Think affordable, available, sustainable carbon is the biggest barrier to the growth of biofuels? Or, access to market via blender pumps? In the case of drop-in biofuels, the biggest challenge might be finding enough hydrogen. You might have heard of the Hydrogen Economy, the Hydrogen Miracle, the Hydrogen Car, or that free hydrogen (H2) is […]
The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, gained 1.28 percent to 78.47 as advanced biofuels recovered. For the day, Aemetis (AMTX) plunged 24.01 percent to $6.71, while Solazyme (SZYM) climbed 4.74 percent to $9.73. Among other equities, Gevo (GEVO) jumped 9.67 percent to $0.50. Overall, advances led declines 3 to 1 […]
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. New this week! Biomass Energy crop prices, US gasoline prices by regional PADD Latest prices – key commodities. Most recent commodity closing prices, and […]
The Pharaohs of Farnesene continue to pick up momentum. In California, Amyris reported a net loss of $35.5M for the second quarter of 2014 on sales of $9.3M, with a 5.4 percent increase in sales over Q2 2013. Renewable product sales were $4.4M for the quarter, while “Recognized grants and collaborations revenues” reached $4.9M. In […]
Biodiesel giant is up on gallons, down on dollars as market prices weigh on results. In Iowa, REG announced net income of $10.8 million for the second quarter on revenues of $332.9M, a drop from its Q2 2013 net income of $19.6 million, and a 13% drop in revenue despite an 11% lift in gallons produced. […]
The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, was flat at 77.48 despite an advanced biofuels slide. For the day, Aemetis (AMTX) fell 5.56 percent to $8.83, while Biox (BX.T) dumped 18.87 percent to $0.43. Among other equities, Ceres (CERE) shed 6.10 percent to $0.58. Overall, advances led declines 9 to 7 […]
In Washington, USDA, EPA and the US DOE published the Biogas Opportunities Roadmap, and concluded that: · Developing a viable biogas industry in the U.S. can boost the economy and provide a reliable, distributed source of renewable energy while reducing greenhouse gas emissions · 2,000 biogas sites operate in the U.S. today, and more than 11,000 additional […]
Legendary Hong Kong carrier gets aviation biofuels take-off via, er, off-take. From China, we hear that Cathay Pacific Airways has announced a strategic investment in Fulcrum BioEnergy, and negotiated a long-term supply agreement with Fulcrum for an initial 375 million US gallons of sustainable aviation fuel over 10 years (representing on an annual basis approximately […]
All that food waste, all that potential value. What’s being done about all that material heading from the garbage pail to the landfill? Turns out, the State of Hawaii and BioTork are doing a lot. The Digest investigates. The EPA tells us that there’s an epidemic in food waste dumped in landfills — which is […]
The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, shed 1.12 percent to 77.44 as advanced biofuels declined. For the day, Aemetis (AMTX) plunged 9.57 percent to $9.35 , while The Andersons (ANDE) soared 7.64 percent to $60.13. Among other equities, KiOR (KIOR) fell 3.16 percent to $0.24. Overall, declines led advances 3 […]
