The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, dropped back 1.57 percent to 82.91 on advanced biofuels weakness. For the day, Biofuel Energy (BIOF) surged 7.31 percent to $6.31, while Amyris (AMRS) slumped 9.23 percent to $4.03. Among other equities, Aemetis (AMTX) sank 6.45 percent to $0.58. Overall, declines led advances 9 […]
Biobased investing continues to rise, both direct and via strategics. The Digest has the data and the scoop in our 5-Minute Guide. In Florida, Biofuels Digest reports that 9 biobased ventures raised $391 million in new capital in Q1 2014, while 8 biobased ventures raised $128.6 million in Q4 2013. This compares to $363.8M million […]
Sweetwater Energy technology produces low-cost, concentrated sugars from multiple non-food plant materials to help meet the modern world’s increasing bioenergy and biochemical demand. Sweetwater uses patent-pending technology to produce sugars from several types of biomass—from agricultural residues to harvested wood—and says that the process is more economical than the industry can currently provide. Not only […]
NatureWorks LLC is the first company to offer a family of commercially available, low-carbon-footprint Ingeo lactides and biopolymers derived from 100 percent annually renewable resources with performance and economics that compete with oil-based intermediates, plastics, and fibers, and provide brand owners new cradle-to-cradle options after the use of their products. NatureWorks is jointly owned by […]
In Washington, Senate Finance Committee Chairman, Ron Wyden, released his “Chairman’s Mark” of the “Expiring Provisions Improvement Reform and Efficiency Act of 2014” (EXPIRE Act). The Chairman’s Mark extends all expired advanced biofuels tax provisions 2 years through December 31, 2015. Proposed extensions are for the Second Generation Biofuel Producer Tax Credit, Special Depreciation Allowance for […]
The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, rocketed up 4.14 percent to a 32-month high of 84.23 as ethanol equities continued to rally. For the day, KiOR (KIOR) soared 46.39 percent to $0.83, while Amyris (AMRS) jetted northward 19.03 percent to $4.44. Among other equities, BioAmber (BIOA) surged 9.70 percent to […]
There are microbes and X-Crobes. The former: what you find in nature. The latter: strange beings from the Digest Multiverse. Poly-performing platform organisms endowed by synthetic biology with Xtraordinary properties. The X-Crobes are back in the spotlight this week with news that Kuraray is investing in Amyris. Here’s what’s up, and why. In California, Amyris and […]
Heliae develops advanced algae strains, production technology, and downstream processing equipment to optimize algae production for a range of product targets in the nutrition, therapeutics, agrosciences, health & beauty and specialty chemicals and fuels fields. Heliae, founded in 2008, has assembled algae production systems, contamination control. harvesting, product extraction and has developed a suite of […]
Green Biologics is focused on the production of renewable n-butanol and other C4 chemicals from various renewable feedstocks, including sugar (cane, molasses, beets), starch (corn) and cellulosic biomass (corn residues, sugar cane bagasse, forest materials and grasses). GBL works with feedstock partners to deliver capital efficient production models, and we work with downstream partners to […]
The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, rebounded sharply, up 4.00 percent to 80.88 as ethanol equities rallied anew. For the day, KiOR rebounded 39.78 percent to $0.57, while Biofuel Energy (BIOF) soared 132.48 percent to $7.30 on a transaction offer from Greenlight. Among other equities, Ceres gained 4.70 percent to […]
