BASF has produced its first commercial volumes of 1,4-butanediol (BDO) from renewable raw material, and is offering this product to customers for testing and commercial use.
Sasol Ltd.’s integrated gas-to-liquids and chemicals project in Louisiana earned the inaugural FDI Deal of the Year Award at the 2013 World Forum for Foreign Direct Investment in Shanghai, China.
Publishing company Global Industry Analysts Inc. has released a study on the renewable chemicals market that reports the market for renewable chemicals is projected to reach $66.1 billion by 2018.
Renewable chemicals company BioAmber has partnered with Brenntag, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany, for distribution of its Bio-SATM bio-based succinic acid and derivatives, including bio-based 1, 4-butanediol (BDO).
Myriant Corp., a global renewable chemicals company, announced the successful scaling and commercial production of bio-succinic acid at ThyssenKrupp Uhde’s biotech commercial validation facility in Leuna, Germany.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in collaboration with the National Science Foundation (NSF), announced two funding opportunities for up to 10 grants, totaling up to $32 million, for research on the design of safer chemicals.
