The green blogger was also able to interview the officials of start-up green chemistry company Rivertop Renewables last week, and will post that today.
Before all these good stuff will happen, first here are this week's news roundup:
Fiberglass recycling expands
Owens Corning is increasing the recycled content in its fiberglass insulation and masonry products. The company's residential and commercial insulation products in North America now are made of at least half recycled glass content (minimum 50%).
Gas and algae collaboration
Linde Group and Algenol Biofuels formed a joint development project in order to identify the optimum management of carbon dioxide and oxygen for Algenol's algae and photobioreactor technology.
More transparent SC Johnson
SC Johnson says its ingredient disclosure program is now ahead of schedule and its website now includes 129 SC Johnson air care products and 76 home cleaning products, as well as explanations of the 169 ingredients that comprise these products.
Solarized Procter & Gamble
SunEdison has activated
a 1.1 megawatt photovoltaic solar system at Procter & Gamble's
paper products manufacturing plant in Oxnard, California. The
roof-mounted photovoltaic solar energy system is projected to produce
more than 1.9 million kilowatt hours (kWh) of clean solar energy during
its first year of operation.
Dow Corning opens solar biz center
Dow Corning opened
a Solar Solutions Application & Business Center in Newark,
California, that will serve as its West Coast hub for customer sales,
product evaluation and the development of commercialization strategy.
The center includes laboratories and testing facilities.
And in ICIS News (requires subscription):
US Coca-Cola bets on its plant-based plastic despite higher costs (Interview).
The biopesticides market in western Europe and North America is growing strongly on the back of increasing demand for chemical-free crops and the expansion of organic farming land.
Sasol plans increased investments in renewable energy, including a 40 MW photovoltaic (PV) panels plant.
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