Tell us about your organization and it’s role in the advanced bioeconomy. Sklar & Associates is a South Carolina based consulting firm now specializing in Biofuels project development. He is an expert in project finance and conducts extensive due diligence investigations, viability assessments, and prepares business plans Tell us about your role and what you […]
The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, edged up 0.28 percent to 64.81 as advanced biofuels gained. For the day,OriginOIl (OOIL) soared 19.24 percent to $.16, while Amyris (AMRS) was up 3.59 to $2.60. Among other equities, Solazyme (SZYM) soared 9.87 percent to $2.56. Overall, declines led advances 9 to 7 […]
By Sam A. Rushing – Advanced Cryogenics, Ltd. Special to The Digest Perhaps the newfound trend with respect to carbon dioxide (CO2) will be various forms of recycling of this greenhouse gas and gas commodity. There has been a great deal of press associated with new start up companies which propose using CO2 from virtually […]
Take CO2, add water and an energy source: voila, Fuels & Chemicals from Microbial Dairies. We revisit 3 top practitioners of the art and one outlier, and their progress. Elsewhere in the Digest today we have a Sam Rushing’s “CO2 recycling from biofuels and allied chemical and energy projects” — looking at CO2 sources ranging from […]
Tell us about your organization and it’s role in the advanced bioeconomy. Genomatica helps the global chemical industry harness biotechnology to make major chemicals a better way, with better economics and greater sustainability. We develop and license process technologies that give producers optionality via alternative feedstocks; and we enable users of chemicals to offer differentiated, […]
The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, lost 1.36 percent to 64.73 as ethanol equities dipped. For the day, Green Plains (GPRE) lost 6.76 percent to $26.60, while Aemetis (AMTX) lost 5.01 percent to $4.36. Among other equities, Solazyme (SZYM) plunged 9.34 percent to $2.33. Overall, declines led advances 2 to […]
In Washington, the Congress has reconvened for its “lame-duck” post-election session, and high on the agenda has been the “tax extenders” — a series of 55 or so popular corporate tax breaks, some nearly universal such as corporate research deductions. Some that impact individual industries, and advanced biofuels amongst them. Primarily we hear this about […]
“On the way” forever, talked up by all, deployed by some – technologies that handle high free fatty acid feedstocks like used cooking oil are coming into their hey-day, via players like REG, Novozymes, Pacific Biodiesel, Blue Sun, Piedmont, COMAC and more. Christmas come early for advanced biofuels? The Digest investigates. One of the most […]
Tell us about your organization and it’s role in the advanced bioeconomy. CBiRC was founded in 2008 with funding from NSF, creating an Engineering Research Center focused on advanced manufacturing for sustainable biobased chemicals. The R&D program creates a multi-year, interdisciplinary, multi-institutional center that joins academia, industry and government in partnership to produce transformational engineered […]
The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, rebounded 1.42 percent to 65.62 as ethanol equities jumped. For the day, Green Plains (GPRE) jumped 4.40 percent to $28,53, while Pacific Ethanol (PEIX) recovered 6.34 percent to $12.75. Among other equities, Renewable Energy Group (REGI) soared 10.11 percent to $10.46. Overall, advances led […]
