Final Four (round five) voting finished on Friday in the Transformative Technologies 2011 tournament. Once again, favorites did not fare well, with both Novozymes and Solazyme falling to Terrabon and Joule Unlimited respectively. What went right and wrong? 1. With a little help from my friends. In the voting, we noted that a lot of […]
A sea of red ink, since June, on shares in Solazyme, Amyris, and Gevo, has investors fidgety and short sellers on the prowl. What will reignite investor interest? Investors in Solazyme, Gevo, and Amyris have had a rough three months – with the averaged share price of the three synth bio stocks dropping 44 percent […]
Elite Eight (round four) voting finished on Friday in the Transformative Technologies 2011 tournament. Once again, favorites did not fare well, with three falling – including a #1 regional seed (Gevo) and a regional #2 seed (LS9) . What went right and wrong? 1. Nearer to commercialization. As with last week, the companies that were […]
Sweet Sixteen (round three) voting finished on Friday in the Transformative Technologies 2011 tournament. Four favorites advanced, yet four fell, including a #1 regional seed, (Amyris) and two regional #2 seeds (Virent and Codexis). East Regional #3 seed Mascoma also fell, toppled by Joule Unlimited in a close match. What went right and wrong? 1. […]
Round two voting finished on Friday in the Transformative Technologies 2011 tournament, and 11 of the 16 organizations and technologies that advanced were favorites – but five favorites fell. #1 East seed Coskata, #2 East seed KiOR, #3 West seed Sapphire Energy, #3 Central seed ZeaChem, and #4 International seed LanzaTech, all bowed out earlier […]
BIO says that up to 800,000 direct and indirect jobs could be created in advanced biofuels by 2022. What jobs are there for you? Recently, former LA Mayor Richard Riordan outlined the priorities. “Let’s look at the future. Whatever solution we have for our economy, the basic thing is jobs, jobs, jobs.” One of the […]
It is sunset time for the DOE Section 1705 Loan Guarantee program. What are the alternatives? In Washington, numerous projects received DOE letters this week that their 1705 applications had been put on hold, and many others have now been rejected. Last week, DOE loan guarantee czar Jonathan Silver wrote on the DOE’s blog: “We […]
You may have noticed that a number of biotechnology companies in the biofuels arena have been changing their names in recent years? Here’s the list: Cobalt Biofuels to Cobalt Technologies (2010) – the full story. Bluefire Ethanol to Bluefire Renewables (2010) – the full story. Blue Marble Algae to Blue Marble Biomaterials (201) – the […]
HarvardResearch: Researcher argues U.S. government support of biofuels is a textbook example of ill-conceived policy GLBioenergy: Why is biotechnology so important to biofuels research? Check out GLBRC’s Bioenergy 101 section: EnergyCollectiv: Robert Rapier is not buying what Vinod Khosla is trying to sell on #biofuels SustainableNet: Lux Research: Bioplastics Biofuels Partnership Opportunities Drying Up – […]
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