44 deals, 37 companies; deal count jumps 16% but deal size drops 17% Here’s the complete skinny on who got what. In Florida, The Digest reports that 12 advanced bioeconomy ventures raised $1.262 billion in new capital in Q3 2014 through Q1 2015 for company development — and pilot, demonstration and commercial-scale projects. This compares […]
The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, edged up 0.48 percent to 69.11 as enzymes recovered. For the day, Aemetis (AMTX) lost 3.92 percent to $4.17, while Biox (BX.T) slumped 9.09 percent to $0.50. Among other equities, Gevo (GEVO) shed 4.15 percent to $2.42. Overall, declines and advances were even for […]
Rennovia, Inc. is a chemical process technology development company focused on the creation of novel processes for the cost-advantaged production of commodity and specialty chemicals from renewable feedstocks. Rennovia is developing processes for the production of biobased glucaric acid, adipic acid, 1,6-hexanediol, hexamethylenediamine (HMD), and other important building blocks for a wide range of functional […]
Tell us about your company and it’s role in the Advanced Bioeconomy. P2 makes renewable specialty chemicals from vegetable feedstocks, using a proprietary form of ozonolysis, a chemical process. We are operating on the Kg scale using a continuous reactor system developed jointly with our engineering partners, Desmet Ballestra sPa of Italy. Tell us about […]
An effort is underway in the UK to classify, within the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation, “novel low carbon fuels” made by companies such as LanzaTech, Joule, Solar Jet, Velocys, Sunfire, Pyreco and others. In the UK, a report prepared by E4tech and Ecofys has been released and looks at the problem of narrow definitions for low […]
The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, was flat at 68.78 despite an advanced biofuels decline. For the day, Amyris (AMRS) slid 3.06 percent to $2.44, while Codexis (CDXS) lost 4.21 percent to $4.51. Among other equities, Gevo (GEVO) shed 6.99 percent to $2.53. Overall, declines and advances were even for […]
Big jump in “Defend the RFS” ranks as 37 Senators press EPA to set a big target for biofuels in 2015-16 In Washington, 37 Senators wrote EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy urging the agency to set strong biofuel volume requirements for 2014 and beyond that are consistent with the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). U.S. Senators Dick […]
The Digest’s Dashboard is a convenient “news you can use” 5-Minute summary of current markets including key commodity prices, relevant futures, bioenergy-related stocks, and historical equities data. Latest prices – key commodities. Most recent commodity closing prices, and price changes, for NYMEX’s crude oil, Brent Crude, Ultra-Low Sulphur Diesel, Natural Gas, RBOB gasoline, and Ethylene; ethanol […]
By Richard E. Engler, Ph.D., special to The Digest When I meet people from bioeconomy companies, I ask them about their products’ status under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). The most common answers I receive are: “TSCA doesn’t apply because our product is not toxic,” “TSCA doesn’t apply because our product is naturally occurring,” […]
Tell us about your company and it’s role in the Advanced Bioeconomy. IBioIC’s role is as a specialist in the Industrial Biotechnology (IB) sector, designed to stimulate the growth and success of the IB industry in Scotland by connecting the dots between industry, academia and government. It represents all four colors of IB, facilitating […]
