By James Cogan, Special to The Digest Europe’s bioethanol association ePure just released a renewables policy paper that’s something to get excited about. It’s a show of confidence and ambition on the part of Europe’s ethanol CEOs. Their product delivers climate and bioeconomy benefits, it doesn’t come with adverse side effects and it is worth fighting for. […]
Just when Toyota Tsusho and Suntory were outed as Anellotech investors, along comes another stealthy investor, who has put $1.5M into the company, according to this latest Reg D report from the Securities & Exchange Commission. We swear, there are more black masks in Anellotechville than the costume department for a Zorro picture. The investment comes […]
In the EU, the International Energy Agency has released its Bioenergy Countries’ Report, outlining the national renewable energy targets, total primary energy supply and contribution of bioenergy. We’ve presented the information relating to EU counties, below. The complete report can be downloaded here. This report was prepared from IEA statistical data, information from IRENA, and IEA […]
In Washington, the USDA reports that the total contribution of the biobased products industry to the U.S. economy in 2014 was $393 billion in value added and 4.223 million jobs. Every 1,000 jobs in the biobased industry supported 1,760 additional jobs in other parts of the economy. The 1.528 million jobs directly supported by the […]
By Brent Erickson Executive Vice President, Biotechnology Innovation Organization; head, Industrial & Environmental Section Special to The Digest Almost everyone accepts without question that U.S. refiners encountered the so-called blend wall – defined as blending ethanol into gasoline at or above 10 percent – in 2013, when RIN prices began to rise. The oil refiners, […]
In Washington, the Biotechnology Innovation Organization released the new white paper, “The Myth of High RIN Prices As Proof of the Blend Wall,” analyzing data recently released by EPA on compliance with the Renewable Fuel Standard between 2010 and 2013 (the latest year for which compliance is complete). The newly available data challenge the widely […]
In Florida, Gingko BioWorks, Reverdia and Calysta have taken the lead in early voting in the 40 Hottest Emerging Companies in the Advanced Bioeconomy ballot. The Digest released the early-voting totals from Subscriber Voting — which do not yet include Social Votes or Invited International Selector votes. The Rise of Fresh Faces Companies such as AltAir Fuels, Impossible Foods, Caribou Biosystems, Ripple Foods, Clara Foods, Hampton Creek, Industrial […]
In Florida, Gingko BioWorks, Reverdia and Calysta have taken the lead in early voting in the 40 Hottest Emerging Companies in the Advanced Bioeconomy ballot. The Digest released the early-voting totals from Subscriber Voting — which do not yet include Social Votes or Invited International Selector votes. The Rise of Fresh Faces Companies such as AltAir Fuels, […]
The Digest Bioeconomy Index, an index of publicly traded advanced bioeconomy stocks, gained 0.51 percent to 57.14 as chemicals jumped. For the day, Deinove (ALDEI.PA) dumped 11.28 percent to $2.36, while Metabolix (MBLX) rocketed up 31.11 percent to $0.59. Among other equities, Aemetis (AMTX) recovered 8.33 percent to $1.17. Overall, declines and advances were even […]
In California, Mercurius Biorefining has furthered its partnership with UC Davis to develop first-of-its-kind technology for production of furan-2,5-dicarboxylic acid (FDCA). While current approaches to the commercialization of FDCA use fructose as a feedstock, the Mercurius-UC Davis process operates from raw biomass. Early cost estimates from the partners? “It will be lower in cost than […]
