The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, shed 0.82 percent to 74.22 as advanced biofuels tanked. For the day, Amyris (AMRS) dropped 4.16 percent to $3.92, while Gevo (GEVO) lost 5.85 percent to $0.32. Among other equities, Pacific Ethanol (PEIX) declined 4.79 percent to $14.91. Overall, declines led advances 5 to […]
Our first up-close look at this cellulosic technology, now at demonstration scale. Producing enzymes and yeasts on site, as part of the complete biomass-to-fuels manufacturing process. About 30 miles southwest, as the crow flies, from the Czech border with the German state of Bavaria, lies the front lines of Bavaria’s investments and achievements in high […]
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Here are the winning photo votes chosen for the week starting 9/22/14 in this years’s competition for the Hottest Companies in the Advanced Bioeconomy, Renewable Chemicals & Biomaterials. “There’s nothing like a photo vote to help a company — in the strange and microscopic world of industrial biotechnology — to visualize its creativity, company spirit, and communicate […]
Last week we profiled JBEI and Sandia legend Blake Simmons — now we get a chance to profile the other half of JBEI’s biomass deconstruction dynamic duo, Seema Singh. If you’ve been thinking about investigating ionic liquids as a pretreatment strategy — well, that’s some of JBEI’s signature work. Perhaps unsurprisingly for someone who spends […]
According to EIA data as reported by the Renewable Fuels Association, ethanol production averaged 889,000 barrels per day last week—or 37.34 million gallons daily. RFA adds: “That is down 42,000 b/d (or 4.5%) from the week before and the lowest average since the week ending 3/21/2014. The four-week average for ethanol production stood at 917,000 […]
In Colorado, Gevo announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) issued an inter partes review decision rejecting the claims of Gevo’s U.S. Patent Nos. 8,283,505 (the ‘505 Patent) and 8,304,588 (the ‘588 Patent), which cover methods of isobutanol separation and recovery in retrofit ethanol plants. Gevo plans to appeal the decision to […]
In Washington, the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO), announced the creation of the Rosalind Franklin Award for Leadership in Industrial Biotechnology to be presented at the BIO Pacific Rim Summit on Industrial Biotechnology held December 7-9, 2014 in San Diego, California. The Award will honor the unique achievements of Rosalind Franklin, her contributions to the field of […]
In Australia, two key reports were released by the Government yesterday. The “Corelli” report found that a supportive biorefinery policy would result in the annual financial impact of more than $1.8 billion per year by 2035, supporting 6,640 full-time jobs, many in rural Queensland. The report, prepared by Deloitte, concluded that “he economic impact analysis […]
In India, DuPont released the DuPont Green Living Survey: India, conducted by TNS Global, and found that more than 63 percent of Indian consumers are familiar with green products and of those, 85 percent have confidence that they are better for the environment. It is interesting to note that India’s confidence in green products being […]
