Green Chemicals Blog
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Global Bioenergies picks Linde for pilot plant
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My apologies for the sparse news as I just got back from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, covering its 25th Palm and Lauric Oils conference last week. I have some news about Emery Oleochemicals’ downstream activities (such as natural-based polyols, agrochemicals, lubricants,…
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Succinity starts biobased succinic acid plant
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And so all the bio-succinic acid players are now in production, and all of them are planning on expanding capacity soon. Succinity GmbH, the joint venture between Corbion Purac and BASF for the production and commercialization of biobased succinic acid,…
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Malaysia palm activities updates
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Hello from a hazy/cloudy Kuala Lumpur where the palm and lauric oils industry congregates for this year’s annual conference. This is my first time attending this event, where most of the presentations will start tomorrow. I will tweet some of…
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Butamax, Gevo isobutanol patent fight intensifies
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Butamax recently won a federal circuit appeal that nulls previous District Court rulings favoring Gevo over Butamax in a patent infringement lawsuit covering Butamax’s patents ‘188 and ‘889. The ‘188 patent covers a recombinant microbial host cell that uses a…
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IFF and Amyris advance collaboration
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International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. (IFF) and Amyris announced completion of the first phase of their collaboration to develop a specific set of renewable fragrance ingredients and agreement to move forward with the second phase of development. IFF said it is…
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FSI seeks partners for bio-based aspartic acid production
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British Columbia-based Flexible Solutions International, a developer and manufacturer of biodegradable polymers for oil extraction, detergent ingredients and water treatment as well as crop nutrient availability chemistry, is seeking partners to help the company achieve its goal of producing polyaspartate…
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Chromatin develops farnesene-enriched sorghum
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Good news for Amyris. Agbiotech company Chromatin has created sorghum plants containing elevated levels of the energy-rich compound farnesene. This milestone achievement was supported in part by the Department of Energy’s ARPA-E program, “Plants Engineered To Replace Oil” (PETRO). Like…