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Digest Bioeconomy Index slips 1.16 percent to 48.50 as advanced bioequities tumble again

Digest Bioeconomy Index slips 1.16 percent to 48.50 as advanced bioequities tumble again

January 13, 2016 |

The Digest Bioeconomy Index, an index of publicly traded advanced bioeconomy stocks, slipped 1.16 percent to 48.50 as advanced bioequities tumbled again. For the day, The Andersons (ANDE) dropped 5.31 percent to $27.45, while Amyris (AMRS) dumped 9.15 percent to $1.29.  Among other equities, Solazyme (SZYM) shed 6.28 percent to $1.79. Overall, declines led advances […]

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The 30 Hottest Biobased Molecules for 2016

The 30 Hottest Biobased Molecules for 2016

January 13, 2016 |

In Florida, the Digest has released the 30 Hottest Biobased Molecules for 2016, as voted by the Digest’s global readership. The Readers were surveyed over December and January, and rated more than 100 individual molecules “of little interest now”, “some interest now, maybe more later,” “a real opportunity, perhaps critical later” and “a major opportunity […]

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US State of the Union 2016: selected remarks on energy and climate change

US State of the Union 2016: selected remarks on energy and climate change

January 12, 2016 |

“Gas under two bucks a gallon ain’t bad, either.” So let’s talk about the future, and four big questions that we as a country have to answer—regardless of who the next President is, or who controls the next Congress. First, how do we give everyone a fair shot at opportunity and security in this new […]

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President Obama’s State of the Union Address 2016: full-text

President Obama’s State of the Union Address 2016: full-text

January 12, 2016 |

The full text of the State of the Union address, as released by the White House just before the speech’s delivery. Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, my fellow Americans: Tonight marks the eighth year I’ve come here to report on the State of the Union. And for this final one, I’m going […]

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LanzaTech holds lead in Hot 50 in last week of voting; Novozymes, Amyris, DuPont, DSM, REG, BASF, POET, Algenol and Genomatica in the hunt. 

LanzaTech holds lead in Hot 50 in last week of voting; Novozymes, Amyris, DuPont, DSM, REG, BASF, POET, Algenol and Genomatica in the hunt. 

January 12, 2016 |

In Florida, early voting rankings were released today for 50 Hottest Companies in the Advanced Bioeconomy, representing roughly 90% of the overall subscriber vote expected. Subscriber voting ends Friday, January 15 at 5pm ET. The Hot 50 rankings will be announced live at ABLC 2016 in Washington DC at 6pm on February 17, 2016. Below, we’ve […]

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Stora Enso, Amyris, LanzaTech, Novozymes, REG create winning Photo Votes for January 12, 2016 – The 50 Hottest Companies in the Advanced Bioeconomy

Stora Enso, Amyris, LanzaTech, Novozymes, REG create winning Photo Votes for January 12, 2016 – The 50 Hottest Companies in the Advanced Bioeconomy

January 12, 2016 |

Here are the winning Photo Votes for this week in the 2016 Hottest Companies in the Advanced Bioeconomy competition. Amyris, REG (3 winners), Stora Enso, LanzaTech (4 winners) and Novozymes took home the winning bonus votes this week. Voting continues through January 15th, 2016 at 5pm ET. “There’s nothing like a photo vote to help a company,” said Digest editor […]

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Digest Bioeconomy Index slips 0.45 percent to 49.07 as advanced bio equities tumble

Digest Bioeconomy Index slips 0.45 percent to 49.07 as advanced bio equities tumble

January 12, 2016 |

The Digest Bioeconomy Index, an index of publicly traded advanced bioeconomy stocks, slipped 0.45 percent to 49.07 as advanced bio equities tumbled. For the day, BioAmber (BIOA) shed 5.34 percent to $5.49, while Amyris (AMRS) lost 5.96 percent to $1.42.  Among other equities, Gevo (GEVO) dumped 13.75 percent to $0.41. Overall, declines led advances by […]

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Pushmi-pullyu: How do carbon prices and fuel mandates work together in breaking through a fossil fuel monopoly? Or, do they?

Pushmi-pullyu: How do carbon prices and fuel mandates work together in breaking through a fossil fuel monopoly? Or, do they?

January 11, 2016 |

Sometimes, the set-up of the transition from fossil fuels is as pretty and impractical as Dr. Doolittle’s Pushmi-Pullyu. The Digest investigates. As you may have noticed in the stories around the launch of the Great Green Fleet, it is a complex maze of relationships when it comes to a technology benefitting from mandates like the […]

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Digest Bioeconomy Index drops 1.04 percent to 49.29 as falling oil prices weighs on sector equities

Digest Bioeconomy Index drops 1.04 percent to 49.29 as falling oil prices weighs on sector equities

January 11, 2016 |

The Digest Bioeconomy Index, an index of publicly traded advanced bioeconomy stocks, dropped 1.04 percent to 49.29 as falling oil prices weighed on sector equities. For the day, Pacific Ethanol (PEIX) dumped 11.81 percent to $3.36, while Abengoa (ABGB) rallied 4.10 percent to $1.27.  Among other equities, Gevo (GEVO) dumped 9.43 percent to $0.46. Overall, […]

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E Pluribus, Unum: LanzaTech, Global Bioenergies demonstrate The Biotechnology App Store

E Pluribus, Unum: LanzaTech, Global Bioenergies demonstrate The Biotechnology App Store

January 10, 2016 |

As Global Bioenergies, LanzaTech tighten isobutene partnership, the era of “swap-in, swap out” biorefining microbes comes clearer, closer In France, Global Bioenergies  and LanzaTech signed a new collaboration agreement to broaden the feedstock flexibility of Global Bioenergies’ Isobutene process and the product-portfolio of LanzaTech’s carbon capture technology.  The news illustrates a new trend in the […]

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