This is a first round, International Regional match-up between #2 seed LS9 and #15 seed Lignol 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 second-round […]
In California, LS9 announced it will carry out a second phase of research with Chevron Technology Ventures. This program is directed at further improving LS9’s platform technology to produce specific pure hydrocarbon products. This second phase follows Chevron’s initial testing and evaluation of LS9’s technology solution. The terms of the funding program were not disclosed.
In Brazil, Bloomberg is reporting that LS9 is planning a renewable diesel and chemicals facility with up to 200 million gallons in capacity, using sugar cane as a feedstock. CEO Ed Dineen told Bloomberg that another option under consideration is a chemicals-only 75 million gallon plant. Location and timing of the project was not disclosed, […]
In California, LS9 announced a collaboration with MAN Latin America in Brazil, to test LS9’s renewable diesel in both stationary engines and operational fleet vehicles in Brazil. The project will include performance, emissions, fuel consumption and engine durability testing, as well as field testing of LS9’s biofuel in Volkswagen trucks and buses. Roberto Cortes, president […]
In Brazil, LS9 announced the opening of LS9 Brasil Biotecnologia in Sao Paulo. The new office will be led by Lucila de Avila as Managing Director for all LS9 business activities in Brazil and South America and Michael Rinelli, Director, responsible for Business Development and Government Relations. “The opening of this office is another milestone […]
LS9 announced the initiation of a second development and commercialization partnership with Procter & Gamble. This additional partnership draws on LS9’s unique technology to broaden the portfolio of renewable chemicals to be used in P&G’s consumer products. “This second project, already underway, builds on the success of our first partnership and is further affirmation of […]
Yesterday, the news began tweeting around the internet that LS9 had raised $30 million in series D financing, and that the BlackRock investment group had led the investment round. LS9, which was earlier this month ranked #4 in the 50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy, up from #25 in 2008 and #8 last year, confirmed the […]
Ed Dineen is taking over the reigns at LS9 from Bill Haywood, who led the company from 2008, and from a #25 ranking to #4 in this year’s 50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy. Salutes to Bill, and a welcome to Ed. Dineen was most recently COO of the fuels and chemicals multinational LyondellBasell, based in […]
In Digestville, Solazyme retained its lead in subscriber voting at the end of voting for the 50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy. LS9, Solazyme and Amyris are tightly bunched at the top of the international selector table. Now, attention turns to recounts, write-ins and combining the results from the invited international selectors and reader voting. “Well, […]
Solazyme has retained its lead in subscriber voting as the 8-hour mark approaches until the end of voting for the 50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy. But with early international selector ballots now coming, in, LS9, Solazyme and Amyris are tightly bunched at the top of the international selector table. Solazyme, Amyris, DDCE, Gevo, POET, Novozymes, […]
