The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, gained 1.45 percent to 65.70 as chemicals surged. For the day, Metabolix (MBLX) soared 52.34 percent to $1,.63, while OriginOil (OOIL) improved 4.00 percent to $0.26. Among other equities, KiOR (KIOR) rose 3.23 percent to $1.92. Overall, advances led declines 2 to 1 for […]
Total elects to bottle up the IP and protect itself against Amyris “hardship” as it advances towards commercializing key biofuels. In California and France, Amyris and Total announced the formation of Total Amyris BioSolutions B.V., a 50-50 joint venture that now holds exclusive rights and a license under Amyris’s intellectual property to produce and market […]
In Canada, CO2 Solutions Inc. announced that it has received Notices of Allowance in Canada for two new patents. The first is for Formulation And Process For Co2 Capture Using Amino Acids And Biocatalysts with number 2,769,771. This patent will cover the enzyme-enabled capture of CO2 from any CO2-containing gas where carbonic anhydrase enzyme is […]
In Israel, Morflora’s TraitUP technology won the Best Novel Agricultural Biotechnology in the Agrow Awards prestigious competition. The award recognizes the most significant practical application of a novel biotechnology to the advancement of crop protection and agriculture. TraitUP is a generic non-transgenic and non heritable platform that enables the delivery of DNA into a wide […]
In Hawaii, Hu Hanua Bioenergy’s website reports that it has had to slow down construction work and push out the construction schedule six months at its Pepe`ekeo power plant. HHB reports that the delay was so that it could wait until it has received permits and approvals that are pending. The plant is being refurbished […]
In Thailand, DP Cleantech has signed a contract with Mahachai Green Power project in Samut Sakhon Province to deliver a state of the art 9.5 MWe high pressure, high temperature plant. The plant will run on coconut waste residues, (husk, shell, frond and leaves). The new advanced design has been adapted especially for coconut waste […]
In Back to the Future, waste-to-energy fuel systems were supposed to be common by 2015. Looks like 2014 might be the better date. Here’s Enerkem, going commercial, to show the way. In Canada, Enerkem announced that commissioning is underway at its commercial-scale municipal waste-to-biofuels and chemicals facility in Edmonton. Construction of the facility is nearing […]
While industry eyes have been nervously fixated on Washington and the EPA’s thought process on targets for renewable fuels in 2014, it has been an incredibly strong week for innovation, with key announcements that advance the narrative at LanzaTech, Elevance, Earth Energy renewables (e.g. “the technology that once pwoered Terrabon, and PGF Biofuels (the first […]
In Virginia, Dr. Yixang Xu, food processing/engineering assistant professor in Virginia State University’s Agricultural Research Station, has been awarded a three-year USDA capacity-building grant in the amount of $291,165 which will fund research on the use of nanotechnology in food packaging. The research aims to develop antimicrobial, biodegradable-based food packaging films to address food safety, […]
In Massachusetts, Metabolix launched Mvera B5011, a new film grade resin that allows for production of compostable, and highly transparent, film and bags. Metabolix designed Mvera B5011 to meet international industrial standards for compostability, while also enabling customers to produce films for compostable bags and packaging applications with exceptional transparency compared to competing products. B5011 […]
