By Joe Hrdlicka, Executive Director of the Iowa Biotechnology Association (IowaBio) Iowa’s investment in biofuels, driven by the federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), has brought the state new business and job opportunities. Iowa is home to three of the first-in-the-nation cellulosic biofuel refineries that are producing the lowest-carbon fuels in the world. Iowa has also […]
The Digest Bioeconomy Index, an index of publicly traded advanced bioeconomy stocks, slid 0.45 percent to 53.22 as large caps backtracked. For the day, Pacific Ethanol (PEIX) dropped 5.30 percent to $3.93, while Gevo (GEVO) dumped 6.80 percent to $1.37. Among other equities, Dyadic (DYAI) gained 3.77 percent to $1.65. Overall, declines led advances by […]
Will fund 25M high unit, Operational in 2016, to confirm viability of confirm viability Bio-TCat process for scale-up In New York, Anellotech revealed that it had raised $7M of its current $10M investment round from a single investor, described as a “new, multinational corporate strategic investor” but not otherwise identified. The remaining $3 million in […]
Bolt-ons, retrofits, aviation first commercials, cellulosic second commercials, protein & advanced feed, C4 chemicals and organic acids in focus this year. Bioeconomy leadership heads to Washington DC to consider commodity prices, financing, low-carbon policy and deployment-stage technologies. The Digest has announced that ABLC 2016 – the Advanced Bioeconomy Leadership Conference — will take place in […]
The Digest Bioeconomy Index, an index of publicly traded advanced bioeconomy stocks, rebounded 1.65 percent to 53.46 as large caps improved. For the day, Syngenta (SYT) jumped 5.28 percent to $76.20 on continuing merger interest, while Evogene (EVGN) rebounded 8.24 percent to $7.09. Among other equities, Global Bioenergies (ALGBE.PA) dropped 7.07 percent to $31.00. Overall, […]
Who’s building what, where, now. 29 projects in construction or in commissioning in Africa, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Australia, and the Americas Despite low oil prices, first-gen biofuels and advanced biofuels continue to develop, and especially in the developing world. In this report, we track 29 projects in construction or commissioning, or where firm […]
The Digest Bioeconomy Index, an index of publicly traded advanced bioeconomy stocks, shed 1.04 percent to 52.59 as ethanol equities declined. For the day, Syngenta (SYT) rocketed up 9.21 percent to $79.06 on continuing merger interest, while Gevo (GEVO) dumped 7.24 percent to $1.41. Among other equities, Global Bioenergies (ALGBE.PA) dropped 5.34 percent to $31.58. […]
The Digest Bioeconomy Index, an index of publicly traded advanced bioeconomy stocks, slipped 0.45 percent to 53.14 as chemicals declined. For the day, Evogene (EVGN) dumped 6.96 percent to $6.55, while Metabolix (MBLX) lost 6.43 percent to $1.96. Among other equities, Gevo (GEVO) rebounded 5.56 percent to $1.52. Overall, advances led declines by a 5 […]
A reader asks a fundamental question worth investigating. The Digest looks at how it all shakes out, value-wise. A question from the Digesterati: “Since biomass is ~40% oxygen and the principle of green chemistry is atom conservation, how will we achieve $3/gge biofuel as drop-in hydrocarbon without using all of the oxygen? Yield from biomass to […]
Avoid your enemy’s strength, and attack his weakness, said Sun Tzu. Thereby, we consider the problem of the RIN. The US Environmental Protection Agency has discovered the following way of interpreting Energy Independence and Security Act. To wit, if the transportation fuels supply chain — controlled by guess whom — does not build renewable fuel infrastructure, which […]
