In Iowa, the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association (IRFA) today announced that Iowa’s 43 ethanol plants produced over 4 billion gallons during 2015, up slightly from 3.9 billion gallons in 2014. Iowa continues to be the number one ethanol producing state, and is estimated to account for roughly 27 percent of national ethanol production in 2015. […]
In California, investors were pleasantly shocked when shares in Aemetis traded up 52% last Thursday. What exactly is happening? In a release, Aemetis credited five factors for the jump: January 1, 2016: California LCFS re-adopted as of January 1, 2016 through 2020 December 2015: $1 per gallon biodiesel tax credit and $1.01 per gallon advanced […]
In Colorado, NREL researchers have discovered that a metabolic pathway previously only suggested to be functional in photosynthetic organisms is actually a major pathway and can enable efficient conversion of carbon dioxide to organic compounds. NREL scientists engineered a cyanobacterium, Synechocystis, that is unable to store carbon as glycogen into a strain that could metabolize […]
In Germany, an international consortium led by Autodisplay Biotech GmbH has started PATHWAY EFB, a €1.6 million collaborative R&D project to significantly lower cellulase cost in the production of biofuels and bio-based chemicals. The project builds onto Autodisplay Biotech’s proprietary cell surface display technology which enables a low-cost recovery and re-use of cellulases after the […]
LABiotech.Eu named its “7 Coolest Developments in GreenTech this year.” Making the list? #1 100% Biodegradable Potato Plastics from Bio-On. #2 Biofuels: Algae for Aerospace, Bacteria for Biodiesel from The University of Munich. #3 Bacteria Lighting up your Streets from Glowee #4. An Alternative Water Source from Aquanos. #5. Growing drugs in Moss from Greenovation. #6 Simris […]
The Digest Bioeconomy Index, an index of publicly traded advanced bioeconomy stocks, gained 0.66 percent to 51.96 as ethanol equities soared. For the day, Aemetis (AMTX) rocketed up 43.08 percent to $2.72, whole Pacific Ethanol (PEIX) jumped 4.14 percent to $4.78. Among other equities, Solazyme (SZYM) slumped 5.68 percent to $2.49. Overall, declines and advances […]
A mere “The Year in Rewind” as we reach the end of 2015? Not the good ship Digest! Instead, we dust off our crystal ball and peer into tomorrowland. As the sunset of 2015 gives way to the dawn of 2016, here at the Digest we resist the holiday temptation to look back over the challenges […]
In Iowa, America’s Renewable Future released its final candidate report card today. The report card places each presidential contender into a good or bad category based on their support for the federal Renewable Fuel Standard. ARF will use the report card to let more than 50,000 pledged caucus-goers and Iowans know which candidates will protect […]
By Tim Sklar, Special to The Digest From our perspective as developers of bio-fuels projects, this past year has been disappointing as the initial interest by potential participants in our modest wood waste-to-advanced renewable fuels plant project has waned. We have also observed that over the last year, the few projects of this type we […]
The Digest Bioeconomy Index, an index of publicly traded advanced bioeconomy stocks, dumped 1.43 percent to 51.62 as advanced bio slid. For the day, Abengoa (ABGB) lost 12.00 percent to $1.32, while Aemetis (AMTX) plummeted 14.03 percent to $1.90. Among other equities, Evogene (EVGN) gave back 8.60 percent to $7.86. Overall, declines led advances by […]
