Company initiatives
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Chevron acquires Renewable Energy Group
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It seems Chevron is all in when it comes to renewable fuels investments after the oil and energy company announced today that it will acquire US-based Renewable Energy Group (REG) in an all-cash transaction valued at $3.15 billion or $61.50/share….
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PHA Sample Shop Now Open
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The member-driven, non-profit industry organization GO!PHA which focuses on the development and commercialization of polyhdyroxyalkanoate (PHA) resins and materials announced this week that it has partnered with Helian Polymers to provide PHA samples at its PHA Sample Shop for academic,…
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National Biodiesel Board Is Now Clean Fuels Alliance America
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🎶The times they are a-changin 🎶 And certainly, this is true with the global biofuels industry. Although I don’t cover the biofuels market as much as renewable chemicals, I witnessed the fast growth of the US biodiesel market back when…
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Origin Materials chose Louisiana for 1st world-scale facility
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Origin Materials announced yesterday that Geismar, Louisiana will be the location of its first world-scale manufacturing facility called Origin 2. Origin 1 is currently being constructed in Sarnia, Canada. Both facilities will produce chloromethylfurfural (CMF) and hydrothermal carbon (HTC) using…
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Synthos to build a commercial bio-butadiene plant
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It has been a long time coming for the commercialization of bio-based butadiene (at least for this one where you can count the percentage renewable content unlike some of the mass balance approaches). I have been monitoring this space for…
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PepsiCo sets 2030 virgin fossil-free plastic goal
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This announcement from PepsiCo Europe is just one of the growing list of well-known consumer brands looking to reduce or eliminate future use of virgin fossil-based plastic in their product packaging. The company says it plans to eliminate virgin fossil-based…
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Association, Biofuel, Bioplastic, Biorefinery, Clean technology, Government, Investments, Press Release, R&DCanada seeks bio-based projects
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Bioindustrial Innovation Canada (BIC) is a nationally focused not-for-profit business accelerator who provides critical strategic investment, advice, and services to business developers of clean, green and sustainable technologies. BIC is currently seeking Letters of Intent (LOI) for research projects to…