Category: Top Stories

The Advanced Bioeconomy Dashboard for 1/26/15: equities, fuels, chemicals, and feedstock prices and data

The Advanced Bioeconomy Dashboard for 1/26/15: equities, fuels, chemicals, and feedstock prices and data

January 25, 2015 |

The Digest’s Dashboard is a convenient “news you can use” 5-Minute summary of current markets including key commodity prices, relevant futures, bioenergy-related stocks, and historical equities data. Latest prices – key commodities. Most recent commodity closing prices, and price changes, for NYMEX’s crude oil, Brent Crude, Ultra-Low Sulphur Diesel, Natural Gas, RBOB gasoline, and Ethylene; ethanol […]

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Clean Fuel Availability, for the Pacific Coast

Clean Fuel Availability, for the Pacific Coast

January 25, 2015 |

In California, the International Council on Clean Transportation and E4Tech released a comprehensive study of clean fuel availability for the Pacific Coast. The report is available here. Mary Solecki of E2, one of our most distinguished Digesterati, writes: “The takeaways are positive: a clean fuels standard in CA, OR, WA and BC is very much achievable, and with good policies, […]

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A U.S. Biorefinery Industry Is Emerging

A U.S. Biorefinery Industry Is Emerging

January 25, 2015 |

In 2014, more than 85 million gallons of cellulosic ethanol capacity started up in the United States, along with commercial facilities to produce advanced biofuels and chemical intermediates. By B.A. THORP, HARRY SEAMANS and MASOOD AKHTAR Republished by courtesy of the authors and Paper360º, where the article originally appeared. For decades, Brazil and the United […]

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Pathway to Progress: Edeniq secures $16M in funding for cellulosic sugar expansion

Pathway to Progress: Edeniq secures $16M in funding for cellulosic sugar expansion

January 22, 2015 |

The Virtuosos of Visalia are at it again — last month, expansion to China. This month, accelerating PATHWAY with a hefty invest from the likes of I2BF, Koch/FHR and others. From California comes the news this week that Edeniq has raised more than $16 million in equity. The equity investment was led by I2BF Global Ventures, […]

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First commercial! Green Biologics raises $76M round in Debt and Equity Financing

First commercial! Green Biologics raises $76M round in Debt and Equity Financing

January 21, 2015 |

Company now ready to Deliver 1st Commercial Plant in U.S. From the UK, we hear that Green Biologics announced the closing of an internal follow-on equity round of $42 million co-led by Swire Pacific Limited and Sofinnova Partners. Existing investors Capricorn Venture Partners, Oxford Capital Partners, Morningside Technology Partners and ConvergInce Holdings also participated in […]

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Declaring “truth matters,” biodiesel leaders say facts will re-energize the Renewable Fuels Standard

Declaring “truth matters,” biodiesel leaders say facts will re-energize the Renewable Fuels Standard

January 20, 2015 |

The National Biodiesel Conference and Expo opens with a fiery speech by the industry’s chief spokesperson In Texas, arguing that federal policy makers must see through the false attacks by renewable fuels opponents and provide certainty for their advanced biofuel industry, biodiesel advocates opened the doors to the public today at the National Biodiesel Conference […]

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Biodiesel 2015: The top 14 trends for the new year

Biodiesel 2015: The top 14 trends for the new year

January 20, 2015 |

New technologies, new markets, new research and most of the same policy challenges, as we look at the 14 top trends for 2015. This morning, the National Biodiesel Conference & Expo opens in Ft. Worth, just hours before President Obama delivers what is expected to be a realistic-legislation-free State of the Union Address in Washington. […]

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Anellotech, IFP Energies nouvelles and Axens to develop aromatics technology from non-food biomass

Anellotech, IFP Energies nouvelles and Axens to develop aromatics technology from non-food biomass

January 19, 2015 |

Pyromania! Anellotech lands key European partners to commercialize its pyrolysis-based pathway to high-value renewable BTX chemicals. In New York, Anellotech, IFP Energies nouvelles and its subsidiary Axens have announced a strategic alliance to develop and commercialize a new technology for the low cost production of bio-based benzene, toluene and paraxylene using Anellotech’s process of Catalytic […]

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Carbon Dioxide, an important by-product of fermentation: Food industry applications and usage

Carbon Dioxide, an important by-product of fermentation: Food industry applications and usage

January 19, 2015 |

By Sam A. Rushing – Advanced Cryogenics, Ltd. Special to the Digest This article on CO2 usage in the food industry is one in a series for the applications which are predominant and important in the carbon dioxide industry. This subject is particularly interesting to the US Corn Belt region, which contains some of the […]

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BP’s exit from cellulosic ethanol: the assets, the auction, the process, the timing, the skinny

BP’s exit from cellulosic ethanol: the assets, the auction, the process, the timing, the skinny

January 18, 2015 |

The complete details on BP’s exit and the considerable physical and intellectual assets available for acquisition, in part or in whole. As BP continues to reel from its oil leak capital calls and the impact of crashing oil prices, they dropped a bombshell in recent weeks: “The current challenging external business environment is resulting in […]

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