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The Advanced Bioeconomy Dashboard for 4/20/15: equities, fuels, chemicals, and feedstock prices and data

The Advanced Bioeconomy Dashboard for 4/20/15: equities, fuels, chemicals, and feedstock prices and data

April 18, 2015 |

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 […]

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Biofuels Digest Index falls to 69.55 as advanced biofuels decline

Biofuels Digest Index falls to 69.55 as advanced biofuels decline

April 18, 2015 |

The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, fell 1.18 percent to 69.55 as advanced biofuels declined. For the day, Solazyme (SZYM) slumped 11.31 percent to $3.92, while OriginClear (OOIL) dropped 25.61 percent to $0.06. Among other equities, Aemetis (AMTX) rocketed up 8.01 percent to $4.72. Overall, declines led advances by a […]

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Biofuels Digest Index edges up to 70.38 despite an enzymes decline

Biofuels Digest Index edges up to 70.38 despite an enzymes decline

April 16, 2015 |

The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, edged up 0.21 percent to 70.38 despite an enzymes decline. For the day, Solazyme (SZYM) jumped 6.51 percent to $4.42, while Gevo (GEVO) dropped 7.69 percent to $0.18. Among other equities, Codexis (CDXS) settled back 10.99 percent to $5.02. Overall, declines led advances by […]

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EU reshapes its biofuels policy

EU reshapes its biofuels policy

April 16, 2015 |

Jettisons indirect land use change for now, citing poor data visibility; caps food-crop biofuels to 7%; limits proposed Directives to 2020. In Brussels, the European Parliament’s Environmental Committee has voted this week to endorse the Council’s proposed compromise on reform of the EU biofuels policy, and indirect land use change. The final vote was 51 votes in […]

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Agrisoma Biosciences management acquires 22% stake via equity investment 

Agrisoma Biosciences management acquires 22% stake via equity investment 

April 16, 2015 |

What’s up with carinata? 2015 looks like an inflection year for the non-irrigated, heat-tolerant, sandy-soil loving canola cousin that is ready-to-wear for aviation biofuels and biodiesel. Meanwhile, the management team doubles down as the marketing year is underway. In Quebec, Agrisoma Biosciences announced that a group led by its management team has made an equity […]

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NexSteppe: Biofuels Digest’s 2015 5-Minute Guide

NexSteppe: Biofuels Digest’s 2015 5-Minute Guide

April 16, 2015 |

NexSteppe is dedicated to pioneering the next generation of scalable, reliable, cost-effective feedstock solutions for the biofuels, biopower and biobased products industries. Using advanced breeding techniques and cutting-edge analytical technologies, NexSteppe is developing Malibu sweet sorghum and Palo Alto high biomass sorghum to produce feedstocks tailored for these biobased industries. Named for the city where […]

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4 minutes with… Chris Brown, CEO, Environmental Proteomics

4 minutes with… Chris Brown, CEO, Environmental Proteomics

April 15, 2015 |

Tell us about your company and it’s role in the Advanced Bioeconomy. We are biochemists/entrepreneurs making products for basic and applied research into methane production. Having proven our methods and product in the photosynthesis research market, we are excited to be moving into new markets. We have recently achieved precise measurements of the key enzyme […]

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Biofuels Digest Index jumps to 70.23 as advanced biofuels rally

Biofuels Digest Index jumps to 70.23 as advanced biofuels rally

April 15, 2015 |

The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, jumped 1.95 percent to 70.23 as advanced biofuels surged again. For the day, Solazyme (SZYM) upticked 5.06 percent to $4.15, while Amyris (AMRS) rallied 4.84 percent to $2.60. Among other equities, Codexis (CDXS) surged 8.25 percent to $5.64. Overall, advances led declines by a […]

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NexSteppe takes biomass sorghum to commercial-scale in Brazil

NexSteppe takes biomass sorghum to commercial-scale in Brazil

April 15, 2015 |

Next-gen feedstock developer records 1000% year-on-year growth for its Palo Alto Biomass Sorghum hybrids in Brazil. Sustainable, available, reliable and affordable? Yes, as the Digest discovers. In California, NexSteppe announced that it sold more than 10,000 hectares (25,000 acres) of its Palo Alto biomass sorghums in Brazil this past growing season, compared to just over […]

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Remembering a true visionary: Novozymes honors Guido Ghisolfi

Remembering a true visionary: Novozymes honors Guido Ghisolfi

April 15, 2015 |

The renewable energy industry was saddened on March 3 by the news of the death of Guido Ghisolfi, Vice Chairman of the Mossi & Ghisolfi group and CEO of Beta Renewables. Mossi & Ghisolfi is a worldwide leader in the bottle-grade PET industry, owner of the world’s first commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol plant, located in Crescentino, […]

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