The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, jumped 1.84 percent to 74.13 – an eight-month high, as advanced biofuels gained. For the day, Green Plains Renewable Energy (GPRE) soared 6.91 percent to $22.11, while Codexis (CDXS) slumped 10.22 percent to $1.67. Among other equities, Amyris (AMRS) rallied 8.69 percent to $5.13. […]
Snubbed by Washington as the EPA slashes biodiesel targets despite record production. Now, the National Biodiesel Board gathers for its annual convention, in San Diego, to chart the next moves on its innovative path. What could biodiesel 2.0 look like? Can it really lop 70-80 cents per gallon off the cost by opening up low-cost […]
Addressing the strategic opportunities in the bioeconomy. In Florida, Biofuels Digest announced that Green Plains Renewable Energy CEO Todd Becker and DSM’s President of Bio-based products and Services Anton Robek will present addresses at ABLC 2014’s – looking at transformative company strategies and technologies that have proved to be game changers in first-gen and advanced […]
“I’m not a bacterium, I’m a one-celled Clooney.” In San Diego for NBB. Designer Bacteria live well here! Loofah scrubs, aromatherapy. But I gotta pee butadiene 🙁 Has Mike visited your project lately? Tweet your photos with Mike at #MikeRobeDigest, then see them in the Digest.
He’s smart, he’s cool, he’s the world’s smallest post-doc; he’s not a bacterium, he’s a one-celled Clooney. Mike Tweets: Just saw The Wolf of Wall Street. Powerful statement for pink sheet tech stocks. Not. Has Mike visited your project lately? Tweet your photos with Mike at #MikeRobeDigest, then see them in the Digest.
These are the voyages of the ethanol fleet. Their continuing mission: to explore strange new fuels, seek out new biologies and re-power our civilization, to affordably go where no technology has gone before. Today, the crew of the news-ship Digestprise visit the University of Wisconsin, where a group of researchers have found a path to […]
In Minnesota, the Bioeconomy Coalition of Minnesota, who announced their 2014 Minnesota legislative agenda today at the Minnesota Green Chemistry Conference, is proposing the creation of a new production incentive program for renewable chemicals and advanced biofuels. The incentive program has the potential to spur the creation of up to 12,000 new jobs and help […]
Addressing government programs to accelerate bioenergy. In Florida, Biofuels Digest announced that US Navy Director for Operation Energy Chris Tindal, USDA Eenrgy Policy director Harry Baumes, DOE Biomass Energy Technologies Office director Jonathan Male and ARPA-E program manage Jonathan Burbaum will present addresses at ABLC 2014’s – addressing the topic of developing new technologies and […]
The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, edged down 0.23 percent to 72.79 as chemicals slipped. For the day, Metabolix (MBLX) traded down 7.89 percent to $1.40, while Codexis (CDXS) slumped 6.99 percent to $1.73. Among other equities, Green Plains Renewable Energy (GPRE) gained 2.32 percent to $21.16. Overall, declines led […]
Is succinic acid’s path to success right through Maleic Anhydride (MAN)? And can it change the narrative for every biobased molecule replacing a fossil-based one? And what does this exactly have to do with the poet Alexander Pope? We investigate. When Alexander Pope opined in “Essay on Man” 1734 that the “proper study of Mankind is […]
