by Rick Westhead (The Star) ...Indian industrialist Sai Ramakrishna Karuturi has his eye on this lush scenery, too, but he sees something much different: the potential for large-scale commercial farming. Karuturi, from the South Indian city of Bangalore, envisions the fields
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Back TO HOMECautious Optimism and Practical Progress with a Side of Gallows Humor: The Mood at the CAAFI General Meeting
by Joanne Ivancic (Advanced Biofuels USA) The Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative (CAAFI) held their general meeting conference and expo November 30-December 1 in Washington, DC. Optimism and celebration from seeing real commercial airlines flying with real biofuels since the
December 02, 2011 Read Full Article
African Association Aims to Drive Cleantech Development
by Erin Voegele (Biodiesel Magazine) The African CleanTech Association launched Oct. 24 and, according to ACTA spokeswoman Suza Adam, the primary goal of the group is to assist in the development of African enterprises and technologies in the cleantech space
November 29, 2011 Read Full Article
AMG Bioenergy Resources Holdings Ltd.: Update on Acquisition of Plantations
(AMG/MarketWire) AMG Bioenergy Resources Holdings Ltd. (the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:ABG), a Canadian publicly traded company, wishes to provide an update on the progress of its acquisition of a 133 hectare jatropha plantation and a 201 hectare eucalyptus plantation, and the
November 28, 2011 Read Full Article
Clean Food, Via Clean Fuel
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) The secret that “food vs fuel” proponents don’t want you to think about? Not all food is created equal. Dirty food, made using dirty process, makes a dirty world. And then there’s clean food. Here’s
November 28, 2011 Read Full Article
A Day in the Life of Biofuels, 2011
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Biofuels Digest announced the winners of its “Day in the Life of Biofuels” photo contest, and published the winning entries. ...Grand Prize and First Prize winners have been published at biofuelsdigest.com, with Second and Third Prize
November 28, 2011 Read Full Article
Philippine Senator wants accountability on failed bio-fuel project
(SunStar) Senator Francis Pangilinan has called on the Department of Agriculture to look into the P1 billion that the government lost to an abandoned project to produce biodiesel from jatropha plants. The Philippine National Oil Company-Alternative Fuels Corp. announced in October
November 18, 2011 Read Full Article
Aviation Biofuels Collaborative Efforts in Full Force
by Bryan Sims (Biorefining Magazine) ... “This regular commercial route powered by Honeywell Green Jet Fuel is a huge step in establishing the market for aviation biofuels and widespread use of these fuels,” said Jim Rekoske, vice president and general manager
November 17, 2011 Read Full Article
Biofuel Firm Nandan Targets 25 Percent Sales Rise
(Reuters) India-based biofuel producer Nandan Cleantec expects to grow sales by at least 25 percent every year till 2014-15, on the back of strong demand for its high yielding variety of oilseeds, a top executive said. Nandan develops hybrid varieties of
November 16, 2011 Read Full Article
Indonesian, Taiwanese Venture to Develop Jatropha-Based Biodiesel
(Soya Tech) Indonesia's Confederation of Primary Cooperatives Association (Inkud) is teaming up with Taiwan in developing jatropha curcas-based fuel, its vice president director Yusri Suhud said. "We are cooperating with Taiwan to develop jatropha curcas as an alternative fuel," he said
November 15, 2011 Read Full Article
Advanced Biofuels Feedstocks – Who’s Got Game?
