In Malaysia, Algaetech International announced they have received the 2011 Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific Green Excellence Award for Service Innovation in Algae Technology. The award was conferred at the inaugural 2011 Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific Green Excellence Awards banquet held on the 25 August at the Amara Sanctuary Resort Sentosa, Singapore. According to […]
In the UK, Cambridge-based generator manufacturer Telgenco has completed its first stage testing with a new biofuel developed by Hycagen. The fuel, Hycadiesel, has been developed using Hycagen’s enzyme fuel generation process. Hycadiesel is an improved biodiesel composition that utilises both triglyceride and carbohydrate derived feedstocks. A hyper-stabilised reusable enzyme catalyst assimilates the combined feedstocks […]
In Thailand, PTT Chemical is reportedly looking to announce investing some $100 million in Natureworks, a U.S. company and the reportedly the world’s largest polylactic acid producer. This deal would reportedly give PTTC a 50% stake in Natureworks, but the exact details of the deal are as yet unknown.
In California, Salk Institute researchers have developed a new strain of bacteria that may pave the way for new synthetic drugs and new ways of manufacturing medicines and biofuels. For the first time, the scientists were able to create bacteria capable of effectively incorporating “unnatural” amino acids – artificial additions to the 20 naturally occurring […]
In Ohio, the Air Force Research Laboratory Alternative Fuels Team is the recipient of the 2011 Theodore von Karman Award. The Theodore von Karman Award is the highest research award provided from the Air Force Association in recognition of the most outstanding contribution in the field of science and engineering. The AFRL Fuels team research […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, tanked 4.85 percent to 67.23 on a broad equities wipeout. For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) fell 6.51 percent to $25.41, while Gevo plunged 12.42 percent to $6.63. Among other equities, Solazyme (SZYM) nosedived 14.98 percent to $9.48. Overall, declines led advances 5 […]
Like to quickly understand the surge in renewable chemicals and one of the hottest companies in the hottest sector of the bioconomy? Here’s our 10-minute version of the IPO from Elevance Renewable Sciences. Complete with the risks, translated into English from the original SEC-speak. In Illinois, Elevance Renewable Sciences filed its S-1 registration statement relating to a […]
In Florida, Terrabon has taken a commanding leads obver Joule Unlimited (80-20 expressed in percentages) in Tournament Final balloting for the 2011 Transformative Technologies tournament. Tournament voting ends at 5pm ET on Friday, September 23rd. Voting is open to all Biofuels Digest subscribers. Voting links are in the Biofuels Digest daily newsletter. To subscribe (free), […]
In North Carolina, the 25 or so acres of sunflowers planted by Catawba County at the Eco-Complex for biodiesel production that would have fueled county vehicles succumbed to too many weeds, which rendered the first crop of sunflowers useless. Since grass was grown on the plot before planting the sunflowers, the herbicides used pre-planting weren’t […]
In California, Wilbur-Ellis has been chosen by Sustainable Oils to distribute camelina in the state. It is expected to be a good option in fields that tend to be fairly dry since the crops can grow without irrigation. The oil produced from the camelina plants will be delivered to Alt Air Fuels by Sustainable Oils […]
