Green Chemicals Blog
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Location, location, location
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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 jobs with employees transferred from New Zealand, and 35 additional employees will move from Roselle,…
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CO2 Solutions in carbon capture pilot plant
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CO2 Solutions Inc. has entered into a collaboration agreement with Husky Energy, where CO2 Solutions will install and operate a pilot unit capturing approximately 15 tonnes of CO2 per day at Husky’s Pikes Peak South, Saskatchewan heavy oil site on a once-through steam generator. Operation of the pilot unit is expected to commence in early 2015…
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Certified Palm Oil Hits Record Sales for Q1 2014
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According to the latest data from the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), sales of Certified Sustainable Palm Oil (CSPO) for the first quarter ending March 31, 2014, has hit a new high, with a 49% increase for physical uptake of RSPO CSPO and a 54% increase for GreenPalm Certificates, compared with Q1 2013. Sales of…
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Technip to construct Cargill’s new ethanol plant
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Technip was awarded a contract comprising detailed engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) for the core process units of Cargill’s new ethanol production plant located in Barby, Germany. The production units will be built on a green field site alongside Cargill’s existing wheat processing facility. The ethanol is destined for beverages, cosmetics and pharmaceutical industry. The…
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Amyris to Begin Selling Biofene Online at Farnesene.net
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Amyris has begun selling Biofene®, Amyris’s brand of farnesene, a long-chain branched hydrocarbon, online at farnesene.net. By making initial quantities of its building block molecule available to a broader audience, Amyris seeks to expand Biofene’s use beyond the commercial applications the Company and its partners are already developing. Amyris is now selling Biofene through its…
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P&G reinforces sustainable palm supply
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The Procter & Gamble Company announced a commitment to no deforestation in its palm oil supply chain. Specific commitments include: Establish traceability of palm oil and palm kernel oil to supplier mills by December 31, 2015; Ensuring no deforestation in the palm supply chain to plantations by 2020; Working with suppliers, industry peers, NGOs, academic…
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Neol scales up ag waste-to-oils plant
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Watch out Solazyme, this Spain-based company could be a future competitor if it can achieve a cost-effective commercial production of oils from waste-based sugar. Neol Biosolutions, a 50:50 joint venture between Repsol and Neuron Bio, has reached an agreement with the Center for Second Generation Biofuels (CB2G) of CENER, the Spanish National Renewable Energy Centre…