In Canada, Comet Biorefining, has announced the appointment of Rich Troyer as the company’s CEO. Andrew Richard, Comet founder, has been appointed Chairman of the Board and Chief Technology Officer of the company. Troyer was previously the Chief Business Officer at Coskata and also served as a Managing Director at the Blackstone Group where he […]
In Illinois, the technology formerly belonging to Coskata has re-merged as the newly-minted Synata Bio, which was formed last year. Synata filed a Red D form with the Securities & Exchange Commission, detailing a $10 million investment, which sources have identified as coming from True North Venture Partners. Sure enough, True North partners Matthew Ahearn and […]
Coskata is a technology leader in the production of alternative fuels and chemicals. Our proprietary process has been demonstrated at significant scale and offers: • High yields • Low costs • Feedstock flexibility While the technology platform is capable of producing multiple fuels and chemicals from a diverse array of feedstocks, they are initially focused […]
Biobased investing continues surging, both direct and via strategics. The Digest has the data and the scoop in our 5-Minute Guide. In Florida, Biofuels Digest reports that 9 biobased ventures raised $363.8 million in new capital in 2013, compared to $435 million in Q2, and $434 million in Q4 2012 and Q1 2013. Overall, the […]
Today, we look at the 10 Hottest Waste to fuels companies, their prospects and their projects. So you’ve heard the bad news: climate change is here. The economy is too weak to do anything about it, they say. Natural gas is transformationally cheap, but try filling your car with it. Meanwhile, temperatures are rising, storms […]
The Landscape In today’s Digest – visit our 5-Minute Guide to Loan Guarantees — INEOS Bio, Myriant, Sapphire Energy, Abengoa, Chemtex, Enerkem, Fiberight, Fulcrum, ZeaChem – Plus POET-DSM, Diamond Green Diesel, Coskata and Range Fuels – by following the page links below.
In Illinois, Coskata has shelved its IPO plans for the second time, again citing unfavorable market conditions. The IPO was meant to raise $100 million to fund a natural gas to ethanol facility, backtracking from earlier plans to produce ethanol from biomass. Mascoma, Enerkem and Fulcrum Bioenergy have all pulled out of planned IPOs in […]
12 months, 4400 stories. From 2012, here are the 16 most viewed stories in Biofuels Digest. Biofuels Digest Jobs – Job seeking is always a priority The 50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy for 2012-13 are announced – The always popular Hot 50 and Hot 30 lists How Joule may turn biofuels upside down – Joule’s low-cost, drop-in “fuels […]
Biofuels Digest has released the next wave of its 5-Minute Guides – a “news you can use” digest on the leading companies in biofuels. Each 5-Minute Guide provides a company description, 3 top milestones for 2010-12 and projected for 2012-14, description of the business model; plus project info (location, feedstocks, product set, processing technology, capacity, […]
Address: 4575 Weaver Parkway, Suite 100, Warrenville, Illinois 60555 Year Founded: 2006 Company description: Coskata is a technology leader in the production of alternative fuels and chemicals. Our proprietary process has been demonstrated at significant scale and offers: • High yields • Low costs • Feedstock flexibility While the technology platform is capable of producing […]
