Green Chemicals Blog
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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…
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Russia in Bio Movement
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The blog is wondering what’s the potential market for bio-based products and chemicals in Russia given that DSM and Purac just separately announced bio-based activities within the region. Dutch biobased chemicals firm Purac briefly stated that it has signed a…
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Synthetic bio success in anti-malaria drug
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The blog does not usually cover the pharmaceuticals market being that I am unfamiliar with the players and the products in this industry. However, this news coming from University of California Berkeley warrants a post as professor of chemical engineering…
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Arkema acquires castor oil stake
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While the blog is waiting for some answers from Versalis regarding their recent bio-butadiene joint venture announcement with Genomatica, let me post this news from France-based specialty chemical firm Arkema about its JV with castor oil and derivatives producer Jayant…
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Evonik’s bio-polyamides game
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Evonik wants to give some insight into their VESTAMID® Terra polyamide applications and so the company is currently holding a riddle contest. Evonik’s Bigfoot named ECO is looking for castor bean plant Evonik said it will have a series of…
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Myriant partners with BCD Chemie
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Bio-succinic acid producer Myriant announced another partnership following its recent deal with Turkish chemical distributor Bayegan Group. Myriant said it has signed a distribution deal with Hamburg, Germany-based BCD Chemie to market and distribute Myriant’s bio-succinic acid and Myrifilm solvent in…