Green Chemicals Blog

  • October News Roundup

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    It seems October is chock-full of news and November is all about conferences. On Wednesday, I will be presenting at the Biorefining Conversions Network (BCN) Retreat in Canada and will be tweeting under #BCNRetreat. On November 19-21, I will be…

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    Time to make a change: FKuR Video

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    It seems video presentations are now the “in-thing” at most of the conferences I have attended this year. While some of them are really just company marketing, others are pretty interesting. Here is one from bioplastic company FKuR. I am…

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    Next Bio event: BCN Retreat in Canada

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    On November 6, I will be presenting at the annual Biorefining Conversions Network (BCN) strategic retreat in Alberta, Canada. I will also do my live twitter coverage using #BCNRetreat. Check out the agenda below and see if any of the…

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    Ecover plans for 100% bio-based materials use

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    I’m here in San Francisco and excited to start the World Bio Markets USA conference. I don’t have that much time to blog for the next few days but here’s an interesting video from WBM USA webinar about Ecover’s strategies…

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    Elevance advances Natchez biorefinery plans

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    Following Elevance’s successful start-up of its 180 ktpa Gresik, Indonesia, facility, in 2012, the company is now proceeding with its plans to retrofit a purchased biodiesel facility in Natchez, Mississippi, into its second biorefinery with a capacity of 280 ktpa…

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    NatureWorks’ next generation lactide

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    NatureWorks announced the world scale availability of its new Ingeo M700, a high-purity, polymer-grade lactide rich in meso-lactide. Ingeo M700 has been designed to package and deliver performance and functionality all in one molecule. Ingeo M700 lactide can be used…

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    Meredian aims 30 ktpa PHA capacity in 2014

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    Tecnon OrbiChem’s 2nd issue of its Bio-Materials & Intermediates newsletter is now out, and I am really excited for this one as we were able to get several major updates for bio-PET and bio-MEG including price premiums, the future of…


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