In California, Novozymes announced at Advanced Biofuels Markets the launch of a new game-changing enzyme product, Novozymes Avantec, which improves the efficiency and profitability of biofuel production. Avantec enables producers of corn ethanol to squeeze an extra 2.5% ethanol out of the corn, thereby improving their profit margins significantly. “Corn is the single biggest input […]
By James L. Stewart Chairman of the Board, BioEnergy Producers Association For the past decade, repressive provisions in statute have discouraged developers of conversion technologies from operating in California. Among its statutory roadblocks, the state has a scientifically inaccurate definition of gasification, which, if taken literally, would require zero emissions from the entire biorefining process. Think […]
In California, Biofuels Digest offered live, session-by-session coverage from Day Two of Advanced Biofuels Markets in San Francisco, where more than 200 companies have gathered this week for dealmaking, networking, and information sharing. Developing biofuels around the world – Brazil, India, Malaysia, China and Canada The Hows, Whens, and Wheres of Raising Capital Hot feedstocks […]
In Kansas, Monsanto and Biosynthetic Technologies announced license and supply agreements that expand the market opportunity for Vistive Gold soybean growers. This arrangement also includes an equity investment by Monsanto in Biosynthetic. Biosynthetic Technologies, in collaboration with USDA scientists, has developed an entirely new class of bio-based synthetic oils that match or exceed the performance […]
In California, Cobalt Technologies announced that Bunge Global Innovation has joined its Series E Preferred Stock round as a strategic investor. The investment follows Cobalt’s agreement with Bunge and specialty chemicals company Rhodia Poliamida e Especialidades to operate a pilot plant demonstrating the production of n-butanol utilizing sugarcane bagasse as feedstock at the Laboratório Nacional […]
In California, Renewable oils developer Solazyme took the #1 spot in the 2012-13 “50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy” rankings, announced today by Biofuels Digest at Advanced Biofuels Markets in San Francisco. KiOR (#2), LanzaTech (#3), Novozymes (#4), POET (#5), DuPont Industrial Biosciences (#6), Gevo (#7), Sapphire Energy (#8), Joule Unlimited (#9), and ZeaChem (#10) round […]
In California, Aemetis announced at Advanced Biofuels Markets the world’s first flight segment on 100% renewable, drop-in biofuel, conducted by the National Research Council of Canada using its Falcon 20 jet. The drop-in fuel was produced using AgrisomaResonance Energy Feedstock, a dedicated industrial oilseed that was launched at commercial scale in 2012 across a broad […]
In California, Biofuels Digest offered live, session-by-session coverage from Advanced Biofuels Markets. Opportunities in Biobased chemicals and materials: Segetis, Virent, Avantium, Codexis Strategic partnerships and their role in biofuels scale: Boeing, Battelle, Chemtex, REG, Blue Sugars CEOs advise on “The Race for Scale”: Gevo, ZeaChem, LS9, Aemetis, KiOR Beta Renewables keynote on Novozymes partnership Policy […]
Novozymes becomes preferred enzyme supplier for Beta Renewables’ current and future cellulosic biofuel projects; embedded in Proesa production technology. In Denmark and Italy, Novozymes, the world’s largest producer of industrial enzymes, and Beta Renewables, a global leader in cellulosic biofuels and part of Gruppo Mossi & Ghisolfi, announced an agreement to jointly market, demonstrate and […]
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, […]
