In Washington, the US House of Representatives rejected the House’s version of the Farm Bill, 235-194, with 62 Republicans opposing the bill and only 24 Democrats voting in favor. The cost of food stamps and nutrition programs is the cause of most of the trouble — and House Republican leaders said that they could bring […]
Landmark flight for sugar-based renewable jet fuel — what’s the future? As the technology and downstream market matures, the big question is feedstock costs. And they’re trending nicely. In France, Amyris and Total announced a successful demonstration flight at the Paris Air Show its renewable jet fuel made from Amyris Biofene and, ultimately, from plant […]
In California, Aurora Algae has received a Notice of Allowance from the United States Patent and Trademark Office for U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 12/480,635 entitled “VCP-Based Vectors for Algal Cell Transformation.” This allowed application adds to Aurora Algae’s existing patent portfolio, with 12 patent applications now either issued or allowed with the USPTO, and […]
In California, Verdezyne has has entered into a collaboration with Malaysian Biotechnology Corporation in its assessment of Malaysia as the destination for its first biochemical production facility in the Asia Pacific Region. The collaboration is set to accelerate Verdezyne’s process to full-fledged commercialization following the success from its pilot plant that was established in November […]
Today on Twitter: GPREINC: Great @BioProcessAlgae story in Biofuels Journal! EnergyClimateDE Former National Guard Armory in #Maine becomes $4m #biomass project Target_Energy @nytimesworld Brazil, of course an extremely important energy producer – both biofuels and offshore oil.
The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, fell to 71.71 as the broad equities markets tumbled and the S&P 500 saw its biggest one-day drop since November 2011. For the day, Gevo (GEVO) plunged 6.17 percent to $2.13, while KiOR (KIOR) also was caught in the crossfire, sinking 6.12 percent to […]
Here are the 200 Top Moments in Aviation Biofuels, 2006-2013, organized in a timeline, as reported through the years by Biofuels Digest. 1 Civil Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative formed 12/1/06 2 TEST FLIGHT: Virgin Atlantic 2/24/08 3 Sustainable Aviation Fuel Users Group formed 9/15/08 4 TEST FLIGHT: Air New Zealand 12/30/08 5 TEST FLIGHT: […]
Freedom of choice, it turns out, drives better value for drivers. The Digest goes in-depth to look at real-world data — and the power of free markets in fossil and alternative fuels. One of the assumptions in the world of typical comparisons between ethanol and gasoline is that differentials in price and performance work in […]
The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, was flat at 73.89 despite a large caps retreat. For the day, Gevo (GEVO) soared 9.66 percent to $2.27, while Solazyme (SZYM) escalated 4.98 percent to $12.64 . Among other equities, Total (TOT) dropped 3.17 percent to $49.77. Overall, declines led advances 5 to […]
In Illinois, Siemens and LanzaTech signed a ten-year co-operation agreement to develop and market integrated environmental solutions for the steel industry worldwide. The collaboration will utilize the ground-breaking fermentation technology developed by LanzaTech transforming carbon-rich off-gases generated by the steel industry into low carbon bioethanol and other platform chemicals. Siemens and LanzaTech will work together on […]
