In New York, researchers at the Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed a mathematical model to analyze the metabolic processes of canola, especially in relation to how it produces oil in its seeds. The model was developed to help researchers optimize the production of plant oils and can model the potential effects of genetic modification.
In Spain, the prime minister’s decision to move the upcoming national election to November means further delays to rules that could impose barriers on the importation of biodiesel from Argentina and Indonesia. Though an order stopping the imports was ready to be enacted by the prime minister, it was postponed until after the election, with […]
In New Zealand, LanzaTech founder and CTO Sean Simpson was awarded an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award.
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, fell 1.07 percent to a new nine-month low of 69.63 as advanced biofuels stocks continued to weaken. For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) fell 0.91 percent to $27.27, while Gevo (GEVO) plummeted 11.33 percent to $10.10 . Among other equities, OriginOil (OOILD.OB) roared […]
In Florida, Sapphire Energy, KiOR and ZeaChem are unexpectedly trailing, and POET, Coskata, Waste Management, LanzaTech in close battles as 2nd round voting got underway in the Transformative Technologies 2011 competition. The shocker of the day was #11 seed OriginOil opening up a 62-38 first-day lead over Sapphire Energy, while #6 seed Terrabon got out […]
32 companies left in Transformative Technologies 2011 – Who’s the Best? Voting opens in 16 second-round battles. Today is the first day for second-round voting in the Transformative Technologies 2011 tournament – at close of voting at 5pm ET on Friday Augsut 26th, 16 contestants will advance to the third round. Transformative Technologies is a […]
In Kansas, the US Department of Energy has offered Abengoa Bioenergy a conditional commitment for a $133.9 million federal loan guarantee for the construction of its “first of a kind” commercial scale biorefinery facility to produce renewable liquid fuel from earth’s most abundant organic feedstock source – plant fiber, or cellulosic biomass. With the offer […]
In Colorado, Solix BioSystems and Glycos Biotechnologies announced that their early stage research and development collaboration has demonstrated the potential for Solix’s algae oil to be converted into a range of valuable specialty chemicals through GlycosBio’s suite of proprietary biocatalysts. GlycosBio has a specific interest in synthetic rubber intermediates including bio-derived isoprene. Solix’s crude algal […]
In Illinois, Coskata announced a first close of its Series D round of financing. The major investors from previous rounds participated, including The Blackstone Group, Khosla Ventures, Total Energy Ventures International (part of Total, one of the world’s major Oil and Gas groups), ATV, Globespan Capital Partners, General Motors, Arancia, and Sumitomo. Coskata plans a […]
In Brazil, Bunge announced at a press conference in Sao Paulo that the company will invest up to $2.5 million by 2016 to increase its sugarcane crushing capacity at eight existing mills from 21 million tons to 30 million tons, and may be expanded at a later date to 40 million tons. The company ruled […]
