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APRIL 25, 2013

a privately held company that develops novel catalysts and processes for the cost-advantaged production of chemical products from renewable feedstocks, has successfully demonstrated production of hexamethylenediamine (HMD) from widely available, renewable feedstocks. Bio-polymers Materials' Rennovia, Inc.,

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NOVEMBER 5, 2020

LG Chem will start replacing fossil feedstock commonly used in the manufacturing of polymers and chemicals with Neste Renewable Hydrocarbons in the upcoming months. Photo: Panoramic view of LG Chem’s petrochemical complex in Yeosu, South Korea.

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MAY 20, 2023

The Bridgestone Turanza EV tire is the first replacement market tire in North America to feature ENLITEN technology ( earlier post ), which is engineered to help optimize all-season performance, provide longer wear life, and allow for the incorporation of renewable and recycled materials in its tire products.

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JUNE 28, 2022

Neste Corporation has made the final investment decision to invest into new renewable products production capacity in Rotterdam. The decision is based on demand for renewable products growing substantially with customers’ higher climate ambitions. million ton capacity for renewable products in Rotterdam is the largest in Europe.

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AUGUST 10, 2020

Novvi LLC announced the successful start-up of its Deer Park, TX plant, where it is manufacturing and marketing 100% renewable base oils ( NovaSpec Base Oils ) for the lubricants industry, and 100% renewable process oils for polymer, adhesives, and personal care industries. Novvi is a joint venture of Amyris, Inc.,

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APRIL 11, 2021

.) – Developing ion-exchange membranes (IEM) and polymers used for electrochemical applications in order to reduce the use of cost-prohibitive and toxic materials. Applications include green hydrogen production, hydrogen fuel cells and carbon capture and utilization (CCU).

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FEBRUARY 4, 2014

The US Department of Energy (DOE) will award ( DE-FOA-0000996 ) up to $12 million in funding to advance the development of a cost-competitive pathway to produce high-performance carbon fiber for vehicle lightweighting from renewable non-food biomass. Prior attempts to produce renewable carbon fiber have focused on converting lignin.

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DECEMBER 27, 2021

Produced via a simple, environmentally sound and efficient approach involving the calcination of a bio-based polymer, this novel material also retained most of its initial capacity over thousands of cycles. Another notable advantage of the proposed anode material is the use of a bio-based polymer in its synthesis.

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OCTOBER 9, 2014

million for seven research projects designed to advance a broad range of renewable energy technologies, including solar cells, batteries, renewable fuels and bioenergy. Researchers will design self-healing polymers that can stretch to accommodate large volume changes in the battery during charge and discharge.

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APRIL 3, 2021

If hydrogen is collected from renewable sources such as wind and solar power, there are no climate-damaging emissions. There are various processes involved in membrane production, starting with custom polymer synthesis. Polymers are substances consisting of branched macromolecules. These are then applied to the porous substrate.

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MARCH 11, 2020

Neste, the world’s leading producer of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel produced from waste and residue raw materials, has agreed to acquire 100% of Mahoney Environmental (Mahoney), a collector and recycler of used cooking oil in the United States, and its affiliated entities. million tonnes—the equivalent of taking 3.5

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

This collaboration was initiated to develop and commercialize renewable isoprene, sourced from various biomass as an additional sustainable pathway to produce isoprene. Amyris will share its rights to commercialize the renewable isoprene technology developed under this collaboration with Braskem. Amyris Brasil Ltda.,

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NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Eastman and Gruppo Maip, a leading international plastics formulator and compound producer based in Turin, Italy, will partner to formulate new sustainable polymer solutions for automotive interior applications. va Renew engineering bioplastic. —Eligio Martini, president of Gruppo Maip. In addition, Tr?va

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JUNE 3, 2023

Rio Tinto has successfully completed the full transition of its heavy machinery from fossil diesel to renewable diesel at its Boron, California operation, making it the first open pit mine in the world to achieve this milestone. Rio Tinto US Borax used Neste MY Renewable Diesel during the trial. billion gallons (5.5

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FEBRUARY 26, 2022

The new line will help DSM to meet growing demand for high-performance polymers used in a wide range of end-applications—particularly for electric vehicles and in electricsand electronics (E&E)—and will help drive the shift to a low-carbon, circular economy.

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OCTOBER 28, 2022

Neste and Rolls-Royce have agreed to build a strategic partnership on accelerating the use of renewable diesel as a lower-emission solution for diesel engines. Both parties share a common vision of renewable fuels playing a key role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions in off-highway applications, such as construction and power generation.

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DECEMBER 13, 2018

billion to add additional renewable products production capacity in Singapore. The decision is based on a growing global market demand for low-carbon solutions in transport and cities, aviation, polymers and chemicals. The investment will extend Neste’s renewable product overall capacity in Singapore by up to 1.3

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JUNE 9, 2017

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT) are beginning testing of the Soletair demo plant, which uses air-captured carbon dioxide to produce renewable fuels and chemicals. Phase 1: Renewable energy. The pilot plant is coupled to LUT’s solar power plant in Lappeenranta.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2019

The parties are willing to discuss collaboration opportunities in low-carbon products and renewable energies development. Finally, Eni and Pertamina will discuss cooperation and business opportunities both in Indonesia and internationally in renewable projects.

