In Minnesota, Cargill announced the launch of EverSweet, “the great tasting, next-generation stevia sweetener” which the company co-developed with Evolva. EverSweet sweetener is made with the same sweetness found in the stevia leaf, Reb M and Reb D, and provides consumers the great taste they crave with better sweetness intensity, faster sweetness onset and improved sweetness […]
Part 3 – Project Execution By Mark Warner, PE, Founder, Warner Advisors LLC, Special to The Digest In the second release of the Understanding Advanced Biotechnology Commercialization series, the mechanics of taking the detailed concept and turning it into steel in the grounds was covered, culminating in a facility that is ready to be started up and […]
The Digest Bioeconomy Index, an index of publicly traded advanced bioeconomy stocks, slipped 0.16 percent to 50.37 as ethanol equites slid. For the day, Solazyme (SZYM) fell back 5.00 percent to $2.47, while Metabolix gained 12.32 percent to $1.55. Among other equities, Aemetis (AMTX) dumped 9.09 percent to $2.50. Overall, advances led declines 2 to […]
Sapphire’s Jamie Levine, Matrix Genetics’ Margaret McCormick, Algal Scientific’s Geoff Horst, Heliae’s Len Smith and USCD’s Steve Mayfield reflect on the commercial progress of algae. There is the dream of algae. All that photosynthetic productivity, all those products that algae can make, all those crushing needs that our society has for more, more, more — […]
Algae is an important example of the breadth of work at the Department of Energy, starting with genetics and proceeding all the way to commercial-sized systems and integrations. It’s fundamental science all the way to applied. Biofuels are an important component of our work, and though there are some who say that oil prices have […]
In Michigan, a new $1 million relationship between Michigan State University and ExxonMobil will expand research designed to progress the fundamental science required to advance algae-based fuels. David Kramer, MSU’s John Hannah Distinguished Professor in Photosynthesis and Bioenergetics at the MSU-DOE Plant and Research Laboratory, says that the overall goal of the partnership is to […]
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 […]
