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CO2 Solutions and Codexis extend JDA through March 2015
Tweet In Canada, CO2 Solutions announced that it has renewed until March 31, 2015 its Joint Development Agreement with Codexis to continue the development and deployment of CO2 Solutions’ enzymatic carbon capture technology. Under the amended and restated JDA, CO2 Solutions’ proprietary enzymatic method for the efficient capture of carbon dioxide from large emission sources will continue to benefit from [...]
The Valley of Disbelief
Tweet Are you missing out on great investment returns – is the Dow really headed for 20,000? Is the advanced biofuels rally for real? Why are investors sitting on the sidelines in the Valley of Disbelief? This year in the United States, despite awesome returns in the stock market and miserable bond yields, the Investment [...]
Ciao, Western Biomass Energy, formerly Blue Sugars, formerly KL Energy.
Tweet You can sum it up in 10 words: Studebaker, Maxwell, Hudson, Checker, DeSoto, Duesenberg, LaSalle, Oldsmobile, Plymouth, Tucker. The names of beloved auto brands that went by the wayside — great in their day, but unable to adapt to modern times. The passing of a great brand is a sad thing, but it doesn’t [...]
Building a chemical plant inside a microbe: Evonik, OPX BIO ink agreement for bio-based chemicals
Tweet Speciality chems giant opts for the OPX Biotechnologies’ EDGE technology to slash development timelines and costs, and boost ROI. Making biobased work on price and performance. In Germany and Colorado, Evonik and OPX Biotechnologies have entered into an agreement to jointly develop a list of (undisclosed) bio-based specialty chemicals. Evonik is one of the [...]
Biofuels Digest Index rises for 6th straight session to 74.52
Tweet The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, surged for the sixth consecutive session, rising 1.89 percent to 74.52 as advanced biofuels and enzyme equities gained. For the day, Amyris (AMRS) escalated 3.04 percent to $3.05, while Codexis (CDXS) rocketed up 12.16 percent to $2.49. Among other equities, Pacific Ethanol (PEIX) [...]
BioAmber completes IPO
Tweet Raises $80M at $10 per share; becomes first new industrial biotech company to complete IPO in more than a year. What went right and how? Is the IPO window re-opening? In Minnesota, BioAmber announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 8 million units consisting of one share of common stock and one [...]
Codexis lowers losses to $9.6 million for Q1 2013
Tweet In California, Codexis reports revenues for the first quarter of 2013 were $11.5 million, a 45% increase from $7.9 million in the fourth quarter of 2012. Net operating costs were $21.1 million, a nearly 11% decrease from the fourth quarter of 2012. The net loss was $9.6 million, or a loss of $0.25 per [...]
Shaw turns back on cellulosic and dives into natgas
Tweet In California, former CEO of Codexis and current CEO of Calysta Energy Alan Shaw now says that it’s not economical to produce next generation fuels from crops, so has switched to natural gas as feedstock. He says that falling gas prices thanks to shale gas to funneling funds that had been going to biofuel [...]
Biofuels Digest Index flat at 70.23 despite enzyme gains
Tweet The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, was flat at 70.23 as enzyme gains offset advanced biofuels declines. For the day, Codexis (CDXS) jumped 3.07 percent to $2.24, while OriginOil (OOIL) soared 15.38 percent to $0.45. Among other equities, Biofuel Energy (BIOF) fell 2.63 percent to $4.45. Overall, declines led [...]
Estes to head up GranBio’s US operations
Tweet In Brazil, GranBio announced that it will open its US operations office and named Vonnie Estes as Managing Director – US. In this new role, Ms. Estes will lead GranBio’s efforts to access new technologies and establish key public and private collaborations for the company’s continued global expansion in advanced biorefinery development. The U.S. [...]
