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Beta Renewables starts cellulosic ethanol facility
The momentum for commercial cellulosic ethanol facility start-ups is going strong and this one from Beta Renewables is considered a big one as the company opened its 25m gal/year (75m liters/year) cellulosic ethanol facility in Crescentino, Italy. The facility is claimed to be the first in the world to be designed and built to produce … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACESolazyme’s algal oils in lubricants
Solazyme announced its entry into the textile lubricants market through a commercial supply agreement with Goulston Technologies Inc., a global producer of high-performance fiber lubricants. Goulston expects to commercialize a new class of sustainable textile lubricant products using Solazyme’s renewable high-performance, Tailored™ high oleic algal oils. Goulston plans to start marketing its new products in … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACECereplast bags bioplastic sales in India
Cereplast has received a $1.4m purchase order for Cereplast Biopropylene® 101 from Dugar Eximark Private Limited (Dugar Eximar), a customer based in Hyderabad, India. Cereplast is selling the material from existing inventory, which will ship primarily from Europe over the next 10 months. The order of Cereplast Biopropylene® 101 will be used for the manufacture … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEBioplastics get attention at #K2013
There are so many news that are coming out this week but let me first post this one, which has been stewing in my draft box for weeks. There seems to be a lot of bioplastic launch (or products related to bioplastics) planned at the incoming K2013 Plastics and Rubber Tradeshow, which will be held … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEButamax begins bio-butanol retrofit in Minnesota
Bio-butanol technology company Butamax™ Advanced Biofuels LLC and ethanol producer Highwater Ethanol LLC have begun to retrofit Highwater’s ethanol plant in Lamberton, Minnesota for the production of bio-butanol. Butamax’s technology package will include the installation of novel corn oil separation technology. Butamax and Highwater have entered into definitive agreements for license of Butamax’s patented corn oil separation technology, which … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEBioAmber completes yeast-based succinic acid milestone with Cargill
BioAmber made its final payment to Cargill for achieving the final milestone in their development agreement, under which BioAmber has exclusively licensed the Cargill yeast technology for succinic acid production. Completion of this milestone signals that the succinic acid producing yeast has met performance expectations. BioAmber began work in August 2013 on a 30,000 tonne/year … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEINVISTA, Ingenza on industrial biotech collaboration
INVISTA is collaborating with UK-based industrial biotechnology firm Ingenza for the development of new technologies to enable bio-derived processes for the production of industrial chemicals. The collaboration will leverage INVISTA’s capabilities in biotechnology and catalysis, and knowledge of the chemicals industry, and Ingenza’s synthetic biology and industrial biotechnology capabilities for the development of new, bio-derived routes … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACERennovia produces 100% bio-based nylon
The quest to produce a 100% bio-based nylon 6,6 polymer has now come to fruition as Rennovia announced that it has produced and shipped samples of their RENNLON™100% bio-based nylon 6,6 polymer, believed to be the first produced worldwide. The bio-based nylon was made from the combination of Rennovia’s RENNLON™ adipic acid and RENNLON™ hexamethylenediamine … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEEPA to restricts perfluorinated chemicals imports
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is finalizing a rule that will restrict imports of perfluorinated chemicals that could be used in carpets. The regulation will require companies to report to EPA all new uses, including in domestic and imported products, of these chemicals once used for soil and stain resistance in carpets. The rule … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACERenewable chems tax credit waiting for Congress
US producers of renewable chemicals are hopeful that a recently introduced bill called “Qualifying Renewable Chemical Production Tax Credit Act of 2013” (H.R. 3084) sponsored by House Representatives Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), Steve Stockman (R-Texas), Allyson Schwartz (D-Pa), Linda Sanchez (D-Calif) and Richard Neal (D-Mass), will be approved by US Congress and signed into law. The … Continue reading
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