In California, Verenium Corporation has sold to DSM its Oilseed Processing business, including Purifine PLC, and licensed granted DSM exclusive licenses to its alpha-amylase and xylanase enzyme products for use in the food and beverage markets. The two companies also entered into a supply agreement for Verenium to manufacture the Purifine PLC, alpha-amylase and xylanase products for […]
In Thailand, the Bangkok Post reports that sugar producers and operators, along with the Office of the Cane and Sugar Board have agreed to an R&D worth 300 million baht to improve product quality and reach. The research projects are looking to improve yields by developing disease and drought resistant strains of sugar cane, with […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, slipped 0.46 percent to 75.91 despite another KiOR surge. For the day, KiOR (KIOR) jumped 8.43 percent to $13.51, while Amyris (AMRS) fell 2.31 percent to $5.76. Among other equities, Verenium (VRNM) recovered 7.04 percent to $3.80. Overall, declines led advances 5 to 2 […]
Companies like KiOR, ZeaChem, Virent take aim at a tasty aviation biofuels market with new recipes and game-changing economics Seattle, as just about anyone can surmise from the soaring Space Needle and the sprawling Boeing complex south of downtown, has a pretty long tradition in aviation and transportation, and a progressive tradition based in a […]
In Michigan, BASF announced they are entering a six layer, compostable packaging structure in this year’s NPE2012 international plastics exposition in Orlando, Florida. This packaging structure from BASF Corporation is a prototype for snack bags but has the potential to be used in many other applications. The structure is not only completely compostable but also […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, slipped 0.46 percent to 75.91 despite a KiOR surge. For the day, KiOR (KIOR) jumped 7.41 percent to $12.46, while Gevo (GEVO) fell 5.45 percent to $9.72. Among other equities, Verenium (VRNM) tumbled 3.79 percent to $3.55. Overall, declines led advances 3 to 1 […]
Virent, Virdia debut super-performing drop-in aviation biofuels made from drop-in cellulosic pine tree sugars; “passed under conditions where conventional jet fuels would fail,” says Air Force. In Wisconsin, Virent and Virdia (formerly HCL CleanTech), announced the successful conversion of cellulosic pine tree sugars to drop-in hydrocarbon fuels within the BIRD Energy project, a joint program […]
In Texas, the National Algae Association called on presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich to issue a retraction of statements he made at a campaign speech in Pennsylvania, branding the Speaker’s claim that he contacted the NAA to discuss algae or algae-based biofuels “an outright lie”. In a speech that was widely reported, Gingrich said: “[The National Algae […]
In Texas, KiOR, announced a fourth quarter 2011 net loss of $14.9 million, or $0.15 per share, compared to a net loss of $14.8 million, or $0.15 per share, for the third quarter of 2011. Net loss for the fourth quarter of 2010 totaled $9.7 million, or $0.11 per share. Net loss for the full […]
In New York, SunMaxx Solar, a vertically integrated manufacturer of solar thermal systems and components, announced the launch of a custom Glycol XT, a 50/50 mixture of 1,3-Propanediol and water. With a long list of advantages, including a lower price, this heat transfer fluid has a higher thermal conductivity than standard propylene glycol, while maintaining […]
