Let me see if we got this right. Donald Trump loves the Renewable Fuel Standard Carl Icahn loves Donald Trump Therefore, Carl Icahn hates the Renewable Fuel Standard With that, welcome to the 2016 United States Presidential election season. And welcome to something that used to be called RINsanity and now we had better call RINferno. […]
In Canada, BioAmber recorded net income of $4.8M for Q2 2016 and an operating loss of $1.0M on revenues of $2.5M. Revenues were up 73 percent over Q1 and 637 percent compared to Q2 2015. For those less familiar with the company, it produces succinic acid from sugar at a first commercial-scale plant which opened […]
In California, Amyris reported a Q2 net loss of $13.8M on revenues of $9,6M, up from $7.8M in Q2 2015. Revenues rose 27% from the corresponding period in 2015 primarily driven by the shipment of a new novel fragrance product, as well as Neossance Squalane sales. At the same time, Amyris, which has recorded $18.4M […]
Why do hot US agricultural technologies fail to get the explosive growth they deserve? BEE offers a new tech-to-market approach. They say that to be a great champion, you have to learn to win on the road. So, it’s meaningful in that context when BEE’s Patrick McDonnell throws down the gauntlet to the US agricultural […]
This week, Gevo reported its Q2 financial results, reaffirmed its guidance on production cost targets, lengthened out the timing on its production targets, and placed all the near-term chips on marine biofuels. Market reaction was generally pretty hateful, with the stock dropping 33% today. Investors seem to have translating Gevo’s messaging thus: Gevo says: We’re […]
In the world of consumer adoption, moda means fashion and fashion means change, and TerraVia’s new CEO Apu Mody arrives to warn companies in the food sector that the old days are over. “The days of companies talking one way to consumers, of the endless debates over ‘how do we educate the consumer?’ are well […]
At the outset of his historic Conquest, Cortés gathered the men and burned the boats. As TerraVia jettisons its break-out industrial product line and completes the pivot to Food, what lies ahead in the New World? Gromeko: They’ve shot the Czar. And all his family. Oh, that’s a savage deed. What’s it for? Zhivago: It’s […]
I think it might have been a Kennedy who remarked one time: Some people see used coffee grounds and say, yecch. Other people dream of bacon flavoring and say, why not? If you’ve wondered ever how to take some of the most unloved forms of food waste — old coffee grounds, spent grape pomace (the stems, […]
In Washington, the US Department of Energy announced up to $11.3 million for three projects that support the development of biomass-to-hydrocarbon biofuels conversion pathways that, as the DOE remarked, “can produce variable amounts of fuels and/or products based on external factors, such as market demand.” That’s DOE code for — “it’s OK to produce chemicals […]
Although they will not know it, when the world finally moves off petroleum completely, we may have the ants to thank. Formica, as ants were known by the Romans (yes, formica, but not the flooring material) — when squashed, emit a characteristic odor and that’s formic acid. That we know so much about it is thanks to […]
