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  • Unilever is against mandatory biofuel targets

    Unilever is against mandatory biofuel targets, according to the Guardian newspaper this morning . The huge soap-to-food empire is opposed on the basis that switching crops from food to biofuels is pushing up the prices in the developing world. Unilever has chosen to present its views to a meeting of...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 10-06-2008

  • The new green leagues

    You can't have a green industry without green associations and there have been several new groups that came out just this year. This is just in the US unfortunately but anybody who can give me a new green group list (anywhere), I'll be happy to share it with the green blog readers. 1. Bioplastic...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-17-2008

  • Breakthrough in sugar chemicals

    Another eureka moment in the world of green chemistry is Genomatica 's development of sugar-based 1,4 butanediol (BDO), a key feedstock in the manufacturing of hundreds of industrial chemicals for making plastics, rubber and fiber products. The privately-held company, which has the backing of several...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-16-2008

  • New Generation biofuels plans to list on Nasdaq

    New Generation Biofuels plans to move its listing from the American Stock Exchange to Nasdaq and has announced plans to build a 50m gal/year plant in Baltimore, Maryland. New Generation says it will be making second generation biofules from oils and animal fats . The firm produces a biofuel emulsion...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-16-2008

  • Vegetable seed cleans up toxic soils

    Irish scientists are looking at the vegetable oilseed rapeseed, which is currently being used as a raw material to produce biodiesel, to also help clean up soils that are contaminated with heavy metals such as arsenic, copper, zinc and chromium. By injecting the rapeseed plant with metal-resistant bacteria...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-15-2008

  • Africa a green gold rush

    Africa is becoming a the next battleground for biofuels, according to an article in Speigel on-line . The story was pointed out to me by David Benson, a regular commenter on the blog. To me it points out the need for informed free consent by the people affected to the deals that the biofuels companies...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-08-2008

  • BioEnergy Africa to list on the UK Alternative Investment Market today.

    BioEnergy Africa is scheduled to list on the UK Alternative Investment Market today. The firm has a number of projects in Mozambique, according to the Independent Newspaper.
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-01-2008

  • Corn stover research gets started

    Just how much corn stover can you remove from fields without destroying the soil structure or significantly reducing the amount of organic material in the soil? With luck this collaboration by Monsanto, John Deere and ADM will answer that question and develop a series of rules that could help to make...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-27-2008

  • Reclaim Resources has a process to generate biofuel from domestic waste

    Reclaim Resources has a process to generate biofuel from domestic waste . The process looks interesting and I've asked them some questions. How do you separate chlorinated and non chlorinated plastics? Have you considered converting some of the plastics stream in to fuel? Where does the residue from...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-21-2008

  • Biofuel Cities Europe has its own forums now

    Biofuel-cities Europe has its own forums now. Naturally they are biased towards the European side of the Atlantic, but if their forums are as useful as their email newsletters then they should be worth a look. You have to register, but that's free.
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-19-2008
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