Clean technology
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Canada to ban single-use plastics
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This may be late news but well-worth posting as country bans for single-use plastic products continue to ramp up. On June 10, the Government of Canada announced plans to reduce Canada’s plastic waste, support innovation, and promote the use of affordable and safe alternatives. Working with governments and businesses across Canada, the Government of Canada…
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Growing plastic waste problems lead to more chemical recycling tech commercialisation
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Announcements of investment and partnerships from several plastic producers, energy companies, major consumer brand owners and recycling technology companies have accelerated just within the past six months as media coverage of growing global plastic waste problems intensify at the same time that regulatory proposals to ban single-use plastic products have increased worldwide. Chemical recycling, which…
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Association, Biofuel, Bioplastic, Biorefinery, Clean technology, Conference, Energy, Feedstock, Government, R&D, VideoWebinar: US DOE BETO explores biomass feedstock
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) and its National Laboratories are dedicating the month of June to the public exploration of renewable biomass feedstocks, many of which can be found right outside your window. These feedstocks are used for the production of biofuels, bioproducts, and biopower in support of the U.S.…
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Award, Biorefinery, Clean technology, Energy, Environment, Government, Investments, Press Release, Processing, R&D, RecycleUS DOE Selects Awardees for Phase I Innovation Projects
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I am interested in this news as not only does it gives me hope that the US Department of Energy (DOE) still give grants that not only boost small businesses but these small businesses are focusing on research projects targeting bio-based materials production, processes that lower carbon footprint as well as enabling circular carbon economy…
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Biofuel, Bioplastic, butanol, Clean technology, Company initiatives, Earnings, Investments, Press Release, R&DDowDuPont plans to sell its Biomaterials business
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When former DuPont CEO Ellen Kullman was at the helm, DuPont had been keen on building its industrial biosciences business unit as a global powerhouse as it shifted its strategy in expanding this business with the acquisition of Danisco for $7 billion back in 2011. Enzymes, bioactive solutions, biomaterials, and biorefining products were the key…
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VIDEO: Sierra BioFuels Plant Construction in Nevada
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Abengoa just released this video of the ongoing construction of Fulcrum Bioenergy’s Sierra Biofuels Plant outside of Reno, Nevada. As I like to post videos once in a while and yesterday was Earth Day, this just reminded me of the progress of several technologies now being commercialized such as using municipal waste as feedstock for…
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EU’s OPTISOCHEM bio-isobutene project forges ahead
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Although it is hard to keep track of the several EU government-funded bio-based chemicals projects these days, I do wonder how many of these projects were able to reach beyond the pilot and demo stages and achieved commercialization milestones? Anyway, France-based Global Bioenergies is among some of the public European start-up bio-based chemical companies that I…