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Senegalese Villagers Vow to Fight Biofuels Project

(AFP/Global Energy World)  Villagers from northern Senegal vowed Thursday to fight a project by Senegalese and Italian investors to produce biofuels on their land, a venture already forced to relocate once by deadly protests. "We will fight those who want to

August 14, 2012 Read Full Article

Where Does Mitt Sit? A Look at a Romney Administration and Biofuels

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...The Romney platform is remarkable, vis-a-vis biofuels, for ignoring the word altogether – so we are left to guess as to an incoming Administration’s attitude towards nearly 10 percent of the US energy supply. Generally, as

August 14, 2012 Read Full Article

New Paradigms Rising for Biofuels

by Douglas L. Faulkner (“The Cleantech Conservative”/Biofuels Digest)  ...Meanwhile, the oil and gas industry is gaining political strength as its production (and fortunes) rise and conservatives win more elections. Our diminishing reliance on foreign oil and the withering federal role in

August 14, 2012 Read Full Article

JOil Sees Transformation of the Economics of Jatropha with Biomass Fuel Cake and Animal Feed Meal Production

(JOil) JOil (S) Pte. Ltd., a scientific bioenergy crop developer of a new generation of Jatropha, sees the potential to double the product revenue per hectare from Jatropha plantations with biomass fuel cakes and animal feed meal. This can lead to a viable “Jatropha

August 13, 2012 Read Full Article

GTI Developing Biomass Conversion Technology

(Algae Industry Magazine)  Gas Technology Institute’s (GTI’s) new pilot-scale IH2 Plant in Chicago, Illinois, demonstrates their efforts to broaden biomass-to-liquid hydrocarbon fuel conversion. The 70-year-old research, development and training organization has turned much of its research toward renewable fuels. Their IH2 Technology,

August 13, 2012 Read Full Article

Paul Ryan's Energy Record Elates Right, Deflates Greens

by Andrew Restuccia (Politico)  The Wisconsin Republican has been an outspoken critic of President Barack Obama’s clean energy agenda, offering a fiscal plan earlier this year that neatly mirrors the GOP’s policy priorities. The plan would expand oil and gas drilling,

August 13, 2012 Read Full Article

New Technique Yields Information Critical to Biofuels Research

(R&D Magazine)  Pioneering mass spectrometry methods developed at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Ames Laboratory are helping plant biologists get their first glimpses of never-before-seen plant tissue structures. The new method opens up new realms of study, ones that might

August 13, 2012 Read Full Article

Scottish Renewables Investment Tops £2.8bn

by James Murray (Business Green)  Scotland's status as one of the world's leading renewable energy markets was again underlined last week, after new figures revealed the sector has attracted more than £2.8bn of capital investment since the start of 2009. The

August 13, 2012 Read Full Article

Biofuels Industry Group Pushes Lawmakers on Corn Ethanol Views

by Zack Coleman (The Hill/E2Wire)  ... The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) has been warning its political allies on Capitol Hill that attacks against corn ethanol will hinder next-generation fuels, too. BIO has reached out to lawmakers such as Sen. James Inhofe

August 13, 2012 Read Full Article

Midwest Drought Helps Push U.S. Gasoline Prices Higher

(Reuters)  Gasoline prices in the United States rose over the past two weeks, driven partly by supply disruptions and a drought-induced rise in ethanol prices, a widely followed survey showed on Sunday. ...Trilby Lundberg, who conducts the survey of some 2,500

August 13, 2012 Read Full Article

10 Ways Ethanol is Helping Livestock Producers

by Joanna Schroeder (DomesticFuel.com)  ... (E)thanol production provides multiple benefits to Midwestern livestock producers: 1. The ethanol industry has driven the production of a larger corn crop. Simply put, there is more corn to go around. 2. The ethanol industry will bear the

August 13, 2012 Read Full Article

Ethanol Credits May Ease Pressure on U.S. Corn, IEA Says

by Nariman Gizitdinov (Bloomberg)  Ethanol credits held by U.S. refiners may help reduce demand for the blending fuel and ease pressure on rising prices of corn, from which ethanol is made, the International Energy Agency said. The credits, known as Renewable Identification

August 13, 2012 Read Full Article

Czarnikow Sees Improved EU Ethanol Outlook After U.S. Drought

by Whitney McFerron (Bloomberg)  Surging corn prices and policy changes in the U.S. and European Union mean the outlook for the EU’s ethanol industry has “improved dramatically” this year, Czarnikow Group Ltd. said. U.S. ethanol prices have rallied as drought damaged corn

