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Arkema Reinforces Research into Bio-Based Acrylics

March 8, 2010 | Natasha Alperowicz

The Lorraine Regional Council in France has joined forces with Arkema and two local university laboratories to back a research program into bio-based acrylics manufacture. Christian Collette, Arkema's R&D v.p. and Jean-Pierre Masseret, president of the...

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ETH and Brenco Merge

Sugar and ethanol company ETH Bioenergia (São Paulo) and renewable energy company Brenco (São Paulo) say that ETH has taken over Brenco and that they have completed an asset merger process. The two companies had signed an agreement last October...

Novozymes, Genencor Launch Improved Enzymes for Cellulosic Biofuels

New enzymes will lower costs for cellulosic biofuel producers, both firms say....

Biofuels Firms Rated; New Order Emerges

Some start-ups entering the biofuels sector already are revealing themselves as winners in certain market applications even though there is no shortage of mature biofuel companies, according to a new report by Lux Research (Boston, MA), a financial analyst...

EU Agrees to Pump Billions of Dollars into CCS and Renewables

A committee representing European Union (EU) member states has accepted a European Commission proposal to direct funds raised from the region’s emissions trading scheme (ETS) into projects for carbon capture and storage (CCS), and renewable fuels and...

U.S. Launches Climate Program Focused on CCS, Advanced Biofuels

President Obama today announced it will form a U.S. Interagency Task Force on Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) to develop a “comprehensive and coordinated federal strategy to speed the development and deployment of clean coal technologies.” ...

Carbon Sciences Hopes to Commercialize CO2-to-Gasoline Process Within a Year

Process improvements have enabled a more direct and cost-efficient route to producing gasoline from carbon dioxide, the company says....

Novozymes Grows in 2009, Expects a Boost from U.S. Biofuels in 2010

Novozymes (Copenhagen), an enzymes technology firm, says its operating profit for fourth quarter 2009 increased 16% to DKr 431 million ($81 million), compared to the year-ago period, with corresponding sales up 7% to DKr 2.2 billion. Operating profit margin...

Start-up Commissions First Commercial Biosuccinic Acid Plant

Bioamber (Pomacle, France), a three year old joint venture between DNP Green Technology (Princeton, NJ) and (Agro-industrie Recherches et Développements (ARD; Pomacle), an agricultural technology group, says it has successfully begun operating the...

Axens and Headwaters Create Coal Liquefaction Tech JV

Axens (Paris), a petrochemicals technology provider, and Headwaters (South Jordan, UT), a materials technology firm, say they have created a joint venture company Alliance DCL, to provide solutions for producing clean transport fuels via direct coal...

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