The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, gained 0.50 percent to 81.08 as chemicals jumped. For the day, Biox (BX.T) rallied 9.09 percent to $0.48, while Evogene (EVGN) fell back 6.92 percent to $13.05. Among other equities, Abengoa (ABGB) was up 4.04 percent to $27.26. Overall, advances led declines 3 to […]
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, […]
The critical 2014 RVO number begins its trek towards final publication. Will the Obama Administration stand by the Renewable Fuel Standard, or knuckle under to petroleum interests? In Washington, word filtered out from the Environmental Protection Agency that the 2014 RVO has moved to the Office of Management and Budget for review. Let’s first review […]
By Todd Taylor, partner, Fredrikson & Byron Skeptic: from the Greek “skeptikos” meaning “to consider, examine” “Skeptic does not mean him who doubts, but him who investigates or researches as opposed to him who asserts and thinks that he has found.” [Miguel de Unamuno, “Essays and Soliloquies,” 1924] “Trust, but Verify” – President Ronald Reagan […]
The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, was flat at 80.68 despite a slide amongst the large caps. For the day, Biox (BX.T) rebounded 10.00 percent to $0.44, while KiOR (KIOR) dropped 5.82 percent to $0.10. Among other equities, Evogene (EVGN) jumped 4.86 percent to $14.02. Overall, declines and advances were […]
How bad, bent, half-baked, bungled, pettifogged, misconstrued, out-of-date, misleading or agenda-laden can coverage of renewable fuels get? This week, America’s favorite advanced biofuel, biodiesel, gets a hit job. The Digest investigates. In 1994, there were fewer than 1,000 websites. By 2013, there were 672 million. The proliferation of content has resulted in wildly uneven coverage of renewable fuels, if […]
From the Netherlands, the Court of His Majesty Willem-Alexander, King of the Netherlands, has announced that the King will attend the Grand Opening of POET-DSM Advanced Biofuels’ Project LIBERTY cellulosic ethanol plant in Emmetsburg, Iowa on Wednesday, Sept. 3. The King will take part in the Grand Opening Ceremony to perform the formal opening activity, scheduled […]
The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, slipped 0.20 percent to 80.70 as enzyme equites stalled. For the day, KiOR (KIOR) rebounded 11.11 percent to $0.11, while Abengoa (ABGB) jumped 4.79 percent to $26.70. Among other equities, Solazyme (SZYM) was down 3.37 percent to $9.17 Overall, declines led advances 4 to […]
The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, was flat at 80.86 despite an advanced biofuels drop. For the day, KiOR (KIOR) lost 17.5 percent to $0.10, Biox (BX.T) lost 11.11 percent to $0.40. Among other equities, Aemetis (AMTX) jumped 6./49 percent to $10.33. Overall, advances led declines 7 to 4 for […]
Includes Installation of a Corn Oil Separation Technology with “50% higher than the normal” yields We’ve learned that Butamax Advanced Biofuels and Highwater Ethanol have completed, successfully commissioned and begun production (at Highwater’s ethanol plant in Lamberton, Minnesota) a first phase of Butamax’s biobutanol retrofit that includes a novel corn oil separation technology delivering 50% […]