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) As POET lands a record biomass harvest in prep for a 2013 cellulosic ethanol launch, the Digest looks at stover, jatropha, miscanthus, switchgrass, MSW, wood and animal residue. Are costs going down, and capacity going
November 11, 2011 Read Full Article
Biodiesel Plant Will Collect Grease in Oakland, CA
(UK.IBTimes) A biodiesel plant that's completely energy self-sufficient has been approved for the Oakland, California area. Oakland-based Viridis Fuels won a long-term contract from the East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) to build a 20 million gallon per year biodiesel processing
November 09, 2011 Read Full Article
Mission Increases Jatropha Oil Supply by 4.7 million Barrels Completing the 2011 Planting Season
(Mission NewEnergy) Mission NewEnergy Limited, a global provider of environmentally sustainable biofuels, is pleased to announce that it has materially completed its 2011 Jatropha tree planting season, adding 40,264 new acres and 14,331 new Jatropha contract farmers. The Company has
November 04, 2011 Read Full Article
China Completes First Biofuel Jet Test Flight
by John C.K. Daly (http://oilprice.com) On 28 October Air China conducted its first trial flight of a passenger jet powered by a mix of biofuel and traditional aviation fuel. The Jet A-1 biofuel kerosene used in the flight was derived from
November 02, 2011 Read Full Article
Jatropha Biodiesel, “One of the Best Alternatives” for the American Continent
(Costa Rica News) This has been the conclusion of the videoconference “Presentation of the Jatropha curcas L. network for investigation, development, and innovation in the production of biodiesel in Latin America and the Caribbean,” organized by the Hemispheric Program in
November 02, 2011 Read Full Article
Promising Biodiesel Crop Needs Time to Prove Itself
by Nina Chestney (The Peninsula) Several new companies are betting on the little-known pongamia pinnata tree as a biodiesel feedstock that does not hurt food production, but a decade or more of research and development is still needed to determine its
October 31, 2011 Read Full Article
Air China, Boeing and Industry Partners Conduct First Chinese Sustainable Biofuel Flight
(PR NewsWire) Air China, Boeing , and Chinese and U.S. aviation energy partners today conducted China's first sustainable biofuel flight. The two-hour mainland flight from Beijing Capital International Airport was witnessed by officials from both countries and highlights the viability of using
October 28, 2011 Read Full Article
Mission NewEnergy Awarded World’s First Jatropha Biofuel ISCC Certification
(Proactive Investors Australia) Biofuels company Mission NewEnergy has become the first commercial scale provider of Jatropha in the world to receive International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) for its Jatropha contract farming model. ...To qualify for ISCC certification, companies must meet strict
October 26, 2011 Read Full Article
Biofuels in Eastern Africa: Dangers Yes, but Much Potential as Well
(Netzwerk Biotriebstoffe News) Biofuel production is booming. Worldwide, production of ethanol for fuel has almost quintupled since 2000, while that of biodiesel has risen by almost 25 times. This is, in part, a response to policies to replace fossil fuels for
October 12, 2011 Read Full Article
Tanzania: Sun Biofuels Jatropha Project in Kisarawe Suspended
by Finnigan Wa Simbeye (AllAfrica.com) An ambitious biodiesel project which was allocated over 8,000 hectares of land by Kisarawe district officials in 2008 is in trouble. Employees and casual workers of Sun Biofuels Plc, told Business Standard last weekend that work
October 07, 2011 Read Full Article
Jatropha as Alternative Fuel a Bust
by John Lourenze Poquiz (Mayaya Business Insight) The government is set to abandon its program of promoting jatropha as an alternative fuel source, an official said. Energy Secretary Jose Rena Almendras said the Philippine National Oil Co. Alternative Fuels Corp. (PNOC-AFC),
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Jatropha a 'Disappointment', D1 Oils Admits
(Agrimoney.com) D1 Oils put its hands up to out-of-pocket investors in jatropha, admitting that the once-lauded oilseed had been a "disappointment", as the group unveiled – yet another – strategy shift. Steven Rudofsky, the D1 Oils chairman, acknowledged that the oilseed, which a
October 04, 2011 Read Full Article
Gevo, the Panicked Investor, and the Aviation Fuels Opportunity
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) 30 billion gallons of aviation fuels demand, and Gevo’s got a technology to produce it, using retrofitted ethanol plants, and a path to fueling planes at parity with conventional jet fuel prices. Game-changer? ...Why are investors
September 30, 2011 Read Full Article
Madagascar: Don't Revoke Jatropha Licence, Tana Leaders Plead
by Henry Wanyama (AllAfrica.com) Tana River councillors have asked the National Environmental Management Authority not to revoke a biofuel project licence in the area. Led by Tana River County Council chairman Salim Golo, they said they are happy with the
September 29, 2011 Read Full Article
Singapore Airlines Looks to Biofuels as It Becomes Latest Airline to Join Sustainable Aviation Fuel Users Group
(GreenAirOnline) Singapore Airlines has become the latest member of the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Users Group (SAFUG) that was set up in 2008 to accelerate the development and commercialisation of lower-carbon renewable aviation fuels derived from environmentally and socially sustainable sources.
September 26, 2011 Read Full Article
Fraunhofer Opens Center for Systems Biotechnology in Chile
(EurekAlert!) The Fraunhofer Center for Systems Biotechnology is the first research center to be launched by the Fraunhofer Chile Research Foundation which was established on October 4, 2010. The research carried out at the new Center will benefit from and
September 23, 2011 Read Full Article
Nigeria: Varsity Develops Equipment for Producing Biodiesel
(AllAfrica.com) The University of Benin through its National Centre for Energy and Environment (NCEE) has developed an equipment for the production of biodiesel. The Director of NCEE, Prof. Lawrence Ezemonye, made the disclosure in an interview on Monday in Benin. Ezemonye said the
September 22, 2011 Read Full Article
Uttarakhand to Replicate Kiwi Biofuel Experiment
by Shishir Prashant (Business Standard) Ruchi Soya, an oilseed company, with a Rs 13,000-crore turnover, wants to replicate the experiment done by New Zealand — of using biodiesel as an alternative green fuel from Jatropha plants, to successfully fly airplanes. For this
September 20, 2011 Read Full Article
Mission Petitions US Regulator for RFS2 Approval of Its g-Palm Biodiesel
(MarketWatch/Mission NewEnergy) Mission NewEnergy Limited , a global provider of environmentally sustainable biofuels, has announced the in-house development of an improved palm oil supply chain process called "Mission g-Palm" that maximizes green house gas savings when producing g-Palm Biodiesel. Mission has
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Jatenergy Sells Jatropha Oil to Lufthansa
by Erin Voegele (Biodiesel Magazine) Australia-based Jatenergy Ltd. recently announced that it has sold 200 metric tons crude jatropha oil at $1,000 per metric ton to Lufthansa, a Germany-based airline, for use in its long-term trial of renewable jet fuel.
