Comments on: Amyris Closes in on $60M Round for Synthetic Diesel

By: Amyris’ Total Funds Reach $244M, Still Not Commercial

Amyris’ Total Funds Reach $244M, Still Not Commercial — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 15:00:49 +0000

[...] the company still isn’t producing its synthetic organism-based biofuel at a commercial scale. Amyris said back in October that its next funding in 2010 would be used to advance its goal of commercializing in [...]

By: Craig Venter: Without Scale, Algae Fuel Companies “Playing”

Craig Venter: Without Scale, Algae Fuel Companies “Playing” — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:55:16 +0000

[...] think the process had much competition. But there are other startups working on synthetic biology including Amyris Biotechnologies, and [...]

By: Feds Hand Out $600M for Next-Gen Biofuel Plants

Feds Hand Out $600M for Next-Gen Biofuel Plants — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:52:44 +0000

[...] The bulk of the funds, $564 million, will come from the stimulus package to help speed up the development and commercialization of 19 biorefinery projects, developed by older firms like Archer Daniels Midland and ICM, as well startups we’ve covered like algae fuel makers Sapphire Energy and Solazyme, cellulosic ethanol makers ZeaChem, and synthetic fuel maker Amyris Biotechnologies. [...]

By: Mark Boslet

Mark Boslet — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 23:06:59 +0000

Venture capitalists do seem to see biomass as an interesting category. But not necessarily for biofuels. More highly priced biochemicals may be the first really profitable market. Biofuels have a long row to hoe. Check out the sobering prediction in a National Academy of Sciences report I wrote about today.

http://techpulse360.com/2009/10/01/biofuels-and-liquid-coal-will-not-wean-the-us-off-oil/

By: manuel

manuel — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:20:35 +0000

million thanks for the info : )