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AkzoNobel in cyanobacteria-based chems
AkzoNobel has partnered with cleantech company Photanol to develop a process via Photanol’s modified cyanobacteria technology that uses light to directly convert CO2 into chemicals. The aim is to produce “green” chemical building blocks that will eventually replace raw materials AkzoNobel currently obtains from fossil-based production. AkzoNobel’s chemicals are used extensively by the chemicals, detergent, … Continue reading
Neste Oil partners with RAE for algae oil
Neste Oil and Renewable Algal Energy (RAE), a US-based algae biomass producer, have signed a contingent commercial algae oil off-take agreement. Algae oil is one of the alternatives being researched by Neste Oil for use as a feedstock for producing NEXBTL renewable diesel in the future. Cooperation with RAE is intended to secure Neste Oil’s … Continue reading
Roquette starts microalgae production in Lestrem
Remember when France-based Roquette announced last year that it has dissolved its microalgae joint venture with Solazyme (Solazyme Roquette Nutritionals LLC)? Well, it’s because Solazyme now has a competition in this area as Roquette announced its newly-started 4,000-5,000 tons/year production unit at its Lestrem, France, industrial site, which will cultivate chlorella by fermentation. The company … Continue reading
Solazyme Produces Renewable™ Algal Oils at Iowa
Solazyme announced that commercial operations have commenced at both Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM)’s Clinton, Iowa facility, and the downstream companion facility operated by American Natural Products in Galva, Iowa (ANP). Highlighting the flexibility of Solazyme’s technology platform, Solazyme, ADM and ANP have successfully manufactured three distinct and unique Tailored™ oil products at the facilities, and products are … Continue reading
Solazyme’s algal oils in lubricants
Solazyme announced its entry into the textile lubricants market through a commercial supply agreement with Goulston Technologies Inc., a global producer of high-performance fiber lubricants. Goulston expects to commercialize a new class of sustainable textile lubricant products using Solazyme’s renewable high-performance, Tailored™ high oleic algal oils. Goulston plans to start marketing its new products in … Continue reading
Solazyme, Unilever Signs Algal Oil Supply
Unilever has long been Solazyme’s development partner — five years to be exact — but I guess the company is now convinced that Solazyme can deliver the goods (tailored algal oil in this case) as it prepares for commercial production to start later this year at the 100 ktpa Solazyme Bunge Renewable Oils facility located … Continue reading
Solazyme launches new anti-aging algal oil
Solazyme has launched a new anti-aging serum product under its anti-aging skin care brand Algenist. The serum Advanced Anti-Aging Repairing Oil, which features Solazyme’s microalgae oil enriched with oleic acid, is now available internationally on store shelves at Sephora, JCPenney, at Space NK, QVC, Sephora.com and Algenist.com. The product also contains Phycosterols, a precursor to Vitamin … Continue reading
Solazyme partners with Sasol on erucic algal oils
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 old days when I used to cover this niche market for Chemical Market Reporter. The … Continue reading
Sapphire Energy pays off government loan
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 with the USDA and the U.S. Department of Energy, Sapphire Energy developed and implemented its … Continue reading