How do you really value something that takes a bad outcome (high gas prices) and prevents a worse outcome (outrageous gas prices). Preventative medicine – you never really feel the value, see the value — so how do you measure the benefits of renewable fuels in ways that have meaning to individuals? If you are […]
In Malaysia, Verdezyne was awarded “BioNexus” status by Malaysian Biotechnology Corporation. BiotechCorp is an agency under the purview of the Malaysian Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation. As part of its collaboration with BiotechCorp, Verdezyne expects to open a bio-based chemical production facility in Malaysia. BioNexus status is awarded to qualified companies undertaking value-added biotechnology […]
Today on Twitter: wickkelley #JHUBiofuels interesting NatGeo website on Biofuels. Good start for those of us new to the field. #coolpics energyCollectiv Sonja van Renssen discusses the European Parliament vote on ILUC/#biofuels. @viEUws – bioenergycrops: New studies refutes land use effects, changed food debate for bioenergy, #biomass #biofuels.
The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, jumped 1.32 percent to 68.20 as advanced biofuels rocked. For the day, KiOR (KIOR) soared 57.92 percent to $2.89 on news of a financing package, while Solazyme (SZYM) settled back 3.39 percent to $11.12. Among other equities, Ceres (CERE) jumped 14.52 percent to $1.42. […]
One day, biofuels microbes may be so adept at making fuels, it will be a case of “just add water”. For now, there’s the hard slog of unlocking feedstocks that are affordable, available and aggregated. As we look for recent victories in low-cost feedstock development, What can we learn from natural gas? People from Minnesota […]
In Delaware, DuPont Tate & Lyle Bio Products announced that Schülke & Mayr GmbH has expanded its sensiva line of multifunctional additives. The latest additions to this line, sensiva PA 30 and sensiva PA 40, both feature the natural, preservative-boosting ingredient, Zemea propanediol. Schülke’s sensiva PA 30, combines the antimicrobial activity of two nature-identical fragrance […]
Today on Twitter: IowaFarmWriter Per panel: RFS doing its job, biofuels represent future of fuel: better emissions, less outside dependence. niawag2011 it makes more sense to enable plants to soak up carbon dioxide through reforestation…than #biofuels nature_brains: Communities in Nepal turned a profit by turning #invasive plants into #biofuels:
The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, gained 0.49 percent to 67.31 on an enzymes advance. For the day, KiOR (KIOR) lost 7.98 percent to $1.83, while Solazyme (SZYM) soared 7.37 percent to $11.51. Among other equities, Ceres (CERE) settled back 8.15 percent to $1.24. Overall, advances led declines 3 to […]
In Illinois, LanzaTech announced that Jim Messina, campaign manager for President Barack Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign and noted digital communications strategist, has joined its board of directors. Messina, who seized the reins on President Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign, which Bloomberg Businessweek magazine dubbed “the highest-wattage crash course in executive management ever undertaken,” now runs The Messina Group, a firm […]
“The first cut is the deepest” goes the old saw — no more so than in first commercial, first-of-kind advanced biofuels projects – especially when they are undertaken by newly-public companies under extraordinary scrutiny. In short, the KiOR story. And, as allegations fly, we look at the data on the ground and find that things […]
