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 […]
by Mark J. Riedy and Ben Snowden, Kilpatrick Townsend The USDA has completely overhauled what used to be known as Biorefinery Assistance Program and now is called the Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical, and Biobased Product Manufacturing Assistance Program. The Program provides loan guarantees of up to $250 million of senior debt for the development, construction, and […]
Tell us about your company and it’s role in the Advanced Bioeconomy. Leaf Resources is a process technology company, providing economical biobased solutions for commercial production of cellulosic sugars and other lignocellulosic platforms derived from biomass. Our technology, combines crude glycerine and process integration for improving biomass pretreatment efficiency upstream and opening downstream opportunities Tell […]
In Washington, according to EIA data as analyzed by the Renewable Fuels Association, ethanol production averaged 984,000 barrels per day (b/d)—or 41.33 million gallons daily. That is down 3,000 b/d from the week before. The four-week average for ethanol production stood at 983,000 b/d for an annualized rate of 15.07 billion gallons. Stocks of ethanol […]
In New York, Clean Energy Pipeline reported that new investment in the global clean energy sector totaled $74.9 billion in Q2 15, a 2% decrease on Q2 14 ($76.5 billion). Despite the annual decrease, investment was still 11% above the average quarterly volume of investment during the past three years ($67.2 billion). New investment was […]
