The Virtuosos of Visalia are at it again — last month, expansion to China. This month, accelerating PATHWAY with a hefty invest from the likes of I2BF, Koch/FHR and others. From California comes the news this week that Edeniq has raised more than $16 million in equity. The equity investment was led by I2BF Global Ventures, […]
Company now ready to Deliver 1st Commercial Plant in U.S. From the UK, we hear that Green Biologics announced the closing of an internal follow-on equity round of $42 million co-led by Swire Pacific Limited and Sofinnova Partners. Existing investors Capricorn Venture Partners, Oxford Capital Partners, Morningside Technology Partners and ConvergInce Holdings also participated in […]
The National Biodiesel Conference and Expo opens with a fiery speech by the industry’s chief spokesperson In Texas, arguing that federal policy makers must see through the false attacks by renewable fuels opponents and provide certainty for their advanced biofuel industry, biodiesel advocates opened the doors to the public today at the National Biodiesel Conference […]
New technologies, new markets, new research and most of the same policy challenges, as we look at the 14 top trends for 2015. This morning, the National Biodiesel Conference & Expo opens in Ft. Worth, just hours before President Obama delivers what is expected to be a realistic-legislation-free State of the Union Address in Washington. […]
Pyromania! Anellotech lands key European partners to commercialize its pyrolysis-based pathway to high-value renewable BTX chemicals. In New York, Anellotech, IFP Energies nouvelles and its subsidiary Axens have announced a strategic alliance to develop and commercialize a new technology for the low cost production of bio-based benzene, toluene and paraxylene using Anellotechs process of Catalytic […]
By Sam A. Rushing – Advanced Cryogenics, Ltd. Special to the Digest This article on CO2 usage in the food industry is one in a series for the applications which are predominant and important in the carbon dioxide industry. This subject is particularly interesting to the US Corn Belt region, which contains some of the […]
The complete details on BP’s exit and the considerable physical and intellectual assets available for acquisition, in part or in whole. As BP continues to reel from its oil leak capital calls and the impact of crashing oil prices, they dropped a bombshell in recent weeks: “The current challenging external business environment is resulting in […]
The Digest’s Dashboard is a convenient “news you can use” 5-Minute summary of current markets including key commodity prices, relevant futures, bioenergy-related stocks, and historical equities data. Latest prices – key commodities. Most recent commodity closing prices, and price changes, for NYMEX’s crude oil, Brent Crude, Ultra-Low Sulphur Diesel, Natural Gas, RBOB gasoline, and Ethylene; ethanol […]
The press has been buzzing, the microbe’s real, and the results have been near-to-stunning. All true. But, with the news circulating about regarding the remarkable abilities of an enzyme found inside a thermophile, there’s less than meets the eye. There’s been a tremendous buzz in the neo-scientific press in recent days over reports of an […]
As the specter of falling oil prices spooks the sector, here’s good news from the Land of ILUC — a shocker study pointing a way towards mitigating or eliminating that infamous scourge of carbon-scoring for biofuels. There are two types of stories in the world of biofuels. There are the fascinating stories we can’t wait […]