August 10, 2012 Read Full Article

Lower U.S. Corn Crop Doesn’t Justify Ethanol Waiver, RFA Says

by (Bloomberg) ...Refiners can meet biofuel targets by drawing from ample stockpiles and utilizing excess credits, known as Renewable Identification Numbers, that can be submitted in lieu of physically blending a gallon of ethanol to meet the government’s mandate under

August 10, 2012 Read Full Article

New Biofuels Offer Hope to Hungry World

by James Melik  (BBC News)  ...The chairman of the world's largest food producer is highly critical of the rise in bio-diesel. Peter Brabeck-Letmathe of Nestle says crops produced for biofuel use land and water which would otherwise be used to grow

August 10, 2012 Read Full Article

California Awards 1.8M to Yokayo Biofuels for Biodiesel Expansion

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)   In California, the state Energy Commission today unanimously approved funding of $1,974,330 for the expansion and upgrade of a biodiesel production facility and buy-downs of alternative-fuel vehicles. The awards improve the environment, reduce use of

August 10, 2012 Read Full Article

House Disaster Assistance Allows Good Intentions to Overwhelm Good Sense

(25 x '25)  While passage last week by the House of Representatives of a bill that would provide much needed relief to drought-stricken livestock producers is laudable, the means by which the bill would pay for the disaster help is

August 10, 2012 Read Full Article

FuturaGene Launches Field Trials in China to Couple Desert Reversal and Local Socio-Economic Benefit

(FuturaGene/Yahoo!) FuturaGene, a world leader in the enhancement of yield and sustainability of woody crops for plantation forestry, biopower and biofuel markets, has launched four field trials for selection and improvement of plant species in Gansu province, in northwestern China.

August 10, 2012 Read Full Article

Cargill Smallholders Receive European Certification for the Supply of Sustainable Biofuels

(Equities.com)  Smallholders at Cargill's palm oil plantation, PT Hindoli in South Sumatra, Indonesia, recently became the one of the first smallholders to receive official certification for sustainable palm oil supply for biofuels, according to the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification

August 10, 2012 Read Full Article

Brazil Is Zooming Ahead on Ethanol

by Weiner and George Clingan (Miami Herald)  As the world watches the 2012 London Olympics, the United States ought to brace for a looming embarrassment at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Unless we act fast, everyone will see Brazilians

August 10, 2012 Read Full Article

Southern Africa Development Community Countries Meet on Algae Development

(Algae Industry Magazine)  Leaders of the 14-member Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) came together at the St. George Hotel in Pretoria, South Africa, July 24-27, for a workshop on emerging technologies for sustainable biofuels and added value bio-products. Their discussions

August 10, 2012 Read Full Article

Food and Fuel: Back on the Table

by Robert Vierhout (ePURE/Ethanol Producer Magazine)  ...Other favorite critics such as Oxfam also see the present situation as a new opportunity to slam the EU biofuel policy. The head of the EU office crucifies the policy in a July 16 article

August 09, 2012 Read Full Article

Fighting the Good Fight

by Tom Buis (Growth Energy/Ethanol Producer Magazine)  ...Though it sometimes can be easy to lose sight, the increasing challenges we face are directly correlated to our achievements. In particular, with higher blends of ethanol in gasoline gaining greater acceptance, we

August 09, 2012 Read Full Article

Bacterial Inhibition Without Antibiotics

by Sami Faour  (Ethanol Producer Magazine/BetaTec Hop Products)  A method for controlling infection and maximizing ethanol yields ...Growth of contaminating lactic acid bacteria is a major problem in industrial alcohol fermentations. These bacteria can grow under the conditions of yeast fermentation

August 09, 2012 Read Full Article

COLUMN-U.S. Use of Corn for Ethanol Is High but Hyped: Wynn

by Gerard Wynn (Reuters)  ...It has now become ubiquitous to quote the ethanol industry's corn consumption at 40 percent of the national crop. But the estimate is inaccurate, by assuming away ethanol co-products and in particular so-called "distillers grains" which substitute

August 09, 2012 Read Full Article

More Biodiesel, Ethanol Choices on I-75 Green Corridor

by John Davis (DomesticFuel.com)  Taking that cross-country, summer trip just got a little greener as four more E85 ethanol and three more biodiesel blend stations have opened up along Interstate 75 in Georgia. That particular road is part of the I-75

