Guess what?! There is still a lot to know about what to do with the increasing amount of generated glycerol (also glycerine, glycerin) obtained by biodiesel production. Besides the well established sell of purified glycerine to manufacturers of cosmetics and pharmaceuticals a variety of novel conversion techniques are introduced. This article is intended to be [...]
Using Bioplastics: If We Don’t Change The World, Who Else Will?
Facing the challenges of modern days sometimes seems impossible to manage and often request to change our beloved habits radically. But do we want to change modern lifestyle? I guess: no! Amending a convenient lifestyle is probably one of the last things we want to do. Clean technologies, able to overcome known global threats, like [...]
World’s Biggest Biodiesel Plant Starts Up
Neste Oil starts up the world’s largest renewable diesel plant in Singapore which has an annual capacity of 800,000 tons. According to Neste’s information the construction costs were around US$ 550 million. The plant was completed on-schedule as well as on-budget. “We are very proud of the new plant and the NExBTL technology behind it, [...]
Bioplastics Gather Momentum
While gaining much attraction from media, the bioplastic – market is still in its infancy. Biomass derived plastics currently make up about 0.2% of the roughly estimated 350 million tons of plastics consumed annually. But that volume will grow 30% a year due to the rising demand of environmentally friendly substitutions for packaging and products [...]
Do Algae biofuels need 10 more years of R&D to compete?
According to the Energy Biosciences Institute at the University of California at Berkeley the algae biofuels industry is still in its infancy. The Institute published a survey of the state of industrial algae fuel production. Current commercial biomass production from algae is mostly restricted to nutritional products. The authors state: “Despite the scores, if not [...]
Bioplastics Go Commercial: Green Polypropylene From Sugarcane
Back in 2008, the Brazil based company Braskem announced the production of the first polypropylene made 100% from renewable resources, which was verified in accordance with ASTM D6866. Now the company is going to build a commercial propylene plant using sugar cane as feedstock. Operational start up is planed for 2013. The green propylene production [...]
The Automotive Industry’s Path to Sustainability
Honestly, when thinking about car makers clean technologies and sustainability aren’t the first thoughts that come into someone’s mind. But times are changing! Besides some efforts in the development of hybrid or full electric cars, currently numerous car producers switch to the implementation of bioplastics into their vehicles and additionally explore the chances of different [...]
Beat the Crisis: Invest in Sustainability
Just a few months ago the European Bioplastic Association made a poll among their members regarding green investments. Many companies reported a healthy growth in 2009. Their expectations were fulfilled and sometimes exceeded! 47% of the polled companies, almost the half, reported growth in turnover, 38% could draw level and just 10% reported losses. Generally, [...]
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