The Digest Bioeconomy Index, an index of publicly traded advanced bioeconomy stocks, jumped 1.68 percent to 52.13 as advanced bio leapt. For the day, Amyris (AMRS) soared 21.50 percent to $1.30, while TerraVia (SZYM) jumped 3.08 percent to $2.01. Among other equities, Gevo (GEVO) gave back 1.96 percent to $0.26. Overall, advances led declines by […]
In Russia, ETB Catalytic Technologies has received $0.6 million from ZAVKOM and Skolkovo Fund as a series A investment to build a pilot plant for the production of 1,3-butadiene from ethanol, The investors received 22% of ETB CaT LLC. Why butadiene? Butadiene is a feedstock for production of synthetic rubber. 75% world production of butadiene […]
By Lorenz Bauer, PhD and William Quapp, MSME, special to The Digest Introduction The continued interest in advanced biofuels has produced numerous exciting technical advances on the laboratory, pilot and demonstration scales. However, attempts to translate these small scale successes into commercial technologies have been less successful. It is easy to blame lower oil and […]
In Germany, Belgian SME Orineo won the prestigious Bio-based Material of the Year Award for its bio-based Touch of Nature materials at the 9th International Conference on Bio-based Materials in Cologne, organized by the Nova-institut. Selected by over 200 industry experts, Touch of Nature was recognised for its innovative character and functional validity. The material has […]
The world is notoriously awash in gasoline and diesel fuel, but is purty darn short on renewable diesel. And the world of advanced biofuels is short on rock-star, no-brainer, home run success stories, of which renewable diesel is undoubtedly one. Renewable diesel demand is booming, booming, booming. We’ve tipped it repeatedly in The Digest, not […]
The Digest Bioeconomy Index, an index of publicly traded advanced bioeconomy stocks, jumped 1.06 percent to 51.27 as ethanol surged. For the day, Aemetis (AMTX) jumped 6.67 percent to $1.92, while Green Plains (GPRE) soared 7.55 percent to $16.81. Among other equities, Gevo (GEVO) rolled up 8.83 percent to $0.26. Overall, advances led declines by […]
The Digest Bioeconomy Index, an index of publicly traded advanced bioeconomy stocks, lost 0.59 percent to 50.73 as large caps dropped. For the day, Abengoa (ABGB) declined 7.79 percent to $1.42, while TerraVia (SZYM) dropped 4.33 percent to $1.99. Among other equities, Codexis (CDXS) gained 3.09 percent to $3.34. Overall, declines led advances by a […]
In yesterday’s Digest, we asked “How much grease is out there, and at what price?” And the data is thin. As we reported, even the awe-inspiring Billion Ton series of reports from the US Department of Energy stays away entirely from the topic of waste fats, oils and greases. Courtesy of the billion-ton study, we […]
I solve my problems and I see the light We gotta loving thing, we gotta feed it right There ain’t no danger, we can go too far We start believing now that we can be who we are Grease is the word “Grease (is the word)”, from the musical Grease. When the United States passed […]
The Digest Bioeconomy Index, an index of publicly traded advanced bioeconomy stocks, rebounded 0.99 percent to 51.03 as advanced bio surged. For the day, Amyris (AMRS) jumped 8.98 percent to $1.05, while TerraVia (SZYM) gained 7.77 percent to $2.08. Among other equities, Gevo (GEVO) advanced 8.07 percent to $0.24.. Overall, advances led declines by a […]
