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APRIL 15, 2012

Elevance Renewable Sciences, Inc., Elevance and XiMo began working together in January 2011 on Molybdenum-catalyzed metathesis of natural oil esters. Elevance and XiMo began working together in January 2011 on Molybdenum-catalyzed metathesis of natural oil esters. Elevance Renewable Sciences, Inc.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2011

a renewable hydrocarbons company, announced that it has completed multiple runs of its fermentation process using its engineered yeast to produce Biofene, Amyris renewable farnesene, in 100,000 and 200,000 liter capacity fermentors. Amyris, Inc.,

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JUNE 20, 2011

billion in 2011 to $98.5 The 2011 award winners are: Greener synthetic pathways: Genomatica, San Diego, Calif. Genomatica is developing and commercializing sustainable basic and intermediate chemicals made from renewable feedstocks including readily available sugars, biomass, and syngas. billion by 2020.

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AUGUST 17, 2012

BASF, Cargill and Novozymes have signed an agreement to develop technologies to produce acrylic acid from renewable raw materials. Novozymes and Cargill have collaborated on renewable acrylic acid technology since 2008. The company plans initially to use the bio-based acrylic acid to manufacture super-absorbent polymers.

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JUNE 29, 2011

Gevo, a renewable chemicals and advanced biofuels company, recently announced that it had presented positive test results from fit-for-purpose testing of its renewable kerosene produced from isobutanol to ASTM’s alcohol to jet (ATJ) task force (D02J006 Alcohol to Jet TF). Gevo’s renewable jet. Earlier post.).

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JULY 24, 2012

About 10 million tonnes are produced each year, of which two-thirds are used to manufacture synthetic rubber, with the last third is used for nylon, latices, ABS plastics and other polymers. In August 2011, Genomatica announced it had successfully produced butadiene from renewable feedstocks in pound quantities. Earlier post.).

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APRIL 21, 2010

Ford is increasing the use of renewable and recyclable materials such as the soy and bio-based seat cushions and seatbacks on the 2010 Ford Taurus. For example, the European Ford Focus uses recycled polymer in such components as the battery tray, wheel arch liners, seat fabric and carpets. Ford’s sustainable materials strategy.

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AUGUST 27, 2011

The aqueous carbohydrate solutions produced via hydrolysis were a mixture of xylose, water soluble hemicellulose oligomers, acetic acid, glucose, glucose oligomers, and probably some lignin polymers. Huber (2011) Renewable gasoline from aqueous phase hydrodeoxygenation of aqueous sugar solutions prepared by hydrolysis of maple wood.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

This investment was part of the partnership agreement, signed in July 2011. Since 2008 Global Bioenergies has been developing a process to convert renewable resources into isobutene, one of the most important molecules in the chemical industry, which is easily converted into fuels, plastics and elastomers. stake of Global Bioenergies.

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MAY 25, 2011

coli for the direct production of 1,4-butanediol (BDO) ( earlier post ), an important commodity chemical used in polymers, in a paper in the journal Nature Chemical Biology. The Genomatica process produces the same BDO product that is currently made from a variety of petroleum-derived feedstocks, but uses 100% renewable feedstocks instead.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2011

Biomass differs from the other renewable resources, they note, since the energy it contains is stored as chemical bonds. Christensen, and Esben Taarning (2011) Beyond Petrochemicals: The Renewable Chemicals Industry. —Esben Taarning. Resources. Vennestrøm, C. Osmundsen, C. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 50, No.

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OCTOBER 17, 2012

In 2011, LanzaTech announced that it had demonstrated the continuous fermentation of CO 2 in the presence of hydrogen to acetic acid, using their modified microorganisms. Earlier post.).

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MAY 9, 2010

Construction is scheduled to start in June, and the expansion is expected to be complete by second quarter 2011. We are seeing strong demand for our renewable products. DuPont Tate & Lyle Bio Products, LLC, a joint venture between DuPont and Tate & Lyle, recently announced an expansion to their Loudon, Tenn., Earlier post.)

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NOVEMBER 6, 2012

Under the terms of the agreement, Faurecia will hold exclusive rights to automotive applications of the specific polymers jointly developed under this project. In 2011, the Group posted total sales of €16.2 BioAmber will be the supplier of bio-based succinic acid to the partnership. billion ($22.5.

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JUNE 1, 2014

As part of a four-year DOE-funded project, researchers at the US Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory, working with FMC Corporation, have developed a novel polymer binder and solvent system facilitating the use of FMC’s unique Stabilized Lithium Metal Powder (SLMP) as a performance-enhancing additive in Li-ion battery electrodes.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2011

Biomass differs from the other renewable resources, they note, since the energy it contains is stored as chemical bonds. Christensen, and Esben Taarning (2011) Beyond Petrochemicals: The Renewable Chemicals Industry. —Esben Taarning. Resources. Vennestrøm, C. Osmundsen, C. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 50, No.

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MARCH 11, 2011

Based on Total Petrochemicals original proprietary catalyst development, this new technology could open a pathway way to a competitive production of bio-ethylene from renewable resources with lower energy consumption and lower CO 2 emissions. It is expected that the technology will be ready for industrial implementation around end of 2011.

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JUNE 4, 2015

In 2011, the company was awarded $5 million from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) for the development of biojet fuel from woody biomass and forest product residues. Contents of renewable jet fuel (SPK = synthetic paraffinic kerosene; HEFA = Hydro-processed esters and fatty acids) compared to conventional Jet A, JP-8.

