The high-octane idea that inexplicably struggles, the mid-grade idea that rocks. Here, we look at the critical success factors that provide tail-winds for some technologies and head-winds for others. Sometimes we all look at classes of technologies and alternative energy types — solar, renewable diesel, wind, geothermal, cellulosic ethanol, drop-in fuels and more — and wonder, […]
The Digest Bioeconomy Index, an index of publicly traded advanced bioeconomy stocks, dropped 2.31 percent to 55.03 on revised guidance from Renewable Energy Group and a potentially dilutive capital raise from Amyris. For the day, Amyris (AMRS) sank 23.74 percent to $1.96, while Renewable Energy Group (REGI) dropped 7.03 percent to (8.47 after dropping guidance […]
Cobalt Technologies was commercializing cellulosic biobutanol, a versatile platform molecule for the renewable chemicals and fuels. The Company’s technology efficiently converts diverse non-food feedstocks – initially, lignocellulosic extracts from woody biomass and sugar cane bagasse – into biobutanol. Cobalt offered complete systems for sugar mill, pulp and paper, and biomass power facility retrofits with a […]
Price undisclosed. So Cobalt’s array of microbes and know-how finds a new home. What will happen with the technology? What happened with Cobalt? The Digest investigates. We can now affirmatively report that SGBio, a joint venture between the Solvay Group and GranBio, has acquired assets from Cobalt including the bank of microorganisms and intellectual property […]
Here are the winning Photo Votes for the week in this years’s competition for the Hottest Companies in the Advanced Bioeconomy. This week, with the Hot 40 roaring swiftly to a close, we’re focused on Hot 40 Photo Votes. All Hot 50 photo votes for this week will join the competition next week. “There’s nothing like […]
The Digest Bioeconomy Index, an index of publicly traded advanced bioeconomy stocks, fell 0.79 percent to 56.33 as ethanol equities sank. For the day, Pacific Ethanol (PEIX) shed 6.39 percent to $6.30, while Aemetis (AMTX) lost 3.41 percent to $2.56. Among other equities, Metabolix (MBLX) gained 5.88 percent to $3.06. Overall, declines led advances 3 […]
Oxygen is colorless, odorless, and try to get through an hour without some. But in the Advanced Bioeconomy, oxygen is not your friend — it could be an existential threat. In today’s Part II, another 4 workarounds. Part I of this story can be found here. In the advanced bioeconomy, the Big, Bad Barrier is the Oxygen Problem. That […]
In the terrestrial world, oxygen is colorless, odorless, and try to get through an hour without some. In the Bioeconomy Cinematic Universe, oxygen is harder than steel, heavier than a black hole, and higher than the Himalayas. Here’s the why and what’s being done about it. At some stage during any conference on energy transportation, someone will […]
The Digest Bioeconomy Index, an index of publicly traded advanced bioeconomy stocks, gained 0.57 percent to 56.78 as the sector continued an across the board rally. For the day, Metabolix (MBLX) surged 30.18 percent to $2.89, while Amyris (AMRS) jumped 7.86 percent to $2.47. Among other equities, Green Plains (GPRE) dumped 4.55 percent to $21.21 […]
In Florida, the Florida Department of Transportation is updating the Florida Transportation Plan, the statewide long-range transportation plan for all of Florida and a policy plan identifying policies for planning and implementing Florida’s Strategic Intermodal System, the statewide high-priority network of transportation facilities critical to Florida’s economic competitiveness. The Clean Fuels Coalition advises: “Three elements are contained in the FTP: […]
