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Gevo opens bio-PX demo facility
I am still working on my presentation for the ICIS World Chemical Purchasing Summit and the deadline is this Friday (yikes!). Goodluck to me! Meanwhile, the blog still has a lot of catching-up to do with several news from the past two weeks especially concerning biofuels. The blog will try to do a big biofuel … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEBioAmber phases out E.coli use
The blog is just catching up with some of the earnings conference calls from last week. Here are some highlighted information from BioAmber. I am also checking out Codexis, Cereplast and Syntroleum if they have any interesting updates for the quarter. An interesting information from BioAmber’s recent earnings call is the phasing out its use of E.coli … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACETMO Renewables to produce PLA
An official from UK-based cellulosic ethanol developer/producer TMO Renewables announced today it is expanding its portfolio to include polylactic acid (PLA) that will be produced at their Dunsfold Airfield site near Guildford, Surrey, starting the fourth quarter of 2014. This site has been in operation since 2008 and has been used to demonstrate biomass-based ethanol … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACENew bio-butanol player: Optinol
There’s a new kid in the bio-butanol town. I saw this press release last night while I was going through my newsfeed and this is the first time I’ve heard of San Francisco-based Optinol — a collaborative venture between SynGest Inc. (which is working on biomass-based fertilizers), Unitel Technologies, and Louisiana State University Agricultural Center. … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEBig green news from last week
I am back from my vacation and trying to delete/answer hundreds of emails from the past 10 days. Meanwhile, let me posts these news from last week before I start completing my presentation for next month’s ICIS World Chemical Purchasing Summit. BIO-BUTADIENE One big news is from INVISTA and life science company SilicoLife regarding their … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEAmyris lowers farnesene costs
This will be my last post for the week before I venture off to my week-long vacation (Woohoo!). The blog gets some update late Thursday from Amyris’ second quarter earnings report and conference call. One of the major highlight of the company’s results is that the company reportedly hopes to achieve its cost target for … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEINTERVIEW: OPXBIO starts funding round
It has been more than a year since the blog had the pleasure of again chatting with OPX Biotechnologies (OPXBIO) CEO Charles Eggert. Last Tuesday, Eggert mentioned that the company has started this month their plans to raise their fourth round of funding through private equity financing from new and old strategic and [or] financial … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACESolazyme launches new anti-aging algal oil
Solazyme has launched a new anti-aging serum product under its anti-aging skin care brand Algenist. The serum Advanced Anti-Aging Repairing Oil, which features Solazyme’s microalgae oil enriched with oleic acid, is now available internationally on store shelves at Sephora, JCPenney, at Space NK, QVC, Sephora.com and Algenist.com. The product also contains Phycosterols, a precursor to Vitamin … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEAmyris to get $60m funding from Temasek
Amyris has entered a deal for the sale of convertible notes in a private placement for up to $60 million in cash proceeds. Amyris’s largest stockholders, Temasek, agreed to purchase $35 million of the notes in an initial tranche and, at Amyris’s election, up to $25 million in a second tranche. Both tranches are subject to … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACESolazyme partners with Sasol on erucic algal oils
The oleochemical industry is definitely getting more and more interesting as erucic acid (C22:1), traditionally sourced from high erucic rapeseed oils (HERO), can now be sourced from algal oils as is the case with Solazyme’s recent announcement. I remember the old days when I used to cover this niche market for Chemical Market Reporter. The … Continue reading
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