In the Netherlands, BioMCN announced that Jeroen Koot will join the company’s Board of Directors as the new CEO. Jeroen Koot is the successor of Rob Voncken who announced his departure earlier this month. More on the company.
Fixated on the Big Rise, the Big Fall, and the gut-wrenching twists of the Energy Market — might we focus also on the Big Energy-Empty at the end of the ride? There seems to be an awful lot of conversation around RINsanity these days — that is, the world of US renewable fuel credits, called […]
In Maryland, a collaborative effort between Certis U.S.A. L.L.C. and Kaken Pharmaceutical Co., of Tokyo, Japan has led to the availability of Novel fungicide. The new disease control product is intended for use on residential turf, landscapes, fruit trees and vegetable gardens, and will be available at local home and garden centers by year-end 2014. […]
Today on Twitter: BioenergyIntl Pie chart of the top global #biofuels producing nations & share % 2012 | Big Picture Agriculture OnEarthMag: After 6 years of struggle, the cellulosic biofuel industry is finally taking its first steps toward self-sufficiency clean_Trans KiOR (KIOR) Produces Commercial Biofuels; Exposed to RIN Values
The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, rebounded 1.31 percent to 67.12 as all sectors advanced. For the day, Solazyme (SZYM) surged 4.32 percent to $12.07, while BioAmber (BIOA) tumbled 5.43 percent to $4.53. Among other equities, Eni (E) gained 2.60 percent to $45.76. Overall, advances led declines 3 to 1 […]
Answers to your questions about butanol, the players, and the four-carbon market. It’s been quite a year on the four-carbon platform — also known as C4, 4C, buta-something, Fantastic Four, or what have you. Though two-carbon fuels such as ethanol have long dominated the biofuels market — and complex, multi-carbon drop-in renewable diesel, jet fuels […]
In Malaysia, the Borneo Post reports that University of Malaysia Sabah researchers were able to convert oil palm fibre empty fruit bunches into biofertiliser. The article identified the researchers as Dr. Md Shafiquzzaman Siddiquee, and Nur Shafawati Saili, his postgraduate student, as having used Trichoderma to turn the biomass into biofertiliser inside of 40 days, […]
Today on Twitter: gedankenstuecke Fungus and bacteria play game theory to make biofuels StuartStaehle @winknews Has anyone followed up on Lee County $10million investment in Algenol Biofuels scam? How many jobs? GrowthEnergy: MT @FuelsAmerica Something big is about to happen in cellulosics & advanced biofuels
The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, dropped 1.13 percent to 66.25 as ethanol equities sagged. For the day, Pacific Ethanol (PEIX) dumped 5.26 percent to $3.53, while Algae.Tec (AEB.AX) lost 4.55 percent to $0.21. Among other equities, Ceres (CERE) shed 5.67 percent to $1.33. Overall, declines led advances 6 to […]
Upstream, downstream, processing, policy, finance – opportunities and challenges abound in the bioeconomy – but which challenges are the most intractable and daunting of them all? In today’s part 1, #5 through #1. They go via various aliases — naysayers, pessimists, The Party of No, doom-and-gloom’ers, realists, skeptics, and so on. For almost every aspect […]
