10,000 ways to replace a barrel of imported oil? BioBased Digest launches today, to help sort out the news and products in this fast-growing sector. Also introducing BioBase, which will launch in conjunction with Advanced Biofuels Markets this October in San Francisco. When the USDA announced recently that there are 3,700 bio-based products now approved […]
In California, SG Biofuels has opened an expanded corporate headquarters and genomics research center in San Diego, California. Now totaling nearly 60,000 square feet in laboratory, greenhouse and office space, the facilities support the company’s commercial advancements, including ramping seed production and the deployment of additional JMax Knowledge Centers™ in Brazil and India, where the […]
In Japan, Tokyo Tech’s Toshiyuki Ikoma and Junzo Tanaka have developed technology for producing artificial bones from fish scales and apatite. The new process forms new bone tissue with a much higher density and are thereby very strong and when implanted into bone defects transform into bone tissue much faster than those using porcine dermis […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, fell 0.50 percent to 62.30 as advanced biofuels tumbled. For the day, Amyris (AMRS) sunk 6.47 percent to $2.60, while KiOR (KiOR) sagged 2.35 percent to $6.66. Among other equities, Solazyme (SZYM) jumped 8.91 percent to $12.10. Overall, declines led advances 3 to 1 […]
Thermocatalytic biofuels projects are Going South – here’s who and why In US bioenergy as a whole, most of the attention has deservedly gone to the Midwestern states – by and large, that’s where the corn and soybean production calls home. Efforts to diversify the production of first generation biodiesel have been able to stretch, […]
In Holland, the town of Epe has seen the opening of a waste water treatment system that uses micro-organisms that clump together into granules, making it much easier to separate the solids from the water being treated. This new technology, referred to as Nereda, was invented at the Delft University of Technology. The resulting National […]
In Canada, BASF is set launch a new method to measure sustainability in Canada. The company’s new proprietary tool, AgBalance, uses a set of 69 indicators to calculate the social, economic and environmental impact of various farming practices. The results help growers identify the most impactful levers to improve their overall sustainability score. BASF is […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, slipped 0.37 percent to 62.61 as large caps waned. For the day, BP dropped 0.99 percent to $38.1, while KiOR (KiOR) sunk 10.03 percent to $6.82. Among other equities, Solazyme (SZYM) gained 0.63 percent to $11.11. Overall, declines led advances 6 to 5 for […]
What are the most-told myths for biofuels, and what does science actually tell us? The Digest separates the fact from the fiction. The EU and the United States are preparing for what appears to be an extended debate on the merits and structure of biofuels mandates. Especially in the US, where the Renewable Fuel Standard […]
In Washington, U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) introduced legislation to give investors in renewable-energy projects access to a tax advantage now available only to investors in fossil fuel-based energy projects. The Master Limited Partnerships Parity Act is a straightforward, powerful tweak to the federal tax code that could unleash significant private […]
