Green Chemicals Blog
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LS9’s Dineen jumps to Siluria
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I’m noticing a small trend of ex-CEOs of renewable chemical firms jumping to head start-up companies that are using natural gas for feedstock. One recent one that I just came across is Ed Dineen, former CEO of LS9, who will…
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What are the real costs of biofuels?
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Hi folks. Sorry for the sparse blog posts as I’ve been traveling these past few days, one for possible employment position, and today, I am currently at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, for tomorrow’s Plant Bio-Industrial Oils Workshop. I will be doing a…
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Bio-polyamide in Mercedes Benz
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This is the first time I am writing a post in an IPad as I am currently traveling so hopefully this will not be a mess when it’s finally posted. I came across this news yesterday from DSM about their…
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Solazyme: On track for commercialization
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Solazyme has frequently been covered here in the blog so this earnings update will not be too long. The company reported last week that it is on track for commercial production of its tailored algae oils on three continents by…
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Amyris: Weak results, fair progress
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The blog is navigating the intricacies of financial reporting after Amyris and Solazyme recently announced their fourth quarter earnings results. Accounting and financial are not my strong suits so hopefully my reporting about some of their numbers are correct. Let’s…
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Biofuel News Roundup
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Yes, I am still working on posting earnings news…sigh. I hate reporting earnings… BioFuel Energy lay-offs US ethanol producer BioFuel Energy has reduced staffing at its Fairmont, Minnesota, ethanol facility resulting in the elimination of 40 full-time positions. The plant…
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Weekly News Roundup
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The blog is having a little difficult time catching up with news these days especially if there are several events coming up soon. By the way, do you know that this week there are two free renewable chemical webinars that…