In New Hampshire and Wisconsin, Mascoma and Lallemand Ethanol Technology have both entered into a commercial agreement with Pacific Ethanol. The agreement covers and pricing for any purchases of the Mascoma Grain Technology, yeast product for use at Pacific Ethanol 40 MGy facility in Boardmen, plus for the extension of these terms and pricing to […]
Can companies like Mascoma and Sud-Chemie, by transforming the economics of cellulosic ethanol, compete at parity with gasoline – no subsidies, no five-years-to-commercial-scale, no kidding? Today, we continue a three-part series, “Shake It Up, Baby: The Rock Stars of Biofuels unveil their latest hits”, looking at some of the newest and hottest alternatives to the […]
In New Hampshire, Mascoma announced today that FDA, after scientific review, supports the use of the Mascoma Grain Technology yeast product as a processing aid in the production of animal feed, which is a by-product of the corn ethanol conversion process. MGT is the first commercial application of Mascoma’s proprietary consolidated bioprocessing (CBP) technology platform […]
In Minnesota, Mascoma Corporation revealed that a cellulosic ethanol project planned for Little Falls, which the company inherited when it acquired SunOpta’s cellulosic ethanol division, has been abandoned. The company said that the venture was abandoned late last year and that Mascoma will instead forces on commercial projects in Kinross, Michigan and Drayton Valley, Alberta. […]
In New Hampshire, Mascoma says that it has implemented key components of the commercialization strategy for its Mascoma Grain Technology, or MGT, yeast product, which is the first commercial application of Mascoma’s proprietary consolidated bioprocessing (CBP) technology platform. The MGT product is a genetically-modified yeast designed as a drop-in substitute for conventional fermenting yeast that […]
In Michigan, the Sierra Club has filed a lawsuit in federal court against Frontier Renewable Resources’ plans to build a wood-to-ethanol project in the Upper Peninsula. The suit, the second against the project, claims that the DOE did not examine all the potential environmental impacts. Frontier Renewable Resources is utilizing Mascoma’s technology. Construction on the […]
Intrigued by cellulosic ethanol and a new product called MGT, in Mascoma’s IPO? No appetite for 200 pages of IPO-speak in Mascoma’s S-1 registration statement? Here’s our 10-minute version. In Massachusetts, Mascoma Corporation announced that it has filed an S-1 registration statement relating to a proposed $100 million initial public offering. The number of shares […]
In Massachusetts, Mascoma Corporation filed its S-1 registration statement relating to a proposed $100 million initial public offering. The number of shares to be offered and the price range for the offering have not yet been determined, and the company has not indicated yet which exchange it will apply to for a listing of its […]
In first day voting in round three of Transformative Technologies 2011, tournament Cinderella OriginOil saw its lead over Codexis narrowed to 57-43, but still looked poised to continue a remarkable run in the tournament of technologies. Among other second day movements, Mascoma recovered from a deficit to take a small 52-48 lead over Joule Unlimited, […]
Background: This is a Sweet Sixteen (third round), Eastern Regional match-up between #3 seed Mascoma and #7 seed Joule Unlimited Technologies, in the 2011 Transformative Technologies tourney, from Biofuels Digest. Voting: Open to all Biofuels Digest subscribers. Voting links are in the Biofuels Digest daily newsletter. To subscribe (free), visit here. The winner gets: Most […]
