In Washington, on stage at the Advanced Bioeconomy Leadership Conference, Licella (through its subsidiary Cat-HTR Plastics) and Armstrong Chemicals unveiled a joint venture to build the world’s first commercial-scale hydrothermal upgrading plants for End of Life Plastic to chemicals. The plant will come on line in 2018. The JV expands an Agency Agreement signed by […]
As ABLC 2017 got underway in Washington, Sofinnova Partners announced the first closing of Sofinnova Industrial Biotech I (Sofinnova IB I) at €106 million. The fund, dedicated to renewable chemistry, follows a series of 9 investments in the sector since 2009, and places Sofinnova Partners at the forefront of this promising emerging market. Sofinnova IB I […]
By Helena Tavares Kennedy Special to The Digest In Washington, ABLC 2017 kicked off at the USDA’s Jefferson Auditorium in the heart of D.C. Remember when your teachers said not to be disruptive in class? Well, the common theme at ABLC’s opening sessions is that being disruptive sounds like a bad thing but is really a […]
As ABLC 2017 opened, Qualitas Health revealed a partnership with Texas retailer H-E-B. On March 28, 2017, H-E-B will begin exclusively selling the premium omega-3 supplement line, alGeepa, in stores throughout Texas. The source of alGeepa’s nutritional power comes from its core ingredient, Almega PL. Almega PL is a 100% vegan, algae-based ingredient that is […]
In Washington, as the advanced bioeconomy’s leadership headed into town for the annual Advanced Bioeconomy Leadership Conference, rumors of a deal surfaced between the Renewable Fuels Association and Carl Icahn, shifting renewable fuel obligations away from oil refiners, in return for Icahn’s support for a Reid Vapor Pressure waiver for E15 ethanol that has been holding up […]
Here is a link to a thought-provoking document that you might like to read – the sad tale of how oil refiners reacted in different ways to the advent of the Renewable Fuel Standard. Some developed a strategy, some invested, others sat around wishing for renewable fuels to go away. It’s a long document, but […]
So there’s this gap, say researchers at Utrecht University in their report on aviation biofuels, between the emission goals that airlines have set themselves (call this, carbon-neutral growth), and what is going to be achieved through operational efficiency. Totaling 232 million tonnes of CO2 over the period 2020-2030. Let’s put that in perspective, that’s the […]
“Trump Reiterates Support for Ethanol, RFS” is the major headline to come out of the National Ethanol Conference in San Diego, which is the Renewable Fuels Association’s annual conflab and as usual produced a flurry of studies, keynotes and statements on the viability and importance of US ethanol to everything from American jobs to advanced […]
Just when we’ve chided ADM for being quieter in the sector than a Sensory Deprivation Chamber, they’ve gone and been associated with two major announcements in the week leading up to ABLC. From California we learn that Johnson Matthey and Rennovia have signed a license agreement with Archer Daniels Midland Company to provide catalyst and […]
In California, HELM AG and Greenyug signed an off-take agreement for the purchase and sale of bio-based Ethyl Acetate produced at Greenyug’s planned Ethyl Acetate facility in Columbus, Nebraska. This agreement will make significant amounts of bio-based Ethyl Acetate available first time to the market. As we reported last June, Greenyug has formed a subsidiary, […]
