The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, fell 0.80 percent to 81.90 as advanced biofuels retreated again. For the day, Gevo (GEVO) dropped back 6.29 percent to $0.48, while Sacom (SAM.MI) lost 6.65 percent to $2.95. Among other equities, Metabolix (MBLX) rebounded 12.62 percent to $0.87. Overall, declines led advances 7 […]
If you’ve been watching this space, you’ll remember that Evonik and BP share one known investemt — in Biosynthetic TEchnologies, a renewable chemicals venture that has also attracted funding from Monsanto. At the helm — you might be surprised to find the former CFO of Buy.com, Allen Barbieri. Buy.com was one of the highest of […]
Official word has not yet been issued in Washington, but Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack headed on a plane yesterday afternoon, bound for Nevada to announce a loan guarantee for what he coyly described as a “Nevada company making jet fuel from waste” — and that means Fulcrum Bioenergy. Whoa Nelly. Didn’t Fulcrum already receive […]
If you look this week in your Google News alerts, you’ll see an awful lot of breathless headlines around a meme something like “Researchers have engineered the harmless gut bacteria E.coli to generate renewable propane”. Reuters, Gizmodo, the UK’s Daily Telegraph, the massively distributed HuffPost, the Guardian, even stately NBC News have picked up the […]
In Missouri, a team of researchers are urging that “Zombie Bacteria Are Nothing to Be Afraid Of”. Well, that’s a relief. What are Zombie Bacteria, anyway? In eukaryotic cells such as those in plants and animals, an elaborate molecular circuitry coordinates duplication and separation of genetic material with division, much as the control knob on […]
In Finland, the “Small Giant of Bioenergy” website debuted in English, based on the popular Finnish website Bioenergian Pikkujättiläinen (www.bioenergianeuvoja.fi, which debuted 18 months ago. The site provides information on biofuels (fire wood, wood ships, pellet, briquettes, peat etc) and their quality, utilisation, preparing/supplying, storing etc. We also give different kind of information and facts […]
In Florida, Protec Fuel is joining forces with fuel retailers in metropolitan areas in the South and Southeast in opening 28 E15 and E85 stations. This will be the first phase of a multi-phase introduction of E15 to areas like Atlanta, Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, Florida and Virginia, as well as a bolstering of E85 […]
In Nevada, Methes Energies announced the introduction of its Methes PP-MEC catalyst, and Dorf Ketal Speciality Catalysts as exclusive manufacturer. The PP-MEC catalyst is a major active ingredient in this a new pre-treatment process for high free fatty acid (FFA) biodiesel feedstocks, including non-food grade corn oil, that Methes announced via webinar on August 28th. […]
In Illinois, a new report concludes that E15 gas rather than regular gas displaces cancer causing emissions from gasoline, and will result in a 6.6% net decrease in cancer risk, a reduction in smog forming potential and a 1.5% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions compared to regular gasoline which contains 10% ethanol. The study was […]
In North Carolina, the North Clean Energy Technology Center at N.C. State University has announced a final request for proposals for over $1,300,000 in federal 2013-2015 funding to award to governments, business, and/or non-profit applicants for transportation technology related emission reduction projects. The Clean Fuel Advanced Technology (CFAT) Project is a three year $6.2 million […]
