Renewable Energy Group Reports First Quarter 2013 Financial Results

Q1 2013 Key Achievements

    39 million gallons sold, up 14% compared to Q1 2012
    40 million gallons produced, up 4% compared to Q1 2012
    Adjusted EBITDA of $22 million
    Net income of $46 million up from $14 million in Q1 2012
    Demand driven by reinstated blenders tax credit, increased RVO for 2013, biodiesel RINs and new counter-seasonal demand

Renewable Energy Group, Inc. (REGI) today announced its financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2013.

Metabolix Secures UCLA Engineering ARPA-E Grant for Improving the Productivity of Making Biofuels in Plants

Third Grant in 2012 Focusing on Company’s Leading-Edge Crop Research

Metabolix, Inc. (MBLX), an innovation-driven bioscience company focused on delivering sustainable solutions for plastics, chemicals and energy, today announced that it has received a subaward under the Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) to work with the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science to redesign carbon fixation pathways to increase the efficiency of capturing energy from sunlight. This is the third grant awarded to Metabolix in 2012 for leading-edge crop research targeting multi-gene expression and transformation of plants, and builds upon its years of experience in transforming plants for bio-product production. Funding from these three grants will total nearly $1 million and will run through 2014.

Calyx's Operating Subsidiary Makes Aviation History, Powers the World's First 100% Biofuel Flight

 Calyx Bio-Ventures Inc. (TSX VENTURE:CYX) ("Calyx" or the "Company") is pleased to announce yesterday's successful completion of the world's first civil jet flight powered by 100% renewable, drop-in biofuel, conducted with the Falcon 20 jet of the National Research Council of Canada ("NRC"). The drop-in fuel was produced from feedstock produced by the Company's operating subsidiary, Agrisoma Biosciences Inc. ("Agrisoma"). Agrisoma's Resonance™ Energy Feedstock is a dedicated industrial oilseed that has been launched at commercial scale in 2012 across a broad region of western Canada. This historic flight symbolizes a significant step not only for the aerospace industry, but also towards advancing sustainable sources of renewable energy.

Amyris Enhances Strategic Partnership With Total for Renewable Diesel and Jet Fuels

Total to Provide Up to $82M in Incremental Funding for Amyris Biofene(R) Development Program

Amyris, Inc. (AMRS) signed today an amendment to its existing technology collaboration agreement with Total (FP.PA). Under the enhanced collaboration, Total reaffirms its commitment to Amyris's technology and dedicates its $82 million funding budget over the next three years exclusively for the deployment of Biofene, Amyris's renewable farnesene, for production of renewable diesel and jet fuel. Upon completion of the research and development program, Total and Amyris intend to form a joint venture company that would have exclusive rights to produce and market renewable diesel and/or jet fuel, as well as non-exclusive rights to other specialty products.