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“The 4 things you should know about #E15.”

“The 4 things you should know about #E15.”

February 14, 2013 |

Today on Twitter: StockJockey: @DividendMaster dunno but the EPA mandate for refiners to purchase billions of gallons of biofuels is a mess imo PopMech: The 4 things you should know about #E15 PressOfficeEU: Press Alert: Transporter engineering for improved tolerance against alkane biofuels in Saccharomyces … jamespeshaw: Good on them for seeking to be part […]

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Biofuels Digest reaches 9-month high of 71.74 as bio’s bulls run

Biofuels Digest reaches 9-month high of 71.74 as bio’s bulls run

February 14, 2013 |

The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, rose 0.60 percent to a new 9-month high of 71.74 as the BDI bulls continue to run. For the day, KiOR (KIOR) dropped 5.21 percent to $5.82, while Solazyme (SZYM) jumped 2.35percent to $9.15. Among other equities, Amyris (AMRS) dropped another 3.13 percent to […]

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Who’s Your Valentine? Biofuels Digest’s Ardent 50

Who’s Your Valentine? Biofuels Digest’s Ardent 50

February 14, 2013 |

Gevo, KiOR top the Ardent 50 rankings at biofuelsdigest.com — the most-intensively researched companies— analyzing page views from more than 800,000 site visits. In Florida, Gevo and KiOR took Valentines Day honors by topping the Ardent 50 rankings, as Biofuels Digest published the 50 Most searched companies at biofuelsdigest.com for 2012-13. In topping this year’s […]

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Fuels America sends Snarky Valentine to Big Oil

Fuels America sends Snarky Valentine to Big Oil

February 13, 2013 |

“We love how oil companies want to keep us dependent on a dirty, climate warming, expensive fuel in short supply. Isn’t that just great?” So goes the new theme from Fuels America, who debuted their We Love Oil! campaign this afternoon. It’s all on (hilarious) video, well worth a share — starring snarky polar bears, […]

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The POTUS and his SOTUS: RT@moreofthesame TL;DR

The POTUS and his SOTUS: RT@moreofthesame TL;DR

February 13, 2013 |

The President’s State of the Union speech. What was new? (Not much). What was feasible amongst DC gridlock? (Not much) What about energy? (moreofthesame) Where was the Farm Bill? (AWOL). Harry Burns: That’s it? Some faceless guy rips off all your clothes, and THAT’S the sex fantasy you’ve been having since you were twelve? Sally […]

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Headworks employs MBBR technology at the Seabee Gold Mine

Headworks employs MBBR technology at the Seabee Gold Mine

February 13, 2013 |

In Texas, Headworks BIO has been awarded a contract by Claude Resources to deploy a Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor treat underground mine water at the Seabee Gold Mine in Northern Saskatchewan, Canada. The Seabee Mine is situated in a remote location in Northern Canada where direct access to the mine site is restricted. Equipment and […]

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“Drought with biofuel impacts: Corn shortage idles 20 ethanol plants nationwide.”

“Drought with biofuel impacts: Corn shortage idles 20 ethanol plants nationwide.”

February 13, 2013 |

Today on Twitter: Shell: This week, @JKessler_UCD offers a more in-depth look at biofuels, as part of the @EnergyCollectiv series. ASFAgro: #Drought with biofuel impacts: Corn shortage idles 20 ethanol plants nationwide Barrywmagee: USDA projects big plantings, record US corn crop  Another record crop: dispelling food v #fuel myth fuelingtrendy: Did you miss #NEC13? See […]

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Biofuels Digest Index hits new 9-month high of 71.53 as bulls run

Biofuels Digest Index hits new 9-month high of 71.53 as bulls run

February 13, 2013 |

The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, rose 0.60 percent to a new 9-month high of 71.53 as the BDI bulls are running. For the day, Biox (BX.T) recovered 19.51 percent to $0.49, while Solazyme (SZYM) jumped 3.71 percent to $8.94. Among other equities, Amyris (AMRS) dropped 6.88 percent to $3.52 […]

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Genomatica and The Art of Big Wave Surfing

Genomatica and The Art of Big Wave Surfing

February 12, 2013 |

There’s a big, new wave of synthetic biology companies heading for scale — making chemicals and fuels from renewable resources using advanced fermentation Now, there’s a new leader as Genomatica vaults to world-scale with a 5 million pound, five-week fermentation run. If you ever followed the sport of big-wave surfing, you’ll recognize Mavericks — California’s […]

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Green Dot Holdings acquires MGP’s bioplastic division

Green Dot Holdings acquires MGP’s bioplastic division

February 12, 2013 |

In Kansas, Green Dot Holdings has acquired the bioplastics division of Atchison, Kansas-based MGP Ingredients. The acquisition includes a manufacturing facility in Onaga, Kansas and certain assets at the company’s research and development facility in Atchison. Also, included are three lines of bioplastic materials currently sold by MGP under the Terratek brand-name. Green Dot now […]

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