Address: 500 Clyde Avenue , Mountain View, CA 94043 Year founded: 2006 Company description: Cobalt Technologies is commercializing cellulosic biobutanol, a versatile platform molecule for the renewable chemicals and fuels. The Company’s technology efficiently converts diverse non-food feedstocks – initially, lignocellulosic extracts from woody biomass and sugar cane bagasse – into biobutanol. Cobalt will offer complete systems […]
Who’s poured $116M into Algenol and Aurora Algae? Now we know, it’s Reliance. Back in early 2010, a lot of data began to accumulate suggesting that Reliance Industries Limited, the petroleum, chemicals, telecom and manufacturing conglomerate, was going to make a bet on algae in the fuels and chemicals space. Reliance — for those less […]
In the United Kingdom, Distinctive Wash Ltd has created a powdered laundry soap targeting male consumers. The company has paired a Protease enzyme with ambergris. The ambergris sticks to the clothing, which then captures amber and sandalwood scents. The Protease enzyme is activated at temperatures of just 30 degrees centigrade, so it’s also environmentally friendly […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, slipped 0.63 percent to 61.34 despite an advanced biofuels bounce. For the day, KiOR (KIOR) soared 10.66 percent to $5.50, while Amyris (AMRS) rocketed up 16.39 percent to $2.84. Among other equities, Gevo (GEVO) jumped 3.13 percent to $1.98. Overall, declines and advances were […]
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: 3571 Anderson Street Madison, WI 53704 Year Founded: 2002 Company description: Virent is in the business of replacing crude oil by applying clever chemistry to create the fuels and chemicals the world demands using a wide range of naturally-occurring, renewable resources. Virent’s patented technology features catalytic chemistry to convert plant-based sugars into a full […]
Address: 1007 North Market Street Wilmington, DE 19898 Year Founded: DuPont: 1802 DuPont Industrial Biosciences: 2011 Annual Revenue: $38 billion (DuPont overall for 2011) $1.2 billon (Industrial Biosciences unit for 2011) Company description: Last year, DuPont purchased Danisco and its Genencor unit and added their expertise into a new unit: DuPont Industrial Biosciences. This integration […]
Address: Visiting: Het Overloon 1 6411 TE Heerlen THE NETHERLANDS Mail: A. Fleminglaan 1 2613 AX Delft THE NETHERLANDS Year Founded: 1902 Annual Revenues: 2009: 7,866 million EUR 2010: 9,050 million EUR 2011: 9,193 million EUR 2012 Jan-Jun 4,558 million EUR Company description: Royal DSM is a global science-based company active in health, nutrition and […]
Can local communities pyrolize their wastes and residues, to make renewable fuels and chemicals at biobased super-refineries? Two-step processes could be the ticket to the future, according to an Iowa State team. Imagine, for a moment, a biorefinery as large as an oil refinery – competing on equivalent scales, gaining comparable economic and tax incentives […]
In Minnesota, Cargill announced it will expand its full line of ester fluids across Europe by mid-2013. The company will add manufacturing capacity to support its recently acquired brand of Envirotemp dielectric fluids, including the industry leading FR3 natural ester fluid. This portfolio of esters meets the specifications of a wide range of transformer applications. […]
