By Arthur M. Brownstein, formerly Manager, New Ventures Technology Division, ExxonMobil Growing concerns over global warming have led to Congressional enactment of renewable fuels legislation for motor vehicles. This has led to considerable international activity in the development and commercialization of such fuels. This activity is concisely captured in a new book published by Elsevier Inc. […]
By Matt Carr, Executive Director, Algae Biomass Organization They say that politics makes for strange bedfellows, but what about global petro-economics? As the global price for a barrel of oil creeps lower and lower, the US algae industry ironically finds itself in the same position as Big Oil: We’d both prefer crude oil prices to […]
4 weeks past the helter-skelter Oil Crash, as prices plateau for now (and maybe for the long term) — what have we learned about energy markets in the Age of Alternatives? No can perfectly predict what will happen with energy prices, over the long period of time, and the relief that the energy sector might be […]
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 […]
Tell us about your organization and it’s role in the advanced bioeconomy. Brilliant Biofuels Technology Xiamen Company Ltd is a wholly owned foreign Enterprise of Brilliant Australia and was set up with purpose of Jatropha agriculture in Fujian Province. Brilliant Australia came first in 2004 in Madagascar where plantations were set up on communal village lands […]
A BP joint venture with DuPont, Butamax Advanced Biofuels is developing the isobutanol, which has a higher energy content that ethanol, can be blended at higher rates into fuel that can be used by vehicles on the road today and may be able to facilitate the adoption of biofuels into the fuel supply chain at a […]
The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, was flat at 59.96 as chemicals advances offset large cap declines. For the day, Abengoa (ABGB) slumped 4.38 percent to $14.68, while ADM dropped 2.69 percent to $46.63. Among other equities, Codexis (CDXS) continued a recent run, rising 8.83 percent to $3.82. Overall, declines […]
Tell us about your company and it’s role in the Advanced Bioeconomy. Asocaña is the association of Colombian sugarcane growers and sugarcane mills. 5 of the mills have ethanol distilleries that produce all the ethanol needed for the mandatory blend program. The sustainability of the production is the main goal, including the carbon footprint, regulatory […]
The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, slipped 0.78 percent to 59.87 as advanced biofuels slumped. For the day, Gevo (GEVO) plummeted 47.19 percent to $0.13 following pricing of a dilutive cap raise, while Cosan (CZZ) tumbled 5.13 percent to $7.03. Among other equities, Solazyme (SZYM) advanced 3.32 percent to $2.18. […]
The “Top 125 People in the Advanced Bioeconomy” for 2015 as nominated and voted by the readers of The Digest and the publication’s editorial board. 1 Tom Vilsack, US Secretary of Agriculture 2 Guido Ghisolfi, CEO, Beta Renewables 3 Jeff Lautt, CEO, POET, Jeff Broin, Chairman, POET 4 Ernest Moniz, Secretary of Energy 5 Michael […]
