In Colorado, Gevo announced a net loss for Q2 2014 of $17.2 million compared to $15.2M during Q2 2013, on Q2 revenues of $7.7M compared to $1.9M for Q2 2013. The increase in revenue during 2014 is primarily a result of the production and sale of ethanol and distiller’s grains of $5.5 million following the […]
In Washington, the DOE Bioenergy Technologies Office said that DOE intends to issue a funding opportunity announcement (FOA), “Targeted Algal Biofuels and Bioproducts.” DOE said: “BETO’s 2019 projected state of technology for the cost of algal biofuels is modeled at about $7 per gallon gasoline gallon equivalent, without valuable co-products such as animal feed or […]
Can a small California start-up transform the gigantic Gas-to-Liquids business by pioneering industrial-strength throughput at nanoscale? In California, we learned that one of the brightest lights in cleantech these days, Siluria Technologies, is receiving a strategic investment from Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures (SAEV), the venture investment subsidiary of Saudi Aramco. The total raise for this initial […]
The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, gained 0.77 percent to 80.96 as enzyme equities rose. For the day, KiOR (KIOR) lost 7.39 percent to $0.12, while Aemetis (AMTX) picked up 4.19 percent to $9.70. Among other equities, Novozymes (NZMB) jumped 2.08 percent to $46.55. Overall, advances led declines 3 to […]
CEO Dan Simon and COO Adrian Galvez head for the exit; CFO Craig Johnson becomes interim CEO. What happened? The Digest relates the tale. In Arizona, The Digest has learned that CFO Craig Johnson will become interim chief executive officer of Heliae, effective immediately. He takes over from CEO Dan Simon, who will be moving […]
The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, gained 1.13 percent to 80.34 as ethanol equities rose. For the day, KiOR (KIOR) lost 6.34 percent to $0.13, while Codexis (CDXS) advanced 3.81 percent to $2.45. Among other equities, Solazyme (SZYM) was up 2.84 percent to $9.41. Overall, declines led advances led declines […]
CEO Dan Simon and COO Adrian Galvez head for the exit; CFO Craig Johnson becomes interim CEO. What happened? The Digest relates the tale. In Arizona, The Digest has learned that CFO Craig Johnson will become interim chief executive officer of Heliae, effective immediately. He takes over from CEO Dan Simon, who will be moving […]
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No water, no crop. No crop, no sector. Simple as that. As drought again bites this year, what are scientists coming up with to develop drought-resistant strains and drought strategies? The Digest investigates. Drought’s been on the radar again this year — though the severe rainfall shortage in California and Brazil has made less headlines […]
In Florida, Dyadic International filed a Form 10 with the SEC. If accepted by the SEC (they have 60 days to respond with questions), Dyadic will become a fully reporting public company again. For those newer to the scene, Dyadic imploded in 2006-07 over a series of mishaps relating to an Asian venture, which resulted […]