August 09, 2012 Read Full Article

US Drought to Hit Ethanol Exports, Not Gas Prices - EIA

(Reuters)  ...But gasoline prices should be spared despite the loss of ethanol output, the EIA said on Wednesday. "The impact of the forecasted decline in domestic ethanol production should be primarily reflected in reduced ethanol exports," the EIA said. The United

August 09, 2012 Read Full Article

Representative Bob Filner Introduced the Clean Energy Victory Bonds Act of 2012, H.R. 6275

(Clean Energy Victory Bonds)  On August 2, Representative Bob Filner and 10 cosponsors introduced the Clean Energy Victory Bonds Act of 2012, H.R. 6275 in the House of Representatives. The bill, officially entitled “To promote the domestic development and deployment

August 09, 2012 Read Full Article

"Ukroliya" Asks to Limit the Export of the Promising Crop

Complications connected with export of the national grain lead to the idea to change the structure of agricultural production. Some experts think that grain could be substituted by rape, as this crop is always in demand on the world market.

August 09, 2012 Read Full Article

Eco Ventures Awarded Local Permits for Biofuel Production; Company Anticipates Commencing Commercial Biofuel Production in Q1-13

(PRNewswire) Eco Ventures Group, Inc., an emerging producer of diversified, sustainable alternative energy, today announced that both Lake County and the City of Groveland, Florida have awarded the Company biofuel fabrication, manufacturing and sales permits. Along with the County's permits, the City of Groveland passage of ordinance

August 09, 2012 Read Full Article

Solazyme, Gevo, Amyris Earnings, Outlook: the 5-Minute Version

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  As Solazyme, Gevo and Amyris report on results for Q2, update forward guidance – what does the data reveal about demand, supply of advanced biofuels and co-products?  We digest down analyst reports, company comments into

August 09, 2012 Read Full Article

INEOS Bio Facility Receives Registrations from U.S. EPA for Production and Sale of Next Generation Cellulosic Ethanol.

(INEOS Bio)  Florida project is first large-scale facility to receive registrations for the production of advanced cellulosic biofuels from non-food vegetative waste materials INEOS Bio announced that its joint venture project in Florida has been granted Parts 79 and 80 registrations from

August 09, 2012 Read Full Article

Rebalancing Clean Energy Debate, ACORE Launches EnergyFactCheck.org, @EnergyFactCheck

(ACORE)  First-ever comprehensive platform to tout progress across renewable energy industry, answer critics The American Council On Renewable Energy (ACORE) today launched EnergyFactCheck.org and @EnergyFactCheck, two new resources designed to address the imbalance in America’s debate over clean, and renewable energy. In remarks

August 09, 2012 Read Full Article

Carbon Credits Gone Awry: Coolant Companies Raise Output of Harmful Gas

By Elisabeth Rosenthal and Andrew W. Lehren (The New York Times)  ...But where the United Nations envisioned environmental reform, some manufacturers of gases used in air-conditioning and refrigeration saw a lucrative business opportunity. They quickly figured out that they could earn one carbon

August 09, 2012 Read Full Article

Advanced Biofuels Workshop Guest Speaker Presentations Posted

(US Department of Energy)  On August 1, the US Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration held a workshop with video conferencing.  Specifically, the Office of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels Analysis conducted a workshop to explore the opportunities and challenges of

August 09, 2012 Read Full Article

Morgan Stanley Says Policy Changes Won’t Hurt Ethanol Demand

by Whitney McFerron (Bloomberg BusinesssWeek)  Potential changes in a U.S. government mandate for ethanol are unlikely to “materially impact” demand for the gasoline additive made from corn, Morgan Stanley said. Livestock producers and some U.S. lawmakers have asked President Barack Obama’s administration

August 08, 2012 Read Full Article

Raleigh Lands Grant for Biodiesel Production at Wastewater Plant

(City of Raleigh, NC/Biodiesel Magazine)  The city of Raleigh has received a $100,000 grant from the Biofuels Center of North Carolina to purchase processing equipment and begin biofuel production at the Neuse River Wastewater Treatment Plant. In 2010, the City of

August 08, 2012 Read Full Article

Midwestern Governors Association Urges All OEMs to Support B20

(The Iowa Biodiesel Board/Biodiesel Magazine)  The Midwestern Governors Association has formally asked every major diesel engine and vehicle manufacturer to support the use of biodiesel blends of at least 20 percent (B20) in all diesel-powered equipment. ...“As governors, we see increasing

