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The Digest’s 2017 Multi-Slide Guide to Verdezyne

The Digest’s 2017 Multi-Slide Guide to Verdezyne

July 2, 2017 |

Verdezyne is a privately held industrial biotechnology company that is developing and commercializing novel genetically engineered microorganisms for use as “factories” to manufacture renewable chemicals. Verdezyne’s unique microorganisms permit greener, cleaner and more cost effective production of chemicals compared with traditional methods. The Company is commercializing its technology through partnerships with leading chemical manufacturers. Verdezyne […]

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Shell goes carbon negative, signs commercial-scale deal with SBI

Shell goes carbon negative, signs commercial-scale deal with SBI

July 2, 2017 |

If you think about it, the world of combustion engines could really use a carbon-negative story that goes father than electric cars and their entirely mythic but potent “zero emissions” storyline. Shell might have just won that race. Yep, they’re going carbon negative. Petroleum fuels emit 94 grams of CO2 per megajoule of energy. Shell’s […]

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Prices of new-crop rapeseed slightly firmer

Prices of new-crop rapeseed slightly firmer

July 2, 2017 |

In Germany, UFOP reports that prices for old-crop and new-crop rapeseed converged somewhat. The trend of declining new-crop contract prices appears to have bottomed with prices recovering. The top level contract prices for the new rapeseed crop reached in March 2017 was followed by a steady downward slide. The reason was falling US soybean prices […]

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UPM tests Carinata sequential cropping concept for biofuels

UPM tests Carinata sequential cropping concept for biofuels

July 2, 2017 |

In Finland, UPM Biofuels is developing a new feedstock concept by growing Brassica Carinata as a sequential crop in South America. The Carinata crop produces non-edible oil suitable for biofuels’ feedstock and protein for animal feed. The sequential cropping concept enables contract farmers to take agricultural land into use outside the main cultivation period, in […]

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US ethanol production drops to 15.38B gallon rate

US ethanol production drops to 15.38B gallon rate

July 2, 2017 |

In Washington, according to EIA data as analyzed by the Renewable Fuels Association, US ethanol production averaged 1.015 million barrels per day (b/d)—or 42.63 million gallons daily. That is up 25,000 b/d from the week before and the highest rate this month. The four-week average for ethanol production ticked down to 1.002 million b/d for […]

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MEPs support keeping sustainable European biofuels in the EU energy mix

MEPs support keeping sustainable European biofuels in the EU energy mix

July 2, 2017 |

In the EU, the European Parliament’s Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) Committee voted Thursday on its opinion on the European Strategy for Low Emission Mobility – and showed clear support for keeping crop-based biofuels like renewable ethanol as part of the EU transport energy mix. MEPs also sent a clear signal that Europe […]

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First finished products at Velocys new GTL project

First finished products at Velocys new GTL project

July 2, 2017 |

In Oklahoma, Velocys reports the successful production of first finished, saleable products at ENVIA Energy’s GTL plant in Oklahoma City. Fischer-Tropsch products are now being fractionated to produce premium, renewable waxes, diesel and naphtha, meeting customer product specifications. The on-site operations team has completed the debugging of several units of the plant – activities that […]

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Open access pilot plant for polymerisation opens

Open access pilot plant for polymerisation opens

July 2, 2017 |

In the Netherlands, two new initiatives in the Netherlands are aimed at realising an open access pilot plant for polymerisation. The catalyst for both initiatives is the Biobased Performance Materials research programme, coordinated by Wageningen Food & Biobased Research. The programme facilitates fundamental and applied research into new biobased materials that can compete with their […]

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US Renewable Chemicals Tax Credit bill introduced

US Renewable Chemicals Tax Credit bill introduced

July 2, 2017 |

In Washington, Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-NJ) and Reps. Ryan Costello (R-PA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) and Linda Sánchez (D-CA) introduced the Renewable Chemicals Act of 2017. The legislation, if enacted, would create a targeted, short-term tax credit for production of qualifying renewable chemicals from biomass or investment in production facilities. Applicants for the tax credit would […]

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DuPont, Bock Partner for Biogas Enzymes Distribution

DuPont, Bock Partner for Biogas Enzymes Distribution

July 2, 2017 |

In the UK, DuPont Industrial Biosciences (DuPont) and silage storage specialists Bock UK Ltd (Bock) announced a strategic partnership where Bock will demonstrate DuPont’s biogas enzyme technology at commercial scale in the U.K. market. The enzyme technology, OPTIMASH® AD-100, has been shown to help biogas producers in the agricultural sector improve yields and process robustness, […]

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