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April 16, 2013
Cobalt Technologies (Mountain View, CA), a developer of biobased chemicals, says it has completed production of over 100,000 liters of n-butanol at fermentation scale. This surpasses...http://www.chemweek.com/sustainability/biofuels/Cobalt-completes-successful-butanol-production-run_51208.html December 5, 2012
DuPont says a recent survey finds consumers in urban areas of China increasingly prefer consumer articles made from biobased materials if those are comparable to other products in...http://www.chemweek.com/sustainability/biofuels/DuPont-survey-shows-increasing-preference-for-green-products-among-urban-Chinese_48158.html November 30, 2012
Slated for completion in mid-2014, the facility is expected to produce 30 million gal/yr of bioethanol from corn stover, a capital investment of about $7/gal....http://www.chemweek.com/sustainability/biofuels/DuPont-breaks-ground-on-$200-million-cellulosic-ethanol-plant_48072.html October 29, 2012
A recent National Academy of Sciences (NAS) report says the development of algae-based biofuels poses sustainability concerns. Issues include the large amount of water used...http://www.chemweek.com/sustainability/biofuels/National-Academy-of-Sciences-finds-algae-based-biofuels-pose-sustainability-concerns_47318.html July 19, 2012
Gevo (Englewood, CO) and Beta Renewables (Rivalta Scrivia, Italy) have signed a joint development agreement for an integrated process for the production of biobased isobutanol from...http://www.chemweek.com/sustainability/biofuels/Gevo-and-Beta-Renewables-Sign-JDA-to-Advance-Cellulosic-Isobutanol_44799.html July 11, 2012
Edeniq (Visalia, CA) says it has started operations at a corn-to-cellulosic migration (CCM) pilot biorefinery at its headquarters at Visalia, CA. The plant has the capacity to convert...http://www.chemweek.com/sustainability/biofuels/Edeniq-Starts-Ethanol_44725.html July 11, 2012
Gevo (Englewood, CO) has signed a collaboration agreement with representatives from the Malaysian government’s East Coast Economic Region Development Council (ECERDC), the...http://www.chemweek.com/sustainability/biofuels/Gevo-to-Locate-Asian-Biobased-Isobutanol-Unit-in-Malaysia_44678.html July 11, 2012
KBR says it has been awarded a contract by DuPont for engineering and procurement services for DuPont’s previously announced cellulosic ethanol plant at Nevada, IA. KBR will...http://www.chemweek.com/sustainability/biofuels/KBR-Awarded-Contract-for-DuPonts-Cellulosic-Ethanol-Plant_44710.html July 11, 2012
Elevance Renewable Sciences (Woodbridge, IL) says it has raised $104 million in a Series E financing round. Elevance produces high performance ingredients for use in personal care...http://www.chemweek.com/sustainability/biofuels/Elevance-Raises-$104-Million_44811.html July 11, 2012
Sojitz Planet, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sojitz Corp., says it has acquired the sales rights to green polyethylene (PE) bioplastic made from sugarcane by Braskem. Sojitz Planet...http://www.chemweek.com/sustainability/biofuels/Sojitz-Acquires-Asian-Sales-Rights-to-Braskems-Green-Polyethylene_44785.html April 30, 2012
The European Commission and the European Environment Agency (EEA; Copenhagen) have published an updated register of the releases and transfers of pollutants from industrial...http://www.chemweek.com/sustainability/biofuels/EU-Updates-Pollution-Release-and-Transfer-Register_43104.html April 26, 2012
Novozymes has joined the Maabjerg Energy Concept, a consortium which plans to build a biorefinery for generating biogas, advanced bioethanol, electricity and heat in western Denmark...http://www.chemweek.com/sustainability/biofuels/Novozymes-Partners-Danish-Biorefinery-Project_43003.html April 24, 2012
Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) and Kost USA (Cincinnati), a manufacturer of heat transfer fluids, have jointly developed a new line of heat transfer fluids derived from renewable raw...http://www.chemweek.com/sustainability/biofuels/ADM-and-Kost-USA-Introduce-Bio-heat-Transfer-Fluids_42926.html April 18, 2012
Think of Bayer and you might envisage materials that go into ski goggles (Makrolon polycarbonate), agchems (pesticides), or inventions such as polyurethane and the iconic aspirin...http://www.chemweek.com/sustainability/biofuels/Electroactive-Polymers-The-New-Buzz-at-Bayer_42668.html March 28, 2012
A technique developed by researchers from the Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI; San Francisco Bay Area, CA), is able to optimise the performance of microbes to generate a target...http://www.chemweek.com/sustainability/biofuels/U-S-Synthetic-Biology-Technique-Triples-Biodiesel-Yield_42324.html March 26, 2012
Avantium (Amsterdam), a catalyst technology firm, and Danone, have agreed to jointly develop bottles made from bio-polyethylene furanoate (PEF). The partnership will use...http://www.chemweek.com/sustainability/biofuels/Avantium-and-Danone-Agree-to-Develop-Bio-PEF-Bottles_42282.html March 20, 2012
Rivertop Renewables (Missoula, MT), a biotech start-up, says it has successfully scaled-up its patented bioprocess for making the building block chemical glucarate from the lab to...http://www.chemweek.com/sustainability/biofuels/Rivertop-Scales-up-Bioglucarate-Process-to-Pilot-Scale_42065.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/sustainability/biofuels/Mimicking-Photosynthesis-Enables-Storage-and-Release-of-Hydrogen_42127.html March 7, 2012
A new study following 1,619 people over 10 years shows that healthy people with higher urine concentrations of Bisphenol A (BPA) subsequently were more likely to develop heart disease...http://www.chemweek.com/sustainability/biofuels/10-year-Study-Links-Bisphenol-A-to-Future-Heart-Disease_41844.html March 6, 2012
The European Commission has proposed that the region takes “decisive action” to accelerate innovation relating to key raw materials, and agricultural products, by...http://www.chemweek.com/sustainability/biofuels/EU-Proposes-Innovation-Partnerships-for-the-Supply-of-Raw-Materials-Agricultural-Products_41822.html |
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