August 08, 2012 Read Full Article

RFS2 Compliance: Little Known Facts Can Have a Big Impact

by Ashley Player (Biodiesel Magazine/Frazier, Barnes & Associates)  ...One potential gray area is the treatment of off-spec biodiesel—many facilities simply sell the material without RINs to be reprocessed by other biodiesel plants. A question that might be asked is: does

August 08, 2012 Read Full Article

Ethanol Producers Adapt to Drought, Corn Prices

by Joanna Schroeder (DomesticFuel.com)  Nebraska ethanol producers are responding to a tough market.  With excessive drought conditions and nearly record high corn prices, ethanol producers have decreased their consumption in recent weeks. Latest estimates show the state’s ethanol plants operating

August 08, 2012 Read Full Article

The Rise And Fall Of The Company That Was Going To Have Us All Using Biofuels

by Daniel Grushkin (FastCoExist.com)  Amyris’s breakthroughs in bioengineering--and its plans to make biofuels from Brazilian sugarcane--promised to transform how the world’s businesses produce energy, cosmetics, and medicine. Then reality (and Wall Street) got in the way. ...Already, in the short lifetime

August 08, 2012 Read Full Article

Grease Traps To Fuel Tanks: Biodiesel Venture Brings Tech To Wastewater Treatment Plant

by Brian Dowling (Hartford Current) ...Richard Parnas, a professor of chemical engineering at the University of Connecticut's Institute of Materials Science, a few years ago started converting the school's used cooking oil, known as yellow grease, to biodiesel. The results

August 08, 2012 Read Full Article

Ethanol Industry Touts Lower Gas Prices with New “Open Road” Ads

(Convenience Store Decisions)  Following on the success of its long-running “Right Here, Right Now” ads, the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) is debuting a new ad which focuses on ethanol’s ability to lower gas prices at the pump and offer consumers

August 08, 2012 Read Full Article

EPA’s 2017-2025 Light Duty Vehicle Rule Discourages Alternative Fuel Use

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest/BIO)  ...While there are a number of obstacles impeding further growth in alternative energy, few are as critical as the joint EPA/NHTSA proposed rules establishing light-duty vehicle GHG and fuel economy standards. The proposed rule eliminates

August 08, 2012 Read Full Article

Natural Gas and Electrofuels: One-Stop Shopping for Energy Independence

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...Fewer people know that natural gas is a platform for producing ethanol – either through fermentation or catalytic conversion (typically via methanol) – and drop-in fuels using the methanol-to-gasoline method pioneered years ago by ExxonMobil

August 08, 2012 Read Full Article

Scientists Create Low-Lignin Plants with Improved Potential for Biofuel Production

(ECNMag.com)  Engineered enzyme alters cell wall composition in ways that could make it easier to convert plant biomass into biofuels Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have created a new enzyme that effectively “masks” the synthetic

August 08, 2012 Read Full Article

Harvesting Hawaiian Plants to Make Jet Fuel and Clean diesel? $6 Million Grant to Oregon State University Researchers Should Help

by Ian C. Campbell (The Oregonian) ...A new $6 million federal grant to develop jet fuel and clean diesel from grass and sugarcane could help. The U.S. Dept. of Agriculture money to researchers at Oregon State University, the University of Hawaii and Washington

August 08, 2012 Read Full Article

Biodiesel Demand Estimates Now Provided in Petroleum Supply and Demand Balances

(U.S. Energy Information Administration)  Biodiesel production data were reported for the first time in U.S. and regional petroleum supply and disposition balances as published by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) in the Petroleum Supply Monthly(PSM) in May 2012. The biodiesel

August 08, 2012 Read Full Article

Doe Run Plants Biofuel Crop as Test Program to Restore Mine Tailings Sites

(Yahoo!/PRWeb)  The Doe Run Company is participating in a pilot project with MFA Oil Biomass LLC and Missouri University of Science and Technology to plant Miscanthus grass to help transform mine tailings sites into potential biofuel crop sites. The Doe Run Company is participating in a pilot project with

August 08, 2012 Read Full Article

Propel Fuels’ Clean Mobility Center Deploys Instant Carbon-Offset Options for Customers

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  In California, Propel Fuels has become the first company to enable consumers to offset their driving emissions at the pump any time they fill their tank. Propel’s flagship Clean Mobility Center in Fullerton, Calif. offers

August 08, 2012 Read Full Article

Sinopec Unit Ready to Produce Biofuel

by Liang Fei (Global Times)  A unit of China Petrochemical Corp (Sinopec Group), China's largest oil producer by sales revenue, is seeking to produce aviation fuel from used cooking oil, The Economic Observer reported Saturday, citing a company official inside

