In the Philippines, the Inquirer is reporting that “the Department of Energy is considering putting up a one-stop shop that will facilitate the entry of local and foreign investors in the country’s biofuels industry.” The country has three ethanol plants with a capacity of 20 million gallons, and Energy Undersecretary Jose M. Layug Jr. told […]
In Germany, Joerg Adolf, chief economist of Deutsche Shell told Reuters that “There will be possibilities to increase the use of second-generation fuels, however these [revised EU] targets are ambitious. Currently we have some second generation pilot plants but we will need production in millions of tonnes not in hundreds of thousands of tonnes. I […]
In Switzerland, The McGraw-Hill Companies announced that Platts, a McGraw-Hill division and leading global provider of energy, petrochemicals and metals information, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Kingsman SA, a privately-held, Switzerland-based provider of price information and analytics for the global sugar and biofuels markets. Neal noted that agriculture is a large, complex global […]
In Germany, Evonik reaffirmed their commitment to biotechnology with a plan to invest some €350 million by 2014 to expand its Biolys business. An amino acid used in animal feeds, Biolys is a source of L-lysine produced via fermentation. Investments include construction of new L-lysine plants in Brazil and Russia capable of producing nearly 200,000 […]
In Iowa, researchers at Iowa State and the DOE Ames Laboratory have published a new model of chemical activity within nanospheres. Nanospheres, tiny spheres of silica with a honeycomb of tunnels, or pores, throughout their structure and embedded with catalytic groups, were developed in the last decade as a solution to finding a reusable catalyst […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, edged up 0.24 percent to 63.92 as ethanol recovered. For the day, Renewable Energy Group (REGI) (AMRS) jumped 5.34 percent to $5.52, while KiOR (KIOR) plunged 7.32 percent to $6.20. Among other equities, Solazyme (SZYM) regained 2.29 percent to $10.27. Overall, declines and advances […]
Capital. In biofuels, it means raising, raising, raising. Raise a round, toot some oxygen, then go raise some more. Raise at base camp, raise in the Death Zone, reach the Summit, and raise again. Who are the go-to people and organizations — who’s in the know? It may feel like an endless slog up Everest. […]
In today’s Digest, we have prepared a look at 168 strategic investors in the sector – the institutional owners of the latest wave of sector IPOs. That is, Codexis, Amyris, Gevo, Solazyme, Renewable Energy Group and Ceres. Which institutionals own what? You can look by industrial biotech company, or look at the global list, which […]
In California, VIASPACE announced that its proprietary, high yield, dedicated energy crop Giant King Grass has been released from quarantine by the US Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service for distribution in the United States. VIASPACE grows Giant King Grass as a low-carbon fuel for electricity generating power plants; for energy pellets; […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, dropped 1.15 percent to 63.77 as large caps slumped. For the day, Amyris (AMRS) recovered 5.17 percent to $3.05, while Valero (VLO) plunged 6.15 percent to $29.47 as shares in the company dropped below book value. Among other equities, Solazyme (SZYM) shed 2.52 percent […]
