Green Chemicals Blog
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Happy New Year and Welcome 2017!
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Dear readers, It has been a weird December for me as I struggled with a surprising health issue. I am now back to almost full recovery (I am keeping my fingers crossed) and hopefully I’ll be able to post once in a while again although I am trying not to overwork myself this time. The…
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Cargill, Calysta to build gas fermentation facility
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Cargill and Calysta, Inc., along with several third-party institutions, plan to invest in reportedly the world’s largest gas fermentation facility in Memphis, Tenn. to produce Calysta’s FeedKind® protein, a family of sustainable, traceable nutritional ingredients for fish, livestock and pets. The new venture plans to build and operate this facility on Cargill’s 69-acre property on President’s…
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Lygos bags $13m funding
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Lygos, Inc., a bio-based specialty chemicals company, announced last week the closing of $13 million in Series A financing led by IA Ventures and OS Fund. Other investors include First Round Capital, the Y Combinator Continuity Fund, 50 Years and Vast Ventures, along with notable angel investors. Lygos has pioneered the world’s first bio-based production…
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DuPont bags grant for biologic medications
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This might not be targeting industrial applications but then the use of biotechnology has constantly been crossing over between pharma/life science, industrial chemicals, biofuels, and consumer/nutritional products. DuPont Industrial Biosciences recently announced receipt of a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support a new area of research. The research project, which commences immediately,…
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Green Biologics starts biochem shipments
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UK-based Green Biologics recently announced that it has begun commercial shipments of bio-based n-butanol and acetone from its first manufacturing facility in Little Falls, Minnesota. The company retrofitted a 21 million gal/year corn ethanol plant, which the company acquired from Central MN Ethanol Cooperative LLC. The site, now called Central MN Renewables (CMR) commenced construction…
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Biodegradable silk in Adidas shoes
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Looking for a gift to your environmentally-conscious loved ones? Last month, Adidas has debuted a shoe called the Adidas Futurecraft Biofabric, which is made from a synthetic silk molecule called Biosteel® produced by German manufacturer AMSilk. The synthetic silk is produced using a biotechnological process as an alternative to natural silk. It is said to…
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Leaf Resources, Novozymes in biomass-to-sugars collaboration
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Unfortunately, I’m having a not-so Chrismassy holiday break in the hospital being poked and prodded the past week so all I can do for now is blog a bit with some cutting and pasting on my mobile app. Here’s a recent one from Our Australian friends Leaf Resources. The company has developed a patented biomass…