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Wednesday, November 17, 2004
SABCnews.com - sci_tech/science: "A team led by Vivian Alberts of the Rand Afrikaans University (RAU) has unveiled a solar panel plant at the Johannesburg campus that produces photovoltaic (PV) panels at a quarter of the cost of current technology. A complete system, which is to generate electricity from sunlight, could be in production within the next three years. The team, made up of physicists from RAU, the University of Port Elizabeth and the University of Pretoria developed an industrial method of producing copper-indium(gallium)-diselenide (CIGS) panels as opposed to the silicon-based technology that are used currently. The world is looking for cheaper energy and physicists say they were in competition with major players in the energy field, like Shell National Renewable Laboratories to invent a cheaper way of converting sunlight into electric energy. "
10:20:32 AM
GreenBiz News | New Partnership to Commercialize Plastic from Corn: "PHAs are a broad and versatile family of natural plastics that range in properties from rigid to highly elastic, making them suitable for films, fibers, adhesives, coatings, molded goods, and a variety of other applications. While stable to even hot water, they will biodegrade in aquatic, soil and composting environments, and even under anaerobic conditions, once their use is over. They are made using a proprietary process developed by Metabolix that converts renewable and sustainable agricultural raw materials through a fully biological fermentation process"
10:16:09 AM
GreenBiz News | New Partnership to Commercialize Plastic from Corn: "The new facility, part of a 50/50 joint venture to manufacture and market natural PHA polymers for a wide variety of applications, including coated paper, film, and molded goods. Natural PHA polymers are produced using a fully biological fermentation process that converts agricultural raw materials such as corn sugar into a versatile range of biodegradable and compostable plastics. "
10:15:41 AM
GreenBiz News | New Partnership to Commercialize Plastic from Corn: "CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Nov. 11, 2004 - Metabolix, Inc. and Archer Daniels Midland Company have agreed to establish a 50,000-ton production facility to commercialize a new generation of high-performance natural plastics from corn. "
10:15:13 AM
10:20:32 AM
GreenBiz News | New Partnership to Commercialize Plastic from Corn: "PHAs are a broad and versatile family of natural plastics that range in properties from rigid to highly elastic, making them suitable for films, fibers, adhesives, coatings, molded goods, and a variety of other applications. While stable to even hot water, they will biodegrade in aquatic, soil and composting environments, and even under anaerobic conditions, once their use is over. They are made using a proprietary process developed by Metabolix that converts renewable and sustainable agricultural raw materials through a fully biological fermentation process"
10:16:09 AM
GreenBiz News | New Partnership to Commercialize Plastic from Corn: "The new facility, part of a 50/50 joint venture to manufacture and market natural PHA polymers for a wide variety of applications, including coated paper, film, and molded goods. Natural PHA polymers are produced using a fully biological fermentation process that converts agricultural raw materials such as corn sugar into a versatile range of biodegradable and compostable plastics. "
10:15:41 AM
GreenBiz News | New Partnership to Commercialize Plastic from Corn: "CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Nov. 11, 2004 - Metabolix, Inc. and Archer Daniels Midland Company have agreed to establish a 50,000-ton production facility to commercialize a new generation of high-performance natural plastics from corn. "
10:15:13 AM
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