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Newlight, Biomer on PHA deal
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PHA plastic developer Newlight Technologies has partnered with Germany-based biopolymer developer Biomer to expand sales of greenhouse gas-based PHA (polyhydroxyalkanoate) plastics with Newlight’s acquisition of Biomer’s intellectual property including functional modification of PHAs. Newlight said it will combine its high…
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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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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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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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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…