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Hot Partners voting underway: Harris Group, Coca-Cola, Chemtex, Novozymes, Waste Management, Propel, NREL among the leaders

Tweet In Florida, voting is now underway in the 2013 Hot Partners competition, and will continue through Friday June 14 at 5pm EDT. In the bio-based world, that means partners, and plenty of them. Who are the best? Who’s the hottest? That’s what the Hottest Partners in Bioenergy and Bio-based Products rankings are all about. Voting is open to [...]

May 22, 2013 More

Biofuels Short Takes: BioAmber, CRP, Farm Bill, EU De-Carb

Tweet BioAmber IPO. In Minnesota, BioAmber announced the closing of its initial public offering of million units consisting of one share of common stock and one warrant to purchase half of one share of common stock at $10.00 per unit. Each warrant will be exercisable at an exercise price of $11.00 per whole share of [...]

May 15, 2013 More

Canergy taps Beta Renewables for 25M gallon advanced biofuels project in California

Tweet Energy cane for California’s Imperial Valley? Canergy lines up Beta, CHS, Certis as partners for greenfield low-carbon fuel project slated for 2016 opening. In California, Canergy announced that it has selected Chemtex and Beta Renewables for the development of their 25 million gallon per year cellulosic biofuels facility to be located in the Imperial [...]

May 1, 2013 More

Vilsack, LaHood to lead parade of biofuels, finance, policy leaders as ABLC 2013 gets underway

Tweet In Washington, the 2013 Advanced Biofuels Leadership Conference will kick off at 8am ET this morning. Among the highlights for today (April 15): US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood will take the stage at 2pm for separate addresses, and jointly sign a renewal of the “Farm to Fly” agreement [...]

April 15, 2013 More

Biorefinery 2015 – transformations in biofuels costs, financing

Tweet The first wave of cellulosic biofuels projects are now reaching completion. But what does the next wave look like – from technology to financing? We explore the trends in our two-part Biorefinery 2015 series. It’s a remarkable story of expansion. According to a report from Tristan R. Brown and Robert C. Brown at the [...]

March 25, 2013 More

Chemtex hopes to start building $170 million North Carolina plant by fall

Tweet In North Carolina, Chemtex’s $170 million grass-to-ethanol plant in Clinton could begin construction as early as this fall with the plant coming online in 2015. The project mirrors one already in Italy and will process 20 million tons of grass annually from 20,000 acres. Siting for the facility isn’t yet finalized but the company [...]

March 18, 2013 More

Who’s ahead now in enzymes? Codexis launches Next-Gen CodeXyme4

Tweet Compared to prior generations, CodeXyme 4 and CodeXyme 4X significantly reduce the cost of cellulosic sugar production for biofuels and bio‐based chemicals. In California, Codexis announced the launch of CodeXyme 4 and CodeXyme 4X cellulase enzyme packages for use in producing cellulosic sugar for production of biofuels and bio‐based chemicals. Codexis’ latest generation of [...]

March 12, 2013 More

New officers, board take office at Advanced Biofuels Association

Tweet In Washington, the Advanced Biofuels Association today named its new board and executive committee, selected by unanimous vote during ABFA’s March Board meeting held in Washington, DC. “Advanced biofuels remain a critical component of America’s energy future,” said incoming Board Chairman Wayne Simmons, President and Chief Executive Officer, Sundrop Fuels.  “Continued expansion of the [...]

March 7, 2013 More

Who’s Your Valentine? Biofuels Digest’s Ardent 50

Tweet Gevo, KiOR top the Ardent 50 rankings at biofuelsdigest.com — the most-intensively researched companies— analyzing page views from more than 800,000 site visits. In Florida, Gevo and KiOR took Valentines Day honors by topping the Ardent 50 rankings, as Biofuels Digest published the 50 Most searched companies at biofuelsdigest.com for 2012-13. In topping this [...]

February 14, 2013 More

7 EU-based industry CEOs found the “Leaders of Sustainable Biofuels” trade group

Tweet To promote R&D programs, financing, communications programs for a cost-competitive and sustainable alternative to fossil fuels

 In Belgium, The Chief Executive Officers of seven Leading European biofuel producers and European airlines launched today in Brussels a new industry led initiative to speed up the deployment of advanced sustainable biofuels in Europe. The initiative, named [...]

February 7, 2013 More