In the UK, five Scottish universities will coordinate a $2.5 million fund coming from the European Regional Development Fund, the Scottish Government and Scottish Enterprise that will promote innovation targeted at SMEs to exploit existing and future biofuels research commercially, as well as to conduct feasibility studies. More on the story.
In California, Newlight Technologies announced it has added Jim Lunt, one of the world’s leading experts in biopolymer commercial development, to its team as Vice President of Product Development.
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, edged up 0.30 percent to 60.53 as large caps advanced. For the day, Renewable Energy Group (REGI) climbed 3.44 percent to $5.41, while Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) jumped 3.09 percent to $26.34. Among other equities, KiOR (KIOR) dropped 6.67 percent to $6.30. Overall, advances […]
While companies pursue alternatives to Fischer-Tropsch technologies, Velocys is seeking to make F-T work economically with micro-reactors. In last week’s Digest, Robert Rapier aptly stated the challenge in front of XTL technologies – companies whose primary focus is gas-to-liquids (GTL), coal-to-liquids (CTL), or biomass-to-liquids (BTL): “The two major problems with any of the XTL technologies […]
Biofuels Digest readers choose Clark by a wide margin; Chu in a distant second; Reicher, Podesta, Dorgan trail far behind. Biofuels Digest readers chose former NATO commander Wesley K. Clark as US Secretary of Energy in an online straw poll. In a field of 17 candidates, including the current Secretary, Dr. Steven Chu, Clark picked […]
In Florida, Dyadic International announced that it has been issued U.S. Patent No. 8,304,212 entitled “Methods and compositions for degradation of lignocellulosic material” by the USPTO. The inventions embodied by this patent relate to methods and compositions for using enzyme mixtures to convert plant biomass into fermentable sugars for the production of useful products. The […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, jumped 2.62 percent to 60.35 as advanced biofuels rebounded. For the day, Amyris (AMRS) soared 9.44 percent to $2.55 s, while Solazyme (SZYM) dropped 2.36 percent to $7.02. Among other equities, KiOR (KIOR) rocketed up 9.05 percent to $6.75. Overall, advances led declines 3 […]
Ensyn – moving rapidly towards scale as a transport fuel technology after decades in smaller, high-value markets. What does Ensyn’s signature RTP technology, that’s making such a splash, look like? There’s a jeu d’esprit that Canadians repeat amongst themselves about how much better Canada is at basic research than applications development. At some point, someone […]
Biofuels Digest has released the next wave of its 5-Minute Guides – a “news you can use” digest on the leading companies in biofuels. Each 5-Minute Guide provides a company description, 3 top milestones for 2010-12 and projected for 2012-14, description of the business model; plus project info (location, feedstocks, product set, processing technology, capacity, […]
Address: 2425 55th Street, Suite 100 Boulder, CO 80301 Year Founded: 2007 Company description: OPX Biotechnologies, Inc. (OPXBIO) is a Boulder, Colorado-based company using its proprietary, leading EDGE™ (Efficiency Directed Genome Engineering) technology platform to manufacture bio-based chemicals and fuels that deliver more sustainable value to our customers. OPXBIO has successfully developed the pilot-scale process […]
