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LS9’s Dineen jumps to Siluria
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I’m noticing a small trend of ex-CEOs of renewable chemical firms jumping to head start-up companies that are using natural gas for feedstock. One recent one that I just came across is Ed Dineen, former CEO of LS9, who will…
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What are the real costs of biofuels?
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Hi folks. Sorry for the sparse blog posts as I’ve been traveling these past few days, one for possible employment position, and today, I am currently at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, for tomorrow’s Plant Bio-Industrial Oils Workshop. I will be doing a…
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EU biofuel and oilseed prospects
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Here is a good brief updates on the current European biofuels situation from the NNFCC, a UK bio-based economy consultancy. Like in the US, Europe’s biofuel industry is also mired with constant uncertain legislation especially about the European Renewable Energy…
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Formic acid as eco-friendly deicing agent
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While I’m still working on the blog’s weekly news roundup, here is an interesting video from BASF about the use of formic acid (in the form of potassium formate – a biodegradable salt of formic acid) as a deicing agent….
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Sweet future of cellulosic sugar
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UPDATE 1/17/13: You can get the latest press release about the Sweetwater and Front Range Energy deal here. I’ve also been remiss in forgetting to mention major cellulosic ethanol players and enzymes producers including DuPont, POET-DSM, Novozymes, Abengoa, BP Biofuels,…
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Funding prospect for 2013?
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With the dismal IPO and stock trends for renewable chemicals and biofuels last year, combined with biofuel/renewable energy regulatory uncertainties in the Western markets as well as continuous global economic/financial challenges — will investors be invigorated in 2013 to part…
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Survey says: China likes biobased products
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This is a very interesting survey released by DuPont this week about urban Chinese consumers increasingly favoring products they perceived offering environmental benefits. According to DuPont, China is now a ripe market for biobased product growth given their rising purchasing…