Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2014

Virent’s production of paraxylene at its Madison, Wisconsin laboratory, has reached a capacity of 10 tons per year which will allow Virent to serve the needs of multiple collaborators for product validation and market demonstrations. The company has broadened its product offerings for renewable chemicals through this process.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2012

7,767,867 and 7,898,664, are directed to the production of a range of other industrial chemicals and chemical intermediates using Virent’s BioForming process. Virent is replacing crude oil by creating the chemicals and fuels the world demands using a wide range of naturally-occurring, renewable resources.

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MAY 1, 2013

The plant was constructed at the company’s facility in Madison, Wisconsin under a $1.5-million Virent’s technology features catalytic chemistry to convert plant-based materials into a full range of products identical to those made from petroleum, including gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, and chemicals for plastics and fibers.

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JANUARY 4, 2011

HCL CleanTech’s concentrated hydrochloric acid-driven hydrolysis technology builds on a proven industrial process, improving the economics of converting lignocellulosic biomass into refined sugars, de-acidified lignin and tall oils. Cargill, Shell, and Honda are among its investors. The grant supports almost half of the $2.1

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