Post Kitty Hawk: 2012 and Beyond: Overwhelming Evidence in Support of Replacing the Whole Barrel of Oil and the Need for Biobased Chemicals Policy Now by Stephen J. Gatto Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Myriant Corporation Special to the Digest We in the biobased chemicals industry have had our Kitty Hawk moment. What that means […]
In California, Verenium Corp. and Alexandria Real Estate celebrated the grand opening of Verenium’s new office and laboratory building in the Torrey Pines area of San Diego. The new 60,000 square foot building includes state-of-the-art laboratories, office space designed to support employee creativity and a high-tech fermentation pilot plant for use in bioprocess development and […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, slumped 2.57 percent to 59.99 as advanced biofuels, ethanol and enzyme stocks fell. For the day, Algae.Tec (AEB.AX) rebounded 6.25 percent to $0.34, while Codexis (CDXS) dropped 3.72 percent to $3.62. Among other equities, Ceres (CERE) rose 1.02 percent to $8.92. Overall, declines led […]
As the 2012 Summer Games approach, BP Biofuels launches its showcase for cellulosic ethanol, renewable diesel, and biobutanol. Amidst the blizzard of demo drives and informational marketing, why are these molecules key to “fueling the future”? This Friday, the games of the 2012 London Olympiad will commence, and for nearly three weeks more than one […]
In Canada, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz announced today that Advanced Foods and Materials Canada is receiving an important investment to turn by-products of flax and hemp into high-quality fiber. AFM will use this $500,000 investment to increase production capabilities of the technology developed by Blue Goose Biorefineries. AFM states that the development of this technology […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, dropped 1.12 percent to 61.57 as advanced biofuels and enzyme stocks fell. For the day, Algae.Tec (AEB.AX) sagged 5.88 percent to $0.32, while Renewable Energy Group (REGI) slumped 8.83 percent to $6.61. Among other equities, Biofuel Energy (BIOF) shed 5.56 percent to $2.55. Overall, […]
Coskata, looking at CAPEX opportunities, political uncertainty, and the investor climate — switches to an “all natural gas” feedstock strategy. Initiates a $100M private placement, puts Alabama project on hold. In today’s Digest, we look at the rationale, the impact and the way forward. “In North America there’s a golden opportunity,” Coskata CEO Bill Roe […]
In reader reaction to yesterday’s Top Story on the Navy’s Green Strike Force demonstration at the 2012 RIMPAC exercises, several noted that the “6 Myths of Military Biofuels” would have been better placed as a separate article, rather than attached to the bottom of an already detailed Top Story. We agree – what more should […]
In Florida, Biofuels Digest debuted the Biofuels Brand Index, a new weekly feature tracking biofuels producer brands exposure. The first weekly release, for the week of July 9-13, reveals the brand exposure for 52 different producers, based on appearances each made in the more than 90 news features published that week, and reader clicks. For […]
In Texas, Celenese announced a new deal to advance the development of fuel ethanol projects with Pertamina, the state-owned energy company of Indonesia. In line with its long-term strategy to develop new and renewable energy capabilities, Pertamina will collaborate exclusively with Celanese to jointly develop synthetic fuel ethanol projects in the Republic of Indonesia utilizing […]
