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RENEWABLE CHEMICAL EVENTS 2024
- Nov 13-14, Greener Manufacturing Conference & Expo, Cologne, Germany
- Nov 19-21, AFCC Global Biobased Economy Conference 2024, Washington D.C., USA
- Nov 20-21, Advanced Recycling Conference 2024, Cologne, Germany (Hybrid)
- Dec 10-11, European Bioplastics Conference 2024, Berlin, Germany
Latest Post
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Sustainea picks its Bio-MEG site
Sustainea announced this week that it has partnered with Primient to co-locate its planned corn-based monoethylene glycol (MEG) production facility in Lafayette, Indiana. Primient’s Sagamore site in Lafayette will supply the low-carbon dextrose feedstock for the project. Groundbreaking for the…
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Gevo bags Ethanol-to-Olefins Patent
Remember when Gevo was in a patent war with the now-defunct Butamax on isobutanol production and application processes? It turned out that Gevo had to pivot from isobutanol to producing ethanol instead. More recently, the company announced that it has…
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Doppelganger Plastics: a more desirable alternative?
By Dirk den Ouden, Vice President of Circular Chemicals at Stora Enso The problem with plastics – aside from all the environmental issues they entail – is that they are excellent. Weaning ourselves off them wouldn’t be a problem if…
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PLA Industry Buzz
Several polylactic acid (PLA) announcements occurred worldwide last month. In Europe, a new meta-study report commissioned by Holland Bioplastics concluded that PLA does not produce persistent microplastics when it undergoes hydrolysis. Several short-term field experiments and laboratory tests over several…
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The world’s first scalable biodegradable SAP?
Over the years, the development of bio-based superabsorbent polymer (SAP) has been limited, and more so for biodegradable SAP. Very few companies have been able to reach past the pilot production phase for bio-based acrylic acid, the key intermediate used…
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Technip Energies acquires Shell’s bio-glycols technology
Technip Energies, a French engineering and technology company for the energy industry and chemicals sector, announced on 27 June its acquisition of Shell Catalysts & Technologies’ (SC&T) glycol purification technology to accelerate Technip’s commercialization of its Bio-2-GlycolsTM technology. This technology transfer…
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CO2-based chemicals in action
UK-based Econic Technologies has certainly been busy this year. In April, Econic signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Japan-based Sanyo Chemical to produce CO2-based polycarbonate ether polyol (PCE) for polyurethane applications. The resulting high-performance polyols can be used in…
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Precision Fermentation: What is it?
Our friend from Sustainability Consult sent this news release about their client, the US-based start-up DMC Biotechnologies. The company recently announced its partnership with two major French industrial leaders, Danone and Michelin, and with Crédit Agricole Centre France, a key…
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RMC2024 Day 2 Coverage
Coverage of the Renewable Materials Conference in Siegburg, Germany. Day 2 of the Renewable Materials Conference started with presentations from Nova-Institut’s market update on its bio-based polymers report and an interesting review on algae-based polymers. I participated in this session…
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RMC2024 Day 1 Coverage
Coverage of the Renewable Materials Conference in Siegburg, Germany. It was another awesome Renewable Materials Conference this year, thanks to the Nova-Institut GmbH team! The main sessions on Day 1 featured an overview of the chemical industry, particularly what is…
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Welcome to the refreshed GCB
The Green Chemicals Blog is back with new posts coming soon! After a year-long hiatus, the Green Chemicals Blog was relaunched with a better layout, more social media offerings, and advertising services. After more than 20 years in the Chemical…
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Introducing Green D Market Analytics
ð¿ Happy New Year, Green Chemicals Blog Community! ðð As we stand on the threshold of a new year, I am honored to extend my heartfelt gratitude to each of you, the dedicated followers of the Green Chemicals Blog. In…
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Q&A: Rivertop Renewables on Glucaric Acid
Here’s another recent Q&A that I had, this time with Rivertop Renewables about their glucaric acid. The company recently raised $26 million from Cargill, First Green Partners and existing investors. Q: When will Rivertop start up its semi-works facility in…
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Q&A: AVA Biochem on 5-HMF
I know there had been several press release that came out today but let me post some of my previous Q&A interviews first. This one is from AVA Biochem, manufacturer of 5-HMF (hydroxymethylfurfural). I’ve reported a market analysis of 5-HMF at…
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US renewable chemicals to gain from the New US Farm Bill
I have been working on this since February but unfortunately travel and work has further delayed me from posting this. Tecnon OrbiChem’s April Bio-Materials issue just came out yesterday and now, I have a few days of blogging before becoming…
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PBIO 2013 Oleochemical presentation
I have received so many requests for a full copy of my oleochemical presentation from last year’s Plant Bio-Industrial Oils (PBIO) conference that I am posting it here in order for me to save 15MB of space per email every…
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Sime Darby invests in Verdezyne
During President Obama’s trip to Malaysia this weekend, the country’s conglomerate giant, Sime Darby Berhad, announced that it will take a 30% stake, valued at $30 million, in San Diego-based renewable chemical company, Verdezyne. Sime Darby Renewables, a new…
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Verdezyne Reaches Key Production Milestone
Verdezyne, Inc., a privately-held industrial biotechnology company focused on producing renewable chemicals, announced that it has produced more than one metric ton of bio-based dodecanedioic acid (DDDA) using its proprietary yeast platform and downstream process. The Michigan Biotechnology Institute (MBI)…
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Gevo reports cash concern in 10-K
As the blog reported before, 2014 seems to be the year for industry restructuring with LS9 being acquired by Renewable Energy Group; Cereplast filing for bankruptcy and Codexis changing its business strategy and focus. Bio-isobutanol producer, Gevo, is currently in the…
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British Airways commits to 50 ktpa biomass-based jet fuel supply
The blog does not usually post much about biofuels but the technology involved in this project announcement is also associated with the developments of waste syngas-based chemicals. Yesterday, advanced biofuels technology developer, Solena Fuels, announced that it will build the world’s first facility,…
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P2 Science bags $500,000 funding
Connecticut Innovations (CI), an organization that helps Connecticut businesses grow through creative financing and strategic assistance, has made a $500,000 investment in P2 Science Inc. of New Haven, Conn., through its Eli Whitney Equity Fund. This investment was part of…
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Location, location, location
Here are recent announcements on new headquarters and new R&D sites. LanzaTech, for one, has finally decided to move its global headquarters from New Zealand, where the company was founded, to Skokie, Illinois. The move will generate 30 new Illinois…
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