Green Chemicals Blog
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EPA approves Aemetis’ sorghum biofuels under D5 RIN
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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has granted Aemetis approval to produce ethanol using grain sorghum and biogas with the plant’s existing Combined Heat & Power (CHP) system to generate higher-value D5 Advanced Biofuels Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs). The EPA approval…
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Neste Oil, Raisioagro to develop straw-based diesel
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Neste Oil and Raisioagro have launched a research project to investigate the potential of straw as a raw material for producing renewable diesel. Large quantities of waste straw are produced as agricultural residue in Finland and elsewhere, and only a…
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Clariant’s cellulosic ethanol gets certified
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Specialty chemical firm Clariant has received the International Sustainability & Carbon Certification (ISCC) for its sunliquid® demonstration plant in Straubing (Germany), which was opened in July 2012. The certificate confirms that the cellulosic ethanol from agricultural residues produced with the…
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Blog’s one year independence day
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I can’t believe it has already been a year since I transferred the blog from the ICIS site! The blog will actually be 6 years old since it was first founded in November 2007 but it’s good to celebrate its…
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Blue Marble buys site for commercial biorefinery
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Specialty biochemical manufacturer Blue Marble Biomaterials (BMB) announced yesterday that it has completed the purchase of former GTC Oats Inc. facility in Missoula, Montana, which was previously a wet extraction processing plant for food ingredients manufacture. The site includes 3.81…
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6R Supply Shifts to Biobased Products
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Colorado-based 6R Supply Inc. has transitioned to a wholly biobased industrial supply product line. This product line offers clients additional options for industrial hydraulic fluids, lubricants and solvents that are readily biodegradable, non-hazardous and do not use petroleum or its…
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Diamond Green Diesel lowers biodiesel output
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Diamond Green Diesel (DGD), Darling International’s biodiesel joint venture with Valero Energy Corporation, has announced lowered output at its recently started biodiesel facility in St. Charles, Louisiana to 5,000-7,000 bbl/day until mid-October. DGD is replacing a heat exchanger to improve…