The Digest Bioeconomy Index, an index of publicly traded advanced bioeconomy stocks, jumped 1.09 percent to 52.94 as ethanol equities rallied again on oil price relief. For the day, Aemetis (AMTX) rocketed up 7.61 percent to $2.12, while Amyris (AMRS) rose 6.19 percent to $1.20. Among other equities, BioAmber (BIOA) gained 7.39 percent to $4.94. […]
In California and Canada this week, BioAmber, Pacific Ethanol and the former Solazyme reported their Q4 and year-end results, providing between them a fascinating look at the evolution in the fuels, renewable chemicals, specialty products and nutrition that make up the advanced bioeconomy. In advanced nutrition The most spectacular news of the week belonged to […]
The goal: Transforming Solazyme into a food, nutrition, and specialty ingredient innovation platform harnessing the power of algae: The mother of all plants and earth’s original superfood. The new company identity? TerraVia. Let’s take a look at how the new TerraVia or the transitioning Solazyme presents itself.
The Digest Bioeconomy Index, an index of publicly traded advanced bioeconomy stocks, jumped 2.37 percent to 52.37 as ethanol equities advanced strongly. For the day, Aemetis (AMTX) rallied 10.06 percent to $1.97, while BioAmber (BIOA) soared 20.10 percent to $4.60. Among other equities, Solazyme (SZYM) jumped 10.95 percent to $2.33. Overall, advances led declines by […]
We reported this week that Air New Zealand and Virgin Australia formed a partnership to investigate options for locally produced aviation biofuel. The trans-Tasman alliance partners are issuing a Request for Information (RFI) to the market to explore the opportunity to procure locally produced aviation biofuel. A few years ago, that would have been the […]
The Digest Bioeconomy Index, an index of publicly traded advanced bioeconomy stocks, edged up 0.22 percent to 51.19 as ethanol equities advanced. For the day, Abengoa (ABGB) dropped 6.06 percent to $1.55, while BioAmber (BIOA) tumbled 5.43 percent to $3.83. Among other equities, Renewable Energy Group (REGI) surged 6.30 percent after closing its Sanimax acquisition. […]
In the Netherlands, BASF and Avantium have signed a letter of intent and entered into exclusive negotiations to establish a joint venture for the production and marketing of furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA), as well as marketing of polyethylenefuranoate (PEF), based on this new chemical building block. FDCA is produced from renewable resources. The JV will use […]
The Digest Bioeconomy Index, an index of publicly traded advanced bioeconomy stocks, was flat at 51.08 despite an ethanol slump. For the day, Solazyme (SZYM) rallied 13.88 percent to $2.16, while Ametis (AMTX) dropped 4.49 percent to $1.70. Among other equities, Cosan (CZZ) shed 6.10 percent to $4.00. Overall, declines led advances by a 2 […]
By Jan Koninckx, Global business director for advanced biofuels, DuPont. Special to The Digest February 2016 was the warmest February on record—perhaps of all time. Not by tenths of degrees, as records are often broken by, but by a staggering 1.5 degrees Fahrenheit higher than average. The body of evidence for global warming continues to […]
By James L. Stewart, Special to The Digest A major worldwide effort is underway through the non-profit organization R20 Regions of Climate Action to assist sub-national states and jurisdictions in developing projects that promote clean energy and combat climate change. Currently, R20 has more than $1 billion of low-carbon, economic development projects in process in 20 countries. […]
