The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, was flat at 61.71 as advanced biofuels dipped again but large caps were steady. For the day, Syntroleum (SYNM) fell 6.33 percent to $0.74, while Novozymes (NZMB) rose 2.53 percent to $27.53. Among other equities, Green Plains Renewable Energy (GPRE) slipped back 3.05 percent […]
The Digest embarks on an eight-state Midwest tour – listening to and sharing tales of energy independence – and reporting both the triumphs and the tensions. Today, we look today at a bright economic revival in Nebraska since the state tipped itself from fuel imports to fuel exports. Omaha, NE — You might not know […]
In California, Danny Hess, a surfboard shaper has started using Super Sap, a USDA BioPreferred Certified liquid epoxy resin. Hess has long worked on making his boards as green as possible, and according to an article in WIRED, he is also now experimenting with salvaged redwood and organic foam. Hess is quoted as saying, “My […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, was flat at 61.65 as advanced biofuels dipped but ethanol recovered. For the day, Ceres (CERE) plunged 9.39 percent to $6.85, while Renewable Energy Group (REGI) fell 7.37 percent to $5.78. Among other equities, Green Plains Renewable Energy (GPRE) rallied another 6.96 percent to […]
With the US drought, food vs fuel has returned as an issue. What alternatives are scientists, entrepreneurs developing to take us beyond the old debate? In the past week we published a report that the chairman of Nestle, Peter Brabeck-Lemathe, has called anew for a ban on making biofuels from feedstocks that can also be […]
In Pennsylvania, at the 244th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society scientists described development and successful laboratory testing of a new “biorefinery” intended to change food waste into a key ingredient for making plastics, laundry detergents and scores of other everyday products. The report covered their work, launched in cooperation with the […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, was flat at 61.69 despite an enzyme stock retreat. For the day, Ceres (CERE) plunged 16.09 percent to $7.56, while OriginOil plummeted 8.16 percent to $0.90. Among other equities, Green Plains Renewable Energy (GPRE) rallied 4.55 percent to $4.60. Overall, advances and declines were […]
Coast-to-coast Open House Events, Hot New Technologies, must-see algae gear and algae around the world — as 2009’s “summer of algae” gives way to 2012’s Summer of Industrial Algae. Launching today – and stretching into early Fall – the Algae Biomass Organization is coordinating a series of events billed as “The “Summer of Algae II” […]
In California, Cereplast announced their net loss for the three months ending June 30, 2012 was approximately $3.9 million as compared to $2.4 million for the same period in 2011. Net loss for the first six months of 2012 was approximately $6.7 million as compared to approximately $4.1 million for the first six months of […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, slipped 0.23 percent to 61.75 as ethanol stocks retreated. For the day, Syntroleum (SYNM) gained 5.41 percent to $0.78, while Codexis (CDXS) recovered 2.16 percent to $2.36. Among other equities, Renewable Energy Group (REGI) rallied another 1.57 percent to $6.46 on strong Q2 earnings. […]
