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Aemetis swings to loss for 2015; increases biodiesel production in India

Aemetis swings to loss for 2015; increases biodiesel production in India

March 27, 2016 |

In California, Aemetis announced revenues of $147 million in 2015, down from $208 million in 2014. The company also announced adjusted EBITDA of $(3) million in 2015, down from $30 million in 2014, and $22 million of EB-5 funding released to the company from escrow during 2015. “In 2015, our financial and operational performance was […]

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“Keep It In the Ground” Movement Gears Up for More Action

“Keep It In the Ground” Movement Gears Up for More Action

March 27, 2016 |

In Louisiana, the Keep it in the Ground movement leaders said that “Hundreds of people marched around the Superdome in New Orleans on Wednesday and then headed inside to disrupt a federal oil and gas auction held by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management on behalf of the Obama administration”. “The keep it in the […]

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Survey of North American fleets shows biodiesel as top alternative fuel

Survey of North American fleets shows biodiesel as top alternative fuel

March 24, 2016 |

In Missouri, North America’s top fleets have spoken, and their #1 choice for greening their fleet operations is biodiesel.  According to a new 2016 Fleet Purchasing Outlook study conducted by the NTEA – The Association for the Work Truck Industry – biodiesel is now the most commonly used alternative fuel option on the market, the […]

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Australia to invest a billion bucks into clean energy and fuels

Australia to invest a billion bucks into clean energy and fuels

March 24, 2016 |

In Australia, the Federal Government announced that it is establishing a $1 billion Clean Energy Innovation Fund to support emerging technologies make the leap from demonstration to commercial deployment. The Clean Energy Innovation Fund will target projects such as large-scale solar with storage, off-shore energy, biofuels and smart grids. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said that […]

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Digest Bioeconomy Index edges up 0.38 percent to to 52.29 as advanced bio recovers

Digest Bioeconomy Index edges up 0.38 percent to to 52.29 as advanced bio recovers

March 24, 2016 |

The Digest Bioeconomy Index, an index of publicly traded advanced bioeconomy stocks, edged up 0.38 percent to to 52.29 as advanced bio recovered. For the day, Amyris (AMRS) jumped 8.70 percent to $1,25, while Gevo (GEVO) rallied 6.98 percent to $0.46. Among other equities, TerraVia (SZYM) shed 4.11 percent to $2.10. Overall, declines led advances […]

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Aemetis Licenses Edeniq’s Cellulosic Ethanol Technology

Aemetis Licenses Edeniq’s Cellulosic Ethanol Technology

March 24, 2016 |

In California, Edeniq and Aemetis have entered into a License Agreement under which Aemetis will deploy Edeniq’s Pathway technology at its 60 million gallon per year ethanol production facility located in Keyes, California. Edeniq’s Pathway Technology integrates Edeniq’s Cellunator equipment with cellulase enzymes to convert corn kernel fiber to cellulosic ethanol. The Pathway Technology utilizes existing fermentation and distillation equipment […]

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Aemetis nabs exclusive California rights to LanzaTech’s advanced ethanol tech

Aemetis nabs exclusive California rights to LanzaTech’s advanced ethanol tech

March 24, 2016 |

In California, news arrived that Aemetis has acquired 12 years of exclusive rights in California (based upon achieving certain milestones) to LanzaTech’s technology for the conversion of agricultural waste, forest waste, dairy waste and construction and demolition waste to ethanol in California. The LanzaTech gas-to-ethanol technology enables Aemetis to convert these local California biomass wastes […]

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Digest Bioeconomy Index falls back 1.38 percent to 52.09 as advanced bio equities sink

Digest Bioeconomy Index falls back 1.38 percent to 52.09 as advanced bio equities sink

March 23, 2016 |

The Digest Bioeconomy Index, an index of publicly traded advanced bioeconomy stocks, fell back 1.38 percent to 52.09 as advanced bio equities sank. For the day, Pacific Ethanol (PEIX) fell 8.48 percent to $4.64, while Gevo (GEVO) gave back 15.69 percent to $0.43. Among other equities, TerraVia (SZYM) shed 8.75 percent to $2.19. Overall, declines […]

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Is it the perfect energy solution? Where solar, carbon capture and bio collide

Is it the perfect energy solution? Where solar, carbon capture and bio collide

March 22, 2016 |

One of these days your personal transportation system might look like this. A solar or wind energy facility generates renewable electricity, which is converted into a solar fuel using electrofuel technology that converts CO2 and water to a fuel using electricity (rather than photosynthesis) to power the operation. That fuel is then used in a […]

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Digest Bioeconomy Index falls 1.46 percent to 52.82 despite advanced bio rally

Digest Bioeconomy Index falls 1.46 percent to 52.82 despite advanced bio rally

March 22, 2016 |

The Digest Bioeconomy Index, an index of publicly traded advanced bioeconomy stocks, fell back 1.46 percent to 52.82 despite an advanced bio rally. For the day, TerraVia (SZYM) dumped 12.09 percent to $2.40 on profit taking, while Gevo (GEVO) soared 37.84 percent to $0.51. Among other equities, Codexis (CDXS) shed 7.95 percent to $3.01. Overall, […]

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