EPA certifies its fuels reduce GHG’s by 69% In Florida, Algenol announced that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved fuels made from Algenol’s process as an advanced biofuel, meeting the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) reduction requirements under the Renewable Fuels Standard. Fuels produced from Algenol are now eligible for a Renewable Identification Number under the […]
Will oil prices ever stop falling, and who’ll be left standing when they do? How long can the war of attrition gone on between North American shale producers and OPEC? Oil prices are falling — fast. Nothing seems to stop the slide. Increasingly, it can be seen as a battle over market share as a […]
Next week, a new Digest chapter begins with the debut of “Faces”, our first original series, one of three we expect to debut this year as part of the all-new BioChannel.TV. Faces Faces is just as it sounds – short, to the point, face-to-face, one-on-one interviews with policy leaders, project developers, financiers, analysts, scientists, and […]
Oil prices continue to show incredible volatility. $106 in June, $50 today. Which biofuels ventures have the pro-formas to make money in a tough market? The Digest investigates. We have written it elsewhere that “good companies make money in good markets, but great companies make money in tough markets,” and by most accounts, the $50 oil […]
Food vs Fuel, emissions, cost competitiveness, and RINsanity. Some of the most unfair bricks hurled at corn starch-based ethanol — and here’s why. If you were, like me, employed in the late 1980s in the eight-block radius around New York’s Washington Square Park, you knew to keep a sharp eye out for bicycle-mounted messengers that hurtled […]
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 […]
As a newly-closed venture fund opens for business with a distinctly Malaysian flavor, we look at the state of venture capital and the new role of integrated sovereign investment. From California and Malaysia comes the news that Spruce Capital Partners and Xeraya Capital have announced the first close of MLS Capital Fund II, L.P. at […]
“The highest capacity since E2 released its first advanced biofuels market report in 2011,” says E2 in its annual advanced biofuels survey — but points to policy instability, feedstock availability, opex, capex, and scale up as key industry challenges. January has arrived, and with it the annual Biofuels Market Report from Environmental Entrepreneurs — authored primarily by […]
Oil prices are down, energy stocks are plunging, and the investor mood is giving Lord of the Flies a run for its money for mix of peril, fantasy and pessimism. So why is the hard data for biofuels so much rosier than the global mood? AFICIONADOS OF SATURDAY MORNING CARTOONS of the early 1970s may well recall […]
At ABLC 2015: Hot content from CEOs, investors, technologists, financiers, policymakers and exhibitors expected at advanced biofuels’ biggest networking and deal-making forum. 7 new intensified one-on-one, hands-on workshops for delegates to gain knowledge and visibility for their organizations. The Digest has announced that ABLC 2015 – the Advanced Bioeconomy Leadership Conference — will take place […]
