Codexis (CDXS): This is an interesting, albeit speculative, biofuels play that debuted with an IPO just a few days ago on April 22nd. The company produces custom biocatalysts (aka “super enzymes”) for the biofuel and pharma industries. They are involved in a big research project with oil giant Shell (which also has a stake in the company) to develop advanced biofuels, where the super enzymes provide a catalyst in production. Greentech Media has an excellent … Read the rest
Category Archives: Biofuels
Biofuel Energy (BIOF) Reports First Profitable Quarter, Shares Surge
Biofuel Energy (BIOF) reported terrific growth and reached a milestone in its latest quarter last night and traders are bidding up the stock more than 14% today on the news. The company reported an EPS of .21/share on revenue of $120 million. It’s the company’s first profitable quarter and a big improvement over the year ago period when they reported a loss of .43/share.
An impressive quarter, but CEO Scott Pearce warned that contractions in … Read the rest
World’s Largest Soybean Plant Now Using Verenium’s (VRNM) Purifine Enzyme
Verenium just announced that Molinos Rio de la Plata’s San Lorenzo plant, the largest soybean processing plant in the world, has successfully converted to Verenium’s Purifine enzymatic degumming process.
In a press release, Janet Roemer, Verenium’s Executive Vice President, Specialty Enzymes Business, commented on the news:
“Molinos’ ability to adopt new innovative technologies is what makes them a global leader in the edible oil market,” said “Verenium is pleased to be able to work … Read the rest
Government Driven Investing – Carbon Capture & Sequestration & Cellulosic Ethanol Plays: PEIX, GPRE, VRNM, BIOF, PX
The following article is republished with permission from Cabot and written by Andy Obermueller of Government-Driven Investing.
The President’s health care initiative rests on a shelf with little talk in Congress about what’s next for the sweeping overhaul. At the same time, Mr. Obama has re-positioned the chessboard for his climate-control bill, suggesting at a town-hall meeting in Nashua, New Hampshire, last Tuesday that the legislation might need to be split: One bill would contain … Read the rest
Is Camelina Biodiesel The Answer For Jet Fuel Shortages?
If you thought flying was expensive now, just wait 10 years when increasing jet fuel shortages double ticket prices. Unless of course jet biofuel production takes off which it’s expected to do so in the coming years. I’ve written quite a bit about Rentech (RTK) here which develops synthetic jet fuel from coal. Its fuel was approved last year for use in aircraft and the company is putting the pieces in place to produce it … Read the rest
Shell Bets Big On Ethanol With Cosan (CZZ) Partnership
By Sam Hopkins of GreenChipStocks.com
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I’m in Washington, D.C. today for the American Council on Renewable Energy’s RETECH Expo, where I’m mining the showcases and speakers for new stock picks. Not every technology or company here will be a home-run investment. To tell the truth, many of them won’t even make it ten years without being bought out or folding…
Others will make headlines and drive market returns, … Read the rest
Reuters: EPA Biofuels Decision On RFS2 Could Come Today
Prepare for a big move in biofuel plays, possibly today. Reuters reported yesterday that the EPA could issue new rules (or RFS2 – renewable fuels standard) as soon as today on measuring emissions from biofuels according to an anonymous source.
A 2007 proposal would require ethanol to emit less greenhouse gas than gasoline over the life cycle of the fuel while cellulosic fuels would be required to be even cleaner. Of course, the industry opposes … Read the rest
Top 10 Green Stocks Under $10 (New For 2010)
With the explosion in the popularity of anything “green” including stocks, comes the unscrupulous, the frauds and the spammers. Certainly the stock market industry is littered with .. to be perfectly frank.. crap. Part of the goal in creating GreenStocksCentral.com was to not only keep you up to speed with all the latest news in the world of green stocks along with highlighting the best opportunities, but to steer you in the direction of top … Read the rest
Biofuels Industry Nervously Anticipating EPA’s New Fuel Rules: PEIX, BIOF, GPRE, CZZ, ADM, VRNM
As reported by Agriculture.com’s Don Looker, Margo Oge, director of transportation and air quality at the EPA, did not attend this year’s Iowa Renewable Fuels Association summit because she was busy writing the second draft of the EPA’s new renewable fuel standards. The new standards are expected to be announced very soon, and the continued recovery of the American biofuels industry may hang in the balance.
Per the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, … Read the rest
Green Stocks Trackers Now Display Real Time Twitter Feed
I’m happy to say that all the green stocks tracking pages (links above) now display a real time twitter feed of the stocks that I’m tracking in each section! I just put it up today, so undoubtedly there will be bugs and issues to deal with, such as the occasional spam poster. I’ll be exploring other ways to help keep you up to speed on all the latest and greatest in the world of green … Read the rest