The following slides and comments are excerpted and expanded from remarks by Digest editor & publisher Jim Lane at the Energy Security Breakfast at ABLC 2016, held last week in Washington. The premise I’d like to explore today is a simple one to describe, and oft-heard around Washington these days. We live in a world […]
Where is the bioeconomy headed? In the annual State of the Industry briefing at the 2016 Advanced Bioeconomy Leadership Conference, the Digest presented a survey on that topic. Here are the trends we spotted in the data. 1. Chemicals on the rise. 55 percent of those developing a bioeconomy project that will be complete before […]
In Washington, the Biomass Research and Development Board has recommended “targeting a potential 30% penetration of biomass carbon into the U.S. transportation market by 2030 in a sustainable and cost-effective manner to create jobs, reduce greenhouse gas impacts, and enhance national security,” according to the 2016 Federal Activities Report on the Bioeconomy, which debuted at the Advanced […]
By Pavel Molchanov, Senior Vice President, Raymond James This week, we attended the Advanced Bioeconomy Leadership Conference, a major annual gathering of firms in the bioindustrial space. As we noted in our conference recap from March 2015, the industry’s focus had been pivoting away from transportation fuels well before the oil meltdown began in mid-2014. […]
In Washington, Comet Biorefining announced at ABLC 2016 the location of its commercial-scale biomass-derived sugar facility in the TransAlta Energy Park in Sarnia, Ontario. The 60 million pounds per year plant will come online in 2018 producing dextrose sugar from locally-sourced corn stover and wheat straw. Corn stover consists of residues left in the field […]
In Washington, GFBiochemicals announced at ABLC 2016 that it has acquired the assets and intellectual property of Segetis, a US-based, venture-backed levulinic acid derivatives producer Segetis has more than 50 patents and over 200 pending patent applications worldwide. The acquisition matches up GF Biochemical’s commercial-scale technology for producing levulinic acid, with Segetis’ technology for converting levulinic […]
By Edward Dodge, Special to The Digest Day 2 at ABLC2016 featured another packed schedule of prominent speakers from across the bioeconomy. Marcel Van Berkel from GFBiochemicals announced that they have acquired Segetis, the green chemistry firm from Minnesota. GFBiochemicals is the leading producer of levulinic acid which can replace a range of petroleum […]
By Edward Dodge, special to The Digest At the first day of the 2016 Advanced Bioeconomy Leadership Conference in Washington D.C., Pavel Molchanov, a markets analyst from Raymond James expects prices to rise back to $60 a barrel by the end of the year. Investment in new oil production capacity is down 30% two years in […]
The 50 Hottest Companies in the Advanced Bioeconomy for 2016, as voted by electors and invited Selectors:
As ZeaKal Closes $5.3 Million Series B, a new model emerges based on a deeper form of the private-public partnership. Woody: All right, that’s enough! Look, we’re all very impressed with Andy’s new toy. Buzz: Toy? Woody: T-O-Y, Toy! Buzz: Excuse me, I think the word you’re searching for is “Space Ranger”. Woody: The word […]
