Feedstock
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Neste Oil, Raisioagro to develop straw-based diesel
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Neste Oil and Raisioagro have launched a research project to investigate the potential of straw as a raw material for producing renewable diesel. Large quantities of waste straw are produced as agricultural residue in Finland and elsewhere, and only a…
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SC Johnson extends Rwanda Pyrethrum program
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SC Johnson, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and The Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture announced the extension of the Rwanda Pyrethrum Program, a Global Development Alliance (GDA) public-private partnership designed to help Rwanda pyrethrum farmers boost incomes while…
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Darling International to acquire Rothsay Rendering
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Animal fats producer Darling International plans to acquire all of the assets of animal by-products recycler Rothsay, a division of Maple Leaf Foods Inc. for approximately CAD $645 million in cash. Rothsay processes raw materials into finished products of fats…
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Solazyme partners with Sasol on erucic algal oils
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The oleochemical industry is definitely getting more and more interesting as erucic acid (C22:1), traditionally sourced from high erucic rapeseed oils (HERO), can now be sourced from algal oils as is the case with Solazyme’s recent announcement. I remember the…
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Sapphire Energy pays off government loan
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Sapphire Energy has paid off the entire loan guarantee of $54.5m awarded to the company by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Dec. 2009 to build a fully integrated, algae-to-crude oil commercial demonstration facility in Columbus, N. M. In partnership…
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Chemtex, Murphy Brown in cellulosic feedstock supply deal
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Chemtex International and Murphy Brown LLC signed a long term agreement for the supply of purpose grown energy crops and residues to be used as cellulosic feedstock in Project Alpha, Chemtex’s Cellulosic Ethanol facility planned for Clinton, North Carolina. The…
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Sapphire Energy, Linde expand partnership
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Algae oil developer Sapphire Energy, Inc. and industrial gas producer the Linde Group have expanded their partnership to commercialize a new industrial scale conversion technology needed to upgrade algae biomass into crude oil. The companies will refine the hydrothermal treatment…