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  • Ohio launches biosoy program

    The State of Ohio is seeing green in soybeans, and not just from food and biofuel applications. The Ohio Soybean Council (OSC) , Ohio Bioproducts Innovation Center (OBIC) and Polymer Ohio , recently launched its "Cell to Sell" soy technology program to accelerate commercialization of soybean...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-19-2008

  • 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

  • Sprouting green chemical companies

    Another green US company is ready to revolutionize the way chemicals are produced. Segetis , formed in 2006 and funded by Khosla Ventures, just appointed former Cargill employee James Stoppert as its new president and CEO. I remembered interviewing Mr. Stoppert about their corn-based plastics and ethanol...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-03-2008

  • Stronger US wind power

    Here's a nice cool story from the New York Times about a certain Nebraska town and its growing pride in their windy condition. Ainsworth, Nebraska, according to the article, became the state's first major wind farm with 36 wind turbines erected in late 2005. Nebraska Public Power District, the...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-19-2008
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