In France, Cray Valley has launched new tackifying resins produced with Amyris’ biologically derived Biofene branded farnesene. Tack is the measure of stickiness — vital to everything from adhesives that need to hold things in place to inks that need to stay on the printed page. According to independent market research firm, MarketsandMarkets.com, the global […]
In Switzerland, Cargill and Evolva inked a major collaboration pact for the production and commercialisation of EverSweet, the next-generation stevia sweetener. This product is on track for a 2018 launch, securing its first-mover advantage. Over the next three years, principally in 2018 and 2019, Evolva expects to invest an estimated USD 60 million in the […]
BP and DuPont’s JV Butamax, acquires Nesika Energy ethanol plant, heads for commercial-scale biobutanol In Delaware, the BP/DuPont joint venture Butamax has acquired the 10 million gallon annual capacity Nesika Energy ethanol facility in Scandia, Kansas. Butamax will now start the detailed engineering work to add bio-isobutanol capacity to the facility, while continuing to produce […]
The sudden, exciting and apparently material news arrived via press release last week that Edeniq has succeeded in knocking down two counts of the Aemetis lawsuit against it. It’s unusual to get press releases about lawsuits and cross-filings. Most companies avoid them like the plague — usually they come out at judgment time, not filing […]
When USDA forecasts of corn ethanol exports to China dropped below 80 million gallons from 225 million last year — and Green Plains CEO Todd Becker issued a “zero exports expected” addendum to his 2017 outlook for the ethanol giant — informed sources began describing 2017 as a ethanol year in search of a market […]
With a decade of industrial experience Whitefox provides engineering solutions based on its membrane technology. From existing plants looking to expand capacity and remove bottlenecks, to new plants seeking to be energy and water efficient, the company says that it “provides an optimal solution. A Whitefox process minimises waste and environmental impact whilst increasing returns on ethanol production.” CEO […]
In Massachusetts, Lux Research in a new report asks “Hyundai, Toyota Lead in Hydrogen Innovation – But Is Anyone Following?” in going pessimistic on the development of the hydrogen economy. “A few automakers led by Toyota are putting their money where their mouth is, but the rest of the value chain lags behind by orders […]
In New Zealand, Upside Biotechnologies and its advanced skin replacement treatment for patients suffering major burns passed a major milestone this week, raising $2.3M in Series A funding round. That would be good news for anyone, but this company happens to be developing on the far side of the world, down in the volcanic if […]
In California, Rennovia has now successfully commissioned, and is operating, all core pilot plant operations for its sugars to 1,6-hexanediol (1,6-HDO) process. When we say something as obscure as 1.6-hexanediol, think “nylon” Rennovia’s 1,6-HDO is a platform intermediate to several commodity chemicals with over $20 billion market value, including hexamethylenediamine (HMD), adipic acid, and […]
There are six oddly-named streams in the bioeconomy, and it reminds one of the nomenclature of subatomic quarks. There is upstream, midstream, downstream, main-stream, waste-stream, and slip-stream. But of all the streams, perhaps there is nothing so vital yet muddled as the identity of the mainstream and that of the slipstreams. What really drives the company […]
