In California, Pacific Ethanol and Whitefox Technologies entered into a technology license and purchase agreement for an industrial scale membrane system that separates water from ethanol in the plant’s distillation system. Pacific Ethanol expects commercial operations using the new technology in the third quarter of 2016. Whitefox is a specialist-engineering firm that delivers innovative membrane […]
According to EIA data as analyzed by the Renewable Fuels Association, ethanol production averaged 969,000 barrels per day (b/d)—or 40.70 million gallons daily. That is up 10,000 b/d from the week before. The four-week average for ethanol production stood at 968,000 b/d for an annualized rate of 14.86 billion gallons. Stocks of ethanol stood at […]
In Denmark, Novozymes has formed itself into three divisions: Household Care & Technical Industries, Agriculture & Bioenergy and Food & Beverages. The aim of the organizational change is to enhance Novozymes’ ability to deliver more innovation to customers with more speed and commercial impact. Furthermore, Novozymes wishes to strengthen its technology and market leadership through […]
In California, researchers at the Joint BioEnergy Institute / Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have developed two novel biosynthesis pathways for five-carbon alcohol (isopentenol or 3-methyl-3-buten-1-ol) from mevalonate that reduce the energy demand and cost of earlier applications of the mevalonate pathway by using genetically engineered host cells, whose culturing stage can happen both in anaerobic […]
In Switzerland, Governments, industry and environmental groups meeting at the United Nations specialized agency, the International Civil Aviation Organization finalized the design of the first global certification standard for CO2 emissions from new aircraft. The agreement on a rigorous and challenging ICAO “CO2 Standard”, is the result of six years’ work by a task force […]
The Digest Bioeconomy Index, an index of publicly traded advanced bioeconomy stocks, rebounded 2.56 percent to 46.09 as ethanol and advanced bio equities rallied. For the day, Cosan (CZZ) jumped 11.65 percent to $2.97, while Biox (BX.T) soared 36.36 percent to $0.75. Among other equities, Aemetis (AMTX) surged 8.28 percent to $1.70. Overall, advances led […]
In Florida, BioChannel.TV announced 13 hours of Live Coverage of ABLC 2016, the Advanced Bioeconomy Leadership Conference. Public sessions of ABLC will be streamed live here. Register for free, customized program alerts Register here for free pre-program alerts for the programs you want to make sure not to miss. Coverage Highlights Live global announcement of […]
Users of car parts, plastic wheels, synthetic rope, fibers, shoes, guitar strings and a host of other everyday applications may be unexpectedly joining the biobased revolution soon, now that engineers at Iowa State University have combined a genetically engineered strain of yeast and an electrocatalyst to affordably convert sugar into a new type of nylon. […]
In Canada, Mitsui has invested an additional CDN$25 million in the BioAmber joint venture for 10% of the equity, increasing its stake from 30% to 40%. Mitsui will also play a stronger role in the commercialization of bio-succinic acid produced in Sarnia, providing dedicated resources alongside BioAmber’s commercial team. BioAmber will maintain a 60% controlling […]
From the company’s IPO Prospectus: “Our proprietary technology platform combines industrial biotechnology, an innovative purification process and chemical catalysis to convert renewable feedstocks into chemicals that are cost-competitive replacements for petroleum-derived chemicals. The development of our current organism was originally funded by the DOE in the late 1990s, was further developed and scaled up, and optimized at […]
