15 December 2011 The Coca-Cola Company announces Partnerships to develop Commercial Solutions for Plastic Bottles made entirely from Plants Breakthrough Technologies from Virent, Gevo and Avantium Selected to Reach Global Scale
11 August 2011 Renewable PET is big part of the initial bioplastics opportunity Cost, viability to determine winners in biomaterials competition
4 January 2011 Virent and HCL CleanTech Receive Grant to Demonstrate Cellulosic Sugars as Feedstocks for ‘Drop‐In’ Biofuels and Bioproducts BIRD Energy grant will support Virent’s conversion of HCL CleanTech’s pine tree sugars into hydrocarbon fuels and products that can be sustainable, cost‐effective and compatible with existing infrastructure
7 April 2010 Biobenzin: Virent und Shell nehmen weltweit erste Demonstrationsanlage in Betrieb Zucker kann direkt in fertiges Benzin umgewandelt werden