In Washington, the Congress has reconvened for its “lame-duck” post-election session, and high on the agenda has been the “tax extenders” — a series of 55 or so popular corporate tax breaks, some nearly universal such as corporate research deductions. Some that impact individual industries, and advanced biofuels amongst them. Primarily we hear this about […]
There’s been quite a bit of press surrounding the idea that “sugar is the new oil”, once famously described by Dr. Steven Chu as the “glucose economy”, and while the jury is still out on the economics, the technology has come along nicely. But in the meantime, it appears to be an open-and-shut case that […]
Feedstock. Now that cellulosic ethanol has reached scale, it has replaced Motherhood and Apple Pie as staple faves for industry chat. Meanwhile, Pacific Ag has been rolling up the acres, getting it done. How’s it working, where are the challenges, how is energy transformation happening from the stalk on up. Pacific Ag CEO Bill Levy […]
To open ABLC Next, what we like to call the “heads of the 7 families” — or in this case, the heads of seven key trade associations for the advanced bioeconomy, joined us on stage as we looked at the impact of the recent US midterm elections — and the policy outlook in 2015 and […]
Revenue and customer numbers are up at Solazyme, 60% YOY growth from Q3 2013 to Q3 2014. But a slowdown in the rollout at Moema capacity leads to a spectacular 58% one-day drop in the stock price. What happened? If you’ve been following the Biofuels Digest Index, you’ll have noticed in recent months that Solazyme has […]
“The five years away forever” put to rest — but are there troubling waters still ahead? For whom, and why? Part II of II Part I of our story is here. There’s a gigantic disconnect between two sections in the country as to whether the United States should be celebrating the success or the failure […]
Cellulosic ethanol arrives at scale — “The five years away forever” put to rest — but are there troubling waters still ahead? For whom, and why? Part I of II Part II of our story is here. There’s a gigantic disconnect between two sections in the country as to whether the United States should be celebrating […]
As many know, Brazilian presidential candidate Eduardo Campos died in a tragic August 13th plane crash, and in recent weeks, Marina Silva has emerged as a new candidate, and it now looks from polling data that she has the support, were the October 5th election held today, to move into an October 26th run-off with […]
Well, plenty. We reported on progress with loan guarantees here and there’s complete info here. Here’s a recap of the major other activities. TITLE VI – Rural Development Biodiesel Fuel Education Program May 5, 2014: REE announces availability of $960,000 for grants to educate consumers about the benefits of biodiesel fuel use. Bioenergy: June 13, 2014: […]
We’re receiving a heavy flow of queries regarding Gevo in the mailbox. Here’s what we know: Informed industry sources say there have been “substantial layoffs” at the company’s corporate offices in Colorado — which is to say, some key industry people are on the job hunt. Our usual contacts at Gevo are in a “neither […]
