Category: Top Stories

The top 100 companies in renewable chemicals: the complete Digest poll

The top 100 companies in renewable chemicals: the complete Digest poll

November 2, 2012 |

In Florida, Biofuels Digest released the top 100 rankings in its 2012-13 “30 Hottest Companies in Renewable Chemicals and Biobased Materials” poll.   1 Genomatica 2 Solazyme 3 Myriant 4 Elevance Renewable Sciences 5 LS9 6 DuPont Industrial Biosciences (Genencor) 7 LanzaTech 8 Amyris 9 ZeaChem 10 Gevo 11 Virent 12 OPX Biotechnologies 13 DSM […]

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The top 150 companies in Bioenergy: the complete Digest rankings results

The top 150 companies in Bioenergy: the complete Digest rankings results

November 2, 2012 |

In Florida, Biofuels Digest released the top 150 rankings in its 2012-13 “50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy” polls. 1 Solazyme 2 KiOR 3 LanzaTech 4 Novozymes 5 POET 6 DuPont Industrial Biosciences (Genencor) 7 Gevo 8 Sapphire Energy 9 Joule Unlimited 10 ZeaChem 11 Honeywell’s UOP 12 BP Biofuels 13 LS9 14 Chemtex / Beta […]

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“Rocks, again” for biofuels: new capital structures needed for new times?

“Rocks, again” for biofuels: new capital structures needed for new times?

November 1, 2012 |

Better routes to capital formation may offer routes to a better world. (Lucy, Charlie Biofuels, and their friends go trick-or-treating on Capitol Hill.) All: Trick or treat! (all get their bags filled) Coal producer: I got five pieces of candy! Oil producer: I got a chocolate bar! Natural gas producer: I got a quarter! Charlie […]

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Live from Advanced Biofuels Markets: downstream markets, new technologies

Live from Advanced Biofuels Markets: downstream markets, new technologies

November 1, 2012 |

In California, Biofuels Digest offered live, session-by-session coverage from Day Three of Advanced Biofuels Markets in San Francisco, where more than 200 companies have gathered this week for dealmaking, networking, and information sharing. Aviation industry as a downstream market for advanced biofuels. Transformative technologies and changing markets  

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INEOS Bio Facility in Florida Begins Producing Renewable Power

INEOS Bio Facility in Florida Begins Producing Renewable Power

November 1, 2012 |

BioEnergy Center is expected to produce enough electricity to power the facility and up to 1,400 homes in the local community. In Florida, INEOS Bio announced that its joint venture project in Florida, the Indian River BioEnergy Center has now produced renewable power. The Center is using INEOS Bio’s BioEnergy technology to turn local yard, […]

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SG Biofuels expands jatropha platform; confirms $99 per barrel crude jatropha oil

SG Biofuels expands jatropha platform; confirms $99 per barrel crude jatropha oil

October 31, 2012 |

Jatropha 2.0 crude oil costs drops below Brent crude petroleum price In California, SG Biofuels announced at Advanced Biofuels Markets that it has expanded its global network of hybrid trial and agronomic research sites to 15 with the addition of eight new JMax Knowledge Centers in Guatemala, Brazil and India, and has achieved costs of […]

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Novozymes releases hot new Avantec enzyme, “vitamin shot” for ethanol industry

Novozymes releases hot new Avantec enzyme, “vitamin shot” for ethanol industry

October 31, 2012 |

In California, Novozymes announced at Advanced Biofuels Markets the launch of a new game-changing enzyme product, Novozymes Avantec, which improves the efficiency and profitability of biofuel production. Avantec enables producers of corn ethanol to squeeze an extra 2.5% ethanol out of the corn, thereby improving their profit margins significantly. “Corn is the single biggest input […]

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California, No Longer the State where the Future Happens First

California, No Longer the State where the Future Happens First

October 31, 2012 |

By James L. Stewart Chairman of the Board, BioEnergy Producers Association For the past decade, repressive provisions in statute have discouraged developers of conversion technologies from operating in California. Among its statutory roadblocks, the state has a scientifically inaccurate definition of gasification, which, if taken literally, would require zero emissions from the entire biorefining process. Think […]

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Live from Advanced Biofuels Markets: innovation, international markets, policy

Live from Advanced Biofuels Markets: innovation, international markets, policy

October 31, 2012 |

In California, Biofuels Digest offered live, session-by-session coverage from Day Two of Advanced Biofuels Markets in San Francisco, where more than 200 companies have gathered this week for dealmaking, networking, and information sharing. Developing biofuels around the world – Brazil, India, Malaysia, China and Canada The Hows, Whens, and Wheres of Raising Capital Hot feedstocks […]

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The 50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy for 2012-13 are announced

The 50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy for 2012-13 are announced

October 30, 2012 |

In California, Renewable oils developer Solazyme took the #1 spot in the 2012-13 “50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy” rankings, announced today by Biofuels Digest at Advanced Biofuels Markets in San Francisco. KiOR (#2), LanzaTech (#3), Novozymes (#4), POET (#5), DuPont Industrial Biosciences (#6), Gevo (#7), Sapphire Energy (#8), Joule Unlimited (#9), and ZeaChem (#10) round […]

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