Feedstock
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UPS expands renewable fuels consumption
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It seems ‘Brown’ has become green when UPS recently announced its plans to use up to 46 million gallons of renewable fuels over the next three years, a 15-fold increase over prior contracts, and making UPS one of the largest…
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Solazyme partners with BASF in algae-derived surfactant
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Solazyme has been churning a lot of news in the past month but let’s start with this intriguing partnership with BASF. The companies have launched a microalgae oil-based betaine surfactant for use in home and personal care applications. I am…
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Association, Award, Biofuel, Bioplastic, Company initiatives, Conference, Event, Feedstock, Investments, News Roundup, Press ReleaseBIO announcements galore
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Attending BIO World Congress is, as usual, a whirlwind of meetings and presentations galore. There were several big announcements that came out yesterday and here are some of them. For more news at BIO, follow #BIOWC15 on twitter. Cargill and…
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DOE awards $18m grant to algae-based projects
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Let me post this before I leave for Montreal, Canada, today. The US Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced six projects that will receive up to $18 million in funding to reduce the modeled price of algae-based biofuels to less…
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CSIRO licenses Super High Oleic Safflower Oil
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When I was a reporter at the previously titled Chemical Market Reporter (now known as ICIS Chemical Business), I used to cover several specialty oilseeds markets such as safflower, camelina, high erucic rapeseed, castor, lesquerella, hemp, etc. I also covered…
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Genomatica gears for biomass feedstock
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The use of waste-based feedstock is an important milestone for the renewable chemicals industry as it will further emphasize the industry’s sustainability and hopefully will lessen the cost of production in the long run (although market economics dictate that nothing…
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Avantium partners with Tereos
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For years, major agribusinesses have been partnering (although more muted now in the US) with renewable chemical companies e.g. Bunge with Solazyme; ADM with its previous partnerships with Metabolix and recent investments in Rennovia; Cargill with its NatureWorks subsidiary and investments…