Category: 5-Minute Guide

Virent: Biofuels Digest’s 5-Minute Guide

Virent: Biofuels Digest’s 5-Minute Guide

October 24, 2012 |

Address: 3571 Anderson Street Madison, WI 53704 Year Founded: 2002 Company description: Virent is in the business of replacing crude oil by applying clever chemistry to create the fuels and chemicals the world demands using a wide range of naturally-occurring, renewable resources. Virent’s patented technology features catalytic chemistry to convert plant-based sugars into a full […]

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Dupont Industrial Biosciences: Biofuels Digest’s 5-Minute Guide

Dupont Industrial Biosciences: Biofuels Digest’s 5-Minute Guide

October 24, 2012 |

Address: 1007 North Market Street Wilmington, DE 19898 Year Founded: DuPont: 1802 DuPont Industrial Biosciences: 2011 Annual Revenue: $38 billion (DuPont overall for 2011) $1.2 billon (Industrial Biosciences unit for 2011) Company description: Last year, DuPont purchased Danisco and its Genencor unit and added their expertise into a new unit: DuPont Industrial Biosciences. This integration […]

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DSM: Biofuels Digest’s 5-Minute Guide

DSM: Biofuels Digest’s 5-Minute Guide

October 24, 2012 |

Address: Visiting: Het Overloon 1 6411 TE Heerlen THE NETHERLANDS Mail: A. Fleminglaan 1 2613 AX Delft THE NETHERLANDS Year Founded: 1902 Annual Revenues: 2009: 7,866 million EUR 2010: 9,050 million EUR 2011: 9,193 million EUR 2012 Jan-Jun 4,558 million EUR Company description: Royal DSM is a global science-based company active in health, nutrition and […]

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Biofuels Digest releases new 5-Minute Guides: Avantium, BioProcess Algae, Coskata

Biofuels Digest releases new 5-Minute Guides: Avantium, BioProcess Algae, Coskata

October 23, 2012 |

Biofuels Digest has released the next wave of its 5-Minute Guides – a “news you can use” digest on the leading companies in biofuels. Each 5-Minute Guide provides a company description, 3 top milestones for 2010-12 and projected for 2012-14, description of the business model; plus project info (location, feedstocks, product set, processing technology, capacity, […]

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Coskata: Biofuels Digest’s 5-Minute Guide

Coskata: Biofuels Digest’s 5-Minute Guide

October 23, 2012 |

Address: 4575 Weaver Parkway, Suite 100, Warrenville, Illinois 60555 Year Founded: 2006 Company description: Coskata is a technology leader in the production of alternative fuels and chemicals. Our proprietary process has been demonstrated at significant scale and offers: • High yields • Low costs • Feedstock flexibility While the technology platform is capable of producing […]

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BioProcess Algae: Biofuels Digest’s 5-Minute Guide

BioProcess Algae: Biofuels Digest’s 5-Minute Guide

October 23, 2012 |

Address: 45 High Point Avenue, Portsmouth, RI 02871 Year Founded: 2008 Company description: BioProcess Algae produces low-cost, high-quality algae feedstocks for a variety of downstream markets including food, feeds and fuels. BioProcess is based in Portsmouth, RI and is currently running a demonstration facility at the Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc. ethanol plant in Shenandoah, […]

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Avantium: Biofuels Digest’s 5-Minute Guide

Avantium: Biofuels Digest’s 5-Minute Guide

October 23, 2012 |

Company description: Avantium is a leading renewable chemicals company that develops and commercializes next generation biobased plastics and chemicals. The company has established over the years a leading market position in providing advanced catalysis services and systems to companies in the oil, gas, chemical and renewable sector. From 2005 onwards, Avantium has developed a proprietary […]

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Biofuels Digest releases new 5-Minute Guides: Sapphire Energy, Algenol, Codexis

Biofuels Digest releases new 5-Minute Guides: Sapphire Energy, Algenol, Codexis

October 22, 2012 |

Biofuels Digest has released the next wave of its 5-Minute Guides – a “news you can use” digest on the leading companies in biofuels. Each 5-Minute Guide provides a company description, 3 top milestones for 2010-12 and projected for 2012-14, description of the business model; plus project info (location, feedstocks, product set, processing technology, capacity, […]

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Sapphire Energy: Biofuels Digest’s 5-Minute Guide

Sapphire Energy: Biofuels Digest’s 5-Minute Guide

October 22, 2012 |

Address: 3115 Merryfield Row San Diego, CA 92121 Year founded 2007 Company description: San Diego-based Sapphire Energy is pioneering an entirely new industry – Green Crude Production – with the potential to profoundly change America’s energy and petrochemical landscape for the better. Sapphire’s products and processes in this category differ significantly from other forms of […]

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Codexis: Biofuels Digest’s 5-Minute Guide

Codexis: Biofuels Digest’s 5-Minute Guide

October 22, 2012 |

Address: 200 Penobscot Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 Year founded 2002 Annual Revenues: $107 million (2010) Company description: Codexis serves major worldwide markets where clean technology can make a positive economic and environmental impact. Codexis CodeEvolver ™ directed evolution technology accelerates development of high value sustainable products. Our focus is on the cost-effective conversion of […]

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