The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, edged downwards 0.22 percent to 63.97 as enzyme equities flagged. For the day, Novozymes (NZMB) fell 1.69 percent to $28.00, while Gevo (GEVO) surged 6.58 percent to $1.62. Among other equities, Verenium (VRNM) shed 6.11 percent to $2.15. Overall, advances and declines were even […]
The Advanced Ethanol Council (AEC) released a progress report today on the development of the cellulosic biofuels industry. The release comes on the five year anniversary of the signing of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), and on the heels of Secretary Vilsack’s speech on rural innovation and economic opportunity at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The report, for the […]
Unofficial reports indicate that biofuels provisions have survived a House-Senate conference over the Defense bill. According to sources, House and Senate conferees have finished work on their conference report on the National Defense Authorization Act. Sources indicate that House language prohibiting DOD spending on biofuels has been removed and replaced with a requirement that DOD […]
Investors, policy-makers, supply-chain partners, observers – so many stakeholders ask the same question – how do you really know when your favorite biofuels venture is having real trouble as opposed to a non-material slowdown or hiccup. But not every venture is far enough along or transparent enough to offer classic data for analysts or the […]
Investors, policy-makers, supply-chain partners, observers – so many stakeholders ask the same question – how do you really know when your favorite biofuels venture is having real trouble as opposed to a non-material slowdown or hiccup. But not every venture is far enough along or transparent enough to offer classic data for analysts or the […]
Investors, policy-makers, supply-chain partners, observers – so many stakeholders ask the same question – how do you really know when your favorite biofuels venture is having real trouble as opposed to a non-material slowdown or hiccup. In industrial biotechnology as in all business, the laws of gravity apply — and profits are the driver and […]
Is your favorite biofuels venture in trouble? — or might look in trouble but actually be just fine. Here are 12 tell-tale signs if you’ve “got trouble, right here in River City.” In the game of professional golf, Saturday is traditionally known as “moving day” as the leaders begin to separate themselves from the pack […]
In California, Verdezyne announced the sale of its proprietary xylose isomerase technology, enabling the metabolism of 5-carbon sugars, to DuPont Industrial Biosciences. Under the terms of the sale, DuPont has purchased rights to Verdezyne’s patented xylose isomerase technology, covered by U.S. Patent Nos. 8,114,974 and 8,093,037, for use in the rapidly-commercializing biofuels and biochemical fields. […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, continued its Christmas rally, moving up 1.02 percent to a new eight-week high of 64.11. For the day,Novozymes (NZMB) gained 1.71 percent to $28.48, while KiOR (KIOR) soared 10.49 percent to $6.74. Among other equities, Renewable Energy Group (REGI) dumped 7.72 percent to $5.74. […]
Why is making affordable renewable sugars potentially big business? Which intrepid investors have targeted biofuels’ biggest bottleneck? News has been circulating that Proterro raised $3.5 million for a demonstration-scale of their renewable sugars technology, and secured a key patent allowance for their bioreactor system and microorganism. Giving us a good opportunity to review how Proterro, […]
