For several months now, we have been highlighting the favorable spread that is emerging for fuel customers in Iowa who choose E85 ethanol blends, as opposed to gasoline. New data has been arriving this week from the Iowa Renewable Fuel Association that confirms that the trend is still favorable — in fact, the price discount […]
In Germany, Evonik has developed a new eco-friendly emulsifier for formulation of modern sun care products, TEGO CARE PBS 6, a novel, unique and eco-friendly polyglyceryl based emulsifier. The emulsifier is fully based on renewable sources, and is NATRUE as well as ECOCERT approved natural. TEGO is sustainable, and is capable of the emulsification stability […]
Today on Twitter: Nanowerk: Time to rethink misguided policies that promote biofuels to protect climate GSCareers Wind, biofuels & electric cars–just a few of the #sustainable initiatives we’re learning how to leverage: claireypoole: New study refutes myths about #biofuels’ impact on land use:
The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, was flat at 66.98 despite a fall in chemicals. For the day, KiOR (KIOR) advanced 5.88 percent to $1.98, while Metabolix (MBLX) fell 4.62 percent to $1.24. Among other equities, Ceres (CERE) soared 12.50 percent to $1.35. Overall, advances led declines 3 to 2 […]
After achieving celebrity via Gen. Douglas MacArthur, Huck Finn and Frosty the Snowman, the corn cob has been languishing of late. No more, as cobs appear poised to emerge as a biofuels feedstock rockstar. In days gone by, no one living on the land wasted anything if they could find a use for it. That’s […]
In Illinois, Algaeon Inc announced the signing of a multi-year, multi-million dollar supply agreement with Valensa International to provide high value “condition specific” nutraceuticals to the marketplace. Algaeon, in cooperation with Valensa, is using its extensive knowledge of algae production to bring a new level of efficiency and quality for algae-based ingredient supply to the […]
Today on Twitter: JuddLegum: This algae is a much better source of gasoline than corn instingtw First steps towards achieving better and cheaper biodiesel: Purthanol_News #Ethanol Value Propositions Made Clear:
The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, was flat at 67.09 despite advanced biofuels gains. For the day, KiOR (KIOR) advanced 6.86 percent to $1.87, while Syntroleum (SYNM) fell 2.17 percent to $4.51. Among other equities, Eni (E) dropped 3.59 percent to $46.76. Overall, declines led advances 2 to 1 for […]
Landmark cellulosic drop-in biofuels producer releases update on early-stage production: is the increasing gallonage enough to silence the critics? Today, we head to the Chapel of Hard Data, and get closer to the music. Nobody walks slower, in public, than at a wedding or a funeral. In the case of KiOR, the critics and supporters […]
Attention, fall fashioneers. Save up to 70% on carbon when you go with trendy, affordable algae biofuels. In Minnesota, the Algae Biomass Organization announced that a peer-reviewed paper, published in Bioresource Technology, has shown that algae-derived biofuel can reduce life cycle CO2 emissions by 50 to 70 percent compared to petroleum fuels, and is approaching […]
