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Zeachem starts cellulosic ethanol output
There are soooo many news that came out this week, I just can’t do a longer analysis on each of them. But I’ll try to post as much of these news items as I can. First stop is Colorado, US-based Zeachem. The company’s announcement this week is really just a confirmation that their Boardman, Oregon, … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACENewlight, Biomer on PHA deal
PHA plastic developer Newlight Technologies has partnered with Germany-based biopolymer developer Biomer to expand sales of greenhouse gas-based PHA (polyhydroxyalkanoate) plastics with Newlight’s acquisition of Biomer’s intellectual property including functional modification of PHAs. Newlight said it will combine its high yield greenhouse gas-to-PHA conversion and functionalization technologies with Biomer’s expertise in the functional modification of … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEBiofuel News Roundup
A lot of activities going on within the biofuel sector — M&As, the EPA’s proposed RIN changes, increasing biofuels use in aviation — and coming from the ag industry, continued developments for new industrial crops suitable for biofuel use. The latter, I will try to post more especially information coming from my recent attendance at … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEWeekly News Roundup
I hope some of the blog readers were able to follow our live tweets from the Plant Bio-Industrial Oils conference last week, which was held in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. I was able to get back to the old days covering agbiotech and fats/oils markets, and I found so many interesting developments going on in this area … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEPBIO 2013 Day 2
Compilation of tweets and stories from the Plant Bio-Industrial Oils Workshop held in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan on May 6-7, 2013. Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEPBIO Live blogging Day 1
Coverage of the Plant Bio-Industrial Oils Workshop in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. March 6-7, 2013 Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACELS9’s Dineen jumps to Siluria
I’m noticing a small trend of ex-CEOs of renewable chemical firms jumping to head start-up companies that are using natural gas for feedstock. One recent one that I just came across is Ed Dineen, former CEO of LS9, who will now will head Siluria, a company that develops technology and processes for converting natural gas … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEWhat are the real costs of biofuels?
Hi folks. Sorry for the sparse blog posts as I’ve been traveling these past few days, one for possible employment position, and today, I am currently at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, for tomorrow’s Plant Bio-Industrial Oils Workshop. I will be doing a live blog for this event so this should be exciting as it’s been a while … Continue reading
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