Company initiatives
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CO2 Solutions in carbon capture pilot plant
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CO2 Solutions Inc. has entered into a collaboration agreement with Husky Energy, where CO2 Solutions will install and operate a pilot unit capturing approximately 15 tonnes of CO2 per day at Husky’s Pikes Peak South, Saskatchewan heavy oil site on a once-through steam generator. Operation of the pilot unit is expected to commence in early 2015…
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Technip to construct Cargill’s new ethanol plant
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Technip was awarded a contract comprising detailed engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) for the core process units of Cargill’s new ethanol production plant located in Barby, Germany. The production units will be built on a green field site alongside Cargill’s existing wheat processing facility. The ethanol is destined for beverages, cosmetics and pharmaceutical industry. The…
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Amyris to Begin Selling Biofene Online at Farnesene.net
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Amyris has begun selling Biofene®, Amyris’s brand of farnesene, a long-chain branched hydrocarbon, online at farnesene.net. By making initial quantities of its building block molecule available to a broader audience, Amyris seeks to expand Biofene’s use beyond the commercial applications the Company and its partners are already developing. Amyris is now selling Biofene through its…
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P&G reinforces sustainable palm supply
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The Procter & Gamble Company announced a commitment to no deforestation in its palm oil supply chain. Specific commitments include: Establish traceability of palm oil and palm kernel oil to supplier mills by December 31, 2015; Ensuring no deforestation in the palm supply chain to plantations by 2020; Working with suppliers, industry peers, NGOs, academic…
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Neol scales up ag waste-to-oils plant
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Watch out Solazyme, this Spain-based company could be a future competitor if it can achieve a cost-effective commercial production of oils from waste-based sugar. Neol Biosolutions, a 50:50 joint venture between Repsol and Neuron Bio, has reached an agreement with the Center for Second Generation Biofuels (CB2G) of CENER, the Spanish National Renewable Energy Centre…
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Rivertop bags $26m funding from Cargill, First Green Partners
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Rivertop Renewables, a Montana-based producer of novel chemicals derived from natural plant sugars, has raised $26 million from Cargill, First Green Partners and existing investors. Rivertop will leverage these funds and an existing manufacturing relationship to produce market development quantities of salts of glucaric acid for select customers. In addition, the company will complete construction and…
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Clariant develops succinic acid-based pigments
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I am on my way to BASF’s Press conference in New Jersey this morning but let me post this interesting news from Clariant. This European specialty chemical company announced today that it has developed high-performance pigments for coatings, plastics and printing sectors based on bio-succinic acid supplied by Myriant. The Quinacridone pigments are produced at…