September 14, 2011 Read Full Article
Neste Oil Launches Joint Algae Research Program
by Bryan Sims (Biodiesel Magazine) Finnish renewable diesel producer Neste Oil has launched a joint algae research program with the Marine Research Centre at the Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) in an effort to further expand its feedstock portfolio by potentially
September 14, 2011 Read Full Article
From the Parliament: Opposition Warns against Rukwa Bio-Fuel Project
(The Daily News) THE government has been warned against allocating over 320,000 hectares of prime land in Rukwa Region to an American agro-firm, Agrisol Energy, which is seeking to undertake large scale commercial farming for food, livestock, and jatropha for
September 14, 2011 Read Full Article
SG Biofuels Teams with JETBIO and Aviation Leaders to Deploy Jatropha for Bio Jet Fuel in Brazil
(SG Biofuels) SG Biofuels (SGB) today (September 13, 2011) announced it has teamed with JETBIO, leader of a multi-stakeholder initiative including Airbus, the Inter-American Development Bank, Bioventures Brasil, Rio Pardo Bioenergia, Air BP and TAM Airlines, to accelerate the production of
September 14, 2011 Read Full Article
Fly the (Hic!) Friendly Skies: Renewable Jet Fuel from Alcohol
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...But a handful of companies such as Cobalt, Gevo, Terrabon, LanzaTech and ZeaChem, are shaking up the emerging aviation biofuels markets by developing renewable aviation fuels from ethanol and/or biobutanol. ...“An alcohol molecule, looking at it
September 14, 2011 Read Full Article
Australian Firm to Provide Jatropha Biofuel to Lufthansa for Testing
by Joao Peixe (OilPrice.com) Australia’s Jatenergy Limited energy company is to provide crude jatropha oil to Lufthansa for flight trials. The Lufthansa tests are the world’s first, long-term trial of renewable jet fuel and will be used on Lufthansa’s regularly scheduled
September 13, 2011 Read Full Article
AMG Bioenergy Launches Jatropha, Eucalytpus Venture in China
(StreetInsider.com/AMG Bioenergy) AMG Bioenergy Resources Holdings Ltd., ... a Canadian publicly traded company, announces that it has incorporated AMG Bioenergy Plantations Co., Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary corporation incorporated under the laws of the People's Republic of China (the "Subsidiary"). The
September 10, 2011 Read Full Article
Bedford Biofuels Threatens Kenya's Tana Delta
(Nature Canada) Nature Canada is concerned that a Canadian company – Bedford Biofuels – plans plans to set up a jatropha tree plantation in Kenya's Tana Delta, an area that provides refuge for 350 bird species. ...The latest news from our
September 08, 2011 Read Full Article
Nandan Bio in Biodiesel JV with BPCL, Shapoorji
by Bv Mahalakshmi (The Financial Express) Nandan Biomatrix Ltd, an integrated R&D company for neutraceuticals and medicinal plants, has signed agreements with Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) and Shapoorji and Pallonji Ltd to form a JV company for producing biodiesel
August 18, 2011 Read Full Article
The Great Jatropha Race
by Joelle Brink (Biofuels Digest Asia) With new research on environmental and biomedical benefits of Jatropha is appearing regularly, it’s no wonder that the race for patents is heating up, and fast. Last year Mission New Energy began a joint venture
August 18, 2011 Read Full Article
Streamlining a Community-Scale Solution
by Erin Voegele (Biodiesel Magazine) ...According to Greg Springer, president of Green Fuels America Inc., interest in community-scale biodiesel production is increasing all around the world. He attributes this to both high fuel prices and the specific advantages community-scale production
August 17, 2011 Read Full Article
SMBTA News: Mission NewEnergy Provides Entrepreneurship for Indian Farmers and Sustainable Biofuel for Air Travel
(Yahoo!Finance) At a time when the global economy is in need of every boost possible, Mission NewEnergy ... is teaching impoverished farmers in India how to operate a small business by cultivating Jatropha plants for world consumption. Over 1,940,000 acres of otherwise
August 12, 2011 Read Full Article
Bharat Petroleum, SG Biofuels Ink Deal for Massive Jatropha 2.0 Deployment in India
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In India, SG Biofuels and Bharat Renewable Energy, a unit of India’s second largest oil company, Bharat Petroleum, signed a landmark commercial agreement to develop and deploy elite hybrids of Jatropha across a total 86,000
August 10, 2011 Read Full Article
Have We Seen the End of Jatropha as a Potential Biofuel?
