In Pennsylvania, New Holland Agriculture announced plans to assist SUNY researchers in a $3.5 million research project aiming to reduce the cost of delivering biomass for refinement, New Holland Agriculture will provide SUNY with an FR9080 self-propelled forage harvester with 130FB coppice header for use in the DOE research project. The forage harvester and header […]
From New York, Raymond James energy analyst Pavel Molchanov writes, “Despite the headwinds of low energy prices, clean tech capital markets activity will likely set a record in 2015. In our clean tech update from January, we pointed out that the U.S.-listed clean tech universe’s oil price exposure can be broadly segmented into three “buckets.” […]
The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, dumped 2.13 percent to a 6-year low of 58.91 as advanced biofuels tumbled sharply. For the day, Abengoa (ABGB) plunged 14.53 percent to $12.35, while Solazyme (SZYM) dropped 7.92 percent to $2.50. Among other equities, Ceres (CERE) plummeted 12.43 percent to $1.62. Overall, declines […]
Tell us about your company and it’s role in the Advanced Bioeconomy. Exelus is developing a first-of-a-kind process to convert virtually any type of ligno-cellulosic biomass into a clean, environmentally friendly “Bio-naphtha” a paraffinic hydrocarbon similar to fossil-based light naphtha. Bio-naphtha can then be converted in a conventional refinery or petrochemical complex into a whole […]
The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, fell 1.25 percent to 60.16 as advanced biofuels dropped. For the day, Green Plains (GPRE) shed 3.15 percent to $23.70, while Ceres (CERE) lost 6.49 percent to $1.73. Among other equities, Amyris (AMRS) dumped 4.27 percent to land at $1.57. Overall, declines led advances […]
In Massachusetts, Ginkgo Bioworks has raised $45 million in an oversubscribed Series B round. Viking Global, a firm managing more than $30 billion in capital, led the round along with previous investors including OS Fund, Y Combinator and Felicis Ventures. The new funds will be used to expand into new categories such as pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and probiotics, as […]
Iogen’s technology at commercial-scale, and officially open for business. In Brazil, President Dilma Rousseff launched Iogen Energy’s cellulosic ethanol technology at the official opening of Raízen`s newly expanded Costa Pinto sugar cane mill in Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil on July 22, 2015. Iogen, a leading developer of cellulosic biofuel technology, and Raízen, one of the […]
In Washington, the Senate Finance Committee completed mark up of legislation to extend critical tax incentives. The legislation would extend for two years the important Research & Development Tax Credit, the Second Generation Biofuel Producer Tax Credit, the Special Depreciation Allowance for Second Generation Biofuel Plant Property, and the Controlled Foreign Corporation Look-Through Rule. BIO […]
Tell us about your company and it’s role in the Advanced Bioeconomy. Taurus Energy is a Research & Development company specializing in strain development of pentoses both xylose and arabinose in biomass derived streams. Taurus has extensive know-how in lingo cellulosic ethanol production with 11 patent families and 60 patents approved around the world. Tell […]
In California, Blume Distillation sold a license to its Blume Biorefinery system to Numbitrax, based in Touwsriver, Western Cape, South Africa, has completed a purchase agreement and fund transfer for a Blume Biorefinery system. The purchase represents a several million-dollar investment for Numbitrax, which plans to produce ethanol as well as additional high-return offtake products, […]
