BIO: EPA’s proposed backslide on RFS will increase greenhouse gases By Brent Erickson Executive Vice President; Head, Industrial & Environmental Section The Biotechnology Industry Organization I cannot remember an EPA rule that would actually cause environmental backsliding, but the recent proposed rule for the 2014 Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) will if it is not changed. […]
Amyris, our 2012-13 “Comeback of the Year” winner continues to make strides — Amyris to begin selling biofene online — Inks R&D pact with BASF, world’s largest chemical company. Back in 2011, Amyris was flying high. A big success with the IPO, scale-up eagerly awaited — coveted for its transformational technoogy and its early move […]
Waste Management is the largest environmental solutions provider in North America, serving more than 20 million customers in the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico. WM is committed to developing new waste solutions that can help communities and organizations achieve their green goals, including zero waste. With the largest network of recycling facilities, transfer stations and […]
Reverdia is a joint venture between Royal DSM, the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company, and Roquette Frères, the global starch and starch-derivatives company. Reverdia is dedicated to be the global leader in the market for sustainable succinic acid, focusing on market development by establishing partnerships with direct and indirect customers, building on customer […]
The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, dropped back 2.24 percent to 79.50 as renewable chemicals fell. For the day, Solazyme (SZYM) slumped 4.20 percent to $10.95, while Metabolix (MBLX) shed 6.25 percent to $1.20. Among other equities, Pacific Ethanol (PEIX) tumbled 5.39 percent to $14.91. Overall, declines led advances 2 […]
The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, dropped back 1.92 percent to 81.32 on an advanced biofuels retreat. For the day, KiOR (KIOR) slumped 11.61 percent to $0.72, while Amyris (AMRS) rebounded 3.97 percent to $4.19. Among other equities, Pacific Ethanol (PEIX) sank 8.64 percent to $15.76. Overall, declines led advances […]
Chasing treasure? Start with a map. Here’s ours. A biofuels map, that is, the chart we use to diagram how to look at technologies, drivers, stakeholders and their concerns. In today’s Digest, let’s look at The Map. Which is to say, the guide map we use here in Digestville to understand how and why companies […]
In Florida, The Digest announced that Siluria Technologies, Yulex, the BioXCell technology park in Malaysia, and the partnership between Algenetix and Alchimia surged in category leads this week in Transformative Technologies 2014 voting. Cool Planet continues to lead in two categories in early-voting as the Colorado-based early stage company is ahead for Conversion technology (liquid) […]
Midori invented a catalyst technology that, according to the company, “will transform the entire value chain for converting most cellulosic biomass to high-quality sugars. It is unique because it is a solid material that can be recovered during the process and reused multiples times.” Midori Renewables is globally deploying the technology — which “melts cellulosic […]
Based from the merger of Shell and Cosan, Raízen is now the Brazil’s fifth largest company in terms of billable revenues and the nation’s leading manufacturer of sugarcane ethanol, with production of about 2 billion litres of biofuel per year. This activity also includes the production of 4 million tonnes of sugar and the sale of […]
