Darling of the mid-2000s, still beloved by its many fans — biodiesel is increasingly a key to delivering advanced biofuels volumes now — and even more so between now and 2022. Presentations by NBB CEO Joe Jobe and REG CEO Daniel Oh at ABLC 2013 explained the how and why. In the excitement over cellulosic […]
By Douglas L. Faulkner, “The Cleantech Conservative”, with contributions from Jacques Beaudry-Losique We all applauded often at the recent Advanced Biofuels Leadership Conference the progress many individual companies are making in getting to market. But, those successes are fighting growing headwinds from the nation’s capital. What do coaches do when the season is not living […]
Today on Twitter: climate_Sceptic ClimateDepot: Are biofuels Europe’s sh*ttiest idea ever?’Famine-causing and not even environmentally friendly’ ht… tgarciaazcarate Olivier de Schutter on biofuels timPortz Great infographic from @NASCAR about their sustainability efforts. #ethanol at the heart of it. #biofuels
In Montana, Rivertop Renewables announced that John Monks has joined the company as Vice President of Business Development. Monks’ career in the performance chemicals and biotechnology sectors spans more than 30 years, having led business development and sales and marketing teams for companies such as ICI, DSM and Genencor.
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, rose 0.49 percent to 70.34 as large caps and ethanol equities gained. For the day, ADM rose 2.44 percent to $33.18, while Amyris (AMRS) gained 2.38 percent to $2.78. Among other equities, Solazyme (SZYM) soared 5.05 percent to $9.15. Overall, advances and declines were […]
In Georgia, VIASPACE reported a net loss for 2012 of $ 4,539,000 compared to a net loss in 2011 of $7,932,000, a decrease of $3,393,000. Mr. Sung Chang, President of VIASPACE Green Energy stated, “The fourth quarter of 2012 represented the first quarter that we have reported revenues derived from the sale of Giant King […]
In China, 3SBio, a company focused on researching, developing, manufacturing and marketing biopharmaceutical products, reported they have received an updated merger proposal. The letter is from Dr. Jing Lou , 3SBIO Chairman and CEO, CPEChina Fund, and CITIC Private Equity Funds Management. In the new proposal letter, Dr. Lou and CITIC PE proposed to increase […]
In California, Johnny Rockets partners with DAR PRO Solutions to recycle its restaurants used fry oil into renewable diesel fuel. Each year, Johnny Rockets serves about eight million pounds of american fries and two million orders of onion rings, all of which use fry oil. Through DAR PRO Solution’s green program, Johnny Rockets’ 29 corporate-owned […]
In Brazil, Bloomberg reports that Finance Minister Guido Mantega announced that effective May 1, R$970 million in credits as an offest to the R$0.12/liter ethanol tax, and as much as R$4 billion for crop renewal loans for 2013, along with a R$2 billion reais line of credit to stockpile ethanol. President Dilma Rousseff is quoted […]
In Canada, Farm Credit Canada has agreed to loan Innovente up to a maximum amount of $3 million. Innovente will use the loan primarily for commercial operation of the first cogeneration plant of Innovente located at Saint-Patrice-de-Beaurivage, which is set to occur in the coming weeks. “FCC is proud to support Innovente in its innovative […]
