Amyris Opens Renewable Fuel Demonstration Plant in Brazil
The facility is designed to optimize and scale-up Amyris processes for converting sugarcane to fuels and chemicals....
Evonik Develops Catalyst for Second-Generation Biodiesel
Evonik says it has developed alkoxide catalysts that are suitable for converting oils from the jatropha nut into biodiesel. Evonik aims to sell its catalysts for second-generation biodiesel applications. The company says it has already successfully tested its alkoxide catalysts with jatropha oil and found...
Dow Corning Pushing Solar Energy Policies
Representatives from Dow Corning and other firms along the solar energy value chain are bringing four-point pro-solar policy plan to Congress and the Obama administration today....
CW Webcast: Software Can Aid in Emissions Reporting
Software solutions, such as SAP's greenhouse emissions management tool, can aid in the complex task of emissions reporting, according to speakers at CW's recent webcast, Mananging Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Nova Chemicals achieved a $2 million return on the investment within the first two years of using SAP's...
EU May Pump €8 Billion into Carbon Capture and Storage
The European Commission has this week disclosed that it may direct up to €8 billion ($11.3 billion) into projects for carbon capture and storage (CCS) in a bid to reduce future greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) across the region. Prior to this week the European Union...
Cefic Awards $141,000 for Environmental Exposure Research
Cefic has awarded its annual Long-range Research Initiative (LRI) Innovative Science Award to Hector Keun, a lecturer in biochemistry at Imperial College, London. Keun won the award for his research proposal on ‘Using Metabonomic biomarkers to bridge the gap between environmental exposure and human...
BP and Synthetic Genomics Develop Bacteria that Convert Coal to Methane
BP and Synthetic Genomics (La Jolla, CA), a biotech research group, have discovered bacteria more than a mile underground that can be used to convert coal into methane. Craig Venter, biologist and co-founder of Synthetic Genomics, detailed activities between the two companies at a recent research...
Dow, Algenol Planning CO2-to-Ethanol Pilot Plant (Updated)
Dow says it will be working with Florida-based start-up Algenol Biofuels to build and operate the biorefinery....
Polymer Chemist Develops Technology for 'Waterless' Laundry
Xeros (Leeds, U.K.), a spin-off company from Leeds University (Leeds) founded by the university’s polymer chemistry professor Stephen Burkinshaw, is developing a potentially step-changing laundry process based on the use of nylon beads that uses virtually no water. The technology is based on the...
House Passes Waxman-Markey Climate Legislation
The House has passed the American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES) in a vote of 219-212, with eight Republicans voting for the bill and 44 Democrats against it. The legislation, sponsored by Representative Henry Waxman (D., CA) and Edward Markey (D., MA), would require a 17% reduction in greenhouse gas...
