The green blogger is back and really apologize for the very sparse blog. Last week was a heck of a week and glad that was over.
So what's new? Aside from finishing up a bioplastic article and a biomass-to-chemicals development interview from a University of California San Francisco professor (all of them I will hopefully post soon), I also attended one of Dow Corning's one-day worldwide press conference (one is from New York). My biopesticide article is also out right now but I will post several never-before-seen Q&A's just for the blog. I'm also getting info on BIO's roundtable discussion on industrial biotech.
Yep, that was half of my week last week so stay tune for them! For now, here are this week's news roundup:
Lyondell starts Bio-ETBE
LyondellBasell's project to produce bio-ETBE at its Channelview, Texas, plant is on schedule to start up in the fourth quarter 2009. Bio-ETBE is a high performance gasoline blending component composed of ethanol produced from biomass and natural gas liquids.
Investors for HCL CleanTech
US Venture Capital funds Burrill & Company and Khosla Ventures have invested in HCL CleanTech, a US company and its Israeli subsidiary founded by Prof. Avram Baniel, Prof. Ari Eyal and Eran Baniel. HCL CleanTech has developed a cost-efficient technology of converting lignocellulosic biomass to fermentable sugars.
So what's new? Aside from finishing up a bioplastic article and a biomass-to-chemicals development interview from a University of California San Francisco professor (all of them I will hopefully post soon), I also attended one of Dow Corning's one-day worldwide press conference (one is from New York). My biopesticide article is also out right now but I will post several never-before-seen Q&A's just for the blog. I'm also getting info on BIO's roundtable discussion on industrial biotech.
Yep, that was half of my week last week so stay tune for them! For now, here are this week's news roundup:
Lyondell starts Bio-ETBE
LyondellBasell's project to produce bio-ETBE at its Channelview, Texas, plant is on schedule to start up in the fourth quarter 2009. Bio-ETBE is a high performance gasoline blending component composed of ethanol produced from biomass and natural gas liquids.
Investors for HCL CleanTech
US Venture Capital funds Burrill & Company and Khosla Ventures have invested in HCL CleanTech, a US company and its Israeli subsidiary founded by Prof. Avram Baniel, Prof. Ari Eyal and Eran Baniel. HCL CleanTech has developed a cost-efficient technology of converting lignocellulosic biomass to fermentable sugars.
Green fertilizer from wastewater
Clean Water Services' wastewater treatment facility in Oregon now incorporates a technology that recovers phosphorus and other nutrients from wastewater and recycles them into environmentally-safe premium-quality commercial fertilizer. The technology is developed by Ostara Nutrient Recovery Technologies Inc. of Vancouver.
LG Chem invests in EV battery
LG Chem, South Korea's largest chemicals maker will invest 1 trillion won ($794.4 million) in a new electric-car battery plant over the next four years, reported Reuters. The new battery plant will be set up in Ochang, south of Seoul.
San Francisco airport houses H station
San Francisco International Airport will have a hydrogen fueling station by 2010 designed and installed by Linde North America. The station will be one of the stops along California's growing Hydrogen Highway and will be open to drivers of fuel cell vehicles who live in or pass through northern California.
And in ICIS news (requires subscription):
Shell has started selling a new sulphur-free bio heating oil throughout Germany. The product had a bio-component of up to 10%
US chemical companies should share sustainable development policies, since they are developing them unevenly across a spectrum of business profiles, according to global consultancy Accenture.
The next generation of US bio-refineries and biochemical firms expect substantial funds from the Obama administration, executives from Genomatica, Zeachem, Coskata and Genencor noted last week.
Clean Water Services' wastewater treatment facility in Oregon now incorporates a technology that recovers phosphorus and other nutrients from wastewater and recycles them into environmentally-safe premium-quality commercial fertilizer. The technology is developed by Ostara Nutrient Recovery Technologies Inc. of Vancouver.
LG Chem invests in EV battery
LG Chem, South Korea's largest chemicals maker will invest 1 trillion won ($794.4 million) in a new electric-car battery plant over the next four years, reported Reuters. The new battery plant will be set up in Ochang, south of Seoul.
San Francisco airport houses H station
San Francisco International Airport will have a hydrogen fueling station by 2010 designed and installed by Linde North America. The station will be one of the stops along California's growing Hydrogen Highway and will be open to drivers of fuel cell vehicles who live in or pass through northern California.
And in ICIS news (requires subscription):
Shell has started selling a new sulphur-free bio heating oil throughout Germany. The product had a bio-component of up to 10%
US chemical companies should share sustainable development policies, since they are developing them unevenly across a spectrum of business profiles, according to global consultancy Accenture.
The next generation of US bio-refineries and biochemical firms expect substantial funds from the Obama administration, executives from Genomatica, Zeachem, Coskata and Genencor noted last week.
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