The Digest Bioeconomy Index, an index of publicly traded advanced bioeconomy stocks, rebounded 1.00 percent to 51.26 as DuPont-Dow speculation lifted the chemicals sector. For the day, Gevo (GEVO) dropped 4.35 percent to $0.77 after a $10 million equity raise, while Aemetis (AMTX) regained 7.00 percent to $2.75. Among other equities, DuPont (DD) jumped 11.85 […]
The Digest Bioeconomy Index, an index of publicly traded advanced bioeconomy stocks, dumped 3.07 percent to 50.75 as oil prices tumbled and took biobased sentiment down with them. For the day, Gevo (GEVO) plunged 35.60 percent to $0.81 after a $10 million equity raise, while Aemetis (AMTX) shed 12.29 percent to $2.57. Among other equities, […]
You can have a transformative world or materials at affordable prices — but if you want both, you might well be seeing dicarboxylic acids somewhere in the mix. That’s why JBEI’s latest and greatest is worth a closer look, and we take one today in The Digest. When we look at the opportunities in biomass […]
Patiently, assuredly, one cluster at a time, Canada has amassed a potent armory of renewable fuel and biobased technologies, people and clusters of activity. Where’s it going? The Digest looks at a whole slew of workshops north of the border and south of the North Pole. In Vancouver last week, it fell to established industry sage […]
The Digest Bioeconomy Index, an index of publicly traded advanced bioeconomy stocks, dumped 3.09 percent to 52.36 as chemical equities tumbled. For the day, BioAmber (BIOA) plunged 16.28 percent to $6.49, while Renewable Energy Group (REGI) shed 6.19 percent to $8.34. Among other equities, Pacific Ethanol (PEIX) lost 8.50 percent to $4.20. Overall, declines led […]
$80 oil. Seems like almost everyone in biofuels wants it, and is scared silly by today’s low-price environment. Are high prices good for renewable fuels? The hard data actually goes the other way. The Digest investigates. There’s a persistent theory going around in advanced biofuels circles that what the industry needs is a return to […]
Clariant’s sunliquid technology for the conversion of lignocellulosic biomass into sugars, followed by fermentation to cellulosic ethanol, is flexible to be used to convert different feedstocks on a regional basis, for example corn stover in North America, bagasse in South America or wheat straw in Europe and can be adapted to various plant concepts. The production […]
In California, Intrexon has formed Intrexon Energy Partners II (IEP II), a joint venture with a select group of unnamed “external investors”, to produce 1,4-butanediol (BDO), a key chemical intermediate with a global market value exceeding $5 billion that is used to manufacture spandex, polyurethane, plastics, as well as polyester. Through Intrexon’s advanced suite of […]
In Brussels, three key biofuels and sugar trade groups have united to call on world leaders attending the COP21 in Paris to support a global commitment to replace at least 15 percent of the world’s total oil use in transport with sustainable biofuels by 2030, with a significant presence of advanced biofuels. The call for […]
In Wisconsin, researchers have developed a new method for making interspecies yeast hybrids in the lab, making hybrids at rates of one in a thousand cells. The research team related its results in a special synthetic biology issue of the journal Fungal Genetics and Biology. It is much more efficient than nature. The new yeast […]
