As the first wave of cellulosic biorefineries launch — is there really enough affordable feedstock for the next wave? Can growers make enough money to justify the switch…and risk? For several years, the questions that have perplexed actors in the advanced bioeconomy have revolved around policy stability and the effectiveness of the new technology: can […]
Innovative finance? We think that’s John May’s middle name; it’s certainly his trademark. Stern Bothers rolled up a tremendous clientele in the Advanced Bioeconomy — primarily on its innovative bond financing approach to first commercial projects backed by USDA (and DOE) loan guarantees. For his clients, he’s been a steady counselor in getting new companies […]
The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, dumped 1.89 percent to 77.85 as chemical equities withered. For the day, KiOR (KIOR) soared 22.56 percent to $0.22, while Aemetis (AMTX) dropped 9.95 percent to $4.01. Among other equities, Metabolix (MBLX) plunged 11.22 percent to $0.87. Overall, declines led advances 2 to 1 […]
Here are the winning photo votes chosen for the week starting 9/8/14 in this years’s competition for the Hottest Companies in the Advanced Bioeconomy, Renewable Chemicals & Biomaterials. This week, you can see teams invoking Bart Simpson, Pac-Man, Barbie, Justice League, The Beatles, and Monopoly as they visualize their innovative spirits and communicate their enthusiasm for their […]
This Friday, a new movie debuts — billed “the movie that will change your attitude about fuel forever” — and specifically, about ending oil addiction It’s PUMP — an eye-opener directed by Josh Tickell (director of the Sundance-honored FUEL) and narrated by Jason Bateman. Featuring a host of personalities such as former Brazilian president Luiz […]
About The Digest Dashboard. 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, […]
If you’ve been to Missoula of late, you’ll note that there’s a bit of an innovation corridor building up in what insiders have known for a long time as one of the really great college towns in the country. A couple of years ago, the combination of a great lifestyle and a highly promising technology […]
The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, shed 1.46 percent to 79.35 on a broad drop in equities. For the day, KiOR (KIOR) soared 28.21 percent to $0.18, while Solazyme (SZYM) dumped 3.16 percent to $8,52. Among other equities, Pacific Ethanol (PEIX) plunged 6.10 percent to $20.01. Overall, declines led advances […]
Here are the winning photo votes chosen for the week starting 9/1/14 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 […]
Here are the photo votes received for LanzaTech in this years’s competition for the Hottest Companies in the Advanced Bioeconomy, Renewable Chemicals & Biomaterials. More on photo voting in this years’ rankings process, here.
