In Massachusetts, Modular Genetics has successfully completed Phase I of a project funded by the National Science Foundation, to demonstrate bio-production of an acyl glycinate surfactant, to demonstrate Modular’s proprietary “green” purification method can be used to purify the surfactant, and to ship a sample of the surfactant to a customer for evaluation. Modular produced […]
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The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, slid 0.30 percent to 72.68 as chemical equities fell. For the day, Renewable Energy Group (REGI) lost 276 percent to $13.76, while KiOR (KIOR) jumped 5.47 percent to $4.63. Among other equities, Aemetis (AMTX) rebounded 5.26 percent to $0.40. Overall, advances led declines 3 […]
By Richard Herbert Portfolios may be littered with the bones of first generation biofuels startups, but for strategic investors, the biofuels industry as a whole is far from cold in the grave. In fact, if you ask experts like John May, managing director of the investment banking firm Stern Brothers & Co, he’ll tell you […]
Last week, we advised that the FT microchannel reactor technology developed by the Oxford Catalysts Group and marketed under the brand name Velocys, has been selected for use in the design and possible construction of a commercial Biomass-to-Liquids (BTL) plant led by the IR1 Group. The plant convert around 170,000 tons per year of forestry […]
In Washington, the US Senate voted 59-40 to confirm Gina McCarthy as head of the Environmental Protection Agency, after the Senate voted 69-31 earlier in the day to end debate on the nomination. The vote came after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid threatened to pass legislation aimed at limiting Senate delaying tactics after four key […]
The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, slipped 0.15 percent to 72.90 despite an enzyme stocks advance. For the day, Biox (BX.T) shed 7.58 percent to $0.61, while Metabolix (MBLX) rebounded 2.80 percent to $1.47. Among other equities, Valero (VLO) lost 2.51 percent to $34.22. Overall, advances led declines 5 to […]
In North Carolina, Chemtex and Murphy Brown signed a long term agreement for the supply of purpose grown energy crops and residues to be used as cellulosic feedstock in Project Alpha, Chemtex’s Cellulosic Ethanol facility planned for Clinton, North Carolina. The agreement covers a number of feedstocks to be grown on approximately six thousand acres […]
In California, Ceres reported a net loss of $9.3 million for the quarter ended May 31. This was $.9 million more than the net loss of $8.4 million for the same quarter in 2012. Total revenues for the quarter ended May 31, 2013 were $1.4, but cost of product sales was $2.1 million for quarter […]
In Alabama, Inventure International, holding company of renewable process technology leader Inventure Renewables Inc., closed a $7.2 million round of financing that it will use to establish a plant for the conversion of biomass into mixed industrial sugars, using Inventure’s patented Mixed Super Critical Fluid technology. In partnership with strategic investor Trebet Assets, Inventure will […]
