Today on Twitter. BiofuelCenterNC: Alicia Lindauer discussing challenges facing advanced biofuels development: new feedstocks, finance, offtake agreements ACFS2010: Ray Mabus, US Navy Secretary, Defends Biofuels Investment: (AP) — Navy Secretary Ray Mabus defended the service’… James_BG: How fast does green economy have to grow to get credit it deserves? 31% growth last yr for solar, […]
In Belgium, the European Commission has published a customs Regulation to harmonize the classification of ethanol/petrol blends that are imported into Europe. From April 3 onwards, all imported ethanol/petrol blends that contain 70% ethanol blended with 30% petrol must be classified by EU customs authorities as denatured ethanol. ePURE, the European Renewable Ethanol Association, welcomed […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, rebounded 1.61 percent to 74.27 as the Gevo (GEVO) bulls roared anew. For the day, Syntroleum (SYNM) jumped 6.86 percent to $1.09, while Solazyme (SZYM) jumped 4.19 percent to $14.43. Among other equities, KiOR (KIOR) gained 5.29 percent to $9.56. Overall, advances led declines […]
1500 industry leaders expected to gather in Rotterdam as oil prices, aviation dominate thinking on growth, in 100-leader industry survey. World Biofuels Markets Industry Survey Results: A peek into the crystal ball for biofuels by Nadim Chaudhry, CEO, Greenpower Conferences As we gear up for the 2012 World Biofuels Markets event in Rotterdam, March 13-15, […]
In Norway, -Seaweed Energy Solutions has signed a cooperation agreement with Statoil, in which Statoil has agreed to co-fund SES’s ongoing technology development. The agreement includes plans for a large-scale demonstration project. It marks the first time that SES has won the backing of a leading energy company for its plan of developing seaweed as […]
In California, BASF Venture Capital GmbH has invested $13.5 million in Allylix Inc., a U.S.-based renewable chemicals company. The BASF subsidiary led a $18.2 million financing round, joined by existing investors Tate & Lyle Ventures, Avrio Ventures and Cultivian Ventures. Allylix is developing Epivone (epi-beta-vetivone), a terpene that will initially be commercialized for use in […]
In Wisconsin, Jeff White has joined Virent as Chief Financial Officer, following tours as CFO at Oakleaf Waste Management and CEO at Renew Energy.
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, rebounded 0.40 percent to 73.09 as Solazyme (SZYM) soared. For the day, Aventine (AVRW) plunged 10.91 percent to $4.00, while Solazyme (SZYM) rocketed up 7.12 percent to $13.85. Among other equities, Amyris (AMRS) soared 8.28 percent to $5.49. Overall, declines led advances 7 to […]
The usual suspects, the unusual and some downright shockers amongst the industrial biotech industry’s top downloaded reads. Since the establishment of the Bioenergy Information Zone two years ago, Digest readers have requested a total of 868,880 downloads from our free collection of reports, presentations, and studies. The downloads, out of the 376 files available, form […]
In China and the Netherlands, SkyNRG is importing 20 tonnes of processed gutter oil from Qingdao Fresh Bio-Energy to the Netherlands. SkyNRG will process the oil into biodiesel for aircraft. Qingdao has a reported an annual gutter oil to biodiesel production of 50,000 tonnes of biodiesel.
