Global Bioenergies achieves one-step renewable butadiene via fermentation. Who’s in the global chase for a process to make one of the world’s Big 7 industrial chemicals via a renewable process — and how did Global Bioenergies just jump into the lead? The Digest investigates. From France, news arrives that Global Bioenergies has succeeded in the […]
Tell us about your organization and it’s role in the advanced bioeconomy. Westar is an international boutique consulting firm that has assisted companies in obtaining over $1.1 billion in grants and guaranteed loan funding from the USDA, DOE, DOD, SBA, and ECAs as well as private funding programs. We specialize in assisting companies with new […]
The Digesterati — that’s you! — look at cellulosic biofuels and viability in this detailed Digest survey. What do you think of when you think of some of the top brands — what are your expectations, and concerns? The readers speak! In this Digest survey, we asked you to rate a representative selection of cellulosic […]
Tell us about your organization and it’s role in the advanced bioeconomy. Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. focuses on chemical product regulation, including renewable and biobased products regulated under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), emerging chemical product technologies (bio, nano, and synthetic biology), and related international chemical regulatory programs. Tell us about your role and […]
Plant to convert sugar cane and sweet sorghum to 20-25 million gallons per year of Isobutanol From Colorado, Gevo announced that Highlands EnviroFuels has signed a letter of intent to become a Gevo licensee to produce renewable isobutanol. Highlands will build a commercial-scale “Brazilian-style” syrup mill in Highlands County, Florida, which would have a production capacity […]
From California, Low Carbon Fuels Coalition acting head Graham Noyes writes to advise: The California Energy Commission (CEC) held a workshop today in Sacramento regarding its 2014 Draft Integrated Energy Report Update (2014 IEPR). The CEC prepares this biennial report to assess major energy trends in California and make policy recommendations. As such, the IEPR […]
Tell us about your organization and it’s role in the advanced bioeconomy. Mercurius is on a mission to develop and commercialize our liquid phase catalytic process that efficiently converts any biomass into drop-in, hydrocarbon jet fuel and diesel as well as green chemicals. The technology is called REACH which stands for Renewable Acid-hydrolysis Condensation Hydrotreating, […]
The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, dropped 0.51 percent to 68.78 as enzyme equities fell. For the day, Abengoa (ABGB) rebounded 3.42 percent to $13.30, while Green Plains (GPRE) slid 3.48 percent to $33.78. Among other equities, Metabolix (MBLX) was up 3.64 percent to $0.57. Overall, declines led advances 2 […]
There’s been quite a bit of press surrounding the idea that “sugar is the new oil”, once famously described by Dr. Steven Chu as the “glucose economy”, and while the jury is still out on the economics, the technology has come along nicely. But in the meantime, it appears to be an open-and-shut case that […]
In Malaysia, Brooke Renewables and Hock Lee Group presented a Letter of Intent to the Sarawak State Government marking their intention to invest in the 2G Bioethanol and Bio chemical plant as the first phase of the $1B, 5-year Sarawak Biomass Hub project. The tri-party LOI signed is for the use of Beta Renewables’ Biomass […]
