Green Chemicals Blog
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Feedstock News Roundup
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I don’t usually focus on feedstock but here are some interesting announcements and market studies that might be of interest…I have to do some draft box cleaning up before the New Year begins! DOE finds gene for xylan extraction Researchers…
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Biofuel News Roundup
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I have not been following the biofuel market for some time but there are definitely still a lot of investment activities going on despite the regulatory/subsidy challenges especially in the US and in Europe. Here in the US, the uncertainty…
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December News Roundup
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Playing catch-up after two weeks. Round-up for biofuels will be posted separately. I seem to be seeing several companies that I have not heard before in recent months — that’s a good sign I think. I hope you all had…
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Happy Green Holidays!
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Wishing everybody a very happy holiday and a prosperous new year ahead! The green blog is back in business as school is finally over!! I passed!! Hurrah! Unfortunately it has been two weeks since I’ve checked the green chemistry world…
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Finals week
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This is my last semester at school and unfortunately, I do have to concentrate these next several days as I do not want to repeat this class EVER. AGAIN. Lights off for the blog for now as the green blogger…
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Green milestones: LanzaTech, Global Bioenergies
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Two separate news came out this week announcing their project milestones, one about butadiene from Global Bioenergies, and the other about ethanol from LanzaTech Incidentally, these two also have a partnership with each other on developing bio-based isobutene but that’s…
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Survey says: China likes biobased products
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This is a very interesting survey released by DuPont this week about urban Chinese consumers increasingly favoring products they perceived offering environmental benefits. According to DuPont, China is now a ripe market for biobased product growth given their rising purchasing…