Perky quarterly results prompt a look at the Farnesane Kings, dismissed by the critics some time ago, but lately continuing a big comeback. We have become so accustomed to receiving obituaries of Amyris that recently I was inspired to re-read the Devotions of John Donne to discover if, in fact, he wrote, “Send not to know for […]
The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, gained 1.12 percent to 67.82 as large caps rallied again. For the day, Abengoa (ABGB) soared 26.87 percent to $14.40, while Solazyme (SZYM) tumbled 6.69 percent to $3.21. Among other equities, Gevo (GEVO) fell 4.88 percent to $0.39. Overall, advances led declines 11 to […]
Feedstock. Now that cellulosic ethanol has reached scale, it has replaced Motherhood and Apple Pie as staple faves for industry chat. Meanwhile, Pacific Ag has been rolling up the acres, getting it done. How’s it working, where are the challenges, how is energy transformation happening from the stalk on up. Pacific Ag CEO Bill Levy […]
Tell us about your organization and it’s role in the advanced bioeconomy. What my partner and I have done is look at the present pricing structure and ROI of existing renewable energy hardware and found better and cheaper solutions. For example, existing biodiesel processors were being sold in $15 million per 20 million gallon units, […]
The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, gained 0.40 percent to 67.07 as large caps rallied. For the day, Abengoa (ABGB) rebounded 24.18 percent to $11.35, while BioAmber (BIOA) fell 6.14 percent to $9.94. Among other equities, Pacific Ethanol (PEIX) jumped 7.11 percent to $14.62. Overall, declines led advances 2 to […]
In Kansas, Black & Veatech and Emerging Fuels Technology have signed a Cooperation Agreement to enable the implementation of their gas to liquids projects. EFT’s technology platform produces alternative/ renewable fuels that meet ”drop-in compatible” ASTM specifications from a variety of carbon-based raw materials. The agreement combines EFT innovations with Black & Veatch’s global capabilities in […]
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 […]
The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, was flat at 66.80 despite a big large caps fall. For the day, Abengoa (ABGB) crashed 39.27 percent to $9.14 following its Q3 earnings announce, while Gevo (GEVO) bounced up 11.26 percent to $.40.Among other equities, Renewable Energy Group (REGI) jumped 4.86 percent to […]
Tell us about your organization and it’s role in the advanced bioeconomy. I help American Companies keep Customers by identifying and prioritizing actions that will get the best results. I’m the Western Region Mentor Chair for the Cleantech Open, the world’s largest accelerator for clean technology startups. In 2015, I’ll be the Western Division/National Alumni […]
10 hot companies, 10 hot slides explaining where they are, what they’re up to, and where they are going, and when and how and why. Here are new slides from the Advanced Biofuels Leadership Conference – ABLC Next 2014, as presented in San Francisco. We found these super-hot because they essayed three topics very much on […]
