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March 29, 2012
Pacific Ethanol Columbia has agreed to use Mascoma’s (Lebanon, NH) MGT yeast at four ethanol facilities with a combined annual production capacity of 200 million gallons. The MGT...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/alternative_fuels/bioethanol/Mascoma-Granted-Supply-Contract-by-Pacific-Ethanol_42379.html March 28, 2012
Myriant (Quincy, MA) says it is “immediately” initiating scale-up activities of biobased acrylic acid in order to ship kilogram-sized quantities for potential customers in...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/alternative_fuels/biorefineries/Myriant-Begins-Scaling-Biobased-Acrylic-Acid-Process_42351.html March 27, 2012
Cobalt Technologies (Mountain View, CA) and Albemarle have been awarded a contract by the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWD) for biobased jet fuel. Under the terms of...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/alternative_fuels/biorefineries/Navy-Taps-Cobalt-and-Albemarle-for-Biobased-Jet-Fuel_42340.html March 27, 2012
BioAmber (Minneapolis) says it has produced multi-ton quantities of 1,4-butanediol (BDO), tetrahydrofuran (THF), and gamma-burtyrolactone (GBL) from biobased succinic acid. The...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/alternative_fuels/biorefineries/BioAmber-Proves-Biobased-BDO-Production-at-Scale_42326.html March 26, 2012
Source: Viridia Renewable technology firms Virent (Madison, WI) and Viridia (Redwood City, CA) say they have successfully converted cellulosic sugars from pine trees into hydrocarbons...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/alternative_fuels/biorefineries/Virent-Viridia-Jet-Fuel-Passes-Key-Test_42295.html March 20, 2012
Researchers from Japan and the U.S. have developed a proton-responsive ligand and a homogeneous iridium catalyst which together enable the controlled storage and release of...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/alternative_fuels/gas_tol_iquids/Mimicking-Photosynthesis-Enables-Storage-and-Release-of-Hydrogen_42127.html February 27, 2012
Arkema says it has entered into a global partnership for the development and production of renewable specialty polymers with Elevance Renewable Sciences (Bolingbrook, IL)...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/alternative_fuels/biorefineries/Arkema-and-Elevance-Partner-to-Develop-Biopolymers_41601.html February 23, 2012
Codexis’ interim CEO Peter Strumph , speaking at Jefferies’ Clean Technology conference today in New York, took the opportunity to dispel rumors circulating following the...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/alternative_fuels/biorefineries/Codexis-Interim-CEO-Management-and-Partnerships-Remain-Solid_41570.html February 21, 2012
Challenges ramping up production have forced Amyris (Emeryville, CA) to reevalutate strategy and scale back ambitious 2012 production targets for biobased farnesene. The company will...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/alternative_fuels/bioethanol/Humbled-Amyris-Scales-Back-Expansion-Plans-for-2012_41436.html February 21, 2012
Biobutanol Scale-up: Butamax operates a $50- million demonstration plant at Hull, U.K. While recent biofuels headlines have been dominated by cellulosic ethanol, a biofuels producer...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/alternative_fuels/biorefineries/Butamax-Leads-Way-for-Biobutanol-Blendstock-Retrofit-Model-a-Winner_41437.html February 21, 2012
Codexis CEO Alan Shaw resigned from his long-standing position at the enzyme developer to “pursue other interests,” sending stock prices 16% lower, to $3.81/share. Shaw has...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/alternative_fuels/biorefineries/Codexis-CEO-Resigns_41509.html February 9, 2012
While recent biofuels headlines have been dominated by cellulosic ethanol, a biofuels producer backed by industrial biotechnology pioneer DuPont and fuels giant BP has been quietly...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/alternative_fuels/biorefineries/Butamax-Says-it-is-Leading-the-Way-for-Biobutanol-Blendstock_41123.html February 6, 2012
BASF has started up a 60,000 m.t./year sodium methylate plant at Guaratingueta, Brazil, the company says. BASF invested “low-double digit million euros” in the plant, which...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/alternative_fuels/biodiesel/BASF-Starts-Up-Sodium-Methylate-Plant-in-Brazil_41037.html January 26, 2012
ZeaChem (Lakewood, CO) says it has been chosen by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to receive a $232.5 million loan guarantee toward construction of ZeaChem’s first...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/alternative_fuels/bioethanol/ZeaChem-Secures-Funding-for-Oregon-Biorefinery_40859.html January 26, 2012
Renewable chemicals firm Genomatica (San Diego) says it has obtained exclusive worldwide rights to Beta Renewables’ (Scrivia, Italy) technology to convert biomass to...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/alternative_fuels/biorefineries/Genomatica-Advances-Second-Generation-Biobased-BDO-with-M-and-G_40736.html January 26, 2012
Advanced biofuels are set to become an important factor in the global economy and could replace more than 50% of the world's gasoline demand in 2030, according to a report by Bloomberg...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/alternative_fuels/bioethanol/Study-Biofuels-Could-Replace-50-percent-of-Gasoline-by-2030_40779.html January 26, 2012
Celtic Renewables (Edinburgh, U.K.), a biotech company developing a process for converting whiskey byproducts into biobutanol and other biochemicals, has been launched yesterday. The...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/alternative_fuels/biorefineries/U-K-Spin-out-Firm-to-Generate-BioButanol-from-Whiskey-Byproduct_40714.html January 25, 2012
Isobutanol maker Gevo (Englewood, CO) says it has been granted patents covering separation technology used in the production of isobutanol and filed patent infringement suits against...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/alternative_fuels/biorefineries/Gevo-Files-Additional-Patent-Infringement-Charges-Against-Butamax_40737.html January 25, 2012
Showa Denko says it has selected Myriant (Quincy, MA) to supply biobased succinic acid for its polybutylene succinate (PBS) production. The deal endorses Myriant’s low-cost...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/alternative_fuels/biorefineries/Showa-Denko-Chooses-Myriant-to-Supply-Succinic-Acid-for-PBS-Efforts_40755.html January 24, 2012
Novamont (Novara, Italy) and Genomatica (San Diego, CA) say they have signed a definitive agreement establishing a joint venture between the two companies. Novamont will have a...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/alternative_fuels/biorefineries/Novamont-Genomatica-form-Joint-Venture-for-European-BioBDO-Production_40685.html |
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