Biorefinery
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Time to make a change: FKuR Video
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It seems video presentations are now the “in-thing” at most of the conferences I have attended this year. While some of them are really just company marketing, others are pretty interesting. Here is one from bioplastic company FKuR. I am…
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Next Bio event: BCN Retreat in Canada
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On November 6, I will be presenting at the annual Biorefining Conversions Network (BCN) strategic retreat in Alberta, Canada. I will also do my live twitter coverage using #BCNRetreat. Check out the agenda below and see if any of the…
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Elevance advances Natchez biorefinery plans
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Following Elevance’s successful start-up of its 180 ktpa Gresik, Indonesia, facility, in 2012, the company is now proceeding with its plans to retrofit a purchased biodiesel facility in Natchez, Mississippi, into its second biorefinery with a capacity of 280 ktpa…
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BASF offers integrated biomass-based chemical manufacture approach
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BASF, working in cooperation with TÜV SÜD (a third-party certification body), has developed an innovative mass balance approach for the use of renewable feedstocks in the integrated production. The process is available immediately for many products and can be adapted…
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Amyris meets production milestone
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Good news for Amyris investors. Last week, the company announced that its farnesene plant in Sao Paulo, Brazil has achieved production rate of 1m liters over a 45-day period. Amyris said it is on track to achieve its year-end cost…
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Segetis starts levulinic acid pilot production
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Update 10/12/13: Avantium said the company’s YXY technology platform now also included methyl levulinate (ML), an intermediate that can be further converted into levulinic acid . ML can reportedly be produced cost-effectively in tunable volumes ranging from kilotons to around 10,000…
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LanzaTech gets $4m DOE grant
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LanzaTech has been awarded a $4 million grant by the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). LanzaTech and its partners, The City College of New York (CUNY), Louisiana State University (LSU) and Michigan Technological…