Italy’s Navy joins the global green fleet movement with its first sea trials and certifications. Including a dramatic at-sea rescue, powered by alternative fuel blends. The complete story, in pictures. By Commander Pasquale Tripodi, Italian Navy “The ship performed smoothly and we didn’t notice any difference in switching from conventional F76 to green F76,” said […]
By Brent Erickson EVP; Head, Industrial & Environmental Section, The Biotechnology Industry Organization Advanced biofuels companies are in the process of constructing first of a kind cellulosic biofuel facilities this year. Fortunately, the Administration’s budget for 2014 contains a proposal for a nearly 10-year extension of the advanced biofuel tax credit, which was first adopted […]
The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, rebounded 0.86 percent to 79.74 as ethanol equities rallied. For the day, BASF (BAS.F) gained 2.13 percent to $76.60 while Pacific Ethanol (PEIX) jumped 3.99 percent to $13.81. Among other equities, Ceres (CERE) dumped 7.97 percent to $0.92. Overall, advances led declines 2 to […]
The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, fell 1.25 percent to 79.06 as advanced biofuels tumbled. For the day, BASF (BAS.F) dropped 4.09 percent to $75.00, while Solazyme (SZYM) lost 4.69 percent to $14.01. Among other equities, KiOR (KIOR) plummeted 9.09 percent to $1.13 after announcing an earning release delay. Overall, […]
Reminiscent of 2009’s Summer of Algae, when those technologies were coming out of the woodwork, we appear to be in the Hydrogen Spring. Every time we write about them, more pop up, like a Prairie Dog town. Over the past couple of months we have written several times about the hunt for hydrogen and effective […]
Joule is advancing a production platform for Liquid Fuel from the Sun™, expected to eclipse the scale, productivity and cost efficiency of any known alternative to fossil fuel today. Its transformative Helioculture platform directly and continuously converts sunlight and waste CO2 to infrastructure-ready diesel, ethanol or commodity chemicals with no dependence on biomass feedstocks, downstream […]
Direvo, focuses on the emerging biomass conversion industry, identifying bottlenecks and weaknesses in current industrial processes in this sector. The company develops biology-based solutions and implement those for our partners and customers, which include industrial companies both large and small The Situation Last March, Direvo Industrial Biotechnology announced that it reached an important milestone in […]
The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, was flat at 80.06 despite a fall for enzymes. For the day, Biofuel Energy (BIOF) rebounded 7.05 percent to $3.34, while Pacific Ethanol (PEIX) fell 2.99 percent to $12.96. Among other equities, KiOR (KIOR) dropped 4.58 percent to $1.25. Overall, declines led advances 3 […]
What about this speed-up in biobased chemicals, this slow-down in biofuels, and the frenzy in natgas? Real, imagined, over-sold, under-cooked? We know where the puck is – but where actually is the puck going? We look at two reports and three project announcements for the skinny. Over the past few weeks, Lux Reseach released a […]
In California, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) hosted a workshop yesterday to discuss potential changes to indirect land use change (iLUC) penalties under the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS). Based on a review of materials made available by CARB prior to the workshop, Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) President and CEO Bob Dinneen offered the following […]