August 08, 2012 Read Full Article

Answers for Your Biofuels Questions: Coskata, LanzaTech, Butanol

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  Here in Digestville, we debut this week a content collaboration withConsumer Energy Report, a must-see content site that we recommend you check out and bookmark. Twice a month, we’ll check in with CER and excerpt

August 08, 2012 Read Full Article

Fulcrum Receives Conditional USDA Loan Guarantee for Nev. Plant

by Sue Retka Schill (Biomass Magazine) Fulcrum BioEnergy Inc. received a $105 million condition loan guarantee from the USDA, putting its planned 10 MMgy Sierra BioFuels Plant closer to groundbreaking. "This USDA loan guarantee provides a key piece of financing to

August 08, 2012 Read Full Article

Grant to Study Willow as Promising Bioenergy Crop

by Cornell University (R&D Mag)  The commercialization of shrub willow as a bioenergy crop could be years closer, thanks to a $1.37 million grant that will allow Cornell researchers to take advantage of the newly mapped shrub willow genome to

August 08, 2012 Read Full Article

Using Halophytes to Grow Fuel

(NextBigFuture.com)  Halophytes are salt-tolerant plants that are found throughout the world. Halophytes can be used to grow both fuel and food, and a NASA facility is attempting to use halophytes for large-scale fuel production. The aim is to create aviation-grade biofuels

August 08, 2012 Read Full Article

Biodiesel Plant Set to Launch Near Sombra

by Tyler Kula (The Observer)  A biodiesel company that creates fuel from vegetable oil and animal fat is set to begin production near Sombra next month, its president says. Mississauga-based Methes Energies Canada Inc. will host a grand opening Aug. 10

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Algae.Tec Announces Commissioning of Advanced Algae to Biofuels Facility

(PR NewsWire/Yahoo!Finance)  The Algae.Tec advanced engineered algae to biofuels facility Shoalhaven Onewas officially opened today by the New South Wales Minister for Resources and Energy the Honourable Chris Hartcher, MP. A VIP crowd including executives from the University of Wollongong, the Manildra

August 08, 2012 Read Full Article

Solazyme Receives Fuel Registration From EPA for Soladiesel®RD

(Solazyme)  Solazyme, Inc., a renewable oil and bioproducts company, announced today that it has been granted registration for SoladieselRD fuel by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).  This registration enables SoladieselRD to be sold commercially either in blended and unblended (R100)

August 08, 2012 Read Full Article

Is the Renewable Fuels Standard Withering on a Vine?

by Pavel Molchanov (Raymond James & Associates)  In addition to declining U.S. oil demand and surging liquids production from onshore shale plays, there is a third component to our thesis that the nation is moving towards oil independence by 2020. We project

August 08, 2012 Read Full Article

Cobalt, Rhodia Ink Joint Development Deal for Biobutanol Demonstration Plant in Brazil

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  In California, Cobalt Technologies and Rhodia announced they will begin joint development and operation of a biobutanol demonstration facility in Brazil. The Cobalt/Rhodia plant will utilize sugarcane bagasse to make n-butanol; bagasse is used at

August 08, 2012 Read Full Article

Tax Extenders Package; Algae Wins Tax Credit Parity

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ... Meanwhile, the Senate Finance Committee marked up the Family and Business Tax Cut Certainty Act of 2012, which included key energy efficiency and biofuels tax credit provisions.  Included in the bill: the Cellulosic Biofuels

August 08, 2012 Read Full Article

E85 + Small Displacement Turbocharged Engine = High Efficiency and Mileage: Proof from the Racetrack

[caption id="attachment_34842" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="IndyCar fans watch the action at Turn 1."][/caption] by Robert Kozak (Advanced Biofuels USA)  “2 more laps on 4 or 5 less gallons.” Mid-Ohio Honda Indy 200 Winner Scott Dixon in post-race interview Abstract  We added Green Racing to

August 07, 2012 Read Full Article

Fuel Efficiency and Cellulosic Ethanol Fuel MICHELIN® GREEN X® Challenge Winners at ALMS Mid-Ohio Sports Car Challenge

by Joanne Ivancic (Advanced Biofuels USA)  Racing with E85, BMW Team Rahal Letterman Lanigan Wins Mid-Ohio MICHELIN® GREEN X® Challenge.  Nissan Wins For First Time. [caption id="attachment_34827" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Michelin's Bibendum and US DOE's Bob Larsen congratulate BMW drivers Jorg Muller

