Today on Twitter: Biohabitats: Biohabitats & partners converting algae to fuel! New pic on home pg. #biofuels EnergySaveUK: Biofuels from Waste Key to European Energy Ambitions Wrapsustainably: Moving from foodstock-feedstock to advanced bio-fuels. Can reasonable bio-plastic be far behind? biofuelresearch: Did you know #Illinois is home to the 2nd most advanced #biofuels companies in U.S. […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, rose 0.44 percent to a new 9-month high of 71.10 as the early 2013 rally rolled on. For the day,Biox (BX.T) plunged 18.00 percent to $0.41, while Syntroleum (SYNM) retreated 4.00 percent to $0.48. Among other equities, Amyris (AMRS) soared 13.86 percent to $3.78. […]
Who are the best among universities, national labs, government research arms, private institutes, public-private collaboratives, and corporate research centers? We’ll be finding out over the next four weeks — and you’ll be the judge. In Florida, Biofuels Digest announced the opening of nominations for Hottest Biobased & Biofuels Labs for 2013. The response to last […]
In Michigan, General Motors announced that its new 2014 Chevrolet Cruze light-duty diesel passenger car is approved for use with 20 percent biodiesel blends (B20). Starting MSRP for the diesel Chevy Cruze is reported to be $25,695, and GM plans to sell them in markets where its B20-approved Chevrolet Silverado diesel models have done well, […]
In England, scientists with the Imperial College London say they have devised a much quicker method that does away with the need for them to re-engineer a cell every time they want to make a new part. The team say their work could lead to vast new libraries of off-the-shelf components that could be used […]
Today on Twitter: FACTSreports: Build a biomass energy market : Governments must offer incentives to drive a switch to biofuels and other renewables lowestcostheat: Back-to-Basics Biofuels – Small- and medium-scale biofuel distillation equipment… mongabay: Palm oil, paper, biofuels production on peatlands drive large GHG emissions – rsquared2121: @sanjaygupta Gratifying to see high profile peeps like […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, rose 0.43 percent to a new 9-month high of 70.79 as the early 2013 rally continued. For the day, Biofuel Energy (BIOF) jumped 13.33 percent to $4.93, while Syntroleum (SYNM) surged 6.38 percent to $0.50. Among other equities, Codexis (CDXS) fell 2.94 percent to […]
You’ve heard about the crack spread, and the crush spread — as means to value oil refining and crop refining. Let’s think about biomass densification and compression, and in that context, a little about KiOR. You might have heard a little or a lot about KiOR — which is currently commissioning its first commercial-scale (11 […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, rose 0.43 percent to a 9-month high of 70.55 as an ethanol continued to rally. For the day, Green Plains Renewable Energy (GPRE) soared 9.11 percent to $8.98 on strong earnings, while Rentech (RTK) fell 2.22 percent to $3.08. Among other equities, Solazyme (SZYM) […]
In Illinois, Forbes Magazine has ranked LanzaTech, a producer of low-carbon fuels and chemicals from gases, #48 in its annual list of the top 100 Most Promising privately held companies. In 2012, LanzaTech reached key development milestones when it became the first company ever to scale gas fermentation technology to a pre-commercial level. Working closely […]
