In today’s Digest, we publish a series of six documents that were filed in the past week with the SEC, relating to KiOR, and a growing dispute between the company’s Board — and an individual director, Paul O’Connor. It is important to note KiOR’s response: “The Company intends to continue to vigorously respond to allegations […]
In today’s Digest, we are publishing a series of six documents that were filed in the past week with the SEC, relating to KiOR, and a growing dispute between the company’s Board — and an individual director, Paul O’Connor. It is important to note KiOR’s response: “The Company intends to continue to vigorously respond to allegations […]
In Iowa, Syngenta announced the name for a revolutionary cellulosic ethanol process technology: Cellerate. Enhanced by Enogen corn enzyme technology, Cellerate is a collaboration between Syngenta and Cellulosic Ethanol Technologies (a subsidiary of Quad County Corn Processors). Cellerate is designed to increase an ethanol plant’s production by allowing the corn kernel fiber to be converted […]
It seems to us in Digestville that if you open a door in Emeryville, California — roughly thirty companies tumble out, so hot is the early-stage activity there — and a lot of it about companies chasing high-value targets via methane. In the case of Mango Materials — the products are bioplastics, via bacteria — […]
In Florida, The Digest is reporting voting from the earliest precincts in the Hot 30, Hot 40 and Hot 50 ballots. These votes are based entirely to date on subscriber voting. Photo Votes are now being tallied, and the voting by the invited International Board of Selectors will begin later this month. With early precincts […]
Key figure and company director Paul O’Connor resigns. Allegations relating to possible inside trading, suppression of 3rd party technology report laid by the Board against O’Connor. O’Connor makes allegations concerning “KiOR’s management team and KiOR’s technology”. In Texas, a nasty board-level fight at KiOR spilled over into SEC filings this past week, when director Paul […]
You probably know him best as the VP for Biofuels at Chevron, and later the Program Manager for the DOE Biomass program until late 2012. But he’s also a noted consultant on technology development and current lectures in chemical engineering as well at Berkeley. One little known fact is that he is a direct descendant […]
The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, rose 0.71 percent to 82.47 as advanced biofuels gained sharply. For the day, Metabolix (MBLX) rallied another 10.48 percent to $1.16, while KiOR (KIOR) rebounded 20.84 percent to $0.10. Among other equities, Aemetis (AMTX) jumped 6.12 percent to $10.23. Overall, advances led declines 9 to 7 […]
Last week, we reported that excessive levels of hydrogen cyanide gas have been resulting in low ethanol output at the INEOS Bio plant in Vero Beach — and that a scrubber is being installed and will be commissioned that is expected to alleviate the problem. Leaving the question of how a gas, at deadly levels to […]
Sustainable development ready to take a major step forward – but what does sustainable mean, in the larger context? And why is it critical, even beyond environmental and economic concerns? Back in 2002, DuPont CEO Chad Holliday, collaborating with Stephan Schmidheiny (then board chair of AVINA foundation) and Sir Philip Watts (then board chairman at Shell), […]
