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BIO News: Renewable Chemicals Act of 2017
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Just got this news from BIO… BIO Applauds Senate Introduction of Renewable Chemicals Tax Credit Washington, D.C. (Oct. 19, 2017) – The Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) today thanked Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and co-sponsors Sens. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Susan Collins (R-ME), Chris Coons (D-DE), and Al Franken (D-MN) for introducing the Renewable Chemicals Act of…
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GCB On Holiday until September but see you at #BIOWC17
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Dear blog readers, After 10 years of constant continued coverage of the renewable chemicals market, the blog – I might add for the first time – will be muted for the entire July and August as I try to recover from several health issues and hopefully regain my normal pace by September. The blog’s archives…
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Biomaterials in adhesives and sealants
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Again (and again), sorry for the sparse blogging as between AFPM (petrochemicals event in San Antonio), my Biomaterials deadline and ASC Spring Meeting, I have barely time to catch my breath. However, just in the past two weeks, there were so many interesting announcements and information that came my way and one of them is…
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IEA finds CO2 emissions flat for third straight year
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I’m copying IEA’s press release word for word as I believe this is an interesting article to read. Global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions were flat for a third straight year in 2016 even as the global economy grew, according to the International Energy Agency, signaling a continuing decoupling of emissions and economic activity. This was…
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Increase on Asian production capacities for bio-based chemicals, building blocks and polymers
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I usually shy away from posting market studies and reports on bio-based chemicals because a) there are a lot of inflated figures being reported in the big world wide web; and b) it is frowned upon since I’m working for a consulting firm myself. However, nova Institute is a well-established, well-known expert in reporting about biopolymers…
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Are there green premium for bioplastics?
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Germany-based Nova Institute is currently conducting an ongoing number of surveys on green premium prices along the value chain of bio-based products on behalf of the European project BIOFOREVER. Green Premium is defined by the survey as “the additional price a market actor is willing to pay for the additional emotional performance and/or the strategic…
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They (Ontario) got the beets
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Yes, I’m listening to the Go-Go’s (I’m an 80s baby after all) while writing this up. A farmer cooperative called the Ontario Innovative Sugarbeet Processors Cooperative (OISPC) has been formed led by the positive results of a techno-economic modeling study commissioned by the Ontario Sugarbeet Growers’ Association (OSGA) in collaboration with its partners, the Bio-Industrial…