Green Chemicals Blog
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Minimal land use for bioplastics
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You probably noticed by now that the blog has a make-over as it prepares for its own “commercial start-up” of sorts. Stay tuned for that. In the meantime, here is a report from the European Bioplastics stating that approximately only…
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Biobased Products on shelves
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In honor of Earth Day (it has been awhile since the blog last posted about this event), here is a list of some of the new bio-based products in the market as well as several chemical products launched in the…
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Versalis, Genomatica Bio-Butadiene JV
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As the blog mentioned yesterday, development for bio-butadiene seems to be expanding as evident with the entry of Cobalt Technologies and its two Asia-based partners announced this week. Last week, similar to what Cobalt Technologies is planning, Versalis and Genomatica…
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Cobalt Tech enters bio-butadiene
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Biobased n-butanol producer Cobalt Technologies has been very busy this week with a partnership deal and a production milestone. The company first announced that it is entering the bio-butadiene space by partnering with two Asian chemical companies to develop a…
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BioAmber continues IPO filing
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I wonder if BioAmber’s continued intent to become a public company via its IPO (initial public offering) filing last week with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) signals renewed funding optimism within the renewable chemicals industry? So far, another…
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Biofuel News Roundup
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I am cleaning up my draft box as usual. Here are last week’s biofuel news roundup. Issues and debates on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Renewable Fuel Standards (RFS) especially for cellulosic ethanol as well as E15 ethanol use continue…
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Weekly News Roundup
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My apologies for the lack of post as I have to submit my “Biobased Chemicals Feedstock” presentation for APIC this week not to mention several ongoing projects at Tecnon OrbiChem that is keeping me busy. There are three big news…