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Tea Party With a Difference

by Thomas Friedman (New York Times)  ...I’m sure like all such protest movements the Tea Partiers will get their 10 to 20 percent of the vote. But should the Tea Partiers actually aspire to break out of that range, attract

May 11, 2010 Read Full Article

Indiana Biodiesel Operation Could Lose USDA Incentives

by Andy Eubank  (Hoosier Ag Today)  USDA Rural Development has a proposed rule on the table that would exclude the Louis Dreyfus biodiesel plant from USDA Advanced Biofuel Payment Program eligibility because of its foreign ownership. Many in Indiana, including

May 07, 2010 Read Full Article

Construction of Bahamas Biodiesel Plant Begins

(TheBahamasWeekly.com/Biofuels International)  Waste collection company Bahamas Waste has begun constructing its $750,000 (€563,000) biofuels facility that could see the production of biodiesel from as early as June this year. Over 50 rubbish trucks will switch from using fossil fuels and run

May 07, 2010 Read Full Article

What Is Bioisoprene and Why Should You Master It? A Look at Genencor and GlycosBio

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  When we say bioisoprene, think synthetic rubber – but only for a start. Think “platform” for renewable diesel, jet fuel, renewable gasoline, and synthetic adhesives. It replaces fossil-based oils, can make money now, and can

May 07, 2010 Read Full Article

Neste Oil to Trial 100% Biofuel

(Neste Oil)  Neste Oil has begun trials of Neste Green 100 diesel produced from 100% renewable raw materials and free of any fossil oil components in cars in Finland. "This is the first time anywhere that a premium renewable diesel fuel will

May 07, 2010 Read Full Article

“You Have a Friend in Bioenergy”: Sustainability, Advanced Biofuels, Rural Incomes and the Developing World

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...With respect to energy security, consider this: it is estimated that ten percent of all US military casualties come from the delivery of fuel. Even if it were true that none of the deployments of

May 06, 2010 Read Full Article

Purdue Report Refutes Indirect Land Use Numbers

(Farm Futures)   A recently completed analysis from Purdue University concluded that the California Air Resources Board overestimated the indirect land use change impact of grain-based ethanol by a factor of two in developing its Low Carbon Fuels Standard one year

May 04, 2010 Read Full Article

U.S. and UAE Sign Agreement to Strengthen Cooperation on Clean Energy

(US Department of Energy)  Department of Energy and Masdar to research, develop, and promote clean energy solutions.    The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Masdar, Abu Dhabi’s multifaceted renewable energy initiative, today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote collaboration

May 04, 2010 Read Full Article

Bio-Waste Targets “Could Save Europe £6 billion”

(LetsRecycle.com)   Introducing ambitious Europe-wide targets for the separate collection of both food and garden waste could offer environmental and cost benefits worth more than €7billion (£6 billion) between 2013 and 2020, according to a report published as part of the

May 04, 2010 Read Full Article

Clean Liquid Fuel Technology Goes International

LPP Combustion, LLC, a Columbia, Maryland based innovator in liquid fuel technology, has teamed up with several international partners to market their equipment overseas.  The LPP Technology enables liquid fuels, such as naphtha, kerosene, diesel, biodiesel, or ethanol to be

May 03, 2010 Read Full Article

Surprise Departure of European Biodiesel Board & the European Bioethanol Fuel Association

(PetroWorld.com)   It has been reported that the European Biodiesel Board and the European Bioethanol Fuel Association based in Brussels have both withdrawn their membership from the Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels based in Switzerland. According to Biodigest, the European Biodiesel Board has

May 03, 2010 Read Full Article

Is Europe's Transport Getting Greener? Partly

(European Environment Agency)  While technological advances produce cleaner vehicles, more and more passengers and goods are travelling further distances, thereby offsetting efficiency gains. Based on analysis of long-term trends, a new European Environment Agency (EEA) report calls for a clear

April 30, 2010 Read Full Article

Attention Whole Foods Shoppers: Your "Sustainable" Mantra -- Organic, Local, and Slow -- Is No Recipe for Saving the World's Hungry Millions

by Robert Paarlberg (Foreign Policy) ... Food has become an elite preoccupation in the West, ironically, just as the most effective ways to address hunger in poor countries have fallen out of fashion. Helping the world's poor feed themselves is no longer

April 30, 2010 Read Full Article

Economic Researcher: EU Biofuel Policy Not Based on Science

(Environmental Protection) Gernot Pehnelt, Ph.D., director of GlobEcon, released a study that says the Renewable Energy Directive discriminates against foreign biofuels. “European Policies Towards Palm Oil: Sorting Out Some Facts,” demonstrates that the default assumptions embedded in the directive about the

April 20, 2010 Read Full Article

Implications Of The U.S. Ethanol Tariff

by Robert Rapier (Forbes)  ...In order to better understand the intricacies of the issues involved, I have been engaged in dialogue with a number of industry groups and economists. Here I will try to shed some light on the tariff

April 19, 2010 Read Full Article

Secretary Chu Announces New Partnerships Under the Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas

(US DOE)  The U.S. Department of Energy today announced a series of partnerships and other initiatives to address clean energy and energy security in the Western Hemisphere as part of the Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas (ECPA).  Secretary

April 19, 2010 Read Full Article

Biofuels that Save Water and Land

by Brett Walton (Circle of Blue)  ...That tilt may soon be righted by researchers at the University of Virginia and the Seawater Foundation, who discovered that the most important source of the risk-benefit imbalance was the heavy reliance on fresh

April 15, 2010 Read Full Article

Pickens Encourages Investment in American Energy

by Cindy Zimmerman (DomesticFuel)   “When do we stop investing in OPEC and start investing in America?”   That’s the question that oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens asked at a House Ways and Means committee hearing Wednesday (April 14, 2010) on “Energy Tax

April 15, 2010 Read Full Article

How to End America's Addiction to Oil

by R. James Woolsey (Wall Street Journal editorial)   By using more electricity, natural gas and biofuels in our transportation fleet, we can quickly reduce our dependence on OPEC. ...About 95% of transportation fuel in the U.S. is derived from petroleum. And over three-quarters

April 15, 2010 Read Full Article

US Military Warns Oil Output May Dip Causing Massive Shortages by 2015

by Terry Macalister  (The Guardian)  ...The US military has warned that surplus oil production capacity could disappear within two years and there could be serious shortages by 2015 with a significant economic and political impact. The energy crisis outlined in a

