Tag: Novozymes
Fracking, innovation, ethanol and Silly Putty
Tweet New technology from Novozymes has implications for prices, profits, markets and also Moms, Dads, kids and cows We have a pretty important innovation to relate to you today — based on a product release from Novozymes, which is currently running away from the competition in the 2013 biofuel’s Hot Partners poll in the category [...]
Novozymes’ new ethanol enzyme tech saves up to 5% corn, 8% energy
Tweet New enzyme cocktail boosts yields to 2.9 gallons per bushel, adds 13% yield in corn oil extraction while dropping energy usage In Missouri, Novozymes announced the launch of new enzyme technology that can increase ethanol yield from corn by up to 5%. The technology also increases corn oil extraction by 13%, while saving 8% [...]
Novozymes, BASF, POET, DSM, Coca-Cola and USDA among leaders in biofuels’ Hot Partners poll
Tweet In Florida, voting is now underway in the 2013 Hot Partners competition, and will continue through Friday June 14 at 5pm EDT. In voting last week, POET, DSM, the US Navy, DuPont, Coca-Cola and BASF were among the companies that took new leads among the 16 Partnership categories. Voting is open to all Digest subscribers [...]
POET, DSM surge in Biofuels Hot Partners voting
Tweet In Florida, voting is now underway in the 2013 Hot Partners competition, and will continue through Friday June 14 at 5pm EDT. In voting yesterday, POET and DSM made a strong move to take the lead in four categories altogether — Feedstocks (gases and residues), pretreatment, processing systems and strategic customers (biobased products). In the [...]
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 [...]
CNBC publishes article highlighting cellulosic biofuels
Tweet In New York, CNBC published an article highlighting cellulosic biofuels, including the sector’s growth potential as ethanol fuel is projected to grow 40% over the next decade. Peder Holk Nielsen, CEO of Novozymes, was cited saying that the renewable fuels sector is “maturing…. is not phantom technology, it does exist.” The article did discuss [...]
Swiss chem company seeks partner to compete with Novozymes on second-gen
Tweet In Switzerland, Clariant is getting ready to go head-to-head with Novozymes and other second-generation biofuels technology providers with their own waste-to-fuel technology. The company is currently looking for partners to help fund the demonstration plant. The move comes on the heels of several years of restructuring following the $2.5 billion purchase of catalyst maker [...]
Novozymes reports 5% lift in sales, 4% earnings growth
Tweet In Denmark, Novozymes, the world leader in bioinnovation and industrial enzymes, today reported a first quarter of 2013 in line with expectations. Organic sales growth was 5% (4% DKK, 5% LCY) compared with Q1 2012. EBIT grew by 4%, and the EBIT margin was 24.9% – on par with the first quarter of 2012. [...]
New study pokes holes in double and quadruple counting for advanced biofuels
Tweet In Belgium, ePure and Novozymes have released a paper “Double Counting, Half Measures” criticizing the European Commission for not providing enough support to the development of cellulosic ethanol, and that double counting biofuels produced from wastes such as cellulosic ethanol hasn’t been enough to stimulate production. They further argue that the EC’s proposal for [...]
Oxygen for High Altitudes: 17 Biofuels ventures raise $434M in equity
Tweet Despite the sluggish economic recovery and questions over policy stability — biofuels ventures have been busy raising lots of capital. In the past 6 months, $434 million. Who got what, where, when and why? As any mountaineer knows — above 25,000 feet you hit the “death zone” – where oxygen is a must, now [...]
