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 […]
In Florida, The Digest announces the return of its annual 5-Minute Guides. Starting January 5th and continuing through the opening of ABLC 2015 in Washington DC, the Digest will publish at least one 5-Minute Guide per day, with a target of 100 in all. The Guides provide condensed profiles for companies in the advanced bioeconomy, their […]
IN CASE YOU MISSED SOME, Over the holidays, we published a number of our annual industry outlooks and look-backs: Top 10 Bioeconomy and Biofuels Predictions for 2015 Biofuels Mandates Around the World: 2015 The 41 Weirdest Things Ever Used to Make Biofuels 10 Biggest Bioeconomy Blockbuster Stories of 2014: Asia and Oceania 10 Biggest Bioeconomy […]
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 […]
A mere “The Year in Rewind” as we reach the end of 2014? Not the intrepidSS Digest! Instead, we dust off our crystal ball and peer into tomorrowland. As the sunset of 2014 gives way to the dawn of 2015, here at the Digest we resist the holiday temptation to look back over the challenges […]
Who mandates what in biofuels? 64 countries have targets or mandates — but how much where, and when, and what? In Florida, the Digest today releases its annual review of biofuels mandates and targets around the world, looking at the state of biofuels mandates in 64 countries. The bulk of mandates continue to come from […]
Bunnies, liposuction fat, Prince Charles’ leftover wine, day-old whale, the human poo bus, fire ants dipped in hexane, old beer, raging fireballs, vibrating blobs, dope, and even the New Orleans Times-Picayune. Take your pick and, yep, it’s all true, as the Digest discovers. IF YOU’RE ONLY AN OCCASIONAL READER in the world of biofuels, corn, sugarcane and […]
