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Top Biofuels Tweets: "Synthetic biology leads in investment dollars, but will it deliver?"

[ 0 ] April 21, 2011 | admin

nigeriandaily: Global Food Crisis, Biofuels and Land Grabs in Ghana How consecutive governments have allowed and fu readerfinance: Mission NewEnergy shares down after IPO: Shares of Australian biofuels provider Mission NewEnergy Ltd. fell Wedn… SolarPandit: Biofuels: Synthetic biology leads in investment dollars, but will it deliver? MPPQuickHits: The Uptake: Agriculture Secretary Vilsack, Senator Klobuchar See […]

Tatko says Azo organism can improve algal yields

[ 0 ] April 21, 2011 | admin

Pat Grant of Tatko writes, “Our preliminary tests on algae have yielded positive results in increasing lipid count and eliminating unwanted pathogens. The product’s unique strain of Azospirillum is a naturally occurring, non-genetically modified product capable of significantly increasing productivity, by stimulating the fixation of molecular nitrogen. “We are seeking a partner to move forward with […]

Biofuels Digest Index jumps to 92.54 as advanced bio recovers

[ 0 ] April 21, 2011 | admin

The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, leaped 1.65 percent to 92.54 as advanced biofuels stocks shone. For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) gained 2.43 percent to $35.81, while Gevo (GEVO) regained 7.05 percent to $21.10. Among other equities, Algae.Tec plummeted 17.95 percent to $0.32. Overall, advances led declines 3 […]

"Can't singlehandedly drive a market"

[ 2 ] April 20, 2011 | admin

Mark Iden of the Defense Logistics Agency confirmed that the US government proposed to purchase several hundred million gallons of drop-in advanced biofuels by 2016, citing an expected demand of 336 million gallons from the Navy and 587 million gallons from the Air Force. But Iden, likened the government, although a large customer, to a […]

2011 the "year of decisions for biofuels"

[ 0 ] April 20, 2011 | admin

In Washington, Biofuels Digest editor Jim Lane , described 2010-11 as “a vintage year for advanced biofuels, with the industry growing fast and IPO markets re-opening,” but said that in 2011-12 “the stakes are higher, the work tougher, the rewards greater.” In remarks at the Advanced Biofuels Leadership Conference, he described 2011 as “the year […]

Five biofuels groups unite behind RFS2 as "critical foundation for advanced biofuels"

[ 3 ] April 20, 2011 | admin

In Washington, the Renewable Fuels Association, the Advanced Biofuels Association, the Algal Biomass Organization, the Advanced Ethanol Council, and BIO pledged to work cooperatively to preserve the status quo on the Renewable Fuel Standard through at least 2013, agreeing that only the RFS provides the stable market support and pricing system necessary to attract private […]

Solazyme says biofuels producers must "go well beyond their comfort zones" to survive, thrive

[ 1 ] April 20, 2011 | admin

In Washington, Solazyme’s Jonathan Wolfson said at the Advanced Biofuesl Leadership Conference that his company began as a fuels-oriented company and continues to focus intensively on fuels, but added that “you need a business strategy that allows you to survive, thrive, as you are building up capacity,” and highlighted the company’s successes in anti-aging skin […]

Bryan: DOE shifting focus from gasoline replacement to entire barrel of oil

[ 1 ] April 20, 2011 | admin

In Washington, Paul Bryan, program manager of the DOE’s Office of Biomass, said at the Advanced Biofuesl Leadership Conference that the DOE is shifting gears from focusing solely on replacing the gasoline fraction of refined crude oil, but likened the process to “whitewater rafting in a battleship. You have all the rolling of whitewater and […]

USDA's Vilsack, EPA's Jackson jointly tour farms, REG biodiesel plant

[ 0 ] April 20, 2011 | admin

In Iowa, US Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency have toured two farms and the REG Newton LLC biodiesel plant near Newton this week in order to talk with farmers about conservation and land restoration initiatives—the first time the two have traveled together. Vilsack hopes to dispel farmers’ […]

Avjet Biotech licenses NC State technology for GMO microalgae

[ 0 ] April 20, 2011 | admin

In North Carolina, Avjet Biotech, Inc. (ABI), a leading developer of small distributive refining systems in the 10 to 15 million gallon per year range and parent company of Red Wolf Refining, has announced that it has concluded a license agreement to secure exclusive rights to a technology portfolio developed at NC State University for […]

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Author Archive: admin

Top Biofuels Tweets: "Synthetic biology leads in investment dollars, but will it deliver?"

Tatko says Azo organism can improve algal yields

Biofuels Digest Index jumps to 92.54 as advanced bio recovers

"Can't singlehandedly drive a market"

2011 the "year of decisions for biofuels"

Five biofuels groups unite behind RFS2 as "critical foundation for advanced biofuels"

Solazyme says biofuels producers must "go well beyond their comfort zones" to survive, thrive

Bryan: DOE shifting focus from gasoline replacement to entire barrel of oil

USDA's Vilsack, EPA's Jackson jointly tour farms, REG biodiesel plant

Avjet Biotech licenses NC State technology for GMO microalgae