April 14, 2010 Read Full Article

Circling the Wagons, the Firing Squads and the Arguments: Ethanol Wars Explode in Print, TV

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...The ethanol cold war developed into a hot one this week when television and print advertising campaigns debuted both from Brazil’s UNICA and the US-based Growth Energy. ...The Growth Energy campaign is featuring six television spots

April 14, 2010 Read Full Article

Visualizing Sustainability: Developing Geospatial Technology to Address Sustainable Biofuel Production: Modeling Land Use and Land Use Change in Brazil

By Leila Harfuch (Brazilian Institute for International Trade Negotiations). In her talk she underlined the modeling land use and land use change in Brazil, stressing out deforestation as a serious issue. Deforestation causes and affects cattle and pasture land expansion. The

April 13, 2010 Read Full Article

Visualizing Sustainability: Developing Geospatial Technology to Address Sustainable Biofuel Production: Using Geospatial Technology to Map Potential Biofeedstock Crop Cultivation Zones and Identify Potential Areas of High Biodiversity or Ecosystem Service Value

Jenny Hewson (Conservation International/CI) presented the multi- tiered sustainable biofuels crops projects funded by DOE. CI is building global and regional scale maps for potential biofuel cultivation. In other words, CI is looking for areas most suitable for biofeedstock cultivation

April 13, 2010 Read Full Article

Visualizing Sustainability: Developing Geospatial Technology to Address Sustainable Biofuel Production: Sustainable Bioenergy: Role of Geospatial Science and Technology

Budhedra Bhaduri (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)   This session started with a talk given by moderator Budhedra Bhaduri who emphasized the role of geospatial science and technology in sustainable bioenergy. She presented the Geographic Information System (GIS) that includes computer software and

April 13, 2010 Read Full Article

The US Should Not Exchange Reliance on One Kind of Transportation Essential for Another

by Joanne Ivancic (Advanced Biofuels USA)  It doesn't make sense to exchange reliance on one kind of imported transportation essential for another.  This is as true for foreign oil; fossil fuels; batteries and rare earth metals for electric cars; as

April 13, 2010 Read Full Article

The Dirty Underside of Lula's Clean Energy Revolution

by Nikolas Kozloff  (Foreign Policy)  ...Buffeted by the oil price shock of 1973, the country's military dictators grew concerned about Brazil's reliance on foreign imports of fossil fuels. Their solution: Pour government subsidies into the sugar industry and mandate ethanol

April 12, 2010 Read Full Article

Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels Issues Updated Methodology for Lifecycle GHG Calculations

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  In Switzerland, the Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels has developed a revised lifecycle GHG calculations methodology for biofuels, starting from the Sustainability Quick Check Tool (SQCB) for biofuels — using an online, user friendly GHG calculation

April 06, 2010 Read Full Article

The Role of Demand for Biofuel in the Agricultural Commodity Price Spikes of 2007/08

by Simone Pfuderer, Grant Davies, Ian Mitchell  (Food and Farming Analysis, Defra)   This paper is part of a larger body of work that aims to shed more light on what led to the high agricultural commodity prices in 2008. The

April 06, 2010 Read Full Article

Biofuels and Global Trade Study Goes Online

"Global trade and environmental impact of the EU biofuels mandate" is the title of a study finalised by the International Food Policy Research Institute this 25 March 2010. The report is one of four studies commissioned by the European Commission

April 06, 2010 Read Full Article

Honeywell's UOP and Indian Oil Corp. to Collaborate on Biofuels Project in India

Companies would evaluate non-food Indian feedstocks for the production of green diesel and green jet fuels as well as the development of renewable power applications from biomass waste. UOP, a Honeywell company, announced March 31, 2010, that it signed a memorandum

April 06, 2010 Read Full Article

GM Partners with U.S. Department of Energy to Develop Jatropha-to-Biodiesel Project in India

General Motors Co.  announced on March 30, 2010, a five-year partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to help develop the potential of the jatropha plant as a sustainable biofuel energy crop.  Traditionally considered a weed, jatropha plants produce

April 02, 2010 Read Full Article

Liquid Biofuels:Background Brief for the World Bank Group Energy Sector Strategy

(Masami Kojima of the Oil, Gas, and Mining PolicyDivision of the World Bank/Scribd.com)  Liquid biofuels are being increasingly used to substitute fuels derived from oil. A number of governments have provided incentives for the liquid biofuel industry, prompted by a desire

March 30, 2010 Read Full Article

Furst-McNess Expands: Company Markets a By-Product of Ethanol Production to China

by Eric Petermann (The Journal-Standard)  Furst-McNess has started a new business that markets a by-product of ethanol production, dry distillers’ grain, for use as a feed supplement for livestock, and has already established a relationship that exports that product to

March 29, 2010 Read Full Article

British Airways Calls for Carbon Revenues to Be Used to Help Scale up the Development of Aviation Biofuels

(GreenAirOnline)  Carbon pricing is critical to the business case for aviation biofuels as airlines join schemes such as the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS), which starts in 2012, said British Airways’ Head of Environment Jonathon Counsell at last week’s

March 29, 2010 Read Full Article

Jet Biofuel Blends on Course for Certification within 12 Months as Testing Concludes and Research Report Issued

(GreenAirOnline.com)  Aircraft and engine manufacturers have reported that after successful air and ground fit-for-purpose testing, jet biofuels blended 50/50 with conventional jet kerosene are likely to be certified for commercial airline use before the end of 2010, or early next

March 26, 2010 Read Full Article

Deforestation Continues, but More Slowly, Report Says

 World deforestation, mainly the conversion of tropical forests to agricultural land, has decreased over the past ten years but continues at an alarmingly high rate in many countries, FAO announced today. Globally, around 13 million hectares of forests were converted to

March 26, 2010 Read Full Article

Iogen Energy’s Cellulosic Ethanol Helps Fuel Drayson Racing in American Le Mans Series

Iogen Energy announced today that its cellulosic ethanol helped fuel Drayson Racing’s “Lola-Judd” in the 58th running of Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring, March 20th. This is the first time Iogen Energy’s cellulosic ethanol has been blended into an

March 25, 2010 Read Full Article

Oil Reserves 'Exaggerated by One Third'

by Rowena Mason (Telegraph) The world's oil reserves have been exaggerated by up to a third, according to Sir David King, the Government's former chief scientist, who has warned of shortages and price spikes within years. The scientist and researchers from

