In the United Kingdom, Glennmont Partners has secured a €50 million investment in its second fund by the European Investment Bank. The investment is the single largest clean energy equity investment made by EIB this year. Glennmont Partners was founded earlier this year following a spin-off of BNP Paribas Clean Energy Partners. It seeks to […]
In Georgia, University of Georgia researchers are working to produce faster-growing sweetgum trees by growing embryogenic sweetgum cultures in bioreactors, computer-operated systems used for growing embryogenic cells under controlled conditions. After the embryogenic cells are grown, they can be used to make embryos, which are then germinated and potted for planting. Scott Merkle, a professor […]
In California, Solazyme announced the appointment of David C. Cole as President effective January 1. He has also been elected to Solazyme’s Board of Directors. Mr. Cole most recently held the position of CEO of Maui Land & Pineapple Company, Inc. and helped form both the Brazil Renewable Energy Company and Hawaii BioEnergy. More on […]
The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, rebounded 0.57 percent to 63.24 as chemicals rallied. For the day, Solazyme (SZYM) soared 7.76 percent to $9.58, while KiOR (KIOR) shed 5.10 percent to $1.49. Among other equities, Neste Oil (NTOIF) plunged 11.99 percent to 18.35. Overall, advances led declines 3 to 2 […]
The story of Pareto Biotechnologies, RuBisCo, the pesky failures of evolution, and help for those who have fallen and can’t get up, via a right-sized approach. Not too high a goal, not too low. Not too much reinvention of the genetic code. Not too little. Will Pareto’s approach be “just right”? The odds are good […]
In California, OriginOil will inaugurate its Permanent Technology Showcase at model sustainable fish farm Aqua Farming Tech in Thermal, Calif. on Dec. 18. For the first time, OriginOil will publicly demonstrate its field-scale systems to remove ammonia and disinfect fish ponds in a single step, and to harvest algae efficiently for healthy and economical fish […]
In Washington, the American Chemical Society and the EPA honored the winners of the 2013 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards. Two of the five winners included Richard P. Wool, Ph.D., University of Delaware, Newark, Del., who has created several high-performance materials using bio-based feedstocks, and Cargill, Inc., for developing a soybean oil product for use […]
In India, FLI Energy announced that has completed construction of the Tamar Energy’s Basingstoke Anaerobic Digestion Facility, and delivered the project to its client a month ahead of schedule. The AD plant and entire site infrastructure was designed and constructed by FLI Energy on a turn-key basis to generate 1.5 MW of renewable energy. The […]
In Israel, Blue Sphere Corp. announced that it has affected a 113-1 reverse split in respect of its issued and outstanding common stock and made certain other amendments to its Articles of Incorporation. Blue Sphere common stock will start trading on a split-adjusted basis on today’s date. The symbol “D” will be added to its […]
The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, rebounded 1.40 percent to 62.88 as advanced biofuels staged a comeback. For the day, KiOR (KIOR) rallied 4.67 percent to $1.57 while Biox (BX.T) soared 23.08 percent to $0.32. Among other equities, Metabolix (MBLX) dipped 4.26 percent to $1.35. Overall, declines and advances were […]
