Conference
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Purac promotes PLA recyclability
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The blog is in a video mode this week so here’s another one from lactic acid producer Purac showing how easy it is to recycle PLA (polylactic acid) plastic through a do-it-yourself, interactive machine created by the Perpetual Plastic Project…
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DuPont breaks ground on Iowa biorefinery
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Last week, DuPont has made a statement on its commitment to cellulosic ethanol as the company broke ground on its planned 30m gal/year biorefinery in Nevada, Iowa. The $200m cellulosic ethanol plant is expected to be completed in mid-2014, and…
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Algae update: Solazyme et al.
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A lot of activities going on with Solazyme that includes its third quarter earnings report yesterday, the launch of its algal-based diesel to the consumer market, expansion of its production capacity in Brazil through the Bunge joint venture, and finally,…
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PHA bioplastic update
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I have two posts that keeps accumulating virtual dusts…this one and the one about oleochemicals… Since I am in the bioplastic mode again (thanks to recent news about polybutylene succinate or PBS), let me see what we can do with…
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Neste Oil expands in bio-naptha
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A short post about Neste Oil’s renewable naphtha product before it gets buried in my draft box.. According to Finnish energy giant Neste Oil, it has launched commercial production and sales of bio-based naptha produced as a co-product of its…
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Notes from DSM Roundtable
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I am studying for my midterm exam (which has been delayed because of the hurricane) so posts will be few in the next several days. In the meantime, I did promise a certain somebody that I will post some information…
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Novozymes buys 10% stake in Beta Renewables
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Novozymes today announced its 10% acquisition stake worth $115m in Beta Renewables — a cellulosic biofuel joint venture between Chemtex (a division of Italian plastic producer Gruppo Mossi & Ghisolfi) and investment firm TPG. With this deal, Danish enzymes producer…