The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, rallied 1.86 percent to 66.63 as large caps and enzymes recovered. For the day, Aemetis (AMTX) rocketed up 10.86 percent to $8.98, while Ceres (CERE) dropped 6.29 percent to $0.32. Among other equities, Abengoa (ABGB) was up 10.35 percent to $20.89. Overall, advances led […]
Biofuels 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; […]
The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, jumped 1.00 percent to 65.54 as advanced biofuels rallied. For the day, Pacific Ethanol (PEIX) rocketed up 10.88 percent to $11.62, while , while KiOR (KIOR) rebounded 30.65 percent to $0.08. Among other equities, Abengoa (ABGB) was up 5.34 percent to $18.93 . Overall, […]
Could diverting agricultural residues for cellulosic ethanol solve the problem of tilling agricultural residues into the topsoil — and help provide a path towards pristine soils not seen since the days of prairie sod? DuPont says, amidst the focus on renewable fuels, cellulosic ethanol’s potential contribution to sustainable agriculture can get overlooked. “The secret to […]
Macedonian government joins as signatory for MOU. 100 million liter cellulosic refinery could start construction in 2016. As much of the advanced biofuels industry heads for Kansas to take part in the opening ceremonies for Abengoa’s cellulosic ethanol refinery in Hugoton, news arrives from Skopje, Macedonia that the Republic of Macedonia today joined a MOU to […]
Tell us about your organization and it’s role in the Advanced Bioeconomy. Advanced Biofuels USA, a nonprofit educational organization advocates for the adoption of advanced biofuels as an energy security, military flexibility, economic development and climate change mitigation/pollution control solution. Our key tool for accomplishing this is our web site, 14,000+ indexed articles. Technology neutral, […]
A blogger levels an explosive set of charges at LanzaTech: “Khosla’s latest gangrene venture”, “thermodynamic junk”, “gangrene fake company”. Alleges that US Secretaries of Energy Moniz, Chu and Bodman were “bought out by special interests”. Why? What’s going on? We lay out the complete story, and look at the data, as LanzaTech responds. In a note regarding LanzaTech circulated […]
Tell us about your organization and it’s role in the Advanced Bioeconomy. Verdezyne is a small privately held industrial biotechnology company developing a platform of chemical intermediates from renewable sources. Our technology is based on a proprietary yeast that is selectively engineered to use a variety of plant oil by-products, such as fatty acids, to […]
The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, edged up 0.70 percent to 64.89 as equities rallied before close. For the day, Solazyme (SZYM) soared 22.75 percent to $6.96, while KiOR (KIOR) dropped 11.55 percent to $0.06. Among other equities, Biox (BX.T) plunged 17.14 percent to $0.58. Overall, declines led advances 6 […]
The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, dumped 2.69 percent to 64.44, a 9-month low, as enzymes retreated. For the day, Codexis (CDXS) reversed after a big gain Monday, down 16.26 percent to $2.42, while KiOR (KIOR) dropped 12.38 percent to $0.07. Among other equities, Evogene (EVGN) plunged 7.39 percent to […]
