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Metabolix updates
As I’ve said I’m cleaning my draft box in preparation for next year. Here are several announcements that came from US bioplastic producer Metabolix this December. The company said its Mvera B5008, a new certified-compostable film grade resin, is now available for shipment to customers. Compounded in Europe for local markets and widely available for … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEProduction updates: Novamont, Solazyme, Amyris
Aside from Reverdia, several other biobased chemicals production milestones were announced this month such as from Solazyme and Amyris. Novamont did not actually put out an announcement (not in English anyway) but there had been several Italian news reports about the company’s bio-based 1,4 butanediol (BDO) activities worth mentioning — thank you Google Translate! First … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEWorld’s first bio-succinic acid plant
I can finally post this news which came out on December 13 about the start-up of the world’s first large-scale bio-succinic acid plant in Cassano Spinola, Italy, operated by Reverdia, the joint venture between DSM and Roquette Freres. The facility, which uses a yeast-based fermentation process, has a 10,000 tonnes/year capacity producing a plant-based succinic … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEFeedstock News Roundup
I don’t usually focus on feedstock but here are some interesting announcements and market studies that might be of interest…I have to do some draft box cleaning up before the New Year begins! DOE finds gene for xylan extraction Researchers with the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) have identified a gene … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEBiofuel News Roundup
I have not been following the biofuel market for some time but there are definitely still a lot of investment activities going on despite the regulatory/subsidy challenges especially in the US and in Europe. Here in the US, the uncertainty on the future of the Farm Bill program is now hanging over corn and soybean … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEDecember News Roundup
Playing catch-up after two weeks. Round-up for biofuels will be posted separately. I seem to be seeing several companies that I have not heard before in recent months — that’s a good sign I think. I hope you all had a nice few days off during the Christmas break! Cereplast markets algae bioplastics US bioplastic … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEHappy Green Holidays!
Wishing everybody a very happy holiday and a prosperous new year ahead! The green blog is back in business as school is finally over!! I passed!! Hurrah! Unfortunately it has been two weeks since I’ve checked the green chemistry world so let me start scanning old and new news as I eat my Christmas ham … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEFinals week
This is my last semester at school and unfortunately, I do have to concentrate these next several days as I do not want to repeat this class EVER. AGAIN. Lights off for the blog for now as the green blogger prepares for exam #5 on Friday, and final exam next week Wednesday. Postings will be … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEGreen milestones: LanzaTech, Global Bioenergies
Two separate news came out this week announcing their project milestones, one about butadiene from Global Bioenergies, and the other about ethanol from LanzaTech Incidentally, these two also have a partnership with each other on developing bio-based isobutene but that’s another story to tell some other time. France-based Global Bioenergies said the first phase of … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACESurvey says: China likes biobased products
This is a very interesting survey released by DuPont this week about urban Chinese consumers increasingly favoring products they perceived offering environmental benefits. According to DuPont, China is now a ripe market for biobased product growth given their rising purchasing power and the government’s initiatives to reduce their carbon emissions and energy use. In the … Continue reading
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