New Energy Farms provides a complete solution to sourcing biomass feedstock, with extensive experience in commercial production of high yielding energy grasses. NEF operate from a headquarters in Ontario Canada, and have operations in the US (Georgia) and the EU (UK), with he largest dedicated propagation facilities for perennial grasses used for energy crops in […]
Avello Bioenergy is commercializing proprietary technology in the evolving field of biomass fast pyrolysis. Avello brings a novel and innovative pyrolysis oil fractionation approach to the industry. Based in central Iowa, Avello is positioned in the center of the fast growing Bioeconomy. Type of Technology: The AvelloFRAC process converts biomass into several unique pyrolysis oil fractions and biochar using […]
Enters oil & gas drilling market with world’s first encapsulated lubricant. Solazyme: “Targeted delivery technology provides improved performance and sustainability.” In California, Solazyme announced its entry into the oil and gas drilling fluids additive market. Building upon its proprietary platform of high performance, sustainable Tailored oils, Solazyme has introduced Encapso, the world’s first encapsulated biodegradable […]
by Tim Sklar Special to The Digest The Problem Most regular readers of Biofuels Digest would certainly agree that over the last several years, there has been a plethora of reports on “promising” biofuels technologies. And most would agree that these reports tend to focus on “claims” used to explain to why the particular technology […]
Fiberight is a privately held company founded in 2007 with current operations in Virginia, Maryland and Iowa. As a leading edge clean technology company, our team focuses on transforming post-recycled municipal solid wastes and other organic feedstocks into next generation renewable biofuels, with cellulosic ethanol as the core product. Pilot plant facilities have been on-going […]
NexSteppe is dedicated to pioneering the next generation of scalable, reliable, cost-effective feedstock solutions for the biofuels, biopower and biobased products industries. Using advanced breeding techniques and cutting-edge analytical technologies, NexSteppe is developing Malibu sweet sorghum and Palo Alto high biomass sorghum to produce feedstocks tailored for these biobased industries. Named for the city where […]
The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, plummeted 4.22 percent to 76.62 as advanced biofuels tanked. For the day, KiOR plunged 21.28 percent to $0.47, while Aemetis (AMTX) sank 11.67 percent to $0.53. Among other equities, Solazyme (SZYM) dropped 11.80 percent to $11.54 on news of an impending equity raise. […]
New investors in monster haul include Siemens Venture Capital and CICC Growth Capital Fund. Financing for first commercial plant previously secured; new investment “to extend the core platform and further develop the product portfolio”. In Illinois, LanzaTech announced that it has raised $60M in a first close of its series D investment round. Led by […]
In Israel, Evogene and SLC Agricola announced the signing of a collaboration agreement for the commercial production of Evofuel developed castor bean varieties in Brazil, expected to take place during 2016. Evofuel focuses on the development of high yielding castor bean seeds as a second-generation feedstock for the growing biofuel and other industrial markets. […]
Coskata is a technology leader in the production of alternative fuels and chemicals. Our proprietary process has been demonstrated at significant scale and offers: • High yields • Low costs • Feedstock flexibility While the technology platform is capable of producing multiple fuels and chemicals from a diverse array of feedstocks, they are initially focused […]
