The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, climbed 1.80 percent to 72.44 as advanced biofuels gained. For the day, Solazyme (SZYM) jumped 5.35 percent to $10.44, while Pacific Ethanol (PEIX) rocked up 6.90 percent to $6.82. Among other equities, Amyris (AMRS) rose 3.03 percent to $5.10. Overall, advances led declines 7 […]
In California, Solazyme announced that COO Jean-Marc Rotsaert has resigned and his duties will be assumed by newly-appoimnted President David Cole. “I want to thank Jean-Marc for helping to build a strong and deep sales organization at Solazyme and we wish him great success in his future endeavors,” said Mr. Wolfson.
In Pennsylvania, Stuart B. Millner & Associates recently signed a contract with Piney Creek Limited Partnership to liquidate the assets from the Piney Creek Power Plant in Clarion. The facility originally cost approximately $182 million to build in 1991, and has undergone numerous expensive renovations since. The plant is a 32MWe generating plant that utilized […]
The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, bounced up 2.23 percent to 71.18 as ethanol sizzled. For the day, KiOR (KIOR) lost 8.72 percent to $1.36, while Pacific Ethanol (PEIX) rocked up to $6.38. Among other equities, Amyris (AMRS) surged 8.55 percent to $4.95. Overall, advances led declines 4 to 1 […]
Down in the northeast of Brazil, a signature cellulosic biofuels project nears completion. What does it look like? Here’s our biggest picture set ever. It’s the GranBio first commercial project in 122 pictures and a comprehensive video. Among the signature project openings we expect in the next few months — Abengoa’s cellulosic ethanol plant in […]
Now back from his starring role in The Fast and the P.Furiosus. 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: “At Enerkem Alberta, a gem. Only 1 complaint, 15 mi from Hooters. RU serious? Like I move faster than 100 µm/s.” Has Mike visited […]
In Florida, Biofuels Digest announced that Sweetwater Energy CEO Arunas Chesonis and Proterro CEO Kef Kasdin will present addresses on ABLC 2014’s opening morning — addressing the topic of Hot Sugars – making industrial sugars into a commercial reality. “First comes the sugars, then comes the glory,” noted Biofuels Digest editor & publisher Jim Lane. […]
In California, Affymetrix and the UK’s University of Bristol announced that they have collaboratively designed a wheat genotyping array and analyzed data from experiments as part of an effort to understand wheat genetics and breeding with a goal of ensuring guaranteed sustainable production. Axiom Wheat Genotyping Array consists of 817,000 markers, was designed for the […]
In Canada, Sirona Biochem announced a collaboration with Jean-Michel Cousteau, Fabien Cousteau, (respective son and grandson of Jacques Cousteau) and Explore Green LLC. Jean-Michel Cousteau and Fabien Cousteau will become Brand Ambassadors for Sirona Biochem and Explore Green will leverage its media, scientific and commercial contacts to broadcast our partnership’s alliance and goals. Sirona Biochem […]
In Florida, Biofuels Digest announced that Virent CEO Lee Edwards, Avantium CEO Tom Van Aken, Imperium Renewables CEO John Plaza and Maverick Biofuels CEO Sam Yenne will present addresses at ABLC 2014 — addressing the topic of Building Great Companies from great Catalytic Technologies. “Catalysts and catalytic processes have been as hot in the past […]
