For $33M upfront and $29M in incentives for meeting milestones — Stora Enso acquires renewable sugars pioneer Virdia — the former HCL CleanTech — as the Finnish giant hones its biobased strategy. We look at the Virdia story, and Stora Enso — in search of The Bottom Line. In Finland, Stora Enso said that it […]
In California, JBEI researchers unveiled the first glycosyltransferase clone collection specifically targeted for the study of the biosynthesis of plant cell walls. Glycosyltransferases are enzymes that catalyze the connection of simple monosaccharide sugars into the complex polysaccharide sugars that are essential to a wide range of plant cell structures and processes. While it is known […]
In Florida, Biofuels Digest launched today its weekly Digest Dashboard, 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. In the initial release, the Dashboard will summarize: Sector Equities. Friday closing prices, weekly moves, outstanding shares, market caps, most recent earnings […]
About The Digest Dashboard. Biofuels 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. Sector Equities. Friday closing prices, weekly moves, outstanding shares, market caps, most recent earnings per share, p/e ratio, book value, EBITDA and 50- and […]
The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, jumped 1.09 percent to 82.46 as chemicals rallied. For the day, Dyadic (DYAI) soared 10.34 percent to $1.60, while BioAmber (BIOA) rocketed up 10.78 percent to $10.69. Among other equities, Codexis (CDXS) fell 3.42 percent to $1.41. Overall, advances led declines 2 to 1 […]
With record discounts to gasoline, will E85 sales boom now? Or, are there pesky barriers to E85 embedded in the RFS that only a SuperRIN can solve, in order to create more expand rural jobs, decarbonize fuels and increase energy security? These should be boom times for E85 ethanol blends. Prices have never been better, […]
From the EU, the Renewable Energy Association is hailing scenarios published by the Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership as “an important step forward for the sustainable biofuels industry”, noting that “the absence of a clear Government plan for meeting the 2020 renewable transport target has seen investment in the sector grind to a halt.” The LowCVP […]
Based on current oil prices, there’s almost no chance that super high-performing aviation fuels can be made at mainstream aviation “everyday low prices” from fossil sources. But these 9 high-density, high-power, high-performance fuel molecules could come from renewable resources, and revolutionize aircraft and missile design. The Digest investigates. Boom! Boom! Boom! This morning, the heavy thud of artillery fire […]
Exits as BIO’s industrial biotech policy guru to become an Algae Czar. Today, there are hundreds of biologists, engineers and commercial gurus leading algae to new heights in the labs, pilot plants, demonstration plants — even commercial-scale fermenters. Algae – the underlying source of a myriad of “available today” products from Omega-3 supplements to biodiesel, health and […]
From Finland, VTT and the Government Institute for Economic Research advise The Digest that have completed a study commissioned by the Ministry of Employment and the Economy and the Ministry of the Environment, assessing the impact of the EU’s 2030 Climate and Energy Framework on Finland’s energy system and national economy. The increased use of […]
