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October 21, 2010
Stephan Tanda, board member for DSM, has called on European regulators to be “more ambitious” in their ability to make Europe a leader in industrial biotechnology for...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/alternativefuels/Industrial-Biotech-Industry-Demands-More-Ambition-from-Regulators-with-video-interview-of-DSMs-Stephan-Tanda_30354.html September 22, 2010
Solix Biofuels (Ft. Collins, CO), a developer of algae cultivation technology systems, will "investigate" the use of algae to produce specialty chemicals for BASF. Solix says...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/alternativefuels/BASF-Studies-Producing-Specialty-Chemicals-From-Algae_29684.html August 27, 2010
Answers by Jim Stoppert, CEO Rivertop Renewables (Missoula, MT) · How fast is the renewable chemical/biomaterials sector...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/alternativefuels/A-View-from-the-Inside-The-Status-of-Renewable-Chemicals_29037.html July 29, 2010
The U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) has awarded a combined total of $106 million to six separate projects to convert captured CO2 emissions into useful materials including cement...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/alternativefuels/Unleashing-the-American-Innovation-Machine-DoE-Awards-$106-Million-to-Develop-Materials-from-CO2_28426.html June 7, 2010
Lanxess says it has invested $10 million in the privately held biofuel and biochemical company Gevo (Englewood, CO), as part of a proposed cooperation to produce isobutene from...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/alternativefuels/Lanxess-Invests-in-Biofuels_27267.html May 24, 2010
The European Commission has launched a plan to improve European Union (EU) management of bio-waste, and tap into its potential environmental and economic benefits. Biodegradable...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/alternativefuels/European-Officials-Launch-Bio-Waste-Strategy_26992.html April 28, 2010
Solvay says it has begun operating a refuse derived fuel (RDF) cogeneration plant at its manufacturing site at Bernburg, Germany. The RDF plant, which generates steam and electricity...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/alternativefuels/Solvay-Cuts-Carbon-Emissions-with-Energy-from-Waste-Facility_26352.html April 26, 2010
Neste Oil says it has begun trials in Finland for Neste Green 100 diesel, a diesel derived 100% from renewable raw materials that is free from fossil fuel. The trial will feature...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/alternativefuels/Neste-Trials-100-percent-Biodiesel-in-Finland_26293.html April 25, 2010
In testimony earlier this month before the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee, Dow Corning CEO Stephanie Burns called for greater government support of the renewable energy industry...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/alternativefuels/Dow-Corning-Calls-for-Government-Support-of-Renewables_26282.html April 21, 2010
This is a question many chemical companies are asking themselves as the industry trundles toward the development and use of biobased materials and biofuels in the face of apparently...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/alternativefuels/Blog-Are-Bio-based-Ingredients-Greener-than-those-from-Fossil-Fuels_26037.html March 29, 2010
U.S. lawmakers have introduced a bill in the House that would extend tax credits to ethanol producers and tariffs on imported ethanol for five years. The current Volumetric Ethanol...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/alternativefuels/Proposal-Would-Extend-Tariffs-on-Imported-Ethanol_25679.html March 26, 2010
The bill, called the Renewable Fuels Reinvestment Act (RFRA) extends both the 45 cts/gallon VEETC available to oil and gasoline refiners for each gallon of ethanol they blend and the corresponding secondary tariff through December 31, 2015....http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/alternativefuels/House-Bill-Seeks-to-Extend-Ethanol-Tax-Credits_25667.html March 15, 2010
A consortium of 28 companies and research institutes has begun a four-year project to develop an efficient biorefinery system for converting biomass into final chemical products. Named...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/alternativefuels/EU-Consortium-Begins-Biorefinery-Development-Project_25395.html March 10, 2010
Automotive batteries, biofuels, and solar energy, are three renewable energy segments that can provide significant opportunities for the chemicals sector through 2060, according to a...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/alternativefuels/Power-Drive-Chemical-Sector-to-Benefit-from-Fragmentation-of-Energy-Supply-through-2060_25240.html March 1, 2010
The U.S. EPA and the Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (Golden, CO) have formed a partnership to evaluate the feasibility of developing renewable energy...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/alternativefuels/EPA-DOE-Evaluate-Using-Blighted-Sites-for-Renewables-Production_25094.html January 15, 2010
EPA has proposed strengthening ground-level ozone standards by reducing the eight-hour level to 0.060-0.070 parts per million (ppm), its strictest to date, from 0.075 ppm set in March...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/alternativefuels/U-S-EPA-Reverses-Course-Tightens-Ozone-Standards_24159.html December 23, 2009
Brazil’s state oil company Petrobras (Rio de Janeiro) says its biofuels subsidiary has signed a six-month memorandum of understanding with PetroChina to study possible...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/alternativefuels/Petrobras-PetroChina-to-Study-Joint-Ethanol-Projects-in-Brazil_23759.html December 1, 2009
The agency says completed tests indicate engines of new cars can handle an ethanol blend higher than the current 10% limit, but the emissions impacts of extended mileage needs to be determined....http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/alternativefuels/EPA-Delays-Decision-on-E15_23196.html September 22, 2009
Environmental group WWF has called for stronger political backing of the industrial biotech sector so that its potential may be fully realised. WWF says that the broad adoption of...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/alternativefuels/Industrial-Biotech-Could-Save-2-5-Billion-m-t-year-of-CO2_21561.html September 16, 2009
TMO Renewables (Guildford, U.K.), a start-up biotech firm says it has developed a process capable of cost effectively converting at least 25 different biofeedstocks into ethanol...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/alternativefuels/Cellulosic-Ethanol-Start-up-Develops-Process-for-25-Different-Feedstocks_21401.html |
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