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4 minutes with… Rafael Llano Ferro, Manager, ENTERESA

4 minutes with… Rafael Llano Ferro, Manager, ENTERESA

March 18, 2015 |

Tell us about your company and it’s role in the Advanced Bioeconomy. We manufacture small scale raw sugar plants and small distillation plants with small sugar cane crushers, small sugar cane steam boilers and distillations towers or multiple effect evaporators. Similar as big sugar cane mills and ethanol plants, but at small scale. We will like small […]

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Biofuels Digest Index gains to 65.68 as large caps rally

Biofuels Digest Index gains to 65.68 as large caps rally

March 18, 2015 |

The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, gained 1.48 percent to 65.68 as large caps rallied. For the day, Ceres (CERE) dumped 6.25 percent to $0.37, while Solazyme (SZYM) jumped 6.29 percent to $2.79. Among other equities, Evogene advanced 5.90 percent to $9.34. Overall, advances led declines by a 2 to […]

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Propel debuts cost-competitive renewable diesel in California

Propel debuts cost-competitive renewable diesel in California

March 18, 2015 |

Neste’s cost-competitive, advanced, drop-in renewable diesel to be deployed at 18 Propel stations in California. All the renewable attributes, and the same price at the pump. In California, Propel Fuels has launched California’s most advanced diesel fuel: Diesel HPR (High Performance Renewable) at Propel locations across Northern California. Propel’s Diesel HPR uses Neste Oil’s NEXBTL renewable diesel, […]

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Hawaii commits to switching to B20 biodiesel

Hawaii commits to switching to B20 biodiesel

March 18, 2015 |

In Hawaii, Hawaii State Department of Transportation Director Ford Fuchigami said, “We are committed to convert all of our diesel fuel equipment and vehicles to B20. This fuel is a blend of 20% biodiesel and 80% petroleum diesel. We support initiatives to buy local and promote the use of clean energy fuels.” At the same […]

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Why Going to Congress for RFS Reform Is a Really Bad Idea

Why Going to Congress for RFS Reform Is a Really Bad Idea

March 18, 2015 |

By Brent Erickson and Brooke Coleman Last week, ABFA made headlines by calling the federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) an “obstacle” to the commercial deployment of advanced biofuels and publicly supporting opening up the program in Congress. While the Biotechnology Industry Organization and the Advanced Ethanol Council certainly agree that the RFS is off track, […]

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Yulex: Biofuels Digest 2015 5-Minute Guide

Yulex: Biofuels Digest 2015 5-Minute Guide

March 18, 2015 |

Yulex Corporation is a technology, marketing and biomaterial product development company. The company applies seed technology, agronomics, breeding, harvesting, bioprocessing, and materials science for the development of plant-based biomaterials from the renewable, industrial crop Guayule. That’s pronounced “Y-U-Lee” for those outside its heartland in the American Southwest and northern Mexico. Guayule is a distant relative […]

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Protected: ABLC 2015 Presentations

Protected: ABLC 2015 Presentations

March 18, 2015 |

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4 minutes with… Edward Huxel, Co-Owner, Osage Orange BioProducts Company

4 minutes with… Edward Huxel, Co-Owner, Osage Orange BioProducts Company

March 17, 2015 |

Tell us about your company and it’s role in the Advanced Bioeconomy. Our company theme is to create a profitable company that raises Osage Orange (Maclura promifera)trees on the southern plains of Oklahoma and Texas, and process the tree fruit for nonfood biomass products for renewable energy, biochemicals a livestock feed. The seeds are high in […]

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Biofuels Digest Index falls to 64.72 as advanced biofuels decline

Biofuels Digest Index falls to 64.72 as advanced biofuels decline

March 17, 2015 |

The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, fell 1.02 percent to 64.72 as advanced biofuels declined. For the day, Ceres (CERE) settled back 14.06 percent to $0.39, while Solazyme (SZYM) shed 5.24 percent to $2.62. Among other equities, Amyris (AMRS) lost 3.16 percent to $2.45. Overall, declines and advances were even […]

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Flagship invests in Red Rock, cost-competitive aviation biofuels come closer

Flagship invests in Red Rock, cost-competitive aviation biofuels come closer

March 17, 2015 |

Investment from Flagship Ventures brings Red Rock Biofuels closer to construction of its first commercial advanced aviation biofuels refinery In Colorado, Red Rock Biofuels unveiled a strategic partnership with Flagship Ventures that sets the stage for the construction of its first commercial scale refinery in Lakeview, Oregon. Red Rock last year received a $70 million […]

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