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4 March 20221 March 2022

Sustainable Chemistry Based on Wood

Producing materials for solar cells, light-emitting diodes and other organic electronics applications as sustainably as possible: A team from Würzburg's Faculty of Chemistry is working on this

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Versalis: the production of bioethanol up and running at Crescentino

Versalis, Eni's chemical company, announces that it has begun the production of bioethanol from lignocellulosic biomass at Crescentino (Vercelli).

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3 March 202228 February 2022

Carbon-negative platform turns waste gases into valuable chemicals

Researchers built on LanzaTech technology to develop a new process that converts emissions from heavy industry or bio-based syngas, into either acetone or IPA, using an engineered bacterium called Clostridium autoethanogenum

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2 March 20223 March 2022

Conference on CO2-based Fuels and Chemicals

Join our conference and meet forerunners in CO2 utilisation / 23-24 March 2022, hybrid event – Cologne (Germany)

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Bacteria upcycle carbon waste into valuable chemicals

Engineered bacteria convert captured carbon dioxide into chemicals for fuels, fabric and cosmetics

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Design of Pilot Plant for MMA Monomers Using Plant-Derived Materials Has Begun

Plant Signifies Major Progress Toward Full-Scale Development of “Sustainable MMA”

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1 March 20221 March 2022

nova Session: The Future of Refineries & Big Chemical Production Sites

Nine experts present and discuss their scenarios for the future of the chemical industry, hybrid session at 31 March 2022, Wöllhaf Conference Center Airport Cologne/Bonn

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23 February 202217 February 2022

Covestro, Mitsui Chemicals, and Mitsui & Co., Ltd, complete first delivery of certified renewable raw materials in Asia

ISCC Plus certified mass balanced phenol and acetone based on bio-feedstock

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22 February 202217 February 2022

Lummus and Synthos Advance Bio-Butadiene Technology Development to Produce Sustainable Rubber

Technology will use renewable bio-derived ethanol feedstock to produce sustainable rubber for modern mobility

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21 February 202214 February 2022

A new molecule for the greening of C5 chemistry

New isobutene-process offers an interesting intermediate for the industry, as two chemical functions allow it to be used in a multitude of compounds that are currently derived from petroleum

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Creating a Better Plastic

Carolina chemists may have a solution to the country's plastic problem by "upcycling" plastic trash to tougher, stronger material

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18 February 202217 December 2024

Clariant launches 100% bio-based surfactants range driving the transition towards renewable carbon

Range of Vita surfactants & polyethylene glycols (PEGs) fully based on bio-based, renewable carbon from plants

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17 February 202211 February 2022

LANXESS and Matrìca team up to produce sustainable preservatives from renewable raw materials

Matrìca plant at Porto Torres will supply LANXESS with bio-based raw materials from vegetable oils which LANXESS will use to broaden its Preventol range

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Almost all chemicals burden the planet

For the first time, researchers at ETH Zurich have calculated in absolute figures the extent to which the production of chemicals is currently interfering with nature worldwide – and the results are staggering. In addition to greenhouse gas emissions, the new method also takes land use and freshwater consumption into account

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16 February 202217 December 2024

Renewable Carbon as a Guiding Principle for Sustainable Carbon Cycles

Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI) publishes a fundamental strategy paper on the defossilisation of the chemical and material industry with eleven policy recommendations

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Compounds made from ‘digested’ molecules feeds appetite for greener pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals

New method developed by University of Warwick scientists uses enzymes to produce indolic amides, carboxylic acids and auxins – vital for use in pharmaceutical and agrochemical industries

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Verbindungen aus “verdauten” Molekülen wecken Appetit auf umweltfreundlichere Pharmazeutika und Agrochemikalien

Neue Methode nutzt Enzyme zur Herstellung von Indolamiden, Carbonsäuren und Auxinen

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15 February 202214 February 2022

Grüner Wasserstoff auf Knopfdruck: Einzelmolekülkatalysator produziert solaren Brennstoff auch bei Dunkelheit

Ulmer Forschende präsentieren neuen Lösungsansatz für eine der größten Herausforderungen der solaren Energiewandlung: Ihnen ist es gelungen, ein System zu entwickeln, das die lichtgetriebene Herstellung von Wasserstoff zu jeder Tages- und Jahreszeit ermöglicht

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14 February 202211 February 2022

DMC: Subsequent Close of Series B Financing, Total Raised $39 million

DMC is commercial with its first bio-based chemical intermediate with primary applications in sustainable detergents and human nutrition

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10 February 20227 February 2022

Circa awarded €8.2M grant by French Government “Relance programme”

New 100 billion euro initiative to relaunch the French economy and help France emerge stronger from the Covid crisis

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Anellotech and Trecora Resources subsdidary South Hampton Resources renew site host and services agreement for process development pilot plant

SHR originally began its site hosting relationship with Anellotech in 2016 with Anellotech’s development of its Bio-TCat process for producing petrochemicals from wood

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9 February 20224 February 2022

Nouryon commissions biodegradable chelates production facility in the Netherlands to meet growing consumer demand for eco-friendly auto dishwashing and liquid laundry products

The new production facility will double the company’s Dissolvine® green chelates capacity by supplying Dissolvine® M, Dissolvine® GL and other essential ingredients to a wide range of customers

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7 February 202228 January 2022

