Ellen Kullman, CEO, Dupont “As the first employee of what is known today as DuPont Industrial Biosciences, one of my jobs was to keep away the naysayers, while the team tried to figure it out. In 1999 we had no exact idea how it would turn out. There were a lot of days I thought […]
BIO was buzzing about: Policy stability, technology stability, price stability, feedstock supply stability. And the common term is…? Aromatics When in doubt, succinic. Are major players waiting to pick up technologies cheap? Abengoa: cellulosic ethanol by Q3. Delegates at the World Congress were also buzzing about news from Australia that the federal government has slashed […]
By Colin Thurston, Informatics Project Director, Thermo Fisher Scientific With dramatic drops in U.S. energy imports, a clear sign of our growing energy independence, it would appear that renewables investment is at risk, including within the biofuels market. There’s certainly some evidence to support this, but if declining or stalled investment is predicated on the […]
The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, fell 0.75 percent to 73.15 as advanced biofuels slipped. For the day, Solazyme (SZYM) fell 2.59 percent to $9.02, while KiOR (KIOR) dropped 4.64 percent to $0.59. Among other equities, Pacific Ethanol (PEIX) shed 5.18 percent to $10.99 . Overall, declines led advances 2 […]
In Pennsylvania, BIO was buzzing about a Reuters article that ascribed major influence on the current debate over the Renewable Fuel Standard to efforts on behalf of two smaller, struggling, Pennsylvania oil refineries, owned by Delta Airlines and The Carlyle Group. The Reuters report said that “the refiners helped convince policymakers that the rising mandates […]
In Illinois, Archer Daniels Midland Company announced its intention to exclusively offer Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil certified sustainable palm oil to North American customers beginning in 2015. ADM is also working with Wilmar International Limited to provide fully traceable, sustainable palm oil that meets the RSPO Mass Balance standards. “ADM and Wilmar share a […]
In Iowa, RINAlliance earned the designation as the Best in the U.S RIN Trading Program through a nationwide survey of petroleum marketing executives conducted by the Petroleum Marketers of America Association. RINAlliance, headquartered in Urbandale, Iowa, is a web-based renewable fuel compliance program open to qualified blenders and marketers registered under the Environmental Protection Agency’s […]
Leading aerospace companies share commitment to research, develop biofuel in Brazil In Brazil, Boeing and Embraer announced that they will open a joint research center to advance a sustainable aviation biofuel industry in Brazil. Under a memorandum of understanding, the two companies will perform joint biofuel research, as well as fund and coordinate research with […]
Kullman Accepts 2014 George Washington Carver Award at BIO World Congress in Philadelphia In Pennsylvania, at the 11th Annual World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology today, DuPont CEO Ellen Kullman called on Congress and the administration to ensure regulatory stability for the renewable fuel industry by preserving the Renewable Fuel Standard, regulations ensuring renewable fuel makers market […]
In Pennsylvania, the 11th World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology, produced by BIO, opened today with a flurry of announcements and presentations. Here are hot slides from Coca-Cola – looking at the Plant Bottle technology. You can download the complete presentation here. And this presentation from the Canadian Government on investment opportunities. You can […]