March 25, 2010 Read Full Article

Science a Step Closer to Biofuel for Ships

Slowly but surely, science seems to be advancing toward a production of biofuel that does not take away agricultural land from the world’s food supply. When this kind of fuel is ready, so is A.P. Moller - Maersk.   Five Maersk business

March 23, 2010 Read Full Article

China No. 2 Fuel Ethanol Maker Eyes Overseas Plant

(Reuters)  Henan Tianguan Group Co. Ltd, China's second largest fuel ethanol producer, plans to build plants in Southeast Asia to produce the renewable fuel and send it to China, company president Zhang Xiaoyang said on Wednesday. Based in China's central province

March 22, 2010 Read Full Article

Global Renewable Fuels Alliance Calls OPEC Report Self-Serving: Report Confirms Energy Security Risks

The Global Renewable Fuels Alliance responded today to a report produced for the International Energy Forum to be discussed this month at their meeting in Cancun, Mexico. The report, co-written by the former Secretary General of the OPEC oil cartel,

March 22, 2010 Read Full Article

International Energy Forum's Assessment of Biofuels Potential and Limitiations

by Claude Mandil and Adnan Shihab-Eldin  (International Energy Forum) Biofuels production, driven by the potential to contribute to energy security, climate change mitigation and rural development, has experienced rapid growth in recent years. Several countries have initiated policies to support

March 22, 2010 Read Full Article

“Fuel Is Strategic” says Aviation Expert at ITB; Biofuels Are Key to “Thinking out of the Box”

Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  In Germany, Dr. Jurgen Ringbeck, Senior Partner of Booz & Co said “Fuel is strategic, and there is an argument that can be made that an energy monopoly will be dominating the aviation industry.” Dr. Ringbeck

March 18, 2010 Read Full Article

Oil Subsidies Could top $500 BILLION

by Jacqui Fatka (Feedstuffs)  A study on energy subsidies commissioned by G20 nations found that the world could be spending $500 billion annually to subsidize fossil fuels - the majority from subsidized end-user prices. The report, "Analysis of the Scope

March 18, 2010 Read Full Article

World Wildlife Fund, Novozymes: Industrial Biotechnology on the Way to a Green Economy

...Industrial biotechnology is one such sector. Even though the sector is still in it’s infancy, it globally avoids the creation of 33 million tonnes of CO2 each year through various applications, without taking ethanol use into consideration, whilst globally emitting

March 17, 2010 Read Full Article

Europe Kicks Off the Global Bioenergy Project

At least 20% of the energy needs in Europe can be met by bioenergy from sustainable agriculture without compromising food safety and security. Key sustainability issues such as the use of water and maintenance of biodiversity can be respected. In

March 16, 2010 Read Full Article

Over There: The Yanks are Coming (同胞, Can You Spare a Dime?)

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) BIO exec VP Brent Erickson ruefully noted in a conference with reporters that the biofuels industry was “very disappointed in the loan guarantee program. Biomass was mixed in with wind and solar, which have much

March 16, 2010 Read Full Article

Harvard’s Nano Sized “Lab in a Pocket” Could Speed Discovery of New Biofuels

by Tina Casey (CleanTechnica.com)  Leave it to Harvard University to invent an entire laboratory the size of an iPod nano.  The device, which actually is slightly smaller than an iPod nano, makes it possible to sort enzymes and compounds 1,000

March 15, 2010 Read Full Article

Warning Issued Over Invasive Biofuel Crops

(New Energy Focus)    The Standing Committee of the Bern Convention (the Council of Europe Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats), has adopted a new recommendation for biofuels. The recommendation, which is legally binding to member states, states

March 02, 2010 Read Full Article

Claims in ActionAid Publication against Biofuels Largely Questionable

(European Bioethanol Fuel Association)  “Meals per Gallons”, a publication against biofuels recently produced by ActionAid, is based largely on unfounded claims, disputed data and one-sided arguments says eBio, the European Bioehtanol Industry Association.  “In particular, the report paints biofuels as the villain

March 01, 2010 Read Full Article

Interview with Fatih Birol, Chief Economist, International Energy Agency (IEA)

(World Refining Association)  We expect alternative fuels will have an important role to play as we look to diversify supply, improve energy security and reduce emissions. Looking at the alternative fuels produced today, biofuels account for an overwhelming majority. Although

February 27, 2010 Read Full Article

Aviation Biofuels: The Bumpy Road to Scale Production

by Niall O'Keeffe  (FlightGlobal)  Both of the major commercial airframers have joined forces with industry peers to pursue new biofuel research initiatives, reflecting an intensification of concern about future availability of alternative fuels in the quantities required by aviation. In January,

February 23, 2010 Read Full Article

Invasive Biofuel Crops an Overlooked Danger

(Environment News Service)  The risk that biofuel crops will become invasive and outcompete native species is increasing as more advanced biofuel crops are planted, according to new research into this previously neglected but potentially costly problem.  A new report by the

February 22, 2010 Read Full Article

Oil Reserve Uncertainty Creates Biofuel Opportunities In Central Asia

by Oil Price (iStockAnalyst)  ...additives and substitutes such as biofuels will play an ever-increasing role by stretching beleaguered production quotas. As market forces and rising prices drive this technology to the forefront, one of the richest potential production areas has

February 22, 2010 Read Full Article

Eco-Biofuels from the Tropics

Palm oil from South-East Asia, sugarcane from Brazil and sweet sorghum in China are the most sustainable energy crops at present. Maize from the US and wheat in Europe have a much more negative environmental impact. This conclusion was drawn

February 22, 2010 Read Full Article

Aerospace Chief: Industry on Track to Deliver 'Greener' Aircraft

(EurActiv.com)  Industry is on track to ensure "carbon-neutral growth" in the aviation sector from 2020, but strengthened European Union support for research and development (R&D) is vital to help manufacturers deliver the green technologies required, François Gayet, secretary-general of the

February 19, 2010 Read Full Article

Biofuels Are Essential to Reducing EU ETS Carbon Costs and Meeting Carbon-Neutral Growth Goals, Says Report

(GreenAirOnline.com)  Although not commercially viable yet, the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) offers a strong financial, as well as environmental, incentive for the adoption of jet biofuels, says a new report by EQ2. Based on industry assumptions of 15%

