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Versalis and Genomatica Produce Bio-Rubber With Bio-Butadiene From Sugars 

Versalis and Genomatica Produce Bio-Rubber With Bio-Butadiene From Sugars 

February 16, 2016 |

Breakthrough accomplishments continue progress toward commercial plants  In Italy, Versalis and Genomatica have successfully advanced to pilot-scale production of bio-butadiene (bio-BDE) from fully renewable feedstock. Versalis used this bio-BDE to make bio-rubber, specifically, bio-polybutadiene (bio-BR). “These accomplishments represent a remarkable milestone for the rubber industry,” the companies said in a statement, “by enabling an improved […]

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Chempolis’ cellulosic ethanol technology heads for commercial-scale in India

Chempolis’ cellulosic ethanol technology heads for commercial-scale in India

February 15, 2016 |

Chempolis’ multi-year quest to build cellulosic ethanol in India finds a happy landing. In India, €110 million joint venture cellulosic ethanol project  of Chempolis Ltd and Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) is moving towards construction after getting approval from NRL’s board. The project is expected to come online by 2019. The when and where The bamboo-based […]

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Live Coverage schedule for ABLC 2016 on BioChannel.TV

Live Coverage schedule for ABLC 2016 on BioChannel.TV

February 12, 2016 |

In Florida, BioChannel.TV announced 13 hours of Live Coverage of ABLC 2016, the Advanced Bioeconomy Leadership Conference. Public sessions of ABLC will be streamed live here. Register for free, customized program alerts Register here for free pre-program alerts for the programs you want to make sure not to miss. Coverage Highlights Live global announcement of […]

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Begone, ye olde nylon! Novel technology appears for affordable, sustainable Nylon 2.0

Begone, ye olde nylon! Novel technology appears for affordable, sustainable Nylon 2.0

February 11, 2016 |

Users of car parts, plastic wheels, synthetic rope, fibers, shoes, guitar strings and a host of other everyday applications may be unexpectedly joining the biobased revolution soon, now that engineers at Iowa State University have combined a genetically engineered strain of yeast and an electrocatalyst to affordably convert sugar into a new type of nylon. […]

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Mitsui invests $25M in BioAmber JV; raises stake, will “play a stronger role”

Mitsui invests $25M in BioAmber JV; raises stake, will “play a stronger role”

February 11, 2016 |

In Canada, Mitsui has invested an additional CDN$25 million in the BioAmber joint venture for 10% of the equity, increasing its stake from 30% to 40%. Mitsui will also play a stronger role in the commercialization of bio-succinic acid produced in Sarnia, providing dedicated resources alongside BioAmber’s commercial team. BioAmber will maintain a 60% controlling […]

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Renewable chemicals, disruptive cost: The Digest’s 2016 8-Slide Guide to BioAmber

Renewable chemicals, disruptive cost: The Digest’s 2016 8-Slide Guide to BioAmber

February 11, 2016 |

From the company’s IPO Prospectus: “Our proprietary technology platform combines industrial biotechnology, an innovative purification process and chemical catalysis to convert renewable feedstocks into chemicals that are cost-competitive replacements for petroleum-derived chemicals. The development of our current organism was originally funded by the DOE in the late 1990s, was further developed and scaled up, and optimized at […]

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Gasoline is 30% dirtier than 10 years ago: new UCS report

Gasoline is 30% dirtier than 10 years ago: new UCS report

February 10, 2016 |

It’s not your Dad’s gasoline. In fact, it’s worse, says the Union of Concerned Scientists in a new report. But the good news is that alternatives, by contrast, are getting cleaner. In Washington, the Union of Concerned Scientists reports that the gas pumped by American motorists is 30 percent dirtier to extract and refine than […]

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A new, renewable, drop-in, waste-based fuel emerges, competitive with $30 oil

A new, renewable, drop-in, waste-based fuel emerges, competitive with $30 oil

February 9, 2016 |

Out of the EU comes a biogasoline blendstock made from waste residues in a novel process that promises to radically slash the cost of bioconversion. The Digest reports. In Germany and Portugal, a new drop-in biofuels process has emerged which is cost competitive with $30 oil, according to the inventors. The process breaks even with […]

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The Extreme 16: Strutting microbial Terminators pumping up the pursuit of sustainable molecules

The Extreme 16: Strutting microbial Terminators pumping up the pursuit of sustainable molecules

February 8, 2016 |

Take it to the Extreme, with these microscopic wonders that are changing the way we pursue sustainable fuels, renewable chemicals and biobased materials. These days, researchers are turning up life forms trapped under hundreds of feet of Antarctic ice, in the syrupyist salty ponds, in mineral waters heated to more than 150 degrees Fahrenheit — in […]

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Mega-Bio: Energy Department Announces $11.3M for Bioproducts to Enable Biofuels

Mega-Bio: Energy Department Announces $11.3M for Bioproducts to Enable Biofuels

February 8, 2016 |

The Energy Department today announced up to $11.3 million in funding to develop flexible biomass-to-hydrocarbon biofuels conversion pathways that can be modified to produce advanced fuels and/or products based on external factors, such as market demand. These pathways could consist of a route to a platform chemical that could be converted to products or renewable hydrocarbon […]

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