Green Chemicals Blog

  • Beverage makers take out BVO in soft drinks

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    Which would you like on your soft drinks: brominated vegetable oil (BVO), sucrose acetate isobutyrate, or glycerol ester of wood rosin? According to this article from the United Soybean Board (USB),  beverage producers including Coca-Cola and PepsiCo, have announced the removal…

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    Danish biorefinery receives EU funding

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    The EU Commission has awarded €39 million in funding from the NER300 program to Maabjerg Energy Concept, a consortium of companies that include DONG Energy, Novozymes, and local utilities, Vestforsyning, Struer Forsyning and waste management company Nomi, towards the construction of…

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    Evonik invests in Biosynthetic Technologies

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    German specialty chemical company, Evonik, has closed on an equity investment in Biosynthetic Technologies, LLC (BT), a specialist in biobased lubricants headquartered in Irvine, California. BT has developed and manufactures a new class of bio-based synthetic oils called estolides that are…

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    Maverick Synfuels, Petrostar in GTL JV

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    There has been a significant increase in companies looking to convert methane-rich feedstock especially coming from natural gas, flare gas or even biogas (although this one is particularly expensive to do) into biofuels and chemicals. Some uses synthetic biology and…

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    Logos Technologies launches rhamnolipid surfactants

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    The blog has covered rhamnolipids in the past but so far the last information I got was in 2012 when a company called AGAE Technologies shipped its first laboratory research-grade rhamnolipid. AGAE has licensed this biosurfactant technology from the Oregon State…

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    BioAmber expands Vinmar contract, expects to raise $33.6m in stock offering

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    Further catching up to news from last week, BioAmber announced that it has expanded its take-or-pay contract with Vinmar International with a total 210 ktpa bio-succinic acid/bio-BDO supply for 15 years. Under the new contract, Vinmar has committed to purchase 10 ktpa of…

  • Intrexon produces lab-scale farnesene from methane

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    Synthetic biology company, Intrexon Corporation, says its Industrial Products Division has achieved the bioconversion of methane to farnesene in the lab. Farnesene is a key building block chemical for diesel fuel, and also for other lubricants and specialty products, including…


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