in England that designs and manufactures advanced blades, turbine rotors, and surface coatings for high power wind turbines. Last year the company [...]
How many entrepreneurs does it take to screw in 343,829 energy efficient lightbulbs? Just one: Andreas Hoffman, Executive Director and founder of Green Light New Orleans. Well, with help from his team of committed volunteers. Green Light New Orleans, a local non-profit organization and SENO Accelerator Associate, installs free energy efficient lightbulbs into homes throughout the city to [...]
Garland Robinette is the midday host of “The Think Tank” on WWL Radio in New Orleans. Recently Garland hosted GNO Inc CEO and President Michael Hecht on his show to discuss jobs and growth in Greater New Orleans. Topics covered include recent news on the Avondale Shipyard, oil and gas production, the Louisiana Workforce Commission, and predictions [...]
Louisiana Tech’s innovation and entrepreneurship center scored a major win this month when the school was awarded federal funding to create a Proof of Concept Center for green technologies. The decision is a big endorsement from multiple federal agencies on Tech’s ability to commercialize future green tech. The new program, named LA_i6, will be housed in [...]
The concept of social entrepreneurs may be relatively new in New Orleans, but these innovators are making their presence known quickly with the impact they have made both socially and economically. These individuals recognize some of society’s most pressing problems, such as poverty and public education, and use entrepreneurial principles to develop and curate a [...]
Louisiana is landing a new plant to convert natural gas into liquid fuels and other petroleum based products. According to the Governors office the plant will be “one of the largest industrial projects in Louisiana history.” Sasol, the South African company building the plant, has a history converting coal and other non-crued feedstocks into gasoline and [...]
The New Orleans BioInnovation Center opened its doors today to media, public officials, and stakeholders to dedicate the new LEED certified building at 1441 Canal Street in New Orleans. The opening of the novel New Orleans BioInnovation Center (NOBIC) promises to contribute to the city’s sense of rebirth as a state-of-the-art facility for the biotechnology industry, as [...]
