Green Chemicals Blog
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Solazyme still faces production challenges at Moema
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I wonder how long the petrochemical industry had perfected its processing technologies before it was able to reach an economical, efficient level? Unfortunately, investors today are not too forgiving when new, untested technologies from public companies are facing commercialization challenges….
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Reverdia gets bio-succinic acid patents
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The renewable chemicals market seems to be quiet in general but I am hoping to get fresh updates next month especially in the bioplastics sector when I attend the NPE International Plastics trade show next month. And yes, I am also…
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NREL’s new enzyme catalyzes plant cell walls faster
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Sorry for the cut and paste version of this news as I am currently under heavy deadline of my Bio-Materials newsletter… Scientists at the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have developed an enzyme that could change the economics…
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Global Bioenergies hits bio-methacrylic acid milestone
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So while the bio-acrylic acid development and commercialization seem to have stalled a bit (see my recent post), France-based Global Bioenergies announced that it has reached its first milestone in the development of bio-based methacrylic acid (trademarked under BioMA+) using…
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Setback on bio-acrylic acid R&D progress?
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In the midst of falling oil prices and cheaper petrochemical prices, Novozymes recently announced that BASF has exited its collaboration with the company and Cargill on their bio-acrylic acid project. Coincidence? Maybe. Correct me if I’m wrong but a big chemical…
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Twitter Live ACI 2015: Part 3
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Twitter coverage of the American Cleaning Institute (ACI) Annual Meeting and Industry Convention held in Orlando, Florida, USA on January 26-31, 2015 [DGreenblogger/twitter-live-aci-2015-part-3″ target=”_blank”>View the story “Twitter Live ACI 2015: Part 3” on Storify] LET’S CONNECT!
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Twitter Live at ACI 2015: Part 2
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Twitter coverage of the American Cleaning Institute (ACI) Annual Meeting and Industry Convention held in Orlando, Florida, USA on January 26-31, 2015 [DGreenblogger/twitter-live-at-aci-2015-part-2″ target=”_blank”>View the story “Twitter Live at ACI 2015: Part 2” on Storify] LET’S CONNECT!