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LanzaTech gets $4m DOE grant
LanzaTech has been awarded a $4 million grant by the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). LanzaTech and its partners, The City College of New York (CUNY), Louisiana State University (LSU) and Michigan Technological University (Michigan Tech) will focus on reducing waste methane emissions from remote oil wells, coal … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEEvogene targets castor bean market in 2016
Plant genomics company Evogene Ltd. and its wholly owned subsidiary, Evofuel Ltd., has completed three years of successful field trials in Brazil for the development of castor bean conducted in cooperation with SLC Agrícola S.A., one of Brazil’s largest landowners and leading agriculture businesses. Evofuel’s castor seed varieties have the potential of being highly attractive to … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACENovomer to produce CO2-based acrylic acid
Novomer said it has received a $5m grant from the US Department of Energy (DoE) announced in March as part of the Clean Energy Manufacturing Initiative (CEMI). Novomer’s project is in partnership with one of the world’s largest producers of industrial gases, aims to sequester and convert waste carbon dioxide into commodity chemicals such as acrylic … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACENovozymes, Raizen on cellulosic ethanol partnership
Novozymes will supply enzyme technology to Raízen’s first commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol plant in Brazil, scheduled to be operational by end 2014. The plant will be a bolt-on facility to Raízen’s Costa Pinto sugarcane mill in the state of São Paulo and will have the capacity to produce 40 million liters of cellulosic ethanol a year … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEBASF to acquire enzymes biz Verenium
Traditional chemical firms are more and more looking into biotechnology to expand their products and feedstock portfolio. There was the acquisition of Danisco by DuPont in 2011, DSM’s acquisition of Martek in late 2010, Lanxess investing in evocatal GmbH last June, and BASF acquiring Henkel’s detergent enzymes technology. BASF announced last Friday that it is … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEElevance sells C18 diacids
We, at Tecnon OrbiChem, finally published on September 20 our first issue of the monthly newsletter Bio-Materials & Intermediates. It was a 50-page newsletter (Whew!!) with lots of information that will be hard to find anywhere else. If you haven’t yet, feel free to check out our sample issue last July on the link above. … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEWalmart initiates sustainable chemicals policy
The pressure is on this week as I work on the first issue of Tecnon OrbiChem’s Bio-Materials & Intermediates newsletter. I hope some of you can subscribe soon so you’ll be able to read some of the great information that, unfortunately, I am unable to post in the blog. I am also preparing for next … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEGreen Biologics buys ethanol plant
Commercialization of cellulosic n-butanol is bubbling near the surface as the Brazil-based partnership Granbio/Rhodia recently recently announced plans to build the world’s first biomass-based n-butanol plant in Brazil that will start in 2015, while UK-based Green Biologics announced yesterday its planned acquisitions of all of Central MN Ethanol Co-op’s (CMEC) assets in Little Falls, Minnesota. … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEBiofuels will not impact bioplastic developments
The green blogger will be in Boston for the rest of the week attending (and will be presenting) at the ICIS World Purchasing Summit. I will do a live blog of the event, where most of the major focus will be on the impact of shale gas. Follow me on twitter as well under #Purchasing13 … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACECargill’s palm plantation gets certified
Cargill said its palm oil plantation in West Kalimantan, Indonesia, PT Harapan Sawit Lestari HSL, has received international recognition for its sustainable palm oil practices. HSL was awarded the certification for sustainable palm oil supply for biofuels according to the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification ISCC standards in the European Union EU. This certification covers … Continue reading
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