Today on Twitter. asulightworks: DOE Announces $12 Million in Investments to Support Drop-In #Biofuels: Mitchellalt: New biofuels feedstocks are water hogs | TG Daily EINBiofuelNews: U.S. Biofuel Industry Prepares for Life Without Subsidies sciam: Using Corn Ethanol to Develop Carbon Capture and Storage STOCKSWAGER: Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings, Inc. Delays Start-Up of Canton, Illinois Ethanol […]
In Iowa, researchers at Iowa State University have run the numbers and have discovered that since May, the net return on biodiesel production has been 50 cents a gallon—the highest in four years. The return to profitability is a combination of biodiesel, soybean oil, methanol and natural gas prices all in the right place. Production […]
In Mozambique, the government expects to announce by the end of the year who will be the new investor in charge of the former Procana sugarcane ethanol project in Massingir district, in the southern province of Gaza. The government held a tender earlier in the year to find the new investor and negotiations are continuing. […]
Solazyme today appointed Jeffrey Webster as Chief Operating Officer, from Group Vice President and General Manager of the Tyson Foods Renewable Products business, and was also responsible for initiating, funding and building the Dynamic Fuels plant in Geismar, Louisiana. Members of the Iowa Biodiesel Board elected Mark Cobb as chair of the nonprofit organization at […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, fell 1.19 percent to 69.57 as advanced biofuels stocks continued to tumble. For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) lost 0.33 percent to $27.02, while Novozymes (NZMB) dumped 9.15 percent to $131.50 . Among other equities, Amyris (AMRS) shed 1.51 percent to $18.22 Overall, […]
A sea of red ink, since June, on shares in Solazyme, Amyris, and Gevo, has investors fidgety and short sellers on the prowl. What will reignite investor interest? Investors in Solazyme, Gevo, and Amyris have had a rough three months – with the averaged share price of the three synth bio stocks dropping 44 percent […]
In Indonesia, CIFOR recently launched a global interactive webmap (the Global Biofuel Information Tool) with information on global biofuel production, consumption, and investments. With a particular focus on profiling investments in developing countries, company specific information is also available in the Tool.
In Pennsylvania, Keystone BioFuels, a biodiesel producer, is doubling its workforce, quadrupling its space and increasing production tenfold. The Company, which produces biodiesel from soybean oil, used cooking oil, animal fats and a number of other sources, is looking to double its workforce by hiring 14 new staff as it has already sold out of […]
In Colorado, Merrick Energy has conducted a study to evaluate the design of a bioprocessing facility in Malaysia for a Texas-based bio developer. Merrick has not disclosed the identity of its client, but the information received by the Digest suggests that the client is GlycosBio. Merrick & Company is a $125 million engineering, architecture, design-build, surveying, and […]
In Germany, Rotary Supercars Germany is working on its RSC Predator GT which will produce 1200hp and 1110lb ft of torque, running on E85 while producing the emissions of a car with just 120hp. The prototype is expected for launch in 2012 possibly the Top Marques show in Monaco in April. The supercar version will […]
