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Advanced Biofuels Capacity update
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 hard this year for Congress to preserve the current Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) status mandated … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEGreen blog capacity news
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 facility in Okeechobee, Florida. I am actually working on another post about oleochemical capacity updates … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEFlashback from 2005
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 predictions on the growing influence of biodiesel worldwide and the trend towards green chemistry. Of … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEEuropean Bioplastic publishes guidelines
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 ad hoc working group within the last six months with the goal to help marketing … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEWeekly News Roundup
I’m bringing back the weekly news roundup and hopefully will be able to maintain this. These are some of the news that accumulated in my draft box for 2-3 weeks now so my apologies… Teijin’s polyester recycling in China Teijin Ltd. has established Zhejiang Jiaren New Materials Co. Ltd., a joint venture with Jinggong Holding … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEBioplastics in baseball games
The blog first mentioned BASF’s partnership with US major league baseball team Seattle Mariners in April this year, where fans were able to receive compost kit compliments of BASF, Ecosafe (the maker of compostable bags that uses BASF’s Ecovio biodegradable resins) and Seattle Public Utilities. The compostable offerings now expanded to snack packaging where the … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEGreen cleaning products merger
Too bad I won’t be able to attend the 1st ICIS European Surfactants conference this month as Belgium-based Ecover is one of the presenter in the conference. But I’m betting that there will be questions coming up about the company’s recent acquisition of US green cleaning product company Method. Oh well, I guess I will … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACENatureWorks expands PLA capacity
Polylactic acid (PLA)-based bioplastic producer NatureWorks announced yesterday that it will increase production of its Ingeo biopolymer capacity at Blair, Nebraska, US, from 140,000 tonnes/year to 150,000 tonnes/year — a 7% increase — because of a proprietary production equipment developed by engineering firm Sulzer Chemtech. NatureWorks said the companies have been working for more than a … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACESoy oil voted best coatings feedstock
This is a very interesting analysis and bought me back to my days as “editor of oils, fats and waxes” at Chemical Market Reporter =). According to SpecialChem’s community insight on various plant-based industrial oils used for coatings application, soybean oil has the best chance of being used as a renewable raw material for commercial … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACECodexis cuts R&D ties with Shell
Speaking of enzymes again, I have been following the biofuel collaboration between Codexis and Shell especially this year when Shell dropped cellulosic ethanol developer Iogen as its research partner in June. Codexis has been collaborating with the Shell-Iogen deal on developing technologies related to conversion of cellulosic biomass to ethanol. Codexis and Shell have finally … Continue reading
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