Search Results for 'rentech'
The Hydrogen Problem
Tweet HydroMan may do his hydrogen-shift thing via water, at will – but outside of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, we have some hydrogen issues. Psst! Like cutting out a fossil hydrogen dependency for many biofuels. But, new pathways ensure that the status hydroquo may not last for long. A numbers of readers responding to “Biofuels [...]
Rentech to close Colorado demo unit, drop advanced biofuels R&D activities
Tweet In California, Rentech announced plans to cease operations at, reduce staffing at, and mothball its research and development Product Demonstration Unit, in Commerce City, CO, and to eliminate all related R&D activities. As a result of these changes, Rentech will eliminate 65 employee and contractor positions in the Company’s alternative energy segment during the [...]
Rentech to close down product demonstration unit
Tweet In California, Rentech plans to cease operations at, reduce staffing at, and mothball its R&D Product Demonstration Unit, in Commerce City, CO, and to eliminate all related R&D activities. Its strategy is focused on more immediate growth opportunities within the energy industry that do not rely on new technologies. The Company’s focus on nearer-term [...]
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 [...]
Biofuels Digest Index hits 9-month high of 70.55 as ethanol rallies
Tweet The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, rose 0.43 percent to a 9-month high of 70.55 as an ethanol continued to rally. For the day, Green Plains Renewable Energy (GPRE) soared 9.11 percent to $8.98 on strong earnings, while Rentech (RTK) fell 2.22 percent to $3.08. Among other equities, Solazyme [...]
Can KiOR soar?
Tweet By: Robert Rapier, Energy Trends Insider Last month KiOR announced the start of production of biocrude from their Columbus, Mississippi plant. KiOR CEO Fred Cannon stated in an earnings call that when the product shipped it would be “the world’s first cellulosic gasoline and diesel fuel products.” While I can immediately think of at [...]
Making sugars, not extracting them: Proterro’s Technology
Tweet Where other companies are growing sugars via crop improvements, or extracting them, Proterro is making them via synthetic biology. Specifically, they have engineered a cyanobacteria to make sucrose (via a series of steps you can read all about here), ultimately from CO2, water, sunlight and nutrients – and secrete it into a sugarwater stream [...]
Biofuels Digest Index edges up to eight-week high of 63.46
Tweet The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, edged up 0.19 percent to an eight-week high of 63.46 as large caps rallied. For the day, DuPont (DD) gained 1.22 percent to $44.63, while Gevo (GEVO) rallied another 3.95 percent to $1.58. Among other equities, Rentech (RTK) dove 2.72 percent to $2.84. [...]
Biofuels Digest Index slips to 61.28 as advanced biofuels fall
Tweet The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, shed 0.24 percent to 61.28 as advanced biofuels dipped. For the day, Amyris (AMRS) retreated 2.15 percent to $2.73, while Gevo (GEVO) gave up 3.25 percent to $1.49. Among other equities, Rentech (RTK) advanced 1.77 percent to $2.87. Overall, declines led advances 6 [...]
The New Syngas: New catalysts, opportunities for advanced biofuels
Tweet Primus Green Energy looks to an improved syngas-to-gasoline process as a renewable fuel game-changer. Back in the 1970s energy crisis, the Brazilian government now (famously) marched down their path towards energy independence via ethanol produced from sugarcane – but it is less well known that the New Zealand government embarked on a unique program [...]
