Today, at jobs.biofuelsdigest.com – you’ll see our greatly enhanced and improved job service.. We’ve been astonished by the growth of activity among jobseekers. Since the job board opened, Digest subscribers have clicked 184,602 times to see job listings – enough to fill a small city. It’s grown from a handful of clicks, to days of […]
In California, Codexis announced a three-year extension of its catalyst and process development collaboration with Merck to develop enzymes for use in pharmaceutical manufacturing. As the collaboration enters its sixth year, Merck will continue to use Codexis’ enzyme products to develop more cost- and resource-efficient manufacturing processes for its therapeutic candidates. The initial agreement was […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, slipped 0.16 percent to 62.10 as large caps fell again. For the day, ADM fell 0.75 percent to $31.92, while KiOR (KIOR) dropped 6.45 percent to $9.29. Among other equities, Amyris (AMRS) soared 10.80 percent to 2.36. Overall, declines led advances 6 to 5 […]
Dupont is accelerating, after acquiring Danisco in a $6B 2011 takeover. Next stop – expansion in cellulosic biofuels and biobutanol. They’re bullish on biofuels and getting more so as their technology and vertically integrated strategy comes together. More than a year ago now, Dupont took a giant additional leap into industrial biotechnology with the acquisition […]
In California, OriginOil reported losses of $1.78 million for the first quarter, up from $0.97 million for Q1 2011. Revenues jumped from $0.10 million in Q1 2011 to $0.54 million for Q1 2012, reflecting systems sales to MBD Energy. This week, the company also filed for filed two patents with the USPTO describing its unique […]
In California, Marrone Bio Innovations reported that the EPA has approved MBI-005, a broad-spectrum selective bioherbicide for potential use on a variety of crops, turf and ornamentals. MBI-005 is produced by a Streptomyces species that kills weeds. Field tests have shown that when mixed with leading chemical herbicides, MBI-005 increases their effectiveness, allowing for the […]
In Washington, Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Jon Greenert, House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Adam Smith (D-WA), and Lieutenant General John Castellaw (USMC, ret.) joined the chorus of voices calling on the US Senate to support the Department of Defense’s energy innovation programs. Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Jonathan Greenert, writing Senator Mark Udall […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, dropped 0.88 percent to 62.11 as large caps dipped. For the day, Dupont (DD) dropped 0.59 percent to $48.58, while Gevo (GEVO) dropped 6.74 percent to $5.40. Among other equities, Amyris (AMRS) soared 16.39 percent to 2.13. Overall, declines led advances 3 to 1 […]
There’s nothing growing faster in the bio-based world than waste-based projects. Or, rather, is there any disappearing faster than the concept of waste, as bioenergy projects show us how to re-use and re-use and re-use? There are some names that have gone wrong – badly wrong – in bioenergy feedstocks. For example, vomit nut doesn’t […]
In Washington, the Better Fuels Moment online video news series of the Advanced Biofuels Association has released a new segment. This episode of the Better Fuels Moment takes a closer look at the robust and effective partnership advanced biofuels has with America’s Armed Services, building better fuels for our nation and putting Americans back to […]
