In today’s Digest, we are publishing a series of six documents that were filed in the past week with the SEC, relating to KiOR, and a growing dispute between the company’s Board — and an individual director, Paul O’Connor. It is important to note KiOR’s response: “The Company intends to continue to vigorously respond to allegations […]
In Iowa, Syngenta announced the name for a revolutionary cellulosic ethanol process technology: Cellerate. Enhanced by Enogen corn enzyme technology, Cellerate is a collaboration between Syngenta and Cellulosic Ethanol Technologies (a subsidiary of Quad County Corn Processors). Cellerate is designed to increase an ethanol plant’s production by allowing the corn kernel fiber to be converted […]
In Florida, The Digest is reporting voting from the earliest precincts in the Hot 30, Hot 40 and Hot 50 ballots. These votes are based entirely to date on subscriber voting. Photo Votes are now being tallied, and the voting by the invited International Board of Selectors will begin later this month. With early precincts […]
Key figure and company director Paul O’Connor resigns. Allegations relating to possible inside trading, suppression of 3rd party technology report laid by the Board against O’Connor. O’Connor makes allegations concerning “KiOR’s management team and KiOR’s technology”. In Texas, a nasty board-level fight at KiOR spilled over into SEC filings this past week, when director Paul […]
Sustainable development ready to take a major step forward – but what does sustainable mean, in the larger context? And why is it critical, even beyond environmental and economic concerns? Back in 2002, DuPont CEO Chad Holliday, collaborating with Stephan Schmidheiny (then board chair of AVINA foundation) and Sir Philip Watts (then board chairman at Shell), […]
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The INEOS Bio cellulosic ethanol plant in Vero Beach, Florida officially opened last year but has been reporting only spotty production of ethanol in the EPA’s EMTS transaction system for RINs. Now, it has become clear why. In a report filed by the State of Florida in recent months and obtained by The Digest, it […]
POET-DSM’s 20 million gallon cellulosic ethanol plant opens with hoopla, and heartfelt messages about the spirit of innovation, and a time for technology change and policy firmness. “Once, we all lived off the land, sun, wind and water and it provided everything we needed,” said DSM CEO Feike Sijbesma, surveying a crowd of more than […]
They said it couldn’t be done. Repeatedly. Now, King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, USDA Sec. Tom Vilsack, Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad, POET chairman Jeff Broin, DSM CEO Feike Sijbesma are on hand to open one of those “fantasy” cellulosic biofuels plants that are always supposed to be 5 years away. How and where to tune in. […]
Advanced fuels, PVC, Polyols, enzymes? The outlook is strong, according to these research reports hot off the presses. As we prepare for today’s opening of the POET-DSM cellulosic ethanol facility in Emmetsburg, Iowa — an event that is expected to temporarily double the population of the sleepy northern Iowa — it’s comforting to read in […]
