In California, Ceres, Inc. and Syngenta announced that they have extended a joint market development agreement in Brazil. The companies will move forward with their efforts to promote the use of both sweet sorghum and high biomass sorghum at Brazilian ethanol mills. Under the renewed agreement, Syngenta and Ceres will continue to collaborate on field […]
In Israel, Evogene announced its financial results for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2013. Evogene saw a total comprehensive loss of $4.7 million for the first 9 months, compared to a total comprehensive loss of $1.8 million for the same period in 2012. Total comprehensive loss for the third quarter of […]
In Florida, Green Earth Technologies announced the successful completion of a series of tests with its G-CLEAN Well Wake UP Remedy stimulation products in the Ananco District of the Orinoco Oil Belt in Venezuela. The Well Wake UP bio-based fluid system removes accumulated deposits of paraffin and asphaltenes in wells and increases production with minimal […]
In Finland, Metso’s Pulp, Paper and Power business, the future Valmet, will supply a LignoBoost lignin separation plant to Stora Enso’s Sunila mill near Kotka. The order is one part of Stora Enso’s €32 million biorefinery project. The start-up is scheduled for the first quarter of 2015. The LignoBoost plant is to be integrated with […]
In Virginia, the American Society of Civil Engineers gave energy and water infrastructure a D+ grade for for 2013. “More than five million miles of pipeline exist in the U.S. alone, and worldwide, countries annually install approximately 500,000 miles of pipeline with a market value of more than $50 billion,” said Sunil Sinha, associate professor […]
In Washington, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released its draft Climate Change Adaptation Implementation Plans for public review and comment. In support of President Obama’s Climate Action Plan and Executive Order on Preparing the United States for the Impacts of Climate Change announced today, the Implementation Plans provide detailed information about the actions EPA plans […]
In Washington, Don Marino of the Louisiana Agri-Radio network reports: “American Farm Bureau Federation President Bob Stallman says the first formal conference committee talks on the farm bill has renewed his group’s optimism that we are nearing the end of a three-plus year trek. Stallman notes Farm Bureau has two overarching goals with the conference. […]
In Washington, Renewable Fuels Association CEO Bob Dinneen issued a scathing critique of legislation drafted by Senators Diane Feinstein (D-CA) and Tom Coburn (R-OK) that would eliminate the conventional ethanol portion of the Renewable Fuel Standard. “This legislation is monumentally stupid,” said Dinneen. “We all understand that Senator Coburn just wants a world free of […]
The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, dropped 0.92 percent to 66.04 as ethanol equities tumbled. For the day, Aemetis (AMTX) fell 5.16 percent to $0.28, while Biofuel Energy (BIOF) dropped 3.47 percent to $3.34. Among other equities, Renewable Energy Group (REGI) rebounded 4.22 percent to $11.37. Overall, declines led advances […]
The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, fell 0.86 percent to 66.65 as advanced biofuels reeled. For the day, Amyris (AMRS) fell 3.82 percent to $2.52, while Renewable Energy Group (REGI) dropped 3.45 percent to $10.91. Among other equities, Solazyme (SZYM) slumped 3.15 percent to $10.46. Overall, declines led advances 2 […]
