Tell us about your company and it’s role in the Advanced Bioeconomy. Experimenting with: DDG value added products (plant nutrition), soil mycorhizoidal stimulant production, design of passive and active heating and cooling systems for year-round produce production using dried distiller grains, consulting on design and enhancement of ethanol plant energy efficiency using the concept of […]
The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, gained 0.41 percent to 63.57 as ethanol equities advanced. For the day, Pacific Ethanol (PEIX) was up 1.39 percent to $9.48, while Ceres (CERE) bounded up 4.42 percent to $1.89. Among other equities, Metabolix (MBLX) retreated 6.76 percent to $3.45. Overall, advances led declines […]
In California, Newlight Technologies has signed a 20-year take-or-pay off-take agreement with Vinmar International for 1 billion pounds of AirCarbon PHA — the first cost-competitive, carbon-negative plastic that will be available at scale. Made, by the way, from greenhouse gas and thin air. What’s not to like? Critical to the deal? Newlight’s technology, which aims to […]
Vinmar signs historic offtake agreement with Newlight Technologies for 1B lbs of AirCarbon plastic. In California, Newlight Technologies has signed a 20-year take-or-pay off-take agreement with Vinmar International for 1 billion pounds of AirCarbon PHA. Critical to the deal? Newlight’s catalyst aims to transform the economics of PHA-based plastics, solving low yields and high cost issues […]
First plant will produce 14 million gallons per year by 2018; first production train online in 2017. More plants to come? Up to 150 mgy potential in Europe, ArcelorMittal says; culmination of work since 2011. In Belgium, ArcelorMittal, the world’s leading steel and mining company, with LanzaTech and Primetals Technologies, announced a letter of intent to […]
Tell us about your company and it’s role in the Advanced Bioeconomy. Passmore Group offers expertise in strategic investor relations, project capital attraction – including government non-dilutive subordinated debt, site location assessment – including feedstock availability and price, and corporate communications. The goal is the more rapid commercialization and deployment of technologies in the bioeconomy. Tell […]
The International Renewable Energy Agency reports: “More than 7.7 million people worldwide are now employed by the renewable energy industry. This is an 18 per cent increase from last year’s figure of 6.5 million. The report, Renewable Energy and Jobs – Annual Review 2015, also provides a first-ever global estimate of the number of jobs supported […]
In Iowa, the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association’s E85 Wholesale Price Listing Program detailed that E85 is priced at up to a $1.14 discount to petroleum-based gasoline, a 50% overall discount per gallon and representing a savings, on an energy-density or cost per mile basis, or up to 29% lower. According to the wholesale price listings, E85 […]
In France, Deinove reached the third and penultimate milestone of its Deinol project supported by Bpifrance. The DEINOL program, initiated in 2010, aims to develop and market a consolidated, second-generation bioethanol production process using true non-food biomass (agricultural residues, organic waste, etc.) as raw material and to promote the properties of Deinococcus bacteria. Overall, Deinove has achieved […]
In California, Amyris announced a partnership with the nonprofit, I AM THAT GIRL, a global community that supports, celebrates and inspires fulfillment of the highest potential in every girl. Amyris plans to support local I AM THAT GIRL chapters around the country to create healthy conversations and mentorship programs to address the emotional, mental, and […]
