In Canada, Lignol Energy Corporation announced a non-brokered private placement of up to 30 million common shares of the Company at CAD$0.08 per common share to raise up to CAD$2.4 million together with the execution of a Share Purchase Agreement to acquire from Wasabi Energy Limited 275 million ordinary shares of Australian Renewable Fuels Limited […]
In Canada, Solegear Bioplastics has secured Series A financing, led by Yaletown Venture Partners and joined by a number of leading angel investors. Based in Vancouver, Solegear engineers, produces and distributes high-performance bioplastics made from rapidly renewable resources. Founded in 2006, Solegear has developed proprietary bioplastics formulations under the brand name Polysole – a 100% […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, edged up 0.32 percent to 60.22 as enzyme and ethanol shares recovered. For the day, Verenium (VRNM) sagged 1.80 percent to $3.82, while KiOR (KIOR) dumped 14.04 percent to $6.86. Among other equities, Algae.Tec (AEB.AX) lost 13.16 percent to $0.33. Overall, declines and advances […]
By Douglas L. Faulkner, “The Cleantech Conservative” Special to the Digest Voters are in an ugly mood. Many view overreaching regulations and fiscal failings of the federal government as big roadblocks to economic recovery and even threats to our way of life. Meanwhile, the oil and gas industry is gaining political strength as its production […]
In 1938, as the German-Czechoslovakian crisis unfolded on the eve of World War II, Hilaire Belloc summarized British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain’s appeasement policy as: “Dear Czecho-Slovakia, I don’t think they’ll attack yer, But I’m not going to back yer.” So might the policies of a Romney Administration towards biofuels be fairly described. It shaped […]
In Colorado, Gevo reports that the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals granted Gevo’s motion to stay a status quo order entered on July 6th by the U.S. District Court in Delaware. The status quo order had prohibited Gevo from selling bio-isobutanol to the automotive fuels market pending Butamax’s appeal of the District Court’s decision denying […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, dipped 0.45 percent to 60.03 as enzyme and ethanol shares declined. For the day, Verenium (VRNM) sagged 6.49 percent to $3.89, while KiOR (KIOR) surged 10.22 percent to $7.98. Among other equities, Amyris (AMRS) jumped 10.13 percent to $4.35. Overall, declines led advances 9 […]
The maker of nylon products such as Lycra and Dacron teams with LanzaTech to produce a vital intermediate, butadiene. Can you really make a parachute from blast furnace waste gases? In Kansas, LanzaTech and top nylon producer INVISTA (think Lycra and Dacron) have inked a joint development agreement to develop one-step and two-step technologies to […]
A two-part series in which Digest contributor Tim Sklar looks at where the wood pellet and torrified wood markets are headed. By Tim Sklar In Part I, here, we looked at the Current and Projected Market for wood pellets and torrified wood, plus Biomass Procurement, co-firing, CO2 tax policy, and risk mitigation strategies. Our series […]
In California, Rentech reported consolidated net income of $.04 per share driven by strong fertilizer product prices, lower prices for natural gas, and reduced R&D expenses in the alternative energy segment. CEO Hunt Ramsbottom noted, “Rentech Nitrogen generated strong cash flow resulting in second quarter cash distributions of $1.17 per unit. Average prices for delivered […]
