In Kansas, MGP, an innovator of grain- and other plant-based ingredient solutions, has announced the development of Terratek BD, new line of biodegradable composite resins. This newest entry in the company’s portfolio of bioplastic products will be introduced at the Sustainable Packaging Forum, Sept. 11-13 in Pittsburg, Penn. Terratek is produced at MGP’s Onaga Kansas […]
In California, Polyera Corporation has achieved a certified world-record 5.2% efficient fully-polymeric organic solar cell in an inverted bulk heterojunction architecture combining their new ActivInk(R) PV2400 donor and NV2400 acceptor materials. These results significantly improve upon previously reported records of less than 3% for fully-polymeric cells. The device performance was certified by Newport Corporation’s PV […]
In Canada, the Global Renewable Fuels Alliance released its annual Green House Gas (GHG) Reduction Forecast. The GRFA is forecasting global ethanol production to reduce GHG emissions by 100 million tonnes in 2012. (S&T)2 Consultants Inc., an internationally renowned energy and environmental consulting firm, has produced data demonstrating the positive impact global ethanol production continues […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, jumped 1.86 percent to 61.91 as enzymes, advanced bio, and ethanol all gained. For the day, Lignol (LEC.V) jumped 33.33 percent to $0.12, while Syntroleum (SYNM) rose 5.88 percent to $0.72. Among other equities, OriginOil (OOIL) fell 9.78 percent to $0.83. Overall, advances led […]
The new trend in biofuels is not a biofuel at all – it’s an (usually unpronounceable) intermediate that can be refined into an array of fuels, chemicals, flavors, fragrances, and construction or packaging materials. Ptera-buta-thalic-what? We can hardly pronounce them, but we sure need to know about them. Amyris, KiOR, Renmatix, Virdia, Blue Sugars, Proterro, […]
From the then and now department: Wall Street Journal last month: “The resulting corn shortages [from ethanol mandates] drive food prices up in a way that punishes consumers around the world.” Wall Street Journal this month: Drought impacts will be “far from crippling for the average consumer…corn-price spikes like the one we’ve experienced…don’t lead to […]
In Massachusetts and France, WikiCell Designs, a Cambridge and Paris company developing deliciously edible forms of food and beverage packaging, today announced that it closed a $10 million Series-A financing co-led by Flagship Ventures and Polaris Venture Partners. The company also announced that co-founder Robert Connelly will lead WikiCell Designs as CEO. Noubar Afeyan of […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, was flat at 60.78 percent as enzymes recovered. For the day, BP dropped 3.00 percent to $40.38, while Amyris (AMRS) slumped 9.71 percent to $3.16. Among other equities, KiOR (KIOR) fell 6.66 percent to $6.87. Overall, advances led declines 8 to 7 for the […]
Codexis, Shell redefine relationship; Codexis gains global rights; will lay off 133 staff; adopts anti-takeover measures; what does it mean for Shell, Raizen, Iogen, Codexis and Dyadic? What does it say about strategic investors in advanced biofuels? In California, Codexis announced that Shell has granted Codexis a royalty-bearing, non-exclusive license to develop, manufacture, use and […]
In Florida, Progressive Fuels Limited announced the launch of a new trading platform called Easy Trade. PFL developed East Trade in conjunction with Elysian Systems (a subsidiary of The Chicago Mercantile Exchange). Traders, marketers, producers, plants, processers, and other market participants gain transparent real-time direct access to the North American commodity markets for biofuels, energy […]
