In Texas, XPRIZE Chairman and CEO Peter Diamandis announced the $20M NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE, a competition to address CO2 emissions from fossil fuels. With registration opening today, teams are challenged to develop breakthrough technologies that convert the most CO2 into one or more products with the highest net value. Co-sponsored by NRG and COSIA, the […]
Part 2 – Project Execution By Mark Warner, PE, Founder, Warner Advisors LLC, Special to The Digest In the first release of the Understanding Advanced Biotechnology Commercialization series, the overall commercialization process was outlined and a detailed review of the project development phase presented. It covered early concept development and preparation of sufficient engineering detail to […]
The Digest Bioeconomy Index, an index of publicly traded advanced bioeconomy stocks, rebounded 1.33 percent to 50.45 as all sectors recovered. For the day, Solazyme (SZYM) jumped 15.56 percent to $2.60, while Amyris (AMRS) dropped 6.07 percent to $2.01. Among other equities, Gevo (GEVO) dropped 7.53 percent to $1.72. Overall, advances led declines 10 to […]
Move over Super, here comes SuperDuper. All the high octane and performance, and the renewability too, at a price you can afford. Biofuels are adding options for drop-in, low-carbon, super-perfornance gasoline via isooctane and isooctene, as Gevo announces sales of isooctene to BCD Chemie, a subsidiary of Brenntag. In Colorado, Gevo said that it has […]
The Digest Bioeconomy Index, an index of publicly traded advanced bioeconomy stocks, fell 0.84 percent to 49.79 as chemical equities tumbled. For the day, Metabolix (MBLX) dumped 7.85 percent to $1.41, while Gevo (GEVO) shed 6.30 percent to $1.86. Among other equities, BioAmber (BIOA) lost 5.85 percent to $5.31. Overall, declines led advances 9 to 5 for […]
Part 1 – Overview and Project Development By Mark Warner, PE, Founder, Warner Advisors LLC, Special to The Digest When I reflect on the characteristics of successful advanced biotechnology companies that have achieved commercial scale, and the longer list of companies that haven’t, the difference between success and failure is often not the core technology alone, […]
The Digest Bioeconomy Index, an index of publicly traded advanced bioeconomy stocks, plunged 3.55 percent to 50.21 as ethanol equities sank. For the day, Deinove (DNOVF) dumped 19.20 percent to $7.07, while Biox (BX.T) plunged 18.10 percent to $0.95. Among other equities, Aemetis (AMTX) shed 8.70 percent to $2.73. Overall, declines led advances 8 to […]
The Digest looks at ICCT’s comprehensive report on diesel vehicle NOx emissions in the EU and US. Where will the emissions crisis spread? The VW crisis just keeps getting worse, with Volkswagen suspending its VW, Audi, and Porsche R&D chiefs, as Audi confirmed that 2.1 million of its vehicles were outfitted with defeat devices, and reports […]
By Bill Brandon, Special to The Digest Fooling with computers to give false readings has happened before. It is important to recognize similarities to earlier cases and EPA’s role in them. The 1998 consent decree In October 1998, the DOJ and EPA entered into a consent decree with heavy-duty diesel engine manufacturers for installing ‘defeat’ device […]
Here are the photo votes received for Atlantic Biomass Conversions in this years’s competition for the Hottest Companies in the Advanced Bioeconomy. More on photo voting in this years’ rankings process, here.
