The multinational oil and gas company BP is partnering with the biotech start-up Virent and specialty chemicals company Johnson Matthey (JM) to advance the commercialization of Virent’s Bioforming® process for the production of bio-paraxylene (PX), a key raw material for the production of renewable polyester.
Accelerated electrons dislodge cellulosic sugars from lignocellulosic feedstock [Registered]
Extracting cellulosic sugars from lignocellulosic biomass is costly as it is difficult to tease out the cellulose and hemiceullose fractions from the recalcitrant lignin and hydrolyse the former two into […]
Engineered Novosphingobium aromaticivorans produces high yields of PDC from lignin [Registered]
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have engineered Novosphingobium aromaticivorans, a soil bacteria, to depolymerize lignin into smaller aromatic hydrocarbons.
Afyren secures €60 million to produce biobased chemicals at commercial scale [Full subscriber]
The French biotech start-up Afyren has obtained €60 million in funding to commercialise its technology that can produce industrial chemicals from cellulosic sugars from crop residues and agro-industry by-products.
Nouryon partners with Itaconix for the supply of biobased polymers [Registered]
Nouryon (formerly AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals) will expand its offering to customers in the detergents market through a supply agreement with biobased polymers maker Itaconix.
Genomatica commences large scale production of biobased butylene glycol [Registered]
The biotech start-up Genomatica recently announced large-scale commercial production of its Brontide™ butylene glycol.
Amyris secures US$255 million to produce cannabidiol from cane sugar [Full subscriber]
The biotech start-up Amyris recently announced that it has teamed up with an undisclosed partner in a US$255 million deal – its largest ever – to produce CBD (cannabidiol) from cane sugar using its fermentation technology.
Braskem and Haldor Topsoe commissions pilot plant for MEG from sugar [Full subscriber]
Braskem and Haldor Topsoe recently announced commissioning a pioneering demonstration unit for the development of monoethylene glycol (MEG) from sugar.
Gevo produces isoprene from fusel oils [Registered]
The biotech start-up Gevo has developed a proprietary catalytic process that transforms low-cost commercially available, or even waste by-product, renewable alcohols into renewable isoprene that would be expected to compete head-to-head on price with natural and petroleum-based chemical equivalents while reducing CO2 emissions.
Researchers map production routes for biobased chemicals [Registered]
Researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) have developed a very detailed map on metabolic engineering routes for the production of a wide range of biobased chemicals. This map charts all available strategies and pathways of chemical reactions that lead to the production of various industrial chemicals via engineered microorganisms.
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Market overview The perception in the market that swing in fundamentals is on the cards probably explains the gain in raw sugar prices by 4% to 13.09 cents/lb on 15th […]
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