In Pennsylvania, biofuels and bioproducts experts will be gathering in Philadelphia on November 11-12 for a “Next Generation Biomass Conversion” short course hosted by the Penn State Biomass Energy Center. Experts in the field, including government researchers, university specialists, and industry leaders, were handpicked to provide quality instruction in this two day course that covers […]
In France, Ecotechnologies Fund led a €12m funding round for Fermentalg. According to an article on New Energy World Network, this was the third round, and included the existing investors, ACE Management, Demeter Partners, Emertec Gestion, and Picoty Algo. Joining in the round were IRDI and Viveris. Fermentalg will reportedly use the funds for an […]
In Israel, Credit Suisse Securities and Deutsche Bank Securities are the joint book-running managers for the proposed IPO of Evogene. Oppenheimer & Co. and Piper Jaffray & Co. are the co-managers. A registration statement relating to these securities has been filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) but has not yet become […]
In Singapore, Concord Energy has signed an agreement with Cool Planet Energy Systems to establish a joint-venture in the Asia Pacific Region. The JV will develop commercial production facilities for the conversion of non-food biomass into biofuels and soil enhancing biochar. Concord Energy has also made a financial investment in the Cool Planet. “We believe […]
In Minnesota, NatureWorks announced that Jacobs has been awarded the engineering design contract for the company’s next world-scale Ingeo production plant in Southeast Asia. “Jacobs’ front-end engineering design work will include major equipment design and is the next stage of what is a multi-year project that will move into detailed engineering design, procurement, construction, and […]
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In the United Kingdom, the Department of Energy and Climate Change has launched a new £6 million grant funding program has been launched to help Local Authorities in England and Wales to develop new heating and cooling networks, and expand existing networks. Energy and Climate Change Minister Greg Barker said: “Thanks to the Coalition Government’s […]
In Brazil and Belgium, the the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association, issued the following statement on the European Parliament’s vote on biofuels and the issue of indirect land use change, or ILUC. In part, the statement reads: “UNICA very much appreciates the efforts over the past several months of Members of the European Parliament to push […]
In New Jersey, Proterro has named Timothy Cooper, Ph.D., vice president of engineering. Prior to joining Proterro, he was responsible for Eastman Chemical Company’s biotechnology effort —prior to Eastman Chemical, he was fermentation research leader at Dow AgroSciences. More on the story.
The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, shed 0.82 percent to 67.64 as advanced biofuels slid. For the day, KiOR (KIOR) settled back 8.30 percent to $2.65 after a huge rally Thursday on news of a financing package, while Biox (BX.T) dropped 3.77 percent to $0.51. Among other equities, OriginOil (OOIL) […]