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MARCH 3, 2011

Amyris modifies farnesene to become Amyris renewable diesel. Amyris and Antibióticos commenced test fermentation runs in January 2011, and, based on the successful outcome of those production runs, are proceeding with expanded production. This is Amyris’s fourth farnesene production agreement.

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As a tailor-made pure hydrocarbon it provides numerous advantages when compared to petroleum-based oils and chemicals and is renewable. LFR is a proprietary liquid rubber using farnesene manufactured from sugar cane using fermentation technology. Kuraray has overseas subsidiaries in 19 countries.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2015

An NREL report summarizing the 2011 Alkaline Membrane Fuel Cell Workshop noted that: In comparison with PEMFCs, AMFCs offer the advantage of avoiding Pt or Pt group metal (PGM) electrocatalysts, one of the primary limitations in the commercial deployment of fuel cells. … An alternative is the alkaline environment of the AEMFC. 2011.04.043.

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JUNE 24, 2010

The 2011 Ford Explorer will feature soy foam in seat cushions and seatbacks. Ford has more models with seats that use bio foam than any other automaker, it says; the 2011 Explorer will become the 23 rd model to feature soy foam. Earlier post.). Earlier post.)

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In 2011, GBE had announced an agreement “ with a major German car manufacturer ” regarding an undisclosed application of GEB’s technology. Light olefins are key chemical building blocks that can be converted into transportation fuels, polymers and various commodity chemicals. Earlier post.).

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MAY 13, 2011

Starting in 2013, Audi will begin series production of TCNG models whose engines—derived from TFSI units—will be powered by e-gas: synthetic methane produced via the methanation of hydrogen produced by electrolysis using renewable electricity. Ground is scheduled to be broken in Werlte, Germany in July 2011.

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Phenol is an important commodity chemical, and is a starting material for the production of numerous industrial chemicals and polymers, including bisphenol A and phenolic resins, and others. However, due to its low tolerance to phenol, E. coli was not considered a viable host strain for the biological production of phenol.

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APRIL 21, 2011

The prohibitive cost of platinum for catalyzing the ORR has hampered the widespread use of polymer electrolyte fuel cells. Johnston, and Piotr Zelenay (2011) High-Performance Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction Derived from Polyaniline, Iron, and Cobalt. Performance of an H 2 -air fuel cell with a Pt cathode (0.2 Source: Wu et al.

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JULY 11, 2011

Here we demonstrate how, through the de novo design and development of a novel metabolic pathway, styrene can alternatively be synthesized from renewable substrates such as glucose. US consumption of styrene in 2006 was 9,600 million pounds, > 99% of which was consumed in the production of polymers and copolymers. 2011.06.005.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2012

The resulting vapor products are condensed to form bio-oil which can be upgraded catalytically to renewable liquid fuels or chemicals. High-temperature pyrolysis of α-cyclodextrin, a surrogate of cellulose, produces furans by a ring-contraction mechanism observed in the white/blue/red highlighted section of the polymer.

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OCTOBER 14, 2010

Avantium, which spun off from Shell in 2000 to develop furan-based biofuels and biomaterials, has begun construction of a pilot plant at the Chemelot site (Geleen, the Netherlands) to convert carbohydrates into furanic building blocks—which the company calls “YXY”—for making renewable materials and fuels.

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APRIL 26, 2012

There is also a set of emerging trends in recent research that foreshadow major advances in the areas of health, biological-based energy production, agriculture, biomanufacturing, and environmental clean-up.On

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DECEMBER 4, 2009

The pilot plant will have the capacity to produce up to 890,000 gallons of ethanol and 690,000 gallons of potassium acetate per year starting in 2011. The pilot plant will also have the capacity to co-produce lubricants, polymers, and other petro-chemical substitutes. Elevance Renewable Sciences. 17,944,902. 10,148,508.

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OCTOBER 13, 2009

PSA Peugeot Citroën has announced an ambitious target to use 30 per cent renewable materials in place of plastics all its cars by 2013. . An initial target for eco-design is to include 20 per cent green materials in the polymers used to build its cars by 2011.

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MAY 7, 2015

Gevo has signed a strategic alliance agreement with Alaska Airlines to purchase Gevo’s renewable jet fuel and fly the first commercial flight on alcohol-to-jet fuel (ATJ). and Seattle and Portland in November 2011. Earlier post.). The carrier flew 75 flights between Seattle and Washington, D.C.

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Conventional fuel cells use thin sheets of catalyst particles—typically platinum on carbon powder—mixed with a polymer binder for the electrodes. Pintauro’s approach replaces these solid sheets with mats made from a tangle of electrospun polymer nanofibers fibers. Particles of catalyst are bonded to the fibers. Electrochem.

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OCTOBER 29, 2011

Research on organic electrodes has been underway for more than 25 years, as the technology in theory offers the possibility of building greener and more sustainable Li-ion batteries than those built from non-renewable, inorganic materials. However, such attempts have been characterized by low capacities or other limitations. Earlier post.).

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

Dr. Chapple is also the PI on a separate BER-funded award, “Regulation of Carbon Allocation to Phenylpropanoid Metabolism”, which was renewed in September 2011 for three years. The regulation of carbon allocation to the phenylpropanoid metabolism has been a focus of Dr. Chapple’s lab.

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DECEMBER 22, 2010

Raw fuels considered for this FOA are natural gas, LPG, and renewable fuels such as digester gas, landfill gas, biodiesel, alcohols, etc. DOE is soliciting research to improve performance of polymer electrolyte membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs) through a better understanding of the interactions between and integration of MEA components.

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