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Sulzer to build 10KTY PLA plant in Asia
Swiss engineering firm Sulzer has been awarded a contract for the delivery of a polylactic acid (PLA) production plant in Asia based on its proprietary technology. The facility will have more than 10,000 tons/year capacity and is expected to start in the second half of 2014. Of course, the question here is where exactly in … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACENordic wood biorefineries developments
I saw this on one of my LinkedIn groups posted by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, and I wanted to share this great information about the developments of wood-based biorefining in the Nordic region. This was a 432-page proceedings from last year’s Nordic Wood Biorefinery Conference held in Helsinki on October 23-25. The program … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEBiofuel News Roundup
Waste-to-fuel plant in Maui The County of Maui, Hawaii, has awarded an integrated waste conversion and energy project at the Central Maui Landfill in Puunene to Anaergia Services, the California-based subsidiary of Anaergia Inc. Anaergia will design, build, own, operate and privately finance the renewable fuel facility that converts Maui’s waste streams including municipal solid … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEWeekly News Roundup
Amyris Picks Laserson for Squalene distributor Amyris has picked Laserson, S.A., a supplier of ingredients for the health and beauty industries, as the new exclusive distributor of Amyris Squalane in the European market. Squalene had previously been sourced only from shark liver or olive oil but Amyris said its technology converts plant sugars into squalene … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEToray, Genomatica advances bio-PBT development
Here is another exciting news, this one from Genomatica and Japanese chemical firm Toray. The companies said Toray has successfully produced prototypes of molded partially bio-based PBT (polybutylene terephthalate) engineering plastic components using Genomatica’s bio-based 1,4 butanediol (BDO). PBT is currently produced by polymerizing petroleum-based BDO and terephthalic acid (TPA). Sample molded parts made with … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACERennovia updates bio-nylon feedstock developments
It has been awhile since the blog heard from US bio-adipic acid producer Rennovia. Today, the company puts out a press release that it has successfully demonstrated production of hexamethylenediamine (HMD) from renewable feedstock Now, some of you are probably wondering what is HMD? Some actually use the acronym HMDA for this chemical, which is … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEMinimal land use for bioplastics
You probably noticed by now that the blog has a make-over as it prepares for its own “commercial start-up” of sorts. Stay tuned for that. In the meantime, here is a report from the European Bioplastics stating that approximately only 300,000 hectares of land worldwide was use in 2011 to grow feedstock for bioplastic manufacture, … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEBiobased Products on shelves
In honor of Earth Day (it has been awhile since the blog last posted about this event), here is a list of some of the new bio-based products in the market as well as several chemical products launched in the past weeks (or so). According to a Sustainability Survey white paper published last year by … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEVersalis, Genomatica Bio-Butadiene JV
As the blog mentioned yesterday, development for bio-butadiene seems to be expanding as evident with the entry of Cobalt Technologies and its two Asia-based partners announced this week. Last week, similar to what Cobalt Technologies is planning, Versalis and Genomatica formalized its technology joint venture agreement to develop a complete end-to-end process for on-purpose production … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACECobalt Tech enters bio-butadiene
Biobased n-butanol producer Cobalt Technologies has been very busy this week with a partnership deal and a production milestone. The company first announced that it is entering the bio-butadiene space by partnering with two Asian chemical companies to develop a biomass-to-butadiene processing technology, and followed by construction of a commercial-scale biorefinery in Asia. The partners … Continue reading
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