In the Netherlands, researchers at Technische Universiteit Eindhoven and the Hong Kong Polytechnic University have developed a special treatment for cotton fabric that allows the cotton to absorb 340 % of its own weight in water from misty air. The researchers applied a coating of PNIPAAm, a polymer, to the cotton fabric. At lower temperatures, […]
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In Texas, Joshua Yuan’s lab at Texas A&M University, United States, in a report in PLoS Genetics, compared the genetics of microbes found in the intestinal tracts of grasshoppers, termites and cutworm catepillars. In addition to confirming the attractive diversity of promising enzymes for breakdown of cellulosic material for biofuels, the researchers found that grasshoppers […]
In Washington, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld the advanced biofuels requirements under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), while ordering the EPA to reset the cellulosic biofuels target. “We agree with API that because EPA’s methodology for making its cellulosic biofuel projection did not take neutral aim at accuracy, […]
In Washington, Growth Energy announced the appointment of Ryan Welsh to the position of Director of Sales and Marketing for American Ethanol. In this capacity, Welsh will focus on further leveraging the American Ethanol venture to expand consumer knowledge of the benefits of ethanol and E15. More on the story.
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, edged up 0.16 percent to a new 3-month high of 68.34 as large caps advanced. For the day, Syntroleum (SYNM) rebounded another 4.17 percent to $0.50 percent to $0.48, while Amyris (AMRS) jumped 4.29 percent to $3.16. Among other equities, Gevo (GEVO) dipped 2.82 […]
“Electric power is cheap”, and “cellulosic biofuel costs less than $1.00 per gallon”. So why isn’t everyone buying a Chevy Volt? And why can you get lower interest rates on your Visa Card than next-gen biofuel developers face? It’s the old capex-opex fallacy. Earlier this week, a new study from researchers at UC Santa Barbara […]
In Indiana, Reuters reports that Dow AgroSciences is now reporting that first sales of their Enlist crops will be in 2014. The Reuters article sites that U.S. farmers are already purchasing their seeds for the 2013 crop, and that Dow has not yet received approval their Enlist. At this point, Dow plans on starting with […]
In Florida, Dyadic announced today that it has been upgraded by OTC Markets to “Current Information” which is the highest trading tier on the OTC Pink marketplace. The disclosures required for this upgrade have been posted on the OTC Markets website (www.otcmarkets.com) under Dyadic’s ticker symbol, “DYAI.” Dyadic’s President and CEO, Mark Emalfarb, stated, “The confidence […]
In Washington, the US Energy Information Administration said that ethanol production averaged 792,000 barrels per day (b/d) — or 33.26 million gallons daily. That is up 8,000 b/d from the week before. The four week average for ethanol production stood at 802,000 b/d for an annualized rate of 12.29 billion gallons. On the co-products side, […]
