The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, rallied robustly, up 2.56 percent to 63.31 as advanced biofuels recovered on reduced Greek, China fears. For the day, Gevo (GEVO) rocketed up 10.61 percent to $2.71, while Solazyme (SZYM) jumped 8.78 percent to $3.22. Among other equities, Amyris (AMRS) soared 8.47 percent to […]
What’s LanzaTech all about? How does it work and why? Here are answers for your questions. Why don’t steel mills generate power for the grid — why make fuels instead of steam? “The fact that many of these industrial facilities could be making electricity now, but are not, tells the story,” LanzaTech CEO Jennifer Holmgren […]
Tell us about your company and it’s role in the Advanced Bioeconomy. Responsible for and engaged in the development of portable biomethanol production units for the on site conversion of wood from invasive trees (Africa) to biomethanol and pyrolysis oil. The most prominent systems component is a pyrolysis system developed by Nettenergy. Pyrolysis oil and […]
The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, rebounded 1.28 percent to 61.73 as all sectors covered on easing Greek, China concerns. For the day, Gevo (GEVO) recovered 7.46 percent to $2.45, while Aemetis (AMTX) jumped 5.70 percent to $3.34. Among other equities, Green Plains (GPRE) rallied 7.06 percent to $26.84. Overall, […]
Six years after 2009’s “summer of algae”, we look at who’s doing what now, as the industry diversifies heavily into nutraceuticals in search of sustaining product revenue. 31 Algae players, what do they make now, and how are they making out? Algae, algae, algae — biofuels made from and by the littleist creatures in the […]
In Washington, the US Energy Department announced six projects that will receive up to $18 million in funding to reduce the modeled price of algae-based biofuels to less than $5 per gasoline gallon equivalent (gge) by 2019. This funding supports the development of a bioeconomy that can help create green jobs, spur innovation, improve the […]
Tell us about your company and it’s role in the Advanced Bioeconomy. We are a biofuels technology company, who specialises in Jatropha curcas and the extraction of it’s oil as a sustainable fuel. We consult for farmers/clients and help them in cultivating Jatropha curcas and selling its seed as a profitable cash crop. Tell us […]
The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, plunged 3.07 percent to 60.95 as all sectors reeled on Greek debt, and China equity markets concerns. For the day, Gevo (GEVO) plunged 20.28 percent to $2.28, while Aemetis (AMTX) plummeted 9.57 percent to $3.16. Among other equities, Green Plains (GPRE) dumped 6.77 percent to $25.07. […]
45 deals, 37 companies; deal size jumps 7 percent and Q2 2015 is 15% up over 2014 and 138 percent up over Q1. Here’s the complete skinny on who got what. In Florida, The Digest reports that 37 advanced bioeconomy ventures raised $1.328 billion in new capital in Q3 2014 through Q2 2015 for company […]
Can Cooperation Survive Within a Non-cooperative Economic System? by Bill Brandon, special to The Digest I say yes it can, but we should not assume it is only a voluntary cooperation. Forty-five years ago we made a major transition in our fuel composition. Under the Clean Air Act and the clean fuel program, we stopped […]
