Green Chemicals Blog
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Segetis starts levulinic acid pilot production
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Update 10/12/13: Avantium said the company’s YXY technology platform now also included methyl levulinate (ML), an intermediate that can be further converted into levulinic acid . ML can reportedly be produced cost-effectively in tunable volumes ranging from kilotons to around 10,000…
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Beta Renewables starts cellulosic ethanol facility
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The momentum for commercial cellulosic ethanol facility start-ups is going strong and this one from Beta Renewables is considered a big one as the company opened its 25m gal/year (75m liters/year) cellulosic ethanol facility in Crescentino, Italy. The facility is…
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Solazyme’s algal oils in lubricants
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Solazyme announced its entry into the textile lubricants market through a commercial supply agreement with Goulston Technologies Inc., a global producer of high-performance fiber lubricants. Goulston expects to commercialize a new class of sustainable textile lubricant products using Solazyme’s renewable…
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Cereplast bags bioplastic sales in India
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Cereplast has received a $1.4m purchase order for Cereplast Biopropylene® 101 from Dugar Eximark Private Limited (Dugar Eximar), a customer based in Hyderabad, India. Cereplast is selling the material from existing inventory, which will ship primarily from Europe over the…
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Bioplastics get attention at #K2013
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There are so many news that are coming out this week but let me first post this one, which has been stewing in my draft box for weeks. There seems to be a lot of bioplastic launch (or products related…
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Butamax begins bio-butanol retrofit in Minnesota
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Bio-butanol technology company Butamax™ Advanced Biofuels LLC and ethanol producer Highwater Ethanol LLC have begun to retrofit Highwater’s ethanol plant in Lamberton, Minnesota for the production of bio-butanol. Butamax’s technology package will include the installation of novel corn oil separation technology. Butamax…
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BioAmber completes yeast-based succinic acid milestone with Cargill
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BioAmber made its final payment to Cargill for achieving the final milestone in their development agreement, under which BioAmber has exclusively licensed the Cargill yeast technology for succinic acid production. Completion of this milestone signals that the succinic acid producing…