The Digest Bioeconomy Index, an index of publicly traded advanced bioeconomy stocks, shed 3.17 percent to 44.94 as ethanol equities were hit hard amidst broad market gloom. For the day, Green Plains (GPRE) fell 13.66 percent to $12.96, while Aemetis (AMTX) dumped 10.29 percent to $1.57. Among other equities, The Andersons (ANDE) plunged 10.88 percent […]
By Brent Erickson, Executive Vice President, Biotechnology Industry Organization USDA’s Section 9003 Program created by the comprehensive Farm Bill has successfully helped fund construction of biofuel biorefineries over the past six years and it is now expanding to launch renewable chemical facilities as well. Like other USDA programs, this loan guarantee enables manufacturers to access […]
It’s not your Dad’s gasoline. In fact, it’s worse, says the Union of Concerned Scientists in a new report. But the good news is that alternatives, by contrast, are getting cleaner. In Washington, the Union of Concerned Scientists reports that the gas pumped by American motorists is 30 percent dirtier to extract and refine than […]
The Digest Bioeconomy Index, an index of publicly traded advanced bioeconomy stocks, shed 0.88 percent to 46.41 as large caps wilted. For the day, Green Plains (GPRE) fell 6.54 percent to $15.01, while Monsanto (MON) dumped 6.54 percent to $87.58. Among other equities, The Andersons (ANDE) declined 3.82 percent to $26.94. Overall, declines led advances […]
Out of the EU comes a biogasoline blendstock made from waste residues in a novel process that promises to radically slash the cost of bioconversion. The Digest reports. In Germany and Portugal, a new drop-in biofuels process has emerged which is cost competitive with $30 oil, according to the inventors. The process breaks even with […]
The Digest Bioeconomy Index, an index of publicly traded advanced bioeconomy stocks, slid 1.24 percent to 46.82 as ethanol slumped. For the day, BioAmber (BIOA) fell 7.84 percent to $2.94, while Pacific Ethanol (PEIX) shed 6.25 percent yo $3.15. Among other equities, Global Bioenergies (ALGBE.PA) lost 4.85 percent to $20.61. Overall, declines led advances by […]
Take it to the Extreme, with these microscopic wonders that are changing the way we pursue sustainable fuels, renewable chemicals and biobased materials. These days, researchers are turning up life forms trapped under hundreds of feet of Antarctic ice, in the syrupyist salty ponds, in mineral waters heated to more than 150 degrees Fahrenheit — in […]
The Digest Bioeconomy Index, an index of publicly traded advanced bioeconomy stocks, dropped 2.59 percent to 47.41as advanced bio and ethanol retreated again. For the day, BioAmber (BIOA) fell 14.48 percent to $3.19, while Gevo (GEVO) shed 11.51 percent to $0.36. Among other equities, Abengoa (ABGB) dropped 7.47 percent to $0.92. Overall, declines led advances […]
The Energy Department today announced up to $11.3 million in funding to develop flexible biomass-to-hydrocarbon biofuels conversion pathways that can be modified to produce advanced fuels and/or products based on external factors, such as market demand. These pathways could consist of a route to a platform chemical that could be converted to products or renewable hydrocarbon […]
In Florida, Joe Jobe’s annual national biodiesel keynote and overlook highlighted that the Renewable Fuel Standard, the federal law governing renewable fuel blending, is back on track and on schedule for the first time in its history with volumes defined for biodiesel through 2017. Second, the industry secured an extension of an important tax law […]