February 18, 2010 Read Full Article

Ricardo Consortium Aims to Meet the Engineering Challenge of Biofuels

Ricardo today announced the formation of a consortium that is open to automakers, Tier 1 suppliers, oil companies, additive manufacturers and government agencies, with the aim of evaluating the impact of biofuels on current and future light duty engine technologies. Concerns

February 18, 2010 Read Full Article

Daimler Committed to Jatropha Biodiesel

(TheBioenergySite)   Daimler AG has started a new project for the cultivation of the biodiesel raw material jatropha in the south of India and the seedlings for the first 100 hectares have been planted.   The company is supporting several village communities

February 17, 2010 Read Full Article

EU Biofuels 10% Targets Cause Millions of People to Go Hungry and Increase Food Prices and Landlessness, Says Report

by John Vidal (The Guardian)  EU companies have taken millions of acres of land out of foodproduction in Africa, central America and Asia to grow biofuels for transport, according to development campaigners. The consequences of European biofuel targets, said the

February 17, 2010 Read Full Article

Algae to Solve the Pentagon's Jet Fuel Problem

by Suzanne Goldenberg  (The Guardian)   The brains trust of the Pentagon says it is just months away from producing a jet fuel from algae for the same cost as its fossil-fuel equivalent. The claim, which comes from the Defense Advanced Research

February 17, 2010 Read Full Article

Corn and Fuel Groups Weigh In on Ethanol

(New York Times) letters to editor Re “Sensible Rules for Ethanol” (editorial, Feb. 11):     While American corn farmers are pleased the Environmental Protection Agency recognizes that corn ethanol offers significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions compared with gasoline, we disagree strongly

February 17, 2010 Read Full Article

U.S., Europe Going Opposite Way On Biofuels

Jonathan Fahey (Forbes.com)  It is becoming ever more apparent that there is one big squishy variable in the calculations that determine whether biofuels help the planet or help destroy it. That variable is called the indirect land use charge (sic),

February 17, 2010 Read Full Article

Questions About Biofuels’ Environmental Costs Could Alter Europe’s Policies

by James Kanter(New York Times)...In a memorandum, Jean-Luc Demarty, the top civil servant in the agriculture department at the European Commission, wrote to a colleague in December that “an unguided use of I.L.U.C. would kill biofuels in the E.U.” His words

February 16, 2010 Read Full Article

Has Big Oil Finally Gotten Serious About Biofuels?

by Joshua Kagan (GreenTechMedia)  ...If we consider that the oil majors are not in the oil business, but rather, the infrastructure business --- and as long as they control the liquids that come out of the pumps, they won't care

February 15, 2010 Read Full Article

U.S. Renewable Fuel Standards Upend Ethanol Tariff Fight

by Brian Baskin (SugarcaneBlog.com, Dow Jones)   U.S. ethanol producers are facing their toughest fight yet to keep long-standing trade protections intact. Producers of ethanol, which in the U.S. is usually distilled from corn and then blended to make gasoline, have

February 15, 2010 Read Full Article

UC Merced Scientist Honored for Biofuels Research

(Central Valley Business Times)  The mass production of biofuels could be a major step toward eliminating dependence on fossil fuels, but a number of factors have stood in the way, including the argument against using productive agricultural land for fuel

February 15, 2010 Read Full Article

Getting a True Measure on Biofuels: Effects of 'Indirect' Land Use Figure in Energy Future

by C. Boyden Gray (Washington Times)  Little noticed outside a small policy community, an issue has quietly arisen in recent years that, while seemingly technical, has the potential to derail the nation's attempts to address the issues of energy security

February 15, 2010 Read Full Article

Kirloskar Oil Engines Enters Binding MOU for Joint Venture Mass Production of Axial Vector Engines

Axial Vector Energy Corporation ("AVEC") announced today the signing of a binding MOU with Kirloskar Oil Engines (KOEL) to make ready for mass production of its multi fuel engines and the building of mass production lines for its engines in

February 15, 2010 Read Full Article

Asia's First Clear Nano-Emulsion Diesel Plant Opens in Singapore

Singapore Emulsion Fuel Pte Ltd., an innovative player in the green energy space, announced the opening of Asia's first clear nano-emulsion diesel plant. Located within Singapore's Tuas industrial zone, the 40,000 sq. ft. facility is poised to cater to the

February 15, 2010 Read Full Article

US Ethanol Industry Looks To Possible Future As Exporter

by Ian Berry (Dow Jones Newswires)  ...Brazil, faced with tightening supplies of its sugarcane-based ethanol as growers there find better profits in sugar, said last month it is considering importing U.S., corn-based ethanol. While there are limits on how much

February 14, 2010 Read Full Article

IEA Bioenergy Task 40 Publishes "2nd Generation Biofuels and Trade"

The study “2nd Generation Biofuels and Trade“ explores the potential supply and demand of 2nd generation biofuels up until 2030, and discusses various impacts on biofuel trade, ranging from cost advantages over shipping capacities and routes to policy impacts. It

February 11, 2010 Read Full Article

NASA Takes Jatropha for a Ride Into Outer Space on Space Shuttle Endeavour

(Earth Times)  UK-based Carbon Credited Farming congratulated NASA on the successful launch of the Endeavour Space Shuttle today. It blasted off from Kennedy Space Center taking with it new scientific experiments, including a study of the Jatropha curcas plant, used

February 10, 2010 Read Full Article

Vehicle Testing Facility for Jatropha Fuel Up

by Melody M. Aguiba (Manila Bulletin)  A P100-million Vehicle Testing Research Laboratory (VTRL) has been put up to test the technical viability of the jatropha methyl ester (JME) which has so far gone through successful pilot testing at the Industrial

February 10, 2010 Read Full Article

EU: Rainforests Can Be Converted to Palm Oil Plantations for Biofuel Production

by Rhett A. Butler (Mongabay.com)  The European Union may be planning to classify oil palm plantations as forests, raising fears among environmental groups of expanded conversion of tropical rainforests for biofuel production, reports the EUobserver, which cites a leaked document

February 10, 2010 Read Full Article

Toyota Tsusho to Produce Jatropha as Alternative Fuel

by Patrick Rial (Bloomberg)  Toyota Tsusho Corp., the trading affiliate of Toyota Motor Corp., plans to start growing jatropha next year as it bets that higher crop yields and oil prices will make the plant a profitable alternative fuel. ...“We

