The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, lost 1.90 percent to 73.39 as an advanced biofuels stocks rally sputtered. For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) dropped 2.83 percent to $27.81, while Gevo (GEVO) dropped 4.33 percent to $8.61. Among other equities, Solazyme (SZYM) fell 3.49 percent to $13.01. Overall, declines […]
MOU covers feedstock readiness, sustainability, data sharing, fuels certification, plus development of new alternative fuel pathways in alcohol conversion, pyrolysis and synthetic biology. Is the agreement, driven by the private sector and formalized by government, a template for agreements to foster aviation biofuels around the world? In San Francisco, the U.S. FAA and Australia’s Department […]
In Massachusetts, Mascoma Corporation filed its S-1 registration statement relating to a proposed $100 million initial public offering. The number of shares to be offered and the price range for the offering have not yet been determined, and the company has not indicated yet which exchange it will apply to for a listing of its […]
In North Dakota, Filta Environmental has opened a new franchise that cleans and recycles cooking oil for any establishment using deep fryers. When the oil can no longer be cleaned by filtration, the yellow grease is removed and is sent to be recycled into biodiesel.
In Texas, Aventine Renewable reported that it is delaying the start-up of its ethanol plant located in Canton, Illinois until early next year. Aventine stated the delay is due to uncertainty surrounding its ability to secure critical third-party technical and engineering support in time to re-commission the plant as well as fully complete the remaining […]
In Canada, Enerkem has entered into an offtake agreement with Methanex for the sale of methanol to be produced at Enerkem’s facility in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. “The access to Methanex Corporation’s worldwide distribution network coupled with our ability to produce methanol from non-recyclable waste represents a timely opportunity for Enerkem in the development of its […]
In Finland, Neste Oil and the Finnish Environment Institute have launched a joint algae research program with the Marine Research Centre as part of Neste’s efforts aimed at using algae oil as a raw material for producing NExBTL renewable diesel in the future. Research with SYKE will focus on testing the lipid production capacity of […]
In Germany, AMSilk and Fraunhofer Institute have joined together to develop a new spin process for making high performance fibers from AMSilk’s spider silk proteins. This collaboration will match AMSilk’s material and biochemical expertise with Fraunhofer’s expertise in developing spin processes for biopolymers. The partners expect to deliver a new process for making artificial spider […]
Today on Twitter. HamonAkenobv: Food Versus Fuel: An Informed Introduction to Biofuels: golden_alchemy: @stuartsharpe @gift_of_the_fab LibDems do not support #DoctorWho – the Tardis does not run on biofuels and he refuses to pay 50% tax BobMetcalfe: In previous life lost a lot of money trying to farm algae for biofuels; happy to see fierce new […]
In Maryland, Johns Hopkins researchers have engineered from scratch a computer-designed yeast chromosome and incorporated into their creation a new system that lets scientists intentionally rearrange the yeast’s genetic material. Jef D. Boeke, Ph.D., Sc.D., professor, explains, “We developed SCRaMbLE to enable us to pull a mutation trigger — essentially causing the synthetic chromosome to […]
