The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, slipped 0.24 percent to 65.40 as advanced biofuels dipped. For the day, Algae.Tec (AEB.AX) plunged 14.71 percent to $0.29, while Ceres (CERE) recovered 5.67 percent to $5.59. Among other equities, Solazyme (SZYM) fell 2.18 percent to $11.20. Overall, declines and advances were even for […]
Growing crude oil as a crop – Sapphire Energy and its Green Crude Farm – can it be the sunlight in your universe and change the world? What does it look like? How does it work? The Digest does the show and tell. As locations go, Columbus, New Mexico is hard to find but is a […]
In Illinois, researchers at the University of Illinois, in collaboration with Tufts University and Northwestern University, have demonstrated a new type of biodegradable electronics technology that could introduce new design paradigms for medical implants, environmental monitors and consumer devices such as cell phones. The “transient electronic” systems harness and extend various techniques that the researchers […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, recovered 0.88 percent to close at 65.56 as ethanol moved up. For the day, Biofuel Energy (BIOF) jumped 16.17 percent to $5.89, while Ceres (CERE) dropped 6.87 percent to $5.29. Among other equities, OriginOil (OOIL) surged 7.95 percent to $0.95. Overall, declines and advances […]
In Florida, Biofuels Digest subscribers have propelled Solazyme to an early lead in 2012-13 50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy balloting, with last year’s winner maintaining a small lead over last year’s #3, Gevo – with 2011-12 #2 and perennial contender Amyris dropping to #5. New appearances in the Top 10 this year, so far, are […]
Can a new industry effort reinvigorate support for the Renewable Fuel Standard – by highlighting biofuels’ role in energy independence, emissions, economic development? By Brent Erickson, Executive VP, BIO – head, Industrial & Environmental section Last Thursday, a coalition of leaders from the biofuels industry, national security, and agriculture launched Fuels America, a campaign to […]
This week, we’ve heard from three groups in Nevada, Wisconsin and North Carolina that have projects and/or results that have the potential to change outcomes and accelerate progress in biofuels. Start small, go big in biodiesel In Nevada, International Procurement Tools announced a phased financing that would provide anyone interested in developing a biodiesel facility […]
In Taiwan, Nam Liong Enterprise has been granted a license by DuPont Tate & Lyle Bio Products to use its corporate brand with Nam Liong’s UreamaxPlus TPU films. Ureamax Plus isused as a membrane in the manufacturing of waterproof and/or breathable textiles and contains a minimum 20 percent by weight of Susterra biobased propanediol. The […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, dropped 1.02 percent to close at 64.99 as ethanol slumped. For the day, Aventine Renewable Energy (AVRWD) lost 58.00 percent to $32.00 following a capital reorganization, while Gevo (GEVO) surged 16.30 percent to $2.14. Among other equities, KiOR (KIOR) jumped 11.91 percent to $9.30. […]
Defenders begin a high-stakes, high-cost campaign to rally support for the RFS. Who are the defenders? What are the issues? The odds? The alternatives? In Washington, a large coalition of advanced and traditional renewable fuel stakeholders — led by most of the major biofuels trade associations and some of the titans of cellulosic ethanol, including […]
