Green Chemicals Blog
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Green awards up for grabs
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‘Tis the season for industry awards and we might see some biobased chemicals/materials this year crossing somebody’s red, or in this instance, green carpet. DuPont Tate & Lyle Bio Products Company announced last week the launch of its Innovation Award…
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Qteros back from the ashes
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Remember cellulosic ethanol developer Qteros (formerly Sun Ethanol), which shuttered its operations last year in April, and auctioned off its pilot biofuels manufacturing facility in Chicopee, Massachusetts? The company’s technology called Q Microbe developed by the University of Massachusetts Amherst…
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Green Market Forecasts
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My crystal ball is not working properly so I am going to let these experts from various consulting firms do the proper forecasting when it comes to biobased chemicals/materials, biofuels as well as cleantech markets. BIO-BASED MATERIALS AND CHEMICALS US-based…
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Updates: Verdezyne, Purac, Dow
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Hello blog readers. As you probably noticed by now, I have been absent lately from posting because of a very good reason. As of this week, I now possessed dual degrees — Chemical Engineering and Nursing — and I am…
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Funding prospect for 2013?
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With the dismal IPO and stock trends for renewable chemicals and biofuels last year, combined with biofuel/renewable energy regulatory uncertainties in the Western markets as well as continuous global economic/financial challenges — will investors be invigorated in 2013 to part…
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Welcome 2013!
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Happy New Year readers of the blog! I hope 2013 will be a successful and productive year for the business of green chemistry and the blog’s resolution is to continue monitoring and reporting activities in this market. Again, I wanted…
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Metabolix updates
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As I’ve said I’m cleaning my draft box in preparation for next year. Here are several announcements that came from US bioplastic producer Metabolix this December. The company said its Mvera B5008, a new certified-compostable film grade resin, is now…