OPXBIO styles itself in the “Good Chemistry” business, developing and producing bio-based chemicals that deliver more sustainable value for customers compared to traditional petro-based chemicals. The company’s says that its patented, leading EDGE (Efficiency Directed Genome Engineering) technology “has proven advantages over traditional bioengineering approaches”. Primarily, EDGE enables OPXBIO to more rapidly engineer microbes and […]
The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, gained 0.86 percent to 65.62 as advanced biofuels surged. For the day, Amyris (AMRS) soared 16.77 percent to $2.82, while Metabolix (MBLX) rallied 22.43 percent to $0.59. Among other equities, Gevo (GEVO) jumped 7.80 percent to $0.27. Overall, advances led declines 9 to 7 […]
You may find yourself wondering exactly why the centerpiece of the renewable fuels industry’s response to the introduction of the Toomey-Feinstein “Corn Ethanol Mandate Elimination Act” in Congress today is a letter to President Obama about EPA action or the lack thereof. In a nutshell, a variety of forces have joined forces against the RFS […]
Tell us about your company and it’s role in the Advanced Bioeconomy. EP Minerals is a worldwide leader in diatomaceous earth (DE), clay and perlite. These unique industrial minerals are used as filter aids, absorbents and functional additives for a variety of industries including biofuels and biochemicals. We remove contaminants from feed stocks and we […]
The first of the “2010-12 IPO kids” completes its transformation to a lively, product-driven commercial company with revenues in fragrances, emollients, solvents and fuels. In California, Amyris announced Q4 2014 revenues of $11.6 million and $43.3M for the full year, a 5% increase over 2013, and Q4 net income of $58.0 million and $2.3 million […]
Renmatix is a technology licensor that enables the production of petrochemicals from plants. The company’s water-based Plantrose process is the lowest cost method for converting a wide range of non-food biomass into cellulosic sugars, used in the global chemical and fuels markets. Renmatix’s supercritical hydrolysis technology deconstructs non-food biomass an order of magnitude faster than […]
The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, slipped 0.12 percent to 65.06 as ethanol equities slid. For the day, Amyris (AMRS) soared 24.98 percent to $2.42, while Metabolix (MBLX) dumped 16.32 percent to $0.48. Among other equities, Biox (BX.T) rallied 10.00 percent to $0.55. Overall, declines led advances 3 to 2 […]
Tell us about your company and it’s role in the Advanced Bioeconomy. The company has supported the development and/or reevaluation of subjects for many or today’s CO2 plants from biofuels; with work supporting one of the first cellulosic ethanol ventures as well. The work covers subjects from technical, through market and industry intelligence; to applications, […]
Based from the merger of Shell and Cosan, Raízen is now the Brazil’s fifth largest company in terms of billable revenues and the nation’s leading manufacturer of sugarcane ethanol, with production of about 2 billion litres of biofuel per year. This activity also includes the production of 4 million tonnes of sugar and the sale of […]
It’s New, it’s Neo — the neodiesel companies — brimming with technologies to create cleaner alternatives to a powerhouse fuel. They have the performance, half the carbon, and a range of low-cost feedstocks to choose from. Now, neodiesel heads for Malaysia as a JV opens up ultra low-cost feedstocks with Benefuel’s ENSEL technology. From Malaysia have […]
