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Biofuels 101: It’s more than just ethanol!

Ethanol, biodiesel, first generation, second generation, biocrude? Biofuels can get confusing quickly. This article provides an overview of types of biofuels, what they are, how they're created, and used downstream.

Enzymatic catalysis: the hidden advantages. Can enzymes be used like a financial derivative?

The production of biofuels at scale requires a process known as enzymatic catalysis. Different enzymes as feedstock create different results, and where there's a difference, there's arbitrage. This article explains how investors can separate feedstock enzyme suppliers from producers' output to hedge or go long on biofuel marketing.

The biofuels market versus the total US fuel market: what do the Clean Air Act, EISA look like in dollar terms?

Just how large in dollar terms (TAM) are the fossil fuel and biofuel markets? How much support for biofuels is provided by the Clean Air Act? This article gives you those incredibly hard to find market statistics...

Four bioenergy/natural gas investment themes for 2025

Four themes impacting the market as bioenergy fights for market share while massive natural gas capacity comes online from shale plays.

Fossil fuels vs. Biofuels the give and take dance: natural gas transmission to transesterification

Are biofuels and fossil fuels pure rivals, or are biofuels a minor supplementary player. How can biofuels succeed against massive domestic natural gas production? This article answers these questions and more...

Actual ethanol market share by producer and why financial analysts should thank the State of Nebraska

It was nearly impossible to determine the net market size of the US ethanol market and the relative market share by player...until now. We provide these hard to find statistics, with help from our friends in Nebraska!

Cost hurdles in ethanol production and how some firms are at the leading edge of innovation

Ethanol has long been touted as a backdoor subsidy to corn farmers due to its cost barriers in scale out production. This research details ethanol production cost barriers, hurdles, and how they can be overcome.

BIO-ENERGY | Wesleyan Economists Discuss Pros and Cons of Bio-Energy Production and R&D

Biofuel market overview from Wesleyan University economists, and in-depth analysis, uptake rates, and predictions about biofuel market penetration and obstacles.

The future is here, despite some US GOP politicians’ shortsightedness about the GOP’s positive contributions to biofuels space

Unbelievably damaging rhetoric from certain members of the GOP is masking the fact that the GOP is leading the way in many ways on renewable energy and striking a balance between renewables and fossil fuels. Why is the GOP stepping on their own toes with biofuels?

April: Correlation coefficients: oil, natural gas, biofuels and the broader US equity indices

(Bio)refining the future and doing it their way: my tour of Piedmont Biofuels, Pittsboro, NC

Overview of a tour of the first scaled biodiesel commercial facility online in the US

Biofuels: Supply increases are inevitable based on US RFS. How should you capitalize?

Overview of how the Renewable Fuel Standards or RFS relate to forecasted industry production, and how you should play the regulatory increase as an investor.

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