February 10, 2010 Read Full Article

University of Queensland Institute Ignites Plans for Jet Biofuel

(Queensland Business Review)  The University of Queensland (UQ) has entered into a new agreement with an American alternative energy company to turn Queensland sugar cane into jet biofuel. Researchers from UQ's Australian Institute for Bioengineering & Nanotechnology (AIBN) will work with

February 09, 2010 Read Full Article

US Ethanol Imports Could Temper Rising Prices - Analyst - Brazil

by João Carvalho (Business News Americas)  Imported corn-based ethanol from the US could help ease ethanol prices in Brazil that have been rising because of increasing demand and heavy rains that have delayed the sugarcane harvest, Julio Maria Borges, a director

February 02, 2010 Read Full Article

Iran and Brazil to Join for Ethanol Production

(BlackSeaGrain)  According to the Iranian Fars Newsagency, Mr (Deputy Brazilian Science and Technology Minister Czar)  Gadella said that Brazil is ready to cooperate with Iran in fields of technology and production to help the country produce ethanol from sugar cane

February 02, 2010 Read Full Article

Novozymes to Launch Ethanol Product in Q1

Gerard Wynn (Reuters)  Danish biotech company Novozymes would launch in the first quarter this year a new enzyme to produce transport fuel from agricultural waste, its chief executive Steen Riisgaard told Reuters on Saturday.  That was the company's firmest guidance yet

February 02, 2010 Read Full Article

Exxon Starts Biofuel Research; Expects Commerical Manufacturing in 8-10 Years

by Tamsin Carlisle (The National)  Just six months after ExxonMobil agreed to invest US$600 million (Dh2.2 billion) in a six-year project to develop biofuel from microscopic plants, teams of researchers are performing their first experiments. ... “We’re at full speed

February 02, 2010 Read Full Article

New Brazilian Laboratory Will Develop Research on Ethanol Cycle

The new research center, Brazilian Bioethanol Science and Technology National Laboratory, in Campinas, São Paulo State represents a strategic move by the Brazilian Government toward strengthening the country’s leadership in sustainable production of ethanol from sugar cane and fostering innovation

February 02, 2010 Read Full Article

East or West, Home is the Best

by Nidhi Nath Srinivas (The Economic Times)   Indian biodiesel companies always wanted to be players in the global green fuel market. Most are 100% export units. But a near-death experience over the last one year has now made the sector

February 01, 2010 Read Full Article

Fund Sanctioned for Research on Biodiesel Production

(The Hindu)  The Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, has sanctioned Rs. 13.33 lakh to the Department of Botany, PSGR Krishnammal College for Women here, to undertake research on biodiesel production in a cost-effective method from karanja oil

February 01, 2010 Read Full Article

Sarawak, Malaysia, Now a Biodiesel Producer

by Samuel Aubrey (CheckBiotech)  Sarawak is now producing biodiesel following the completion its first biodiesel plant operated by Senari Biofuels Sdn Bhd on a ten-acre site at Assar Senari Industrial Complex. ...Senari Biofuel, a wholly-owned Sarawak company started the RM80-million

February 01, 2010 Read Full Article

India’s PM Makes National Biofuels Mandate Obligatory for All State-Owned Oil Marketing Companies, Will Chase Non-Compliance

by Joelle Dent (Biofuels Digest)  ...Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced that the National Biofuels Mandate will be obligatory for all government-owned oil marketing companies, and warned that the Central Government will prosecute all noncompliance. ...Earlier this week environmental activist Subhash Dutta

February 01, 2010 Read Full Article

Green Fuel Plea in Indian High Court

(The Telegraph) Environment activist Subhash Dutta moved the high court on Monday seeking the promotion of bio-diesel and withdrawal of a petroleum ministry circular barring the use of the fuel in vehicles. Bio-diesel is an eco-friendly fuel alternative for diesel engines. The

February 01, 2010 Read Full Article

BIOTECanada Publishes “The Canadian Blueprint - Beyond Moose and Mountain,” a Call to Sustainable Biotech Action

...The “Canadian Blueprint” is a strategy that will enable us to take full advantage of all the opportunities biotechnology has to offer, provided all stakeholders do what is required of them. This document is a call to action. The Canadian Blueprint

January 29, 2010 Read Full Article

Weizmann Institute scientists show that in one kind of forest, its ‘energy budget’ includes significant reserves of heat

The simple formula we’ve learned in recent years – forests remove the greenhouse gas CO2 from the atmosphere; therefore forests prevent global warming – may not be quite as simple as we thought. Forests can directly absorb and retain heat,

January 29, 2010 Read Full Article

Standing Committee of the Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats Concerned about Invasive Species Used for Biofuel Feedstock

The Standing Committee of the Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats, acting under the terms of Article 14 of the Convention;  Recalling that under Article 11, paragraph 2.b of the Convention, each Contracting Party undertakes to strictly control

January 29, 2010 Read Full Article

Sweet Success for Sustainable Biofuel Research

Scientists have found a way to increase fermentable sugar stores in plants which could lead to plant biomass being easier to convert into eco-friendly sustainable biofuels.  Their research is highlighted in the latest issue of Business, the quarterly highlights magazine of

January 29, 2010 Read Full Article

International Air Transport Association Blasts Governments and Oil Companies for Neglect of Biofuels

by Naill O'Keefe (FlightGlobal)  The International Air Transport Association has criticised the oil industry and national governments for failing to invest in the development of aviation biofuel. Explaining why he is "disappointed" with the lack of government action, IATA director general Giovanni Bisignani

January 28, 2010 Read Full Article

Food, Fertilizer and Biofuel All in One Place

by Michael Kannellos (GreenTechMedia)  Take marginal land, fish waste and a plant that's not currently cultivated for human purposes and what do you get? Hopefully jet fuel. The Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, Honeywell UOP, Boeing and Ethiad Airways announced

January 22, 2010 Read Full Article

One quarter of US Grain Crops Fed to Cars - Not People, New Figures Show

by John Vidal (The Guardian)  One-quarter of all the maize and other grain crops grown in the US now ends up as biofuel in cars rather than being used to feed people, according to new analysis which suggests that the

January 22, 2010 Read Full Article

Combatting Climate Change by Investing in CleanTech: Government of Canada Announces CleanTech Companies to Receive$58 Million

