In Germany, UFOP reports that although German foreign trade in biodiesel was not quite as brisk in 2015 as a year earlier, export figures published by the German Federal Statistical Office verify that interest in biodiesel from Germany continued to be high. German 2015 biodiesel exports amounted to just over 1.43 million tonnes. Consequently, exports were […]
In Switzerland, Evolva scientists, collaborating with researchers at the Plant Biochemistry Laboratory, University of Copenhagen, published the paper “Expanding the Landscape of Diterpene Structural Diversity through Stereochemically Controlled Combinatorial Biosynthesis”, in the International Edition of Angewandte Chemie, Plant-derived diterpenoids are used extensively in food ingredients, pharmaceuticals, and fragrances. Conventional wisdom holds that they are too […]
In Oregon, Pacific Ethanol reported Q4 revenues of $376.8 million for the fourth quarter of 2015, an increase of 47% when compared to $256.2 million for tQ4 2014, and operating income for the Q4 2015 of $0.5 million, compared to $13.6 million forQ4 2014. Net loss for Q4 was $1.1 million compared to $11.9 million for […]
In Washington, the Bioenergy Technologies Office has allocated $1.9 million for the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Small Business Vouchers (SBV) Pilot. Meanwhile, DOE has opened Round 2 of the Small Business Vouchers Pilot Program. Request for Assistance will be accepted at the SBV website until Sunday, April 10, 2016 at 11:59pm Eastern Daylight Time. […]
In Minnesota, NatureWorks will construct a new, $1 million, 8,300 square-foot laboratory to commercialize a fermentation process for transforming methane, a potent greenhouse gas, into lactic acid, the building block of Ingeo biopolymer. NatureWorks is hiring six scientists to staff the new facility. The methane to lactic acid research project began in 2013 as a […]
In Washington. according to EIA data as analyzed by the Renewable Fuels Association, ethanol production averaged 978,000 barrels per day (b/d)—or 41.08 million gallons daily. That is down 9,000 b/d from the week before. The four-week average for ethanol production stood at 983,000 b/d for an annualized rate of 15.07 billion gallons. Stocks of ethanol […]
The Digest Bioeconomy Index, an index of publicly traded advanced bioeconomy stocks, jumped 2.18 percent to 51.14 as advanced bio equities rose. For the day, Solazyme soared 23.60 percent to $1.99 as the company unveiled new capital, a name change and focus. Green Plains (GPRE) jumped 6.63 percent on oil price recovery, and Aemetis (AMTX) […]
In California, Verdezyne and Connell Bros. signed an exclusive agreement for sales and distribution of Verdezyne’s BIOLON DDDA (biobased dodecanedioic acid or DC12). BIOLON DDDA will be produced at Verdezyne’s commercial-scale plant in Malaysia and will be distributed in 17 countries throughout Asia-Pacific, including China, Japan and South Korea. CBC is the largest Marketer and […]
The Digest Bioeconomy Index, an index of publicly traded advanced bioeconomy stocks, slipped 0.28 percent to 50.05 as advanced bio dipped. For the day, Abengoa (ABGB) dropped 12.79 percent to $1.50, while BioAmber (BIOA) tumbled 4.12 percent to $3.96. Among other equities, Amyris (AMRS) was down 8.80 percent to $1.14 after Q4 earnings disappointed. Overall, […]
Despite a dismal beginning to earnings season, as Amyris, Arcadia disappoint, the Eco-Emirates of Emeryville look set for huge expansion in 2016. In California, Amyris reported Q4 revenues of $9.6mn and a net loss for Q4 of $41.9 million ($34 million after elimination of non-recurring items), well below Wall Street consensus estimates of $32.4 million. […]
