Green Chemicals Blog
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BioAmber’s Sarnia bio-succinic acid project on track
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BioAmber Inc., an industrial biotechnology company producing sustainable chemicals, recently announced its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2014. Highlights included: Sarnia project continues to be on budget and scheduled for mechanical completion in early 2015 A 15 year take-or-pay agreement was signed with Vinmar for at least 10,000 tons per year from Sarnia…
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Verdezyne to build diacids plant in Malaysia
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Verdezyne, Inc., a privately-held industrial biotechnology company focused on producing renewable chemicals, has reached an agreement with Bio-XCell Malaysia to construct Verdezyne’s first commercial-scale renewable chemicals manufacturing facility in Bio-XCell’s premier biotechnology and ecosystem park in Nusajaya, Iskandar, in southern Malaysia. Construction is scheduled to start next year and the plant will be capable of producing approximately 30 million pounds…
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Solazyme, Versalis in Encapso™ Partnership
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Solazyme, Inc. and Versalis announced a partnership to expand the commercial use of Encapso™ – which is claimed to be the world’s first commercially-available, biodegradable encapsulated lubricant for drilling fluids. Part of a leading oil and gas company and operating internationally with a dedicated distribution network, Versalis will expand market access and drive global sales…
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Imaflex Files Patent For Recycling Paint Waste Into Plastic
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Canada-based Imaflex Inc. has filed a patent application with the United States Patent and Trademark Office for a production process converting waste latex paint into plastic film. The patent application titled “Methods of Recycling Waste Latex Paint” outlines Imaflex’s proprietary approach to reconditioning latex paint waste for the use in blown film extrusion. Imaflex foresees…
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LanzaTech, IOC-DBT to produce omega-3 fatty acids
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LanzaTech together with a research team from the IOC-DBT Center for Advanced Bio-Energy Research (an entity co-funded by India’s Department of Biotechnology and Indian Oil Corporation Limited) have developed a process that recycles CO2 emissions into omega-3 rich fatty acids. Essential nutrients, omega-3 oils, cannot be synthesized by the human body, and instead must be…
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AkzoNobel, Enerkem in waste-based chems partnership
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Hello blog readers, the holidays are coming and the green blogger is becoming stressed out from deadlines so bear with me on the sparse postings. I will try to post recent news as much as possible but unfortunately most will be straight from press releases. Dutch specialty chemicals company, AkzoNobel, has partnered with Canada’s waste-to-biofuels/chemicals…
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KiOR ran out of fuel
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Advanced biofuel company, KiOR, Inc. has finally waved the white flag and filed for Chapter 11 in the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware after several months of dire warnings during earnings calls that the company has been running out of funds and still has over two hundred million dollar debts to pay to…