CHAMPION consortium reaches milestone in safe and circular material development

Researchers of the CHAMPION project have successfully prepared a first set of innovative bio-based materials with promising properties for coatings, adhesives and home care ingredients

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2 February 202226 January 2022

Avantium shareholders give green light for the construction of the world’s first FDCA Flagship Plant

Shareholders adopt all resolutions at Extraordinary General Meeting

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Update in metathesis technology commercialisation

Metathesis opened up opportunities to produce many new molecules including those that were developed by Elevance using plant oils

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Working Together to Solve the Global End-of-Life Lithium-ion Battery Challenge

Bioindustrial Innovation Canada is currently seeking Letters of Intent (LOI) for research projects to be considered as part of BIC’s BioProducts AgSci Cluster under an anticipated Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) policy framework (2023-2028)

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1 February 202225 January 2022

Evonik builds world’s first industrial-scale production plant for rhamnolipids

Evonik is investing a three-digit million-euro sum in the construction of a new production plant for bio-based and fully biodegradable rhamnolipids

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31 January 202225 January 2022

Aduro Announces Achievement of First Milestone After Receiving Independent Validation of Hydrochemolytic Chemical Conversion Technology

Commercialization plans advance with third-party confirmation of major milestone achievement

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Asahi Kasei to produce acrylonitrile using biomass-derived raw material

Subsidiary Tongsuh Petrochemical becomes the first acrylonitrile manufacturer in Asia to acquire ISCC PLUS certification

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28 January 202228 January 2022

Fish oils used to create key component for eco-friendly detergent

With funding support from the Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC), Eco Clean is aiming to develop a more sustainable alternative to traditionally petrochemical-based surfactants, which can be produced at scale

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A methane route to ethylene

Reacting with oxygen to make synthesis gas is the main route to making chemicals from methane, with the syngas then used to make circular chemicals via Fischer-Tropsch synthesis

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27 January 202225 January 2022

Covestro and Genomatica produce important chemical raw material using biotechnology

Breakthrough for HMDA, widely-used ingredient, paves the way for more sustainable coatings, apparel, adhesives and plastics

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24 January 202219 January 2022

CropEnergies AG unveils plans to produce renewable ethyl acetate using Johnson Matthey technology

Sustainable alternative made in Europe to replace fossil-based product

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21 January 202219 January 2022

Turning harmful CO2 into useful chemicals

Inspired by nature: Electro-biocatalytic CO2 fixing replaces fossil resources

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Vertimass and European Energy Sign Letter of Intent

Coupling technologies to transform carbon dioxide into jet, diesel, and gasoline fuels and chemicals

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20 January 202217 January 2022

Solvay to collaborate with Trillium on bio-based acrylonitrile for carbon fiber applications

New agreement with Trillium Renewable Chemicals will enable Solvay's development of sustainable, bio-carbon fiber for use in various applications

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19 January 202214 January 2022

Are Eco-Friendly Fireworks Possible?

In recent years, chemists and military engineers have invested a great deal of time and effort in making pyrotechnics less problematic. Here are some examples

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Researchers Develop Pb1Cu Catalyst for CO2-to-formate Conversion

The next big thing: A new technology for directly converting carbon dioxide into pure formic acid. Novel electrochemical device based on solid-state electrolyte

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18 January 202213 January 2022

Sustainable manufacturing

UD and LSU collaborate to advance manufacturing technologies that employ carbon dioxide and renewable energy

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OSU research finds way to scrub carbon dioxide from factory emissions, make useful products

A scientific collaboration led by a researcher at Oregon State University resulted in the development of a new compound that can harvest carbon dioxide from smokestacks and use it to produce commercially beneficial chemicals

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17 January 202214 January 2022

Cargill to acquire Croda’s Bio-industrial Business

The transaction is expected to close in the summer of this year pending regulatory approvals

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Kentucky begins Renewable Chemical Production Program

Kentucky Department of Agriculture will help administer new tax credit program

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14 January 20228 January 2022

Green Science Alliance develops novel sargassum-based biodegradable plastic

Company has succeeded in creating a 100% biomass-based resin pellet, which can be moulded into products from its waste

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13 January 20228 January 2022

Covestro signs first global agreement to supply mass-balanced TDI to Sinomax

Further step in expanding circular portfolio

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The third wave of biomaterials: When innovation meets demand

How corporate sustainability commitments could catalyze the next generation of bio-based chemicals and materials

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Higher Performance, Carbon Negative Plastics, Maybe for Less

ReSource developing FCDA from furfural - a technology which a number of companies are chasing for

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12 January 20226 January 2022

Hexion Inc. Announces Pernis Site Expansion

Company to boost epichlorohydrin capacity at Pernis, Netherlands

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10 January 20224 January 2022

Sustainable Plasticizers from Renewable Feedstocks

Collaborative project develops alternative as part of the circular economy

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3 January 20221 January 2022

Waste not, want not: New process turns manure into fatty acids

Madison researchers have demonstrated a new process for transforming a plentiful Wisconsin waste into fatty acids, energy-rich molecules that can be used to make fuels and a wide range of important chemicals

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17 December 202113 December 2021

ArcelorMittal expands partnership with carbon capture and re-use specialist LanzaTech through US$30 million investment

Investment is ArcelorMittal’s fourth via its XCarb™ innovation fund