Green Chemicals Blog
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Avantium to build 5 ktpa FDCA, PEF flagship plant
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Avantium held its first Technology & Markets Day titled “Path to a fossil-free world” yesterday at the company’s headquarters in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The management team provided an update on the strategy of Avantium and its technologies, including the strategy for Synvina and commercialization of PEF. Avantium announced that it intends to build a cash-flow…
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Genomatica acquires REG Life Sciences assets
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Genomatica announced today its acquisition of certain assets of the REG Life Sciences division of biofuels producer Renewable Energy Group (REG) for an undisclosed sum. The asset acquisition will reportedly provide Genomatica with its third major product platform, “long chain chemicals”, from renewable feedstocks, with carbon atoms ranging from 8 to 18 and may contain…
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VIDEO: How Bio-BDO is made
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You all know I love posting videos so here’s one compliment of Novamont and shared by Genomatica. Enjoy! LET’S CONNECT!
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Award, Biorefinery, Clean technology, Energy, Environment, Government, Investments, Press Release, Processing, R&D, RecycleUS DOE Selects Awardees for Phase I Innovation Projects
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I am interested in this news as not only does it gives me hope that the US Department of Energy (DOE) still give grants that not only boost small businesses but these small businesses are focusing on research projects targeting bio-based materials production, processes that lower carbon footprint as well as enabling circular carbon economy…
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Confusion abounds on biodegradable, compostable plastics
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My apologies for the lack of posts as traveling and giving a presentation takes a toll on my blogging schedule. I am not yet sure if I can share my presentation in public but what I stated on one of my slides is that confusion on bioplastics is one of the biggest challenges in this…
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Biofuel, Bioplastic, butanol, Clean technology, Company initiatives, Earnings, Investments, Press Release, R&DDowDuPont plans to sell its Biomaterials business
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When former DuPont CEO Ellen Kullman was at the helm, DuPont had been keen on building its industrial biosciences business unit as a global powerhouse as it shifted its strategy in expanding this business with the acquisition of Danisco for $7 billion back in 2011. Enzymes, bioactive solutions, biomaterials, and biorefining products were the key…
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VIDEO: Bio-products developed from mushroom compost
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This is another interesting EU government-funded project that I recently came across thanks to this press release from Finnish enzyme producer MetGen. The BIOrescue project aims to provide a solution by creating a novel biorefinery concept for mushroom compost, transforming it into valuable bio-based products such as bio-pesticides, biodegradable nano-carriers for drug or fertilizer encapsulation,…