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Global Bioenergies reaches the first milestone of the BioMA+ project

6 February 2015Il BioeconomistaLeave a comment

Marc Delcourt, co-founder and CEO of Global Bioenergies

French Global Bioenergies, one of the few companies worldwide, and the only one in Europe, that is developing a process to convert renewable resources into hydrocarbons through fermentation, announces having reached the first milestone of the BioMA+ project which is financed by the French “Investissements d’Avenir” State program. The project aims at developing a renewable value chain to methacrylic acid, a key constituent of acrylic paints. Achieving this first milestone result unlocks a €1.7 million payment.

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DSM invests in US manufactoring facility for sustainable resins

3 February 2015Il Bioeconomista1 Comment

Headquarter of Royal DSM in Heerlen (The Netherlands)

Royal DSM, the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company headquartered in The Netherlands, announced yesterday a “substantial investment” in its Wilmington, Massachusetts (USA) manufacturing facility in order to produce waterborne resins for inks and coatings. Driven by its commitment to grow the sustainable coatings market, DSM will
upgrade its facilities to produce state-of-the-art waterborne resins for inks and coatings.

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Basf exits bio-based acrylic acid partnership with Cargill and Novozymes

29 January 2015Il Bioeconomista1 Comment

Chemical giant Basf has decided to exit the current R&D collaboration with Novozymes and Cargill to develop a bio-based process for producing 3-hydroxypropionic (3-HP) and acrylic acid from renewable raw materials.

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Alkol Biotech has started shipping of its EUnergy Cane sugarcane hybrid grown in Spain

26 January 201526 January 2015Il BioeconomistaLeave a comment

Alkol Biotech – a Spanish research company focused on the development of new plant varieties adapted to the needs of specific biofuel markets – has started shipping of its EUnergyCane sugarcane hybrid grown in Spain. The customer, a danish provider of cellulosic ethanol technologies, will use the hybrid to test its technologies aiming to the increasingly large cellulosic ethanol in Brazil, and is receiving it as dry bagasse.

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Lux Research: Bio-based materials and chemicals from emerging technologies will rise to over 7.4 million metric tons in 2018

24 January 2015Il BioeconomistaLeave a comment

Led by growth in the U.S. and Brazil, the global capacity to produce bio-based materials and chemicals (BBMC) from emerging technologies will rise to over 7.4 million metric tons in 2018, more than tripling from 2008 levels, according to Lux Research.

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France raised the maximum level of biofuels in diesel sold at services stations

20 January 201520 January 2015Il BioeconomistaLeave a comment

Ségolène Royal, Energy Minister of France

The French energy ministry issued a decree on Dec. 31 that raised the maximum level of biofuels in diesel sold at services stations in France to 8 percent by volume, higher than the EU-agreed limit of 7 percent.

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Finnish Valio the first company to sell milk in biobased carton packaging

14 January 201514 January 2015Il BioeconomistaLeave a comment

Finnish dairy producer, Valio, becomes the first company in the world to sell products to consumers in carton packaging made entirely from plant-based materials. Consumers are able to buy these packages at retail shops in Finland from this week.

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Avantium sells its crystallization systems business to Technobis

12 January 2015Il BioeconomistaLeave a comment

Avantium and Coca-Cola together to produce bio-based bottles

Avantium, a leading technology company specialized in the area of advanced catalytic research and renewable chemistry, announces today the successful sale of its crystallization systems business to the Technobis Group, a group of companies providing development and supply of high-tech instruments and modules for companies worldwide.

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Second Generation Biofuels Market is Expected to Reach $23.9 Billion, Global, by 2020

9 January 20159 January 2015Il BioeconomistaLeave a comment

The Mossi Ghisolfi Biorefinery in Crescentino, Italy

According to a new report by Allied Market Research titled “Global Second Generation Biofuels -Size, Industry Analysis, Trends, Opportunities, Growth and Forecast, 2013 – 2020”, the global second generation biofuels (Advanced Biofuels) market would reach $23.9 billion by 2020, registering a CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate) of 49.4% during 2014 – 2020.

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