In Oregon, Trellis Earth Products, a manufacturer of sustainable bioplastic finished goods committed to revolutionizing the food service disposables industry, today announced that it has launched a marketing campaign designed to tell operators of ‘quick serve’ restaurants that they can begin to place orders to “Go Green for Free” with the Company’s products, to be […]
In Iowa, legislation awaiting the governor’s signature would extend tax breaks on ethanol to June 30, 2013 from its original expiry on July 1. The bill, which its author describes as a temporary fix, shields ethanol from being charged at the same rate as fossil fuel, which in the end would save 2 cents per […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, fell 0.91 percent to 69.60 despite selected advanced biofuels and ethanol reverses. For the day, Gevo (GEVO) gained 2.25 percent to $9.99 after positive analyst reports on earnings, while Biofuel Energy lost4.44 percent to $0/43. Among other equities, Amyris (AMRS) dumped 7.82 percent to […]
At BIO’s World Congress, there are the presentations on stage, and the off-stage trade in rumors. Miscanthus dead? Iogen dead? Canada on the march? RFS amendophobia? We sort out the fact from the fiction. The World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology is underway in Orlando, with just about every company in attendance, 900 people in all, […]
In Iowa, DuPont Industrial Biosciences announced it will contract with Fagen to build its 25 million gallon cellulosic ethanol biorefinery in Nevada (IA). During 2011, DuPont Industrial Biosciences purchased land adjacent to the existing Lincolnway Energy ethanol plant, which will enable potential synergies in energy and logistical management. DuPont had already contracted KBR Inc. to […]
In Florida, Abengoa Bioenergy New Technologies has agreed to pay Dyadic $5.5 million for an expansion of its rights under the non-exclusive license agreement the parties entered into in February 2009. The license agreement originally provided Abengoa with the right to use Dyadic’s C1 platform technology to develop, manufacture and sell enzymes for use in […]
In Washington, US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced new proposed guidelines for the USDA BioPreferred program that could expand the ability of USDA to designate biobased products for Federal purchase. USDA is proposing to allow for the designation of intermediate ingredients such as fibers, resins, and chemicals so that the products made from them could […]
In Colorado, ZeaChem named Peter H. Cheesbrough as CFO. Before joining the ZeaChem executive management team, Cheesbrough served as CFO of Ciber, Inc. (NYSE: CBR)
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, recovered 0.46 percent to 70.24 despite advanced biofuels reverses. For the day, Codexis (CDXS) gained 1.66 percent to $3.68, while Solazyme (SZYM) lost 2.27 percent to $10.75. Among other equities, Amyris (AMRS) shed 1.92 percent to $3.07. Overall, declines led advances 13 to 12 […]
Shell and Iogen cancel their long-contemplated Canadian cellulosic ethanol project, and announce 150 layoffs. “Uh… had a slight weapons malfunction. But, uh, everything’s perfectly all right now. We’re fine. We’re all fine here, now, thank you. How are you?” In Canada, Shell and Iogen announced that they will not pursue the jointly owned 23 million […]