Sixteen clean technology projects from across Canada will receive $58 million in funding to help move innovative technology solutions to the market. The announcement, confirming the decision of the Board of Directors of Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC), was made

January 22, 2010 Read Full Article

"Certification Strategies, Industrial Development and a Global Market for Biofuels"

by Ricardo Hausmann and Rodrigo Wagner   (Harvard University Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs)  A disproportionately large amount of the world's agronomic potential for the production of bio-ethanol is concentrated in a subset of developing countries. This phenomenon represents

January 22, 2010 Read Full Article

US Carriers Challenge Legality of EU ETS

by Geoffrey Thomas (Eco-Aviation Today) US Air Transport Assn. American Airlines, Continental Airlines and United Airlines initiated a legal challenge in the UK High Court of Justice against aviation's inclusion in the EU's Emissions Trading Scheme, arguing that it violated the

January 22, 2010 Read Full Article

“Bioenergy for Sustainable Development in Africa” Lessons Learned from COMPETE, Brussels, 24-25 November 2009

(Pangea Quarterly Newsletter)  ... In 2009, PANGEA staff spent a great deal of time looking at the food vs. fuel controversy and working to find ways to re-frame the discussion into one of food and fuel co-production. The year ahead

January 21, 2010 Read Full Article

Chile Invests US$30 Million In Biofuels

by Kamilla Go (Santiago Times) Chile's Energy Minister Marcelo Tokman and a Corporation for Public Works (Corfo) vice president announced a US$30 million investment in biofuel research in 2010.  The project will be funded by alternative energy companies Deserp Bioenergy,

January 21, 2010 Read Full Article

Working Week: Building the CAAFI Coalition

by Jeffrey Decker (FlightGlobal)  Interview with Richard Altman, executive director of the Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative, working closely with aviation's private and public sectors in a bid to achieve carbon neutral growth by 2020  ... Are there sectors you would like

January 20, 2010 Read Full Article

Pew Report Finds Reductions in Aviation GHG Emissions over Business-as-Usual Projections Could Be Halved

(GreenAirOnline.com)  Under business-as-usual (BAU) forecasts, CO2 emissions from global aviation are estimated to grow 3.1% per year over the next 40 years, resulting in a 300% increase in emissions by 2050 compared to 2007. However, a new report published by

January 20, 2010 Read Full Article

Glamorgan Builds on Biofuel Expertise with Microbial Fuel Cells Funding

(Renewable Energy Focus) The University of Glamorgan in the UK has been awarded £630 000 (US$1m) to develop its research into biological fuel cells. The work at Glamorgan’s Sustainable Environment Research Centre is looking at how microbial fuel cells can be

January 20, 2010 Read Full Article

Major Study into the Feasibility of a Jet Biofuel Refinery at Stockholm-Arlanda Provides Encouragement

(GreenAirOnline.com) A major study to investigate the technical and financial feasibility of a biorefinery plant to supply Stockholm’s Arlanda Airport with 50,000 tonnes of jet biofuel per year has been completed. The project was initiated and part-financed by LFV, which

January 20, 2010 Read Full Article

Next Generation Biofuels: The Big Picture

by Will Thurmond (Biofuels Digest)  As industry and governments enter a new decade and contemplate the outcome of the December, 2009 Copenhagen treaty, the ‘big picture’ on biofuels continues to get lost in the rhetoric of sustainability in Brussels and

January 20, 2010 Read Full Article

Argentine-European Biofuels Trade: Proposals for the Transparent Development of an Industry

by Carlos St. James (Argentine Renewable Energies Chamber) …Argentina, along with the rest of Latin America, is poised to begin capturing more and more of the growing pie that is global renewable energies investment. …Clearly, the world is coming to the

January 19, 2010 Read Full Article

Boeing, Etihad Airways, Honeywell and Masdar Institute to Establish the First Integrated, Sustainable Bioenergy Research Project for Aviation

Boeing, the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, Etihad Airways and Honeywell's UOP announced an agreement to establish a major research institution and demonstration project in Abu Dhabi dedicated to sustainable energy solutions. The Sustainable Bioenergy Research Project (SBRP) will

January 18, 2010 Read Full Article

Is the Airborne Fraction of Anthropogenic CO2 Emissions Increasing?

by Wolfgang Knorr, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK  (Geophysical Research Letters)    Several recent studies have highlighted the possibility that the oceans and terrestrial ecosystems have started loosing part of their ability to sequester a large proportion

January 18, 2010 Read Full Article

A Brand New Renewable Engine Fuel

Swedish SunPine is aiming to be the first company worldwide producing biodiesel from tall oil. At the plant site of SunPine, in Piteå harbor in northern Sweden, the building activity is intense. In the spring of 2010 the plant will

January 17, 2010 Read Full Article

Canadian Feds Pump $5.5 Million into Biofuel Plant

by Eric Mcguinness (Hamilton Spectator)  SunOpta BioProcess Inc. of Brampton is getting $5.5 million from the federal government to demonstrate that it can turn wood chips into fuel-grade ethanol and the sugar substitute xylitol. The cellulosic ethanol would replace gasoline, reducing

January 15, 2010 Read Full Article

Biofuels from Forest Residues and Wastes

by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland (Renewable  Energy World)  ...Integrated production of biomass-based products in large biorefineries creates cost advantages and competitiveness, and it is expected to be the most viable in the first stage, although small distributed biorefineries

January 12, 2010 Read Full Article

The “New Jatropha”: SG Biofuels Partners with Life Technologies to Accelerate New Cultivar Development by 60 Percent; Product Line This Year, Says CEO

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  In California, jatropha pioneer SG Biofuels announced a strategic alliance with Life Technologies Corporation, a provider of innovative life science solutions, to advance the development of Jatropha as a sustainable biofuel. The alliance brings together SG

January 12, 2010 Read Full Article

FPInnovations and CRIBE Create a Cooperative Partnership to Develop the Forest Bio‐Economy in Ontario

... “The Government of Ontario has recognized the need to move the Province to the forefront of the commercialization of chemicals, fuels, fibres and energy that can be produced from forests,” added Lorne Morrow, Chief Executive Officer for CRIBE. “There

January 11, 2010 Read Full Article

India Emerges as a Global Auto Hub, Welcomes New Biofuel Mandate, Emissions and Fuel Efficiency Targets

