September 2012
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EPA sets 1.28bn gal biodiesel for 2013
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Glycerine consumers will probably like hearing this news as the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sets its biodiesel requirement in 2013 at 1.28bn gallons under the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA) which established the second phase of…
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Weekly News Roundup
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So many news, so little time. I’m still working on an oleochemical post and in the meantime, something is brewing in the cleaning products market that needs to be investigated. Stay tune! In the meantime, here are this week’s news…
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Biobased ECH growing rapidly
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My first school exam is coming up so I have to eased down my social media activities a bit (and here I thought being unemployed will give me more time to nap…). According to this report from energy publisher SBI…
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Advanced Biofuels Capacity update
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I am still in the “capacity news” mode so I’ll post this press release from BIO last month covering their recent Roundtable discussion regarding capacity progress from several advanced biofuels companies. BIO and its US biofuels members have been fighting…
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Green blog capacity news
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Here are some of the recent capacity updates that the blog came across in the past week. We will start with LS9 which announced this week the successful start-up of its fatty alcohol production in the company’s 135,000 liter-scale demonstration…
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Flashback from 2005
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I was revising my profile on some of my social media platforms when I came across this presentation on Slide Share that I made in 2005 for the International Castor Oil Association (ICOA). In my presentation are some of my…
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European Bioplastic publishes guidelines
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This is good news for marketers of bioplastic products who want to ease consumer confusion on what a bioplastic means. The trade group European Bioplastics has just launched its “Environmental Communications Guide for Bioplastics” that was developed by an international…