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Another Biofuel IPO Shelved

Posted: July 20, 2012 at 1:28 pm

For the second time this year, a start-up company has shelved a planned IPO. This time its Coskata Inc., an Illinois-based company that manufactures ethanol from any carbon-based material. In April, ...
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Biofuels Maker Collapsing on Secondary Offering (GEVO, DD, BP, CDXS, AMRS, SZYM, KIOR, BG)

Posted: June 27, 2012 at 1:48 pm

Chemical and biofuels maker Gevo Inc. (NASDAQ: GEVO) announced this morning that it “intends to offer and sell, subject to market and other conditions, shares of its common stock and ...
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Energy Crop Firm Ceres Jumps on Gene Mapping (CERE)

Posted: March 19, 2012 at 11:55 am

Ceres Inc. (NASDAQ: CERE) develops and sells crops that are used to produce feedstocks for the US biofuel industry. The company’s customers include ethanol makers, farmers, utilities, and independent power ...
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2011 Becomes Year of Biofuel IPOs… Renewable Energy Files (REGI, KIOR, SZYM, GEVO, AMRS, CDXS)

Posted: July 19, 2011 at 9:50 am

2011 may be off to a "Web 2.0 IPO Year" but it might just as easily be "The Year of Biofuel IPOs"... Biodiesel maker Renewable Energy Group Inc. has filed ...
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Chesapeake To Make Nat-Gas Key For U.S. Energy Policy, Finally (CHK, CLNE, WPRT, KMP, XOM)

Posted: July 12, 2011 at 8:19 am

After markets closed yesterday, Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE: CHK) announced a plan to create a $1 billion venture capital fund to promote increased demand for natural gas by replacing petroleum-based ...
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Alt Energy Watch: US Lends Funds for Cellulosic Ethanol Plant (FSLR, SPWRA, USU, ADM, VLO)

Posted: July 7, 2011 at 10:13 am

The US Department of Energy has announced that it will offer a loan guarantee for $105 million to expand an Iowa plant that makes ethanol from the cellulosic waste ...
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Alternative Energy Watch: Solar Woes; Killing Ethanol; Smartphones Invade Smart Grid (CSIQ, YGE, QCLSF, ADM, VLO, PEIX, AVRW, GOOG, AAPL, CSCO, INTC)

Posted: May 12, 2011 at 12:20 pm

Today's alternative energy news starts off with more lukewarm news from solar panel makers and follows with the latest on pricing for ethanol. We also take a look at how ...
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Alternative Energy Watch: Another Biofuel IPO; Batteries Make Headlines; SunPower Gets Federal Loan Guarantee (AMRS, GEVO, ADM, VLO, DD, CVX, BP, AONE, HEV, SPWRA, NRG, FSLR)

Posted: April 13, 2011 at 1:01 pm

Today's round-up of alternative energy news includes a new IPO filing from a well-known entrepreneur, some developments in batteries, and another federal loan guarantee for a large solar PV project. ...
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Alternative Energy Watch: Senate Boost to Ethanol Not the Answer; Wind Energy May Not Be Meeting Its Hype (ADM, VLO, PEIX)

Posted: April 11, 2011 at 1:01 pm

Today's alternative energy watch looks at a new effort to increase domestic use of ethanol and a report from the UK on the efficiency of wind generation. A bill called ...
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Biodiesel Industry Looking Forward to 2011 (GEVO, AMRS, DD, CVX, BP, RDS-A, ADM)

Posted: February 11, 2011 at 11:05 am

Only a few years ago most of us associated biodiesel with recycling of used cooking oil to produce a transportation fuel that Willie Nelson used on his tour bus. The ...
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New Ethanol Requirement Fails to Boost Shares (ADM, VLO, PEIX, CZZ, BG)

Posted: October 15, 2010 at 12:01 pm

The US Environmental Protection Agency has released its expected increase in the ethanol "blend wall" from 10% (E10) to 15% (E15) for light vehicles built in model year 2007 and ...
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