In Washington, USDA Secretary Vilsack went on the offensive for the Obama Administrations support of the bioeconomy, saying that “It is incredibly maddening to me, given all of the facts I have just outlined, that anybody who has any knowledge of what’s going on, would suggest that this Administration has not been supportive. That is […]
In Nebraska, Mid American Agri Products/Wheatland has installed Edeniq’s Cellunator technology at its ethanol and biodiesel plant located in North Platte. The Cellunator milling equipment will increase the plant’s 44 million gallons per year (MGPY) of ethanol production capacity by pretreating the corn slurry to liberate additional starch. The MAAPW facility also produces three MGPY […]
In Washington, according to EIA data as analyzed by the Renewable Fuels Association,, ethanol production averaged 987,000 barrels per day (b/d)—or 41.45 million gallons daily. That is down 7,000 b/d from the week before. The four-week average for ethanol production stood at 981,000 b/d for an annualized rate of 15.04 billion gallons. Stocks of ethanol […]
In Washington, in an interview with POLITICO Pro Energy’s Morning Energy, American Petroleum Institute CEO Jack Gerard stipulated that his organization was pivoting its strategy toward reforming the Renewable Fuel Standard rather than continuing to call for an outright repeal. API said his group will target a sunset of the RFS after 2022 or a […]
In Germany, UFOP says that despite record consumption of around 37 million tons of diesel fuel, in 2015, biodiesel sales fell by 0.165 million tons compared with 2014. The admixture proportion of biodiesel fell by 6.5 percent in 2014 to 5.8 percent, according to information provided by the German Federal Office for Economic Affairs and […]
In Jamaica, Benchmark Renewable Energy will develop a 10 million gallon per year advanced ethanol project in Jamaica that will also produce 3 MW of renewable power. The company said that its project would also produce 500K gallons of drop-in aviation fuel and 60,000 gallons per day of fresh, desalinated water. The company, which is […]
The Digest Bioeconomy Index, an index of publicly traded advanced bioeconomy stocks, rallied 1.02 percent to 50.40 as large caps gained. For the day, Abengoa (ABGB) rocketed up 41.33 percent to $1.06 on good news in the bankruptcy negotiations, while Cosan (CZZ) jumped 9.07 percent to $4.09. Among other equities, Metabolix (MBLX) was up 8.52 […]
The Digest Bioeconomy Index, an index of publicly traded advanced bioeconomy stocks, edged up 0.22 percent to 49.89 despite an advanced bio decline. For the day, Amyris (AMRS) dumped 15.13 percent to $1.29, while Aemetis (AMTX) plunged 13.04 percent to $1.60. Among other equities, Pacific Ethanol (PEIX) rallied 7.99 percent to $4.46. Overall, advances led […]
In the EU, the European bioeconomy is generating 18.3 million jobs and driving €2.1 trillion in annual revenue in the E28, says nova-insitut, in a report for the Bio-based Industries Consortium just now released. What is the bioeconomy, again? The bioeconomy comprises those parts of the economy that use renewable biological resources from land and […]
The Digest Bioeconomy Index, an index of publicly traded advanced bioeconomy stocks, gained 1.55 percent to 49.78 as advanced bio jumped. For the day, BioAmber (BIOA) soared 13.53 percent to $3.86, while Monsanto (MON) dumped 7.77 percent to $85.30. Among other equities, Solazyme (SZYM) rallied 4.46 percent to $1.64. Overall, advances led declines by a […]
