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Introducing: Glucaric acid
Here’s another green chemistry company start-up to add to my list. I received an email about Missoula, Montana-based Rivertop Renewables who is developing glucaric acid, a sugar-based acid created by...
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Elevance mulls Iowa biorefinery
Thanks to the Green Underworld Reporter for sending this information about Elevance Renewable Sciences in a proposed joint venture with biodiesel producer Renewable Energy Group (REG) to build a 2.6m...
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Interview: Rivertop Renewables
The Green blog’s interview with Rivertop Renewables founder Donald Kiely, and director of marketing Jason Kiely (also Don’s son) revealed the potential power of glucaric acid as a renewable-based...
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26 new soy chemicals in 2009
The green blog continues to see the growing use of soybean and derivatives as a renewable chemical feedstock. Yesterday, the United Soybean Board (USB) released its annual list of soy-based products...
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Amyris’ first plant in Brazil
Amyris Biotechnologies will soon produce its first renewable diesel made from sugarcane using its newly purchased ethanol-producing mill owned and operated by the São Martinho Group. Amyris now owns...
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Brazil renewed
Speaking of Brazil (and in connection to my last post about Amyris), I think I mentioned before that there seems to be more investments and activities going on in that part of the world when it comes...
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Biorefineries get $564m funding
The US Department of Energy (DOE) selected today 19 biorefinery projects that will receive up to $564m funding under the agency’s Biorefinery Assistance Program, which promotes development of new and...
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Green IPO week
Big money news last week came from Amyris Biotechnologies and Codexis. Amyris finally filed with the SEC for an initial public offering (IPO) of $100m. The company’s current R&D focuses on...
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Busy Amyris
California-based Amyris has been very busy this week, with its newly formed joint venture with Brazilian ethanol company Cosan and its new partnership (and investor) with French oil company Total....
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VC investments are up in renewable chems
Cleantech Group sent this report about venture capital investments in renewable chemicals sector reaching $361m in the first half of 2010, which could drive 2010 to a record-year if the second half...
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