In Italy, Biomood and Med Computer have released a new biodegradable plastic iPhone cover, called the iNature. The plastic is an Apinat, biodegradable, bioplastic, that reportedly will degrade in under 180 in a proper composting environment.
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, slipped 0.38 percent to 73.61 as Mission NewEnergy continued to plunge. For the day, BP recovered 1.01 percent to $44.14, while Mission NewEnergy (MNEL) dropped a stunning 36.18 percent to $0.97 after palm oil biodiesel outlook for the US darkened. Among other equities, KiOR […]
In Delaware, Butamax Advanced Biofuels responded to the latest lawsuit filed by Gevo, related to isobutanol flash fermentation technology. “Let us state emphatically, Butamax does not infringe the generic product separation technology claims in Gevo’s recent patent, which is already subject to a validity challenge by a Brazilian inventor,” declared Paul Beckwith, Butamax CEO. “While […]
2.4 million man-years of employment – from replacing 10 percent of gasoline consumption with ethanol made from agricultural waste? That’s the tale of the tape from the “Moving Towards a Next-generation Ethanol Economy” report. In New York, the expected release dates for the Obama Administration’s Bioeconomy Blueprint came and went, leaving Novozymes and Bloomberg New […]
In Italy and California, Novamont and Genomatica have signed a definitive agreement establishing a JV for the first industrial plant in Europe producing butanediol. Under the agreement, Novamont is converting an existing facility in Adria, Italy to use Genomatica’s BDO process. Novamont is financing the plant conversion and will operate the plant, which is expected […]
In California, researchers at the Bio Architecture Lab have engineered a strain of E coli to digest the sugars in brown seaweed and produce ethanol. This bacteria, unlike others produced previously, attacks the primary sugar constituent in seaweed, making the process much more efficient. According to Daniel Trunfio, BAL’s CEO, the progress “makes the biomass […]
In Washington, the EPA has shut down palm oil as a qualifying feedstock for renewable fuels, as predicted in Friday’s Digest. This comes as a blow to Southeast Asian markets as the Malaysian Palm Oil Board formulates its own calculations on carbon emissions. If the EPA findings are finalized, palm oil producers would be unable […]
In California, Solazyme has appointed Robert Ames as Vice President of Fuels Commercialization; Ames was formerly VP and General Manager supervising the Dynamic Fuels JV for Tyson Foods.
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, fell 0.47 percent to 73.89 as Mission NewEnergy and Aventine plunged. For the day, BP dropped 2.39 percent to $43.70, while Mission NewEnergy (MNEL) dropped a whopping 30.91 percent to $1.52 after palm oil biodiesel outlook for the US darkened. Among other equities, Aventine […]
In Washington, Friends of the Earth relates that the EPA is expected to announce tomorrow that diesel produced from palm oil releases too many greenhouse gas emissions to qualify as a renewable fuel. “EPA gets it right: Palm Oil is not “renewable”, said FOE’s Michal Rosenoer, adding, “Friends of the Earth applauds the EPA for […]
