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2015: Renewable Chemicals Review
Hello. It’s me. 😉 Sorry for the long blog hiatus but I am currently in the second leg of my three continent-travel this month. I just came back today from London; flying to San Diego tomorrow, and Philippines the next Monday. Wish me luck! So let’s get on to this review. 2015 is a turning point for many renewable chemicals … Continue reading
VIDEO: Spot the blogger
Hello blog readers! My apologies for the very much sparse posting as I just came back from a 1.5 weeks of working on the June Tecnon OrbiChem Bio-Materials newsletter, and then a short but sweet holiday vacation after. I’ll posting some news that came in last month soon but in the meantime, can you spot … Continue reading
New Feedstock Paradigm: Winners and Losers
The chemical industry had adapted to crude oil prices that had been fairly stable at around $100-110/bbl since early 2011, so the rapid slide in prices in Q4 2014 and into this year has caused much heart searching in the industry. The USA and the Middle East had enjoyed a huge advantage of low ethane … Continue reading
In Memoriam: Guido Ghisolfi 1956-2015
The Green Chemicals blog is sad to hear the terrible news about Guido Ghisolfi’s passing and we are offering our condolences to the M&G Group, Beta Renewables and their associated companies of this great loss not only to them but to the renewable chemicals industry in general. We have been privileged to witness presentations and speeches from Mr. … Continue reading
Green Chemicals Blog: By the Numbers
So the blog just received its 2014 annual report and here are the stats! The blog was viewed about 190,000 times in 2014. The busiest day was January 15 with 1,767 views. The most popular post that day was “Scotland Launches Industrial Biotech Plans“. There were 200 new posts, growing the total archive of this … Continue reading
2014: Renewable chemicals review
The green blogger is, unfortunately suffering from the flu, but I have been working on this for the past few days and wanted to post this before the year ends. All in all, it has been a hectic but personally a productive year for the green blogger although this has somewhat impacted the number of … Continue reading
PBIO 2013 Oleochemical presentation
I have received so many requests for a full copy of my oleochemical presentation from last year’s Plant Bio-Industrial Oils (PBIO) conference that I am posting it here in order for me to save 15MB of space per email every time I send it. It is not downloadable but feel free to take notes. I … Continue reading
Calendars and events
This year seems to be more packed with bio-based chemicals/materials conferences and trade shows! The blog has already partnered with several conferences for the first half of 2014, and more on the way for the second half (still pending approval). I will be attending the following conferences for 1H 2014 under Tecnon OrbiChem’s sanction, so … Continue reading
Bio-Materials 1st issue on September 20
My apologies for the lack of analytical blog posts as I am currently working on Tecnon OrbiChem’s first issue of the Bio-Materials & Intermediates newsletter, which will go live on September 20. Exciting! Here is our press release. I’d also like to thank those who subscribe already, especially as you are the source of my … Continue reading
Blog’s one year independence day
I can’t believe it has already been a year since I transferred the blog from the ICIS site! The blog will actually be 6 years old since it was first founded in November 2007 but it’s good to celebrate its “One-year independence day”. Good news is the blog’s monthly readership is on par and has … Continue reading