Green Chemicals Blog
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UK’s biggest bioethanol plant opens
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Vivergo Fuels Ltd officially opens UK’s largest bioethanol plant based on Praj technology and design. Vivergo Fuels is a JV between AB Sugar, BP, & DuPont. The plant is designed to use 1.1 million tonnes of feed-grade wheat to produce 420 million…
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Lanxess expands biobased EPDM offerings
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It has been almost two years since the blog last visited Lanxess’ activities on its biobased EPDM (ethylene propylene-diene) monomer when the company launched its first product in 2011 under the brand Keltan Eco. The biobased EPDM uses Braskem’s sugarcane-based ethylene…
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Amyris ends Tate & Lyle toll deal
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It’s payback time for taking a couple of days off from blogging and now I have to do some catching up with news. The blog has also lost its most useful web tool — the Google Reader, and I had…
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BASF explores CO2-based syngas production
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For several years now, BASF has been working on using carbon dioxide as feedstock for chemical manufacture. The company announced last week that alongside its partners Linde Group (a major industrial gas producer) and engineering firm ThyssenKrupp, the companies are…
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BASF, Cargill, Novozymes bio-acrylic acid milestone
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I hope you were able to check out our new Bio-Materials & Intermediates report offering via Tecnon OrbiChem’s website. We have been working on this project since March and we would love to get your feedback (and of course your…
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Tecnon OrbiChem launches Bio-Materials service
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* TECNON ORBICHEM ANNOUNCES: THE LAUNCH OF A NEW BIO-MATERIALS SERVICE LONDON, 8 July 2013 Tecnon OrbiChem launches a special issue (Issue 0) of its new Bio-Materials & Intermediates Chemical Business Focus (CBF). The content and format of this…