August 04, 2012 Read Full Article

Advanced Biofuels USA Updates Next Generation Engines White Paper

by Joanne Ivancic (Advanced Biofuels USA)  With Ford's Ecoboost engines in about 40% of F-150 fleet and three shifts working in Cleveland, Ohio to keep up with demand, along with the increasing popularity of GM's Ecotec engines, it was time

August 02, 2012 Read Full Article

A Glimpse of the Alternative Fuel Future

by Matthew L. Wald (New York Times) ...While a variety of new fuel technologies are advancing, policy makers can be assured that the internal combustion engine will remain dominant for decades, the National Petroleum Council told the Department of Energy on Wednesday

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Grassley Delivers Harsh Criticism of RFS Waiver Effort

(Brownfield Ag News)  Some strong criticism today from Iowa Senator Charles Grassley directed towards that coalition of livestock, meat and poultry groups asking for changes to the Renewable Fuels Standard’s ethanol mandate. “I think that what the group is really asking

August 02, 2012 Read Full Article

Petroleum Refiners Get out the Old Fear-Mongering Playbook for Attack on Renewable Fuel Standard

by Brent Erickson (BIO/Biofuels Digest)  Despite oil industry claims of “$10 million in fines for non-existent fuels” – they paid exactly $19,010.16 for cellulosic ethanol waivers in 2010, costing US consumers 14 millionths of one penny per gallon.   So why

August 02, 2012 Read Full Article

Toyota to Launch Ethanol Hybrid Prius in Brazil

(Equities.com)  Toyota Motor Corp. said Tuesday it will launch the world's first hybrid vehicle that uses ethanol in Brazil later this year. The Prius hybrid, with a fuel economy of 32.6 kilometers per liter, will be manufactured in Japan and exported

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Agro2 Expands Cassava Production Due to High Demand

(Digital Journal)  Agro2, S.A., a leading cassava producer located in Veraguas, Panama, is expanding its current cassava production due to popular demand. In addition to a small-scale ethanol plant producing 500 liters of ethanol per day, the company is currently

August 02, 2012 Read Full Article

South African Airways Aims for 50 per cent Biofuel by 2020

by Kamalpreet Badasha (SupplyManagement.com)  State-owned South African Airways (SAA) aims to decrease its carbon footprint by using biofuel for 50 per cent of its fuel supply by 2020. The announcement was made by public enterprises minister Malusi Gigaba at the launch of the

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Senate Panel Approves Defense Bill with Biofuels Funds

by Susan Cornwell (Reuters/Chicago Tribune News)  A Senate subcommittee approved legislation on Tuesday that continues funding for the Pentagon's use of biofuels, a senator said, in a move pushing back against critics trying to limit outlays on programs such as the

August 02, 2012 Read Full Article

Food Supply Chain Waste 'Offers New Source' for Chemicals and Materials

(University of York) Scientists at the University of York are leading a major new EU-backed network that is exploring ways of using waste as an alternative carbon source, employing green and sustainable chemical technologies. York’s Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence, which

August 02, 2012 Read Full Article

Cheaper Chemicals from Algae, Farms, and Forests

(Business Wire/Lux Research)  Harvesting Technologies Can Cut Feedstock Costs by $25 per Ton, says Lux Research. The bio-based materials and chemicals industry needs to tap newer, non-food sources of biomass and cellulosic material and raise volumes of feedstock before it can

August 02, 2012 Read Full Article

The Republic of Biofuels and the Age of Plenty

by Mackinnon Lawrence (Biofuels Digest/Pike Research)  Since its inception, the bio-based economy — a multifaceted effort aimed at supplanting fossil fuels with biomass resources as the engine of the global economy — has been squarely focused on the issue of Peak

August 02, 2012 Read Full Article

US Senate Tax Bill Would Extend Biodiesel, Cellulosic Tax Credits

(Platts)  The $1.01/gal federal tax credit for cellulosic fuel production, as well as the $1/gal biodiesel tax credit, would each be extended under a proposal released Wednesday by the Senate Finance Committee. The cellulosic credit would also be expanded to include

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Uncertainties about the GHG Emissions Saving of Rapeseed Biodiesel

by Gernot Pehnelt and Christoph Vietze  (Friedrich Schiller University and the Max Planck Institute of Economics)   During the last years, the renewable energy strategy of the European Union (EU) and the proposed policies and regulations, namely the Renewable Energy Directive (RED), have been heavily

August 02, 2012 Read Full Article
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