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JANUARY 7, 2022

H-Mat is a national laboratory consortium co-led by SNL and PNNL, conducting cross-cutting R&D on the compatibility of metallic and polymer materials for hydrogen service. renewable natural gas).

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OCTOBER 12, 2015

Amyris, Inc., , a company which converts plant-sourced sugars into renewable hydrocarbons, reports achieving a record low manufacturing cost of $1.75 Amyris’ farnesene is a renewable hydrocarbon molecule addressing growing demand in a broad range of applications, from diesel and jet fuel to high-performance materials. per liter (US$6.63/gallon)

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APRIL 23, 2014

has come to an agreement with Lufthansa under which the carrier will evaluate Gevo’s renewable jet fuel with the goal of approving the alcohol-to-jet fuel (ATJ) for commercial aviation use. Renewable jet embodies the potential of cleaner, greener, and as we scale up, cost competitive drop-in fuels. Bio-isobutanol producer Gevo, Inc.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

They also may complement other types of sustainable materials, such as certified renewable products from bio-based content, which we are also developing. These new products are the first of many SABIC resins to be introduced with mechanically recycled content for potential use in interior and exterior automotive applications.

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JULY 15, 2022

Twelve has developed an efficient polymer-electrolyte membrane (PEM) CO 2 electrolyzer that uses proprietary CO 2 -reducing catalysts to split CO 2 with just water and renewable electricity as inputs, syngas (CO and hydrogen) as the output, and pure oxygen as the only byproduct. Earlier post.).

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APRIL 13, 2021

Brookhaven National Laboratory, and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) will work over the next few years to bring to market high-temperature proton exchange membrane (HT-PEM) fuel cells. A new partnership comprising Los Alamos National Laboratory, Advent Technology Holdings Inc.,

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JULY 6, 2020

The current cohort of EFRCs, selected by competitive peer review, include six new centers and renewals of two existing ones, all to be funded for up to four years. Based on favorable peer review evaluations, an additional two existing centers were awarded two-year extensions to support the completion of valuable research in progress.

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OCTOBER 17, 2019

Borealis, a leading provider of innovative polyolefin solutions; and Neste, the world’s leading provider of renewable diesel, renewable jet fuel, and an expert in delivering drop-in renewable chemical solutions, are entering into strategic co-operation for the production of renewable polypropylene (PP).

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MARCH 23, 2016

Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have developed a new class of high-performance thermoplastic elastomers for cars and other consumer products by replacing the styrene in ABS (acrylonitrile, butadiene and styrene) with lignin, a brittle, rigid polymer that, with cellulose, forms the woody cell walls of plants.

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OCTOBER 25, 2020

PCC 6803 cells holding ethylene forming enzyme (Efe) from Pseudomonas syringae are entrapped within a natural polymer matrix, thus forming the thin-layer biocatalytic structure. The team optimized the production system by varying different parameters, such as radiance, inorganic carbon level, and periodicity of medium renewal.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

BASF, Cargill and Novozymes have demonstrated the successful conversion of 3-hydroxypropionic acid (3-HP), to glacial acrylic acid and super-absorbent polymers, marking another milestone in their joint development of technologies to produce acrylic acid from renewable raw materials.

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JANUARY 20, 2012

Design of the microbial platform for production of biofuels and renewable commodity chemical compounds from macroalgae. Macroalgae (seaweed) offers a number of attractive attributes as a feedstock for renewable fuels and chemicals (high sugar content, no requirements for arable land, fresh water, and fertilizer and no food vs. fuel issues.

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OCTOBER 4, 2020

In addition to the demand for new roads, a great deal of existing pavement requires renewal due to binder aging and compromised crack resistance on the surface. Many roads will have to be renewed in the next few years. BASF offers polymer solutions for all types of asphalt paving applications.

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APRIL 19, 2015

Freudenberg-NOK Sealing Technologies has developed an ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM) rubber compound from a polymer produced from sugarcane-based feedstock. The bio-renewable rubber, for which development began in 2012, is made from a polymer that is made via a process that begins with the sugarcane plant.

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JUNE 26, 2021

These new grades will claim 100% renewable attributed carbon derived from crude tall oil (CTO) bio-feedstock, according to a mass-balance approach. Arkema has been a leader in advanced bio-circular polymers for many years. Arkema has launched its new sustainable Kynar PVDF range.

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DECEMBER 22, 2018

Researchers from the University of Houston and the Toyota Research Institute of America have discovered a promising new version of high-energy magnesium batteries, with potential applications ranging from electric vehicles to battery storage for renewable energy systems. The observed specific energy (up to 243 Whr kg -1 ), power (up to 3.4

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DECEMBER 2, 2018

a developer of low-cost, high-performance polymers for electrochemical applications, announced its selection by the US Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) for an award that will support the continued development of its alkaline exchange ionomers and membranes. 3) Perfluorinated polymers (i.e.,

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

There will also be a shift in the polymer product portfolio to include higher levels of post-consumer recycled content. INEOS O&P UK operates the Olefins and Polymers petrochemical plants at Grangemouth. The raw materials used by this business present an outlet for North Sea gases, delivered via the co-located Forties Pipeline System.

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