DSM Bio-Based Products’s new chief, Atul Thakrar, visiting with The Digest on the sidelines of the BIO World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology taking place this week in Montreal. On POET-DSM. “We are completely committed to the POET-DSM venture and the technology. It’s harder and takes longer to get through the commissioning period than we had expected, but […]
The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, fell 1.10 percent to 61.36 as advanced biofuels slid. For the day, Gevo (GEVO) dropped 3.02 percent to $1.93, while Amyris (AMRS) lost 5.56 percent to $1.70. Among other equities, Aemetis (AMTX) tumbled 6.67 percent to $3.08. Overall, declines led advances by a 11 […]
Tell us about your company and it’s role in the Advanced Bioeconomy. KADIB gives advice and offers expertise in the Global Industrial Bioeconomy. We strive to position profitable chemical and energy value chains sustainably in the Political, and Economical, as well as Societal, Technological, Legislative and Ecological (PESTLE) environment and conditions. Tell us about your role […]
FedEx joins Southwest Airlines to buy out Red Rock’s entire 8-year jet fuel inventory — key milestone for project construction. In Colorado, Red Rock Biofuels will produce approximately three million gallons of low-carbon, renewable jet fuel per year from 2017 through 2024 for FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp, in an agreement announced by the […]
The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, downshifted 1.52 percent to 62.04 as advanced biofuels plunged. For the day, Gevo (GEVO) plummeted 11.56 percent to $1.99, while Aemetis (AMTX) slid 8.84 percent to $3.30. Among other equities, Solazyme (SZYM) dumped 7.87 percent to $2.77. Overall, declines led advances by a 4 […]
Red Rock takes waste biomass from forests and sawmills, and using a proprietary process, transforms it into domestically produced jet, diesel and naphtha fuels. The company’s process begins with the gasification of woody biomass to produce syngas, which is then cleaned and sent to a Fischer-Tropsch unit where it is converted to a high grade, […]
Tell us about your company and it’s role in the Advanced Bioeconomy. We’ve been in the residential tree-service business for 30 years. Our business is quite seasonal and so we are interested in using our 2,000+ annual tons of wood waste in the off-season to create a product that we can sell for a profit. […]
In Minnesota, Cargill made an equity investment in Genomatica and secured rights to make additional investments, as part of an agreement tin which the partners will co-market Cargill’s feedstock and production services to current and prospective Genomatica licensees, and chemical users.The collaboration, according to the partners, “will give chemical producers, distributors and users access to […]
In New Jersey, Liquid Light and Coca Cola have signed a technology development agreement to accelerate the development of mono-ethylene glycol (MEG) from carbon dioxide. Liquid Light‘s technology enables more efficient use of plant material to make MEG, one of the major components used to make The Coca-Cola Company’s plant-based PET plastic bottle, representing up […]
Leidos and Wester Trade Resources are sponsoring a webinar on Thursday, July 23 at 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm EST regarding the USDA 9003 Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical, and Biobased Product Manufacturing Assistance Program. The USDA’s Section 9003 Program is designed to build the bridge for “first of a kind” comercialization for renewable chemical and biobased product […]
