Corn stover. It’s that inedible leftover from the corn crop, and if you’ve ever noted how big a corn plant is in comparison to the size of the ear, you know there’s a lot of it. Traditionally, it’s left on the field, and returns nutrients to the soil as it is broken down by bacteria. […]
Why make incentivize a $3 fuel when you can make incentivize a $5 chemical? A number of biobased refiners would like to level the playing field in replacing the, er, entire barrel of oil. It’s a football analogy, of course, the idea that leveling the playing field is important for players to have fair access to success. […]
In Minnesota, at the 13th annual Automotive composites Conference & Exhibition, BASF granted tours as part of the opening. Plastics Today reports that BASF demonstrated a prototyping line for a woven kenaf and foamed water based Acrudur acrylic latex binder resin biocomposite. The materials were then put in a radio-frequency dryer. BASF is pushing to […]
Today on Twitter: Marisa_81 Biofuels vote is bad news for orangutans -The Ecologist hilltransport Report: $603 million in Energy Dept. biofuels funding fails to meet goals Securing_Energy: Biofuels to help boost US liquid fuels production above Russia’s this quarter (w/o biofuels still 500k b/d behind)
The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, fell 1.20 percent to 66.87 as advanced biofuels slumped. For the day, Ceres (CERE) fell 8.84 percent to $1.34, while OriginOil (OOIL) declined 7.41 percent to $0.25. Among other equities, Syntroleum (SYNM) surged 4.38 percent to $5.01. Overall, declines led advances 5 to 3 […]
As Christine Aguilera sings in Candy Man: “Good things come to boys who wait…He’s a one stop, get it while it’s hot, baby don’t stop Candy Man.” Or, as we might say with more restraint, Midori reports they have broken through on a 100-year quest for low-cost cellulosic sugars. And found a way to turn […]
In New Zealand, two innovative University of Otago research projects focused on enabling bio-manufacturing of key industrial chemicals and developing new bee-friendly insecticides have been funded in the government’s latest science investment round. Department of Biochemistry researchers Dr Monica Gerth and Dr Wayne Patrick gain $1M for a High Value Manufacturing and Services Research Fund […]
Today on Twitter: Richard Branson Support @VirginAtlantic effort to dramatically reduce carbon emissions – vote @LanzaTech Hottest Company in Bioenergy DRUDGE_REPORT: EU reduces commitment to biofuels… Brad_Moffitt Study shows ethanol critics are exaggerating cost of shift to E15
The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, gained 0.67 percent to 67.68 as large caps advanced. For the day, KiOR (KIOR) dipped back 4.81 percent to $1.78, while Neste Oil (NTIOF) soared 51.20 percent to $22.00. Among other equities, Verenium (VRNM) surged 6.79 percent to $2.83. Overall, advances led declines 8 […]
CMEC and Green Biologics take mighty first steps towards another key hook-up between a US corn ethanol producer and a hot biobutanol technology. In Digestville, we look at the bioneer spirit — and how this deal differs from others pursued by Gevo, Butamax, Cobalt and other lusty pursuers of four-carbon fortunes. It’s not exactly clear […]
