Green Chemicals Blog
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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…
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Novomer produces CO2-based polyols
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So many news to post and so little time to do. The blog has earnings news from Solazyme and Amyris, updates from Cereplast, interview article from Ovation Biotech, updates on bio-adipic acid, and of course the weekly news roundup, and…
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Developing guar gum alternatives
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The blog is still working on a post about Ovation Biotech as well as updates on biobased adipic acid developments. Meanwhile, let’s visit the guar gum market as I’ve been hearing about how tight this market has become since last…
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The quest for bio-polystyrene
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I have this draft on bio-styrene for a couple of months now but has never been able to post it given that there are not many companies within the renewable chemicals industry developing plant-based styrene monomer alternatives. However, on February…