Background: This is a second round, Central Regional match-up between #1 seed Gevo and #9 seed OPX Biotechnologies, in the 2011 Transformative Technologies tourney, from Biofuels Digest. Voting: Open to all Biofuels Digest subscribers. Voting links are in the Biofuels Digest daily newsletter. To subscribe (free), visit here. The winner gets: Most votes advances to the […]
In Florida, #3 seed Raizen was in early trouble with voters in the first round of the 2011 Transformative Technologies tournament, with 14th seeded Abengoa Bioenergy taking 55 percent of the votes in first day polling. The first-round of the tournament pits the hottest biotechnologies of 64 organizations against each other, in 32 head-to-head contests […]
Background: This is a first round, Central Regional match-up between #8 seed Elevance Renewable Sciences and #9 seed OPX Biotechnologies in the 2011 Transformative Technologies tourney, from Biofuels Digest. Voting: Open to all Biofuels Digest subscribers. Voting links are in the Biofuels Digest daily newsletter. To subscribe (free), visit here. The winner gets: Most votes […]
In Colorado, OPX Biotechnologies announced it has raised $36.5 million in its Series C investment round. US Renewables Group led the C-Round investor syndicate, which also included new investor DBL Investors with participation by existing investors Mohr Davidow Ventures, Braemar Energy Ventures, Altira Group and X/Seed Capital. USRG managing director Jonathan Koch has joined the OPXBIO Board of Directors. To date, […]
Company name: OPX Biotechnologies, Inc Company description: OPXBIO is a Colorado-based company using its proprietary, leading EDGE™ (Efficiency Directed Genome Engineering) technology to manufacture renewable bio-based chemicals and fuels that are lower cost, higher return and more sustainable than existing petroleum-based products. In 18 months OPXBIO developed and piloted the microbe and bioprocess that will […]
Note to Community members: Welcome to the sneak preview of the 30 Hottest Companies in Renewable Chemicals competition. This month, we are profiling nominees (not winners). Above, we are asking you to rate the companies. Digest Community member ratings will form 33 percent of the overall ballot for this years Hot 30. Company name: OPX […]
In Colorado, Dow Chemical and OPX Biotechnologies announced that they are collaborating to develop an industrial scale process for the production of bio-based acrylic acid from renewable feedstocks. Dow and OPXBIO recently signed a joint development agreement to prove the technical and economic viability of an industrial-scale process to produce acrylic acid using a fermentable sugar (such as corn and/or cane sugar) […]
In Florida, Biofuels Digest announced that Amyris, OPX Biotechnology and Genencor won Product of the Year awards, among this year’s roster of Biofuels Digest Award winners. The award for Product of the Year (fuels) went to Amyris for its farnesane molecule, which it is now producing in Brazil. Made by adding hydrogen to farnesene (itself […]
In India, a coalition of the willing called the Bold Goals Action Group refined and amended a series of 47 Bold Actions that must be taken by industry and government in order to achieve the global timelines for Net Zero economies that address climate change and the need for resilient national economies. The group was […]
In Oman, Oman Observer reported that the Ministry of Energy Minerals (MoEM) said it is extending support to Oman Shell’s continuing studies into the technical and commercial viability of its proposed blue hydrogen and ammonia project. Salim bin Nasser al Aufi, Minister of Energy and Minerals, led a government team which met with Oman Shell’s […]
