In Ohio, The Andersons have completed the purchase of an ethanol facility in Denison, Iowa, now known as The Andersons Denison Ethanol. The operations consist of an ethanol production facility with an adjacent 2.7 million bushel grain terminal with direct access to two Class 1 railroads in Iowa. This is the fourth ethanol facility in […]
In England, TMO Renewables announced they have advanced to demonstration scale on cassava stalk feedstock with major Chinese fuel and food producers. TMO is now processing an initial shipment of cassava stalk delivered from China, an inexpensive, abundant feedstock underutilized in 2G bioethanol. Improved efficiencies at TMO’s 12,000 sq. ft. demonstration facility are projected to […]
In Brazil, FuturaGene has received approval from the Brazilian National Technical Commission on Biosafety (CTNBio) to initiate its fourth regulatory field trial for yield enhanced eucalyptus plantations in Brazil. The trial is designed to evaluate plantation agronomic properties and biosafety data from a specific genetically modified event – biosafety data are required by CTNBio to […]
In Canada, CORE BioFuel announced that they have chosen Technip to complete the construction engineering of their first wood to gasoline biorefinery. CORE’s Green Gasoline plant will produce 67 million litres of renewable gasoline and generate over 20 million litres of water annually from wood waste. Technip specializes in project management, engineering and construction for […]
In California, Solazyme and Dow Chemical announced a contingent off-take agreement in which Dow has agreed to purchase from Solazyme all of its requirements of non-vegetable microbe-based oils for use in dielectric fluid applications through 2015, contingent upon Solazyme’s ability to supply such oils within agreed specifications and certain terms and conditions of the sale. […]
In the United Kingdom, an article in F1000 Biology Reports argues that recent advances in knowledge mean that plant-derived biofuels could meet about 30% of the global demand for liquid transportation fuels, without having an impact on food production. In their article, Somerville and Youngs argue that advances in the technology used to produce and […]
In Minnesota, Gov. Mark Dayton has signed into law the 2012 Omnibus Agriculture Policy bill, with broad bipartisan support. The bill modernizes statutes covering food safety enforcement, grain trade and renewable fuels. A section of the bill fine-tunes the course of biofuels in Minnesota by extending Minnesota’s E20 mandate for two years and directing agencies […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, fell 1.34 percent to 68.67 on a broad retreat in ag-related stocks. For the day, Gevo (GEVO) shed 10.71 percent to $8.92 after the USPTO agreed to reexamine key patents, while Syntroleum (SYNM) plummeted 10.31 percent to $0.87. Among other equities, Amyris (AMRS) dumped […]
The hammer drops in Emeryville. Company president Portela, CTO Renninger, general counsel Tompkins out; new CFO, reshuffle and promotions within. After an 90% stock plunge, Amyris responds. We look at the drama of who’s in and who’s out – but also beyond – to execution and profitable production. In California, Amyris announced a major management […]
In Colorado, Gevo reported first quarter revenues of $14.9 million compared to $15.3 million in the same period in 2011 reflecting an increase in grant and research and development program revenue and a decrease in ethanol sales. The net loss for the first quarter of 2012 was $19.3 million compared to $9.3 million for the […]
