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Protected: Weekly News Roundup: 17 April 2018
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VIDEO: Audi test drives renewable gasoline derived from bio-isobutene
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Audi and Global Bioenergies recently announced a milestone test for a renewable gasoline blend called “e-benzin” (e-gasoline) fuel containing isobutene-derived compounds produced by Global Bioenergies. Around 60 litres (15.9 gal) of the e-gasoline (essentially a liquid isooctane) were produced for Audi. In the first step, Global Bioenergies produces the gaseous bio-isobutene in a demonstration plant…
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What do Brands Want? A Survey from Sustainability Consult
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Sustainability Consult presented at the recently-held World Bio Markets conference the results of its #WhatBrandsWant survey report, which was published late last year. The findings reveal brands’ growing commitment towards renewable materials and alternatives to fossil-based products. Half of the brands surveyed reportedly have already set targets for bio-based products. One quarter said bio-based content was…
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VIDEO: UPM Biofuels enters the bioplastics market with new partners
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Renewable diesel producers such as UPM and Neste are now in the bioplastic arena as more and more of their bio-naphtha is being used as feedstock to produce biomass balanced-based monomers such as ethylene and propylene. (For more on biomass balance, check out my last blog post: VIDEO: BASF’s new biomass-balance paints for automotive ) UPM’s…
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Neste starts bio-propane production
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Neste has started up the world’s first large-scale renewable propane production facility in Rotterdam in the Netherlands. The first cargo of renewable propane has been delivered to SHV Energy, who will market and sell the product to its customers across Europe as BioLPG. Neste’s new facility has a production capacity of 40,000 tonnes per year…