Joelle Brink (Biofuels Digest)  The global auto industry converged on Deli this week for what is now the world’s second largest auto show.  ...With so many imported cars now in the country, consumers demanding cleaner and more fuel efficient cars,

January 11, 2010 Read Full Article

Qatar National Entities And Airbus Announce Major Environmental Initiative

Qatar Airways, Qatar Science & Technology Park (QSTP) and Qatar Petroleum (QP) announced today that they will jointly carry out engineering, economic analysis and move into the development of sustainable bio jet fuel that will also look into ways for

January 11, 2010 Read Full Article

International Organization for Standardization to Develop Bioenegy Sustainability Standards

ISO will develop an International Standard to address sustainability issues linked to bioenergy. The standard will be produced by a new ISO project committee, ISO/PC 248, Sustainability criteria for bioenergy. ISO/PC 248 will bring together international expertise and state-of-the-art best practice

January 08, 2010 Read Full Article

The Brazilian Connection: As Renewable Jet Fuel Gains Traction, Brazil’s Sugarcane Is More Popular Than Ever

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ... The search for cheap sugars ... affects almost every company working on the ethanol platform (really, everyone there except the gasification technologies such as Coskata). It also impacts those like LS9, Amyris and Virent that use

January 08, 2010 Read Full Article

Ottawa Orders Study into Environmental, Health Effects of Making Renewable Fuels

(Agweek)  A study has been ordered into the environmental and health effects of producing ethanol and biodiesel.   A government contract document says “there is now evidence of implications to the environment from biofuels-based ethanol production facilities.”   The study comes after

January 08, 2010 Read Full Article

Firm Plans N300bn Investment in Bio-Kerosene Production

by Emeka Ezekiel (The Punch)  Cassava Agro Industries Services Limited has concluded plans to invest N300bn in the development of a new technology that will produce kerosene for domestic use from local cassava.  Chairman of Pan African Cassava Initiative and

January 08, 2010 Read Full Article

China's 1st Non-Grain Ethanol Project Goes into Operation

(China Knowledge)  China National Cereals, Oils and Foodstuffs Corp or COFCO Group, China's largest food processing, manufacturer and trader, put China's first non-grain ethanol project into operation in Beihai, Guangxi Province at the end of last year, sources reported. Ethanol

January 08, 2010 Read Full Article

Lotus Omnivore Engine – 10% Better Fuel Economy than Current Leading Gasoline Engines

by Manny (European Motor News)  Initial phase of Omnivore development achieves 10% improvement in fuel consumption compared to stratified direct injection engines, also with ultra low emissions. The research signals a potential paradigm shift with engine ‘upsizing’ for increased fuel

January 06, 2010 Read Full Article

Boosting Biofuels With Extra Chromosomes

by Michael Kanellos (GreenTechMedia)  By doubling the genetic material in an oil plant, Kaiima says it can make biodiesel more economical. It can also get around GMO regulations. Arguably, it's a GMO without GMOs.  Kaiima, based in Israel, says it has

January 05, 2010 Read Full Article

BP and DuPont Form Kingston Research Ltd to Focus on Commercializing Biobutanol

(GreenCarCongress) BP and DuPont have formed Kingston Research Ltd, which will focus on the commercialization of advanced biofuel technology—specifically biobutanol—at a £25-million (US$41-million) purpose-built development and demonstration facility at BP’s Saltend site, near Hull. Kingston Research will construct a facility to

January 05, 2010 Read Full Article

Canadian Support for Biofuels Tops 80 Percent

by Susanne Retka Schill (Biodiesel Magazine)  Canadian support for biofuels is quite strong according to a study released at the opening of the Canadian Renewable Fuels Summit held Dec. 1 and 2 in Vancouver, British Columbia. Ontario-based Praxicus Public Strategies

January 05, 2010 Read Full Article

A Brand New Renewable Engine Fuel

Swedish SunPine is aiming to be the first company worldwide producing biodiesel from tall oil. At the plant site of SunPine, in Piteå harbor in northern Sweden, the building activity is intense. ... “The tall oil diesel is unique in that

January 05, 2010 Read Full Article

Cuba’s Sugarcane Ethanol Potential: Cuba, Raul Castro, and the Return of King Sugar to the Island

by Nicholas Elledge (Council on Hemispheric Affairs)  ... (W)ould Cuba benefit from, and does it possess the technological and infrastructural means and political will to expand and modernize its sugar and sugarcane ethanol industries to take advantage of the unique

January 04, 2010 Read Full Article

India’s 20 Percent Biofuels Mandate is Back: Biofuels Digest Special Report

Joelle Brink (Biofuels Digest) Like Old Saint Nick, the new incarnation of India’s 20% biofuels mandate arrived in Delhi on Christmas Eve, bringing tidings of great joy to those inside and many outside the industry, including the announcement of a national

January 04, 2010 Read Full Article

British Columbia: Low Carbon Fuel Requirements Regulation

The December 2008 British Columbia Renewable Fuel Requirements Regulation established a five per cent provincial annual average renewable fuel requirement for 2010. The new Renewable and Low Carbon Fuel Requirements regulation amends the 2008 regulation to include new requirements to

January 04, 2010 Read Full Article

Scientists Look to Soil Bacteria to Help Biofuels

by Tony Henderson (The Journal)  Scientists in the North East are to enlist soil bacteria to help produce the biofuels of the future.  … It is a problem facing scientists around the world and Prof Black and his team are

January 02, 2010 Read Full Article

China's Low Tariff Opens Door for Ethanol Imports

(Reuters) China has agreed to lower the tariff on imports of ethanol to 5 percent from the previous 30 percent, which traders said could open the door for imports of fuel ethanol from countries like Brazil. …Brazil, the world's largest ethanol exporter,

January 02, 2010 Read Full Article

Scum of Earth Will save Us before ETS Does

by Mark Coulton (The Australian)  ... Carbon neutrality may be achievable without resorting to a hefty new tax if the government employed a skerrick of the initiative and ingenuity shown by the team at Townsville's James Cook University.  ... This

January 02, 2010 Read Full Article

The “Why” and “Why Not Better?” of the US Tariff on Brazilian Ethanol

Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ... Q: Why is there a tariff on Brazilian ethanol? A. Under WTO rules the corn ethanol subsidy of 45 cents per gallon has to be made available to domestic and foreign ethanol. The tariff is designed

