In Canada, around 200 delegates from 44 countries are meeting in Montréal today, in a meet-up organized by the Air Transport Action Group (ATAG), to explore: the commercialization of aviation biofuels; the balanced approach to reducing noise for aircraft operations; and the reforms needed to realize the potential efficiencies in air traffic management. The conference […]
In Italy, cassava experts are reporting a triple threat against cassava, including Cassava Brown Streak Disease virus, Cassava Mosaic Disease and a possible whitefly “superbug”. CBSD alone could cause a could cause a 50% drop in cassava production. This is worrisome because agriculture experts have been looking to the otherwise resilient cassava plant—which is also […]
In Indonesia, a study by LEI and Alterra, both part of Wageningen UR, found that Investing in capture of methane emissions from palm oil effluent (POME) will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80%, improve the economic return of the palm oil mill, and increase the net income of smallholder fresh fruit bunch (FFB) producers and […]
Today on Twitter: thefarmerslife: Ethanol Gets More Cost Effective……Again TBenji68 Our military is so tapped out we can’t send a jet to buzz a crowd? Now #Obama pays $60/gallon for biofuels for planes, ships? LabManager Bringing the costs of advanced biofuels down to the levels of petrofuels continues to be a major challenge….
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, rose for the fourth consecutive session, gaining 0.30 percent to 73.14 as advanced biofuels surged again. For the day, Solazyme (SZYM) rocketed up 6.29 percent to $10.31, while KiOR (KIOR) dropped 1.35 percent to $4.37 — both after earnings announces. Among other equities, Amyris […]
Raises $80M at $10 per share; becomes first new industrial biotech company to complete IPO in more than a year. What went right and how? Is the IPO window re-opening? In Minnesota, BioAmber announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 8 million units consisting of one share of common stock and one warrant […]
In Texas, KiOR announced a Q1 2013 net loss of $31.3 million, or $0.30 per share, compared to a Q1 2012 loss of $16.8 million. The company reported revenues of $71,000. “Building on the first gallons of cellulosic diesel we shipped in March, we continue to make progress with operations at our Columbus facility,” said […]
If you have been following events in California, oil refiners have been waging a well-funded war on California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard, which requires oil companies to reduce the carbon pollution from gasoline and diesel by 10 percent by 2020. Centerpiece in their strategy was a June 2012 report from Boston Consulting Group (funded by […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, rose 0.30 percent to 72.92 as advanced biofuels surged. For the day, Solazyme (SZYM) rocketed up 10.10 percent to $9.70, while KiOR (KIOR) dropped 10.32 percent to $4.43 — both after earnings announces. Among other equities, Gevo (GEVO) dropped 6.18 percent to $1.67. Overall, […]
In California, Codexis reports revenues for the first quarter of 2013 were $11.5 million, a 45% increase from $7.9 million in the fourth quarter of 2012. Net operating costs were $21.1 million, a nearly 11% decrease from the fourth quarter of 2012. The net loss was $9.6 million, or a loss of $0.25 per share, […]
