In California, Rennovia announced that it has produced, and shipped to a prospective partner, samples of what it believes to be the world’s first 100% bio-based nylon-6,6 polymer, under Rennovia’s RENNLON brand, made from Rennovia’s renewable monomers, RENNLON adipic acid and RENNLON hexamethylenediamine. Production costs for Rennovia’s bio-based AA and HMD are projected to be […]
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The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, dropped 0.88 percent to 67.91 as advanced biofuels were clobbered. For the day, Aemetis (AMTX) fell 9.38 percent to $0.29, while OriginOil (OOIL) soared 20.69 percent to $0.35. Among other equities, KiOR (KIOR) tumbled 7.781 percent to $2.36. Overall, declines led advances 2 to […]
In Wisconsin, Virent has been selected as a semi-finalist for the Energy Innovation Award presented by the Washington, DC-based organization, Securing America’s Future Energy (SAFE). SAFE will include online public voting to help determine the winner of this award. To vote, you can visit the website at oilembargo40.org/#vote/ . You will also find a video […]
One of the first demonstration plants to convert natural gas directly into drop-in, 93-octane gasoline In New Jersey, Primus Green Energy announced the commissioning of its up to 100,000 gallon-per-year natural gas-to-gasoline pre-commercial demonstration plant at its Hillsborough facility. “As one of the first plants in the nation to make gasoline directly from natural gas, […]
How and why a foundational technology led to Sapphire, then spun out again and led to Triton, and attracted investment from Heliae. It seems a long time ago now that, out of Dr. Steve Mayfield’s lab at Scripps and later at the University of California at San Diego, a series of discoveries made it possible, […]
In Canada, Sirona Biochem signed a Letter of Intent to provide a global exclusive license to Obagi Medical Products to commercialize the skin lightening compound TFC-849. In exchange for this license, Sirona Biochem will receive upfront and milestone payments as well as ongoing royalty payments for global product sales. “We are thrilled to be partnering […]
Today on Twitter: jtlesage National Plug In Day gains traction; Hate biofuels? Venture capitalist Vinod Khosla won’t invite you for coffee. bioEnergNet #Biofuels incorporation in #transportation exceeded 4.5% in #EU27 durimg last year IAmBiotech: New Metabolic Pathway to More Efficiently Convert Sugars Into #Biofuels
The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, dipped 0.22 percent to 68.51 as ethanol equities climbed. For the day, Pacific Ethanol (PEIX) rocketed up 12.36 percent to $4.00, while Codexis (CDXS) shed 2.42 percent to $1.73. Among other equities, Biox (BX.T) was off 9.62 percent to $0.47. Overall, advances and declines […]
Bold price predictions, and a new technology system unveiled, from one of algae’s hottest of the hottest. Algenol CEO also indicates that dispute with Florida government is resolved, and focus is back on the Sunshine State for the first commercial plant. In Florida, Algenol CEO Paul Woods announced at the Algae Biomass Summit that the […]
