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Biofuels Digest Index jumps to 62.80 as advanced biofuels recover

Biofuels Digest Index jumps to 62.80 as advanced biofuels recover

January 4, 2015 |

The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, jumped 1.75 percent to 62.80 as advanced biofuels recovered. For the day, Dyadic (DYAI) jumped 17.02 percent to $1.10, while Pacific Ethanol (PEIX) gained 5.91 percent to $10.94. Among other equities, Amyris (AMRS) rebounded 5.83 percent to $2.18. Overall, advances led declines l11 to […]

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Top 10 Bioeconomy and Biofuels Predictions for 2015

Top 10 Bioeconomy and Biofuels Predictions for 2015

January 1, 2015 |

A mere “The Year in Rewind” as we reach the end of 2014? Not the intrepidSS Digest! Instead, we dust off our crystal ball and peer into tomorrowland. As the sunset of 2014 gives way to the dawn of 2015, here at the Digest we resist the holiday temptation to look back over the challenges […]

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4 minutes with… Mike Perry, CEO, Forest Concepts

4 minutes with… Mike Perry, CEO, Forest Concepts

January 1, 2015 |

Tell us about your organization and it’s role in the advanced bioeconomy. Under DOE/USDA SBIR projects, my company has developed and patented a low energy rotary shear machine that can process a variety of normal moisture (green) biomass including wood, corn stover, miscanthus, switchgrass and others into flowable uniform particles down to 1.6mm for optimized […]

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Biofuels Digest Index drops to 61.72 as Santa Claus slide strikes

Biofuels Digest Index drops to 61.72 as Santa Claus slide strikes

December 31, 2014 |

The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, slipped 0.84 percent to 61.72 as all sectors fell in an inverse Santa Claus rally. For the day, Pacific Ethanol (PEIX) tumbled 3.55 percent to $10.33, while Metabolix (MBLX) rebounded 22.25 percent to $0.41. Among other equities, Amyris (AMRS) dumped 6.36 percent to $2.06. […]

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Biofuels Mandates Around the World: 2015

Biofuels Mandates Around the World: 2015

December 31, 2014 |

Who mandates what in biofuels? 64 countries have targets or mandates — but how much where, and when, and what? In Florida, the Digest today releases its annual review of biofuels mandates and targets around the world, looking at the state of biofuels mandates in 64 countries. The bulk of mandates continue to come from […]

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4 minutes with… Samuel Kanes, Founding Director, BlueOcean NutraSciences

4 minutes with… Samuel Kanes, Founding Director, BlueOcean NutraSciences

December 31, 2014 |

Tell us about your organization and it’s role in the advanced bioeconomy. BlueOcean (BOC.TSXV) holds the exclusive global patent rights to technology that captures and dissolves CO2 gas into solutions for accelerating biomass growth. The first commercial development is accelerating algae growth beyond current photosynthetic algae bioreactor potential. A unit is being demonstrated at the […]

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4 minutes with… Barry Farquharson, CEO, Nova Green

4 minutes with… Barry Farquharson, CEO, Nova Green

December 30, 2014 |

Tell us about your organization and it’s role in the advanced bioeconomy. Our proprietary technology sequentially transforms agricultural and forestry biomass into a series of high value end products. The products feed in to both food & nutrition, and clean tech. Nutrition products are edible, functional fibre, and diabetic safe sugars. Remnant becomes activated biochar, […]

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Biofuels Digest Index slips 0.86 percent to 62.24 as chemical stocks drop

Biofuels Digest Index slips 0.86 percent to 62.24 as chemical stocks drop

December 30, 2014 |

The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, slipped 0.86 percent to 62.24 as chemical stocks dropped. For the day, Pacific Ethanol (PEIX) skidded 4.63 percent to $10.71, while Solazyme (SZYM) lost 5.24 percent to $2.53, Among other equities, Amyris (AMRS) rebounded 4.23 percent to $2.22. Overall, declines led advances 11 to […]

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The 41 Weirdest Things Ever Used to Make Biofuels

The 41 Weirdest Things Ever Used to Make Biofuels

December 30, 2014 |

Bunnies, liposuction fat, Prince Charles’ leftover wine, day-old whale, the human poo bus, fire ants dipped in hexane, old beer, raging fireballs, vibrating blobs, dope, and even the New Orleans Times-Picayune. Take your pick and, yep, it’s all true, as the Digest discovers. IF YOU’RE ONLY AN OCCASIONAL READER in the world of biofuels, corn, sugarcane and […]

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Biofuels Digest Index drops to 62.78 as enzyme equities tumble

Biofuels Digest Index drops to 62.78 as enzyme equities tumble

December 29, 2014 |

The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, shed 1.48 percent to 62.78 as enzyme equities tumbled. For the day, Dyadic (DYAI) settled back 31.26 percent to $0.92 after strong gains last week, while Aemetis (AMTX) dumped 13.09 percent to $5.51. Among other equities, Novozymes (NZMB) lost 6.03 percent to $42.65. Overall, […]

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