January 02, 2010 Read Full Article

GE, Embraer, Others Studying Sugarcane-Based Jet Fuel

Embraer, General Electric, and Amyris announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding to evaluate thetechnical and sustainability aspects of Amyris’ No Compromise® renewable jet fuel. The initiative can culminate in a demo flight, by early 2012, of an Embraer E-Jet

December 29, 2009 Read Full Article

EU Green Protectionism = Economic Madness

by Carpe Diem  (benzinga.com)   Some excerpts from the new study "Green Protectionism in the European Union: How Europe’s Biofuels Policy and the Renewable Energy Directive Violate WTO Commitments" from the European Center for International Political Economy:   Biofuels production in Europe is

December 29, 2009 Read Full Article

Major Report Released at “Bioenergy Australia 2009”

(EnvironmentalExpert.com)  Australia’s bioenergy industry – which uses biomass for heat, power (bioelectricity) and liquid fuels (biofuels) – is relatively small. However, in the future it has very significant growth potential, driven by the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and

December 29, 2009 Read Full Article

Gascoyne Biofuel Project Could Help Miners

(ABC Rural) Western Australia's mining sector could be one of the first to reap the benefits of a biofuels trial in the state's north-west.   The Gascoyne Research Station is halfway through a project to test the Moringa tree, which is

December 29, 2009 Read Full Article

Clean Algae Biofuel Project Leads World in Productivity

Australian scientists are achieving the world's best production rates of oil from algae grown in open saline ponds, taking them a step closer to creating commercial quantities of clean biofuel for the future. A joint $3.3 million project led by Murdoch

December 29, 2009 Read Full Article

Algae a Source of Biofuel

by Greg Kelton (Adelaide Now)  THE U.S. parent company of uranium producer Heathgate Resources has held talks with the State Government over developing a renewable energy fuel in South Australia - from algae.   Premier Mike Rann met for an hour yesterday

December 29, 2009 Read Full Article

Australia is Pushing Biofuels from Low Cost, Non-Food Materials

by Simon Grose  (TCE Today)  Algae, wood and sugarcane shared the honours in the bidding for funding through the Australian government’s Second generation Biofuels research and development program.  Announcing matching grants totaling A$14.4m ($12.1m) across seven projects, resource minister Martin Ferguson

December 29, 2009 Read Full Article

The Wonders Down Under: Special Report on Australia

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  A progressive culture, declining fossil fuel reserves, an emissions challenge, considerable sugarcane resources, native feedstocks such as moringa and the Australian Beauty Tree, a nexus of research into cellulosic bioprocessing, algae and jatropha. Plus, healthy

December 29, 2009 Read Full Article

Jamaica Seeking to Boost Ethanol Production for Export under CBI

(Caribbean Daily News) The Jamaica government says it will continue to develop the biofuels industry so as to boost exports under the Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI). Jamaica, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Trinidad and Tobago and the US Virgin Islands are

December 29, 2009 Read Full Article

State of the Argentine Biodiesel Industry

(Camara Argentina de Energias Renovables/CADER)     · In the last few months the Argentine biodiesel industry has stabilized output, if not profitability, and in August 2009 produced some 109,000 tons after a very good July;     · In the last few months

December 29, 2009 Read Full Article

Biofuels and Indirect Land Use Change Effects: the Debate Continues

by John A. Mathews and Hao Tan, (Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia) While debate on biofuels and bioenergy generally has sparked controversy over claimed greenhouse gas emissions benefits available with a switch to biomass, these claims have generally not taken into account

December 28, 2009 Read Full Article

The European Directive to Include Aviation in the European CO2 Emission Trading Scheme, Consequences and Strategic Options for the Aviation Industry

by Vadim Bespertov, et al.  This document is the production of a team of aviation and aerospace industry experts who have joined efforts and know-how for a 4 month strategic planning & research exercise as a part of the HEC

December 28, 2009 Read Full Article

UK's Renewable Fuels Agency Report on Biofuels Use 2008-9

To encourage suppliers to source sustainable biofuels, the RFA requires fuel suppliers claiming Renewable Transport Fuel Certificates to submit monthly reports on the lifecycle greenhouse gas (GHG) saving and the sustainability of the biofuels they supply. Reporting is also seen by

December 28, 2009 Read Full Article

The Ethics of Biofuels

by Joseph Milton  (Financial Times)  ... The prospect of a second generation of biofuels, derived from waste materials rather than food crops or palm oil, has recently been raised. It is this new generation which the consultation by the Nuffield

December 28, 2009 Read Full Article

Biofuels, Land Access and Rural Livelihoods in Tanzania

by Emmanuel Sulle and Fred Nelson  (Tanzania Natural Resource Forum’s Forestry Working Group and the International Institute for Environment and Development)  In recent years, biofuels have rapidly emerged as a major issue for agricultural development, energy policy, and natural resource

December 28, 2009 Read Full Article

Pond Biofuels Inc., CO2 Remediation and Renewable Fuel Production Demonstration Plant for GHG Emitting Industries Receives Support From the Asia Pacific Partnership

On December 3rd 2009, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced approval of the project proposal submitted by Pond Biofuels Inc. under the Asia-Pacific Partnership (APP) on Clean Development and Climate program.  The approved project includes funding in support of its

December 28, 2009 Read Full Article

Bio-Ethers as Transportation Fuel: A Review

by Mritunjay Kumar Shukla†, Thallada Bhaskar, A.K. Jain, S.K. Singal, M.O. Garg (Indian Institute of Petroleum Dehradun)  A presentation that details the emissions, yields, costs and advantages of bio-based DME, compared to conventional diesel fuel, is here for free download,

December 28, 2009 Read Full Article

Brazil Warns EU on Biofuel Sustainability

(EurActiv)  EU rules for calculating indirect land-use changes caused by biofuel production would not be legitimate without an internationally-accepted methodology, a group of developing countries has told the European Commission.  The warning was sent to Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs on

December 28, 2009 Read Full Article

InterAmerican Development Bank Provides $25 Million Funding Boost To Peru's Biofuel Project

The Inter-American Development Bank has approved a $25 million loan to support an innovative private biofuels project currently being developed in the department of Piura, Peru. An initiative of Maple Energy Plc, an energy company that has focused solely on Peru

December 16, 2009 Read Full Article
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