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Biofuels Digest Index slumps to 59.33 as oil bears reign over energy stocks

Biofuels Digest Index slumps to 59.33 as oil bears reign over energy stocks

January 6, 2015 |

The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, slumped 2.24 percent to 59.33 as energy stock gloom continued to drive oil prices and energy equities down. For the day, Pacific Ethanol (PEIX) plunged 13.86 percent to $8.70, while while Aemetis (AMTX) was down 5.63 percent to $5.20. Among other equities, Gevo (GEVO) […]

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ABLC 2015: initial line-up announced for the Advanced Bioeconomy Leadership Conference 

ABLC 2015: initial line-up announced for the Advanced Bioeconomy Leadership Conference 

January 5, 2015 |

At ABLC 2015: Hot content from CEOs, investors, technologists, financiers, policymakers and exhibitors expected at advanced biofuels’ biggest networking and deal-making forum. 7 new intensified one-on-one, hands-on workshops for delegates to gain knowledge and visibility for their organizations. The Digest has announced that ABLC 2015 – the Advanced Bioeconomy Leadership Conference — will take place […]

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BioAmber: Biofuels Digest’s 2015 5-Minute Guide

BioAmber: Biofuels Digest’s 2015 5-Minute Guide

January 5, 2015 |

Company description From the company’s 2013 S-1: “Our proprietary technology platform combines industrial biotechnology, an innovative purification process and chemical catalysis to convert renewable feedstocks into chemicals that are cost-competitive replacements for petroleum-derived chemicals. The development of our current organism was originally funded by the DOE in the late 1990s, was further developed and scaled up, […]

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Biofuels Digest Index drops to 60.69 as oil glooms mounts

Biofuels Digest Index drops to 60.69 as oil glooms mounts

January 5, 2015 |

The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, dumped 3.26 percent to 60.69 amidst a global rollback on energy stocks as benchmark oil dropped below $50. For the day, Green Plains (GPRE) fell 10.19 percent to $23.09, while Total (TOT) dropped 6.06 percent to $48.06. Among other equities, British Petroleum (BP) lost […]

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4 minutes with… Bart Carpenter, Technology Director, URS Corporation (now part of AECOM)

4 minutes with… Bart Carpenter, Technology Director, URS Corporation (now part of AECOM)

January 5, 2015 |

Tell us about your company and it’s role in the Advanced Bioeconomy. AECOM has nearly 100k employees and is actively involved in a variety of green energy projects. Our depth allows us to provide comprehensive services from inception and planning to completion and start-up. We have experience with wind, solar, geothermal, cogen and biofuel/biochemical projects […]

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The Digest’s 5-Minute Guides for companies in the advanced bioeconomy, 2015 edition

The Digest’s 5-Minute Guides for companies in the advanced bioeconomy, 2015 edition

January 4, 2015 |

In Florida, The Digest announces the return of its annual 5-Minute Guides. Starting January 5th and continuing through the opening of ABLC 2015 in Washington DC, the Digest will publish at least one 5-Minute Guide per day, with a target of 100 in all. The Guides provide condensed profiles for companies in the advanced bioeconomy, their […]

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Amyris: Biofuels Digest’s 2015 5-Minute Guide

Amyris: Biofuels Digest’s 2015 5-Minute Guide

January 4, 2015 |

Company description: Amyris is a global renewable products company providing sustainable alternatives to a variety of non-renewable resources. Amyris uses its innovative bioscience technology to convert plant sugars into hydrocarbon molecules. Amyris creates ingredients and is commercializing its No Compromise products in the flavors and fragrances, cosmetics, specialty fluids, polymers, lubricants, and fuels industries. Amyris […]

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Biofuels “Background reading” for the New Year, 2015

Biofuels “Background reading” for the New Year, 2015

January 4, 2015 |

IN CASE YOU MISSED SOME, Over the holidays, we published a number of our annual industry outlooks and look-backs: Top 10 Bioeconomy and Biofuels Predictions for 2015 Biofuels Mandates Around the World: 2015 The 41 Weirdest Things Ever Used to Make Biofuels 10 Biggest Bioeconomy Blockbuster Stories of 2014: Asia and Oceania 10 Biggest Bioeconomy […]

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The Advanced Bioeconomy Dashboard for 1/5/15: equities, fuels, chemicals, and feedstock prices and data

The Advanced Bioeconomy Dashboard for 1/5/15: equities, fuels, chemicals, and feedstock prices and data

January 4, 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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4 Minutes with…Tim Burns, Co-Founder, Board Member, bioprocess Algae

4 Minutes with…Tim Burns, Co-Founder, Board Member, bioprocess Algae

January 4, 2015 |

Tell us about your company and it’s role in the Advanced Bioeconomy. BPA is one of the pioneers in biofilm-based algae production and we are currently operating one of the longest-standing biological carbon capture and re-use facilities in the country. Our co-located facility utilizes waste heat and CO2 from a corn-ethanol plant to produce high […]

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