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Phillips 66, REG to build Renewable Diesel Plant
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Production of renewable diesel (processed via hydrocracking of fats and oils) continues to expand here in the USA as well as in Europe where large traditional oil and energy companies such as Neste, Valero, Total, Eni and now Phillips 66…
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VERBIO acquires DuPont’s cellulosic ethanol plant
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Good news for the cellulosic ethanol industry in the USA. VERBIO North America Corporation, based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA, a 51% subsidiary of VERBIO Vereinigte BioEnergie AG, has signed a contract yesterday with DuPont to purchase its cellulosic ethanol…
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BASF, Avantium in Synvina dispute
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I hate posting this kind of news but I’m still a reporter at heart so I just hope that these two companies will resolve their issues about Synvina, the joint venture formed by BASF and Avantium. The JV aims to…
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Updated: EU Bioeconomy Strategy
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An updated EU Bioeconomy Strategy was recently released by the European Commission, which according to EuropaBio, signals the EU’s continued commitment towards establishing itself as a world leader in renewable resource efficiency, catalyzed by transformative industrial biotechnology. The 2018 update…
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VIDEO: Meet Nouryon and the New DuPont
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There had been so many M&As and spin-offs in the chemical industry that it is hard to keep track of them. However, I am particularly interested in these two companies, the new Nouryon (formerly AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals) and the new DuPont as…
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Frances Arnold, Co-Founder of Gevo, Wins Nobel Prize
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Gevo co-founder Professor Frances Arnold of the California Institute of Technology has been awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for her work on the directed evolution of enzymes. According to Gevo, Professor Arnold and her research group developed some of the…
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VIDEO: Methane-to-protein plant starts in Russia
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Unibio and its partner and licensee Protelux completed the construction of a plant in Russia producing alternative proteins from bacteria using methane as feedstock. The parties are currently testing the plant and expect to commission it by late 2018. In May…