In California, a UC San Diego team of electrical engineers has found that nanowires made from silicon and zinc oxide offer a cheap way to deliver hydrogen fuel on a mass scale. Using a vertical structure and branches, the vertical structures are better able to grab and absorb light compared to flat surfaces. This leads […]
In North Carolina, speaking at the Daimler Trucks North America facility in Mount Holly, President Obama made the following statement: “To cities and towns all across the country, what we’re going to say is, if you make a commitment to buy more advanced vehicles for your community — whether they run on electricity or biofuels […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, rebounded 1.70 percent to 72.42 as Gevo soared again. For the day, Solazyme (SZYM) recovered 2.96 percent to $12.18, while Gevo (GEVO) rocketed up 16.75 percent to $9.13 on good IP wars news. Among other equities, Aventine Renewables (AVRW) soared 8.11 percent to $4.00. […]
Ol’ Gramps Gingrich gets feisty and forgetful on the stump, mocking Obama for reviving a Reagan Administration program for algal biofuels. Today, we look at the Gingrich Test. “[Obama is] so nervous about gasoline prices and energy that he’s done two major speeches. I thought today, one of the most shallow and self-serving comments by […]
In Oklahoma, Syntroleum announced financial results for the twelve months ended December 31, 2011. For the quarter ended December 31, 2011, the Company reported an operating loss of $796,000 on revenues of $1.0 million and operating expenses of $1.8 million. For the year ended December 31, 2011, the company reported an operating loss of $3.0 […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, rebounded 1.35 percent to 71.21 as Gevo soared. For the day, Solazyme (SZYM) fell 1.58percent to $11.83, while Gevo (GEVO) rocketed up 9.07 percent to $7.82 on good IP wars news. Among other equities, Syntroleum (SYNM) fell 10.43 percent after reporting 2011 earnings. Overall, […]
By Brent Erickson, Executive Vice-President, Biotechnology Industry Organization BIO’s industrial biotech czar says that governments should resist attempts to derail the commercialization of advanced biofuels, and not be beguiled by the Solyndra Syndrome In 2011, consumers spent a record $481 billion on gasoline , despite the fact that overall gasoline use was down. Consumers spent […]
In California, Cobalt Technologies announced that it has successfully demonstrated its dilute acid hydrolysis pretreatment process, the first step of Cobalt’s process for converting sugars into n-butanol for use as a renewable chemical or fuel. Cobalt’s dilute acid hydrolysis pretreatment process, which extracts sugars from ligno-cellulosic biomass, was validated on woody biomass, bagasse and agricultural […]
In Florida, Maverick Biofuels and TopLine Energy have formed a joint technology development to produce both bioplastic and biofuels. The two companies are looking to integrate their respective technologies – Maverick’s thermo chemical process with TopLine’s plasma reactor technology (Prism). TopLine will provide access to their technology and space at their Brooksville, Florida facility, while […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, plunged 2.61 percent to 70.26 as global equities sagged. For the day, Solazyme (SZYM) tumbled 3.38 percent to $12.02, while KiOR (KIOR) rebounded 11.24 percent to $8.51 Among other equities, Codexis (CDXS) shed 6.28 percent to $3.58. Overall, declines led advances 5 to 1 […]
