In Washington, the National Corn Growers Association and the U.S. Grains Council today pledged their support for the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement, a day after the full text was released by the White House. Both NCGA and USGC will spend the coming weeks analyzing the full text of the agreement to understand its impact on […]
In Tennessee, a hybrid optical microscope/mass spectrometry-based imaging system developed at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory operates under ambient conditions and requires no pretreatment of samples to analyze chemical compounds with sub-micron resolution.Researchers noted that the resolution of less than one micron is essential to accurately differentiate and distinguish between polymers […]
In Florida, Protec is discounting E15 fuel by 15 cents a gallons and E85 by 85 cents a gallon in a launch promotion at its Kissimmee, Florida Citgo location. In addition, Protec Fuel is welcomed U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to Mid-State Energy’s Kissimmee Citgo E15 and E85 retail station last week as […]
In California, Gen9 announced the launch of a powerful DNA library platform that allows users to rapidly design variants and order synthetic DNA libraries. The new platform will be unveiled at SynBioBeta San Francisco, taking place November 4-6 at the Mission Bay Conference Center in San Francisco, CA. The platform, available within Gen9’s online design and ordering […]
In California, Amyris reported Q3 2015 revenues of $8.6M, compared with $16.3M for Q3 2014. The decline was driven by a large annual F&F product sale in Q3 2014. Our second F&F product sales, representing the initial sale under an annual supply agreement, is expected to ship in the fourth quarter of this year. Collaboration […]
In Colorado, Gevo announced revenues for Q3 2015 of $8.0M compared with $10.1M for Q3 2014.During the third quarter of 2015, revenues derived at the Luverne plant were $7.6 million, a decrease of $1.6 million from the same period in 2014. This decrease was primarily a result of lower ethanol prices. The company also highlighted […]
In Hungary, Clean Fuels Development Coalition Executive Director Douglas Durante said as a way for ethanol to find value beyond limitations of government imposed limits, both in the EU and the U.S., the focus should be on providing clean, low carbon octane to help meet health, climate, and efficiency goals. In the wake of continuing revelations regarding the […]
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 25,000 b/d from the week before and a 15-week high. The four-week average for ethanol production stood at 953,000 b/d for an annualized rate of 14.61 billion gallons, just […]
Rumors, rumors, rumors. So, what was up at ABLC NEXT this year? From our conning tower, here are some of the top news items, trends and rumours explained.
The Digest Bioeconomy Index, an index of publicly traded advanced bioeconomy stocks, fell 1.84 percent to 54.56 as ethanol equities declined. For the day, Pacific Ethanol (PEIX) dumped 10.36 percent to $5.80, while The Andersons (ANDE) lost 8.52 percent to $33.71. Among other equities, Syngenta (SYT) surged 5.17 percent to $71.83. Overall, declines led advances […]
