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Happy New Year, Green Chemicals Blog Community!  As we stand on the threshold of a new year, I am honored to extend my heartfelt gratitude to each of you, the dedicated followers of the Green Chemicals Blog. In 2023, I stepped out of my comfort zone after a rewarding 23 years of working for two … Continue reading »

Yes, I am still on a hiatus as I am currently moving to a different state. While I am not in a blogging mode, I do monitor the news within the renewable chemical space, and I think this recent announcement from BASF is worth writing about. BASF reported on 20 September that it has obtained … Continue reading »

SCG Chemicals Public Company Limited (SCGC), one of the largest integrated petrochemical companies in Thailand, finalized its planned joint venture agreement with Braskem to produce sugar-based ethylene with an annual capacity of 200,000 tons. The bio-based ethylene will mostly be consumed for the production of polyethylene (PE) under Braskem’s I’m Green™ brand. The project will … Continue reading »

I hate to hear this type of news, but Amyris is one of the few remaining longest-running start-up companies I’ve covered since my ICIS days (around 2005). While artificial intelligence and digitalization have now come a long way, the field of synthetic biology remains difficult to commercialize, more so if a start-up is competing with … Continue reading »

Hello blog readers, Some of you might have seen my out-of-office reply, as I am currently on my long summer hiatus before I go back to building my empire (I mean rebuilding my blog). However, I cannot resist experimenting with several ideas, including this mock-up newsletter, and I hate putting this effort to waste so … Continue reading »

So I had a presentation last Wednesday at the Renewable Materials Conference in Germany, and in one of my slides, I talked about “The Force”. I did not realize how really strong the Force is until I heard this news from Dow Chemical today announcing their supply agreement with New Energy Blue for bio-based ethylene … Continue reading »

Happy 1st of May! This month, I will attend the ICIS World Surfactants Conference in Jersey City (4-5 May) and the Renewable Materials Conference in Siegburg/Cologne (23-25 May), so I hope to gather new information and of course, do some networking and interviews. The information I want to share on this post is an interesting … Continue reading »

Sugar-based chemicals and fuels technology developer Gevo recently announced a joint development agreement with chemicals company LG Chem (based in South Korea) for the development of bio-propylene using Gevo’s Ethanol-to-Olefins (ETO) technology. Gevo’s ETO technology uses low-carbon ethanol to produce renewable olefins, such as bio-propylene, which can be used for sustainable chemicals and fuels, including … Continue reading »

This is a piece of interesting news from Solvay  on the recent announcement of its collaboration with synthetic biology company Ginkgo Bioworks on the development of sustainable biopolymers as well as other specialty chemicals and materials that can be used from home and personal care to agriculture and food. As part of this partnership, Solvay … Continue reading »

The recently-held Advanced Bioeconomy Leadership Conference (ABLC) held in Washington, DC, on 22-24 March saw the convergence of different US agencies – Department of Energy (DOE), Department of Agriculture (USDA), Department of Commerce, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) – with very bold targets below for the next … Continue reading »

Swiss-based flavours and fragrances (F&F) powerhouse Givaudan announced last month its plan to acquire certain cosmetic ingredients from synthetic biotech company Amyris, including a high-performance emollient Neossance® Squalane, the plant-based silicone alternative Neossance® Hemisqualane and CleanScreen™, a sun protector ingredient. This is an interesting development, given that Amyris currently sells several skincare products that use … Continue reading »