Green Chemicals Blog
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Weekly News Roundup
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So many news, so little time…. Dow, Mitsui secures JV approval Dow Chemical and Mitsui & Co. have completed the formation of its previously announced 50:50 JV in Brazil. The JV will operate a sugarcane plantation, build a 63m gal/year…
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Introducing Calysta Energy
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I’m working on the weekly news roundup and reading some of the recent earnings report from Amyris, Gevo, Codexis and Solazyme. In between these and studying, I’ll put this short post about a newly established company called Calysta Energy led…
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Sustainable Palm oil: Is certification enough?
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I have been loosely following environmental issues concerning the sustainability of global palm oil supply and production given my interest in the oleochemical sector where palm oil derivatives is a major feedstock. Japan-based fragrance company Shiseido was just one of…
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PHA bioplastic update
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I have two posts that keeps accumulating virtual dusts…this one and the one about oleochemicals… Since I am in the bioplastic mode again (thanks to recent news about polybutylene succinate or PBS), let me see what we can do with…
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Nike uses bio-based polyurethanes
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As folks in the polyurethane industry would tell you, the sports products and footwear markets are hot spots for growing bioplastic demand. I actually wrote about Nike’s announcement of its GS football boot in July when it announced that its…
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Neste Oil expands in bio-naptha
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A short post about Neste Oil’s renewable naphtha product before it gets buried in my draft box.. According to Finnish energy giant Neste Oil, it has launched commercial production and sales of bio-based naptha produced as a co-product of its…
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Mitsubishi expands PBS partnership
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I apologize for the long hiatus as I just finished my mid-term exam last night and I made a promise to focus all my attention on school for the exam. I have been wanting to post this news since it…