by Brian Westenhaus (OilPrice.com) According to Promode Kant from the Institute of Green Economy in India and Shuirong Wu of the Chinese Academy of Forestry some 12.8 million ha (49,421 square miles) are expected to be planted with jatropha by
August 10, 2011 Read Full Article
Biofuels' Potential to Transform the Global Economy
by John C.K. Daly (Oilprice.com) After years of existing largely as an environmentalist's fantasy, commercial production of biofuels for the world civil aviation industry is slowly becoming a fact, with production starting up across three continents. The leading contenders for biofuel
August 09, 2011 Read Full Article
Aeromexico Makes First Trans-Oceanic Flight Using Biofuel
(Mexican Airlines) This evening, Mexico's flagship carrier, AeroMexico, will make the world’s first Trans-oceanic flight using aviation biofuel, once again placing Mexico in the limelight with regard to the use of biofuels in the global aviation sector. Flying from Mexico City (MEX) to Madrid
August 02, 2011 Read Full Article
Nine-Lab Consortium Positive about Micro-Algae as Source of Bio-Fuel
by Adam Halliday (Indian Express) ...As plantations for bio-fuel increasingly nudge out plantations for food, a joint project by nine Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) laboratories may be heading towards a solution that could check carbon emissions while
July 30, 2011 Read Full Article
Mozambique Sells Its First Biofuel Export to Lufthansa
(defenseWEb) Mozambique’s Sun Biofuels has made its first export by selling 30 tons of jatropha oil to German airline Lufthansa. The company’s director of corporate affairs Luis Gouveia on Friday told the Mozambican newspaper Diario de Mozambique of the sale. He
July 29, 2011 Read Full Article
Mexican Interjet Flight 2605 Making First Commercial Round-Trip Flight with Honeywell Green Jet Fuel
(Green Car Congress) Following a series of successful demonstration flights and approval of the fuel for commercial transportation through ASTM International, Mexican airline Interjet today is operating the first round trip commercial passenger flight using Honeywell Green Jet Fuel derived
July 22, 2011 Read Full Article
GM Builds B100 Vehicles
by Virendra Pandit (ETCGreen.com) The global giant recently joined a tripartite agreement with the US Department of Energy (DOE) and the Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute (CSMCRI), Bhavnagar, in a $950,000 project in Gujarat for five years. CSMCRI on
July 22, 2011 Read Full Article
Call for Papers: 2nd World Congress of Bioenergy-2012 April 25-28, 2012 Xi’an, China Deadline: February 25
With the impact of increased Bioenergy utilization factors, BIT Life Sciences and the organizing committee launched the 2nd Annual World Congress of Bioenergy-2012 (WCBE-2012), with a theme of Renewable Energy for Sustainability will be held during April 25-28, 2012, Xi’an,
July 21, 2011 Read Full Article
Zimbabwe: Biofuels - a 'Happy Accident'
(AllAfrica.com/The Herald) Zimbabwe is trying to resurrect its biofuels energy sector after needlessly crucifying the ethanol project in the Lowveld 20 years ago. More than anything else, this has been a direct response to the country's fuel crisis of 2003-2009 and
July 19, 2011 Read Full Article
Biojet and UWI Partner in Biofuels
(University of West Indies Cave Hill) UWI-Cave Hill and BioJet International Initiate Research and Commercial Biofuels Partnership. The University of the West Indies Cave Hill Campus in Barbados, and BioJet International, Ltd. jointly announce a biosciences research and commercial partnership. The University
July 15, 2011 Read Full Article
Biofuels 2.0
Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) The rise of themochemical biofuels, the power of markets, and the anarchic essence of energy development ...The “failure” of cellulosic ethanol is a failure of the policy framework, I said. It was suicidal to pass legislation that
July 15, 2011 Read Full Article
Neste Oil Expands Its Renewable Raw Material Base with Jathropha and Camelina Oils
(Yahoo!Finance/Neste Oil Oyj) Neste Oil will expand the raw material base used to produce NExBTL renewable fuel with jatropha and camelina oils. By introducing these new raw materials in its feedstock base, Neste Oil increases the proportion of non-food materials
July 14, 2011 Read Full Article
Uganda: Plant Jatropha, Says Museveni
(AllAfrica.com) President Yoweri Museveni has urged the people of Masaka district and Uganda at large to work with the Pegasus Investments Limited in the cultivation of jatropha (ekiroowa) plant as one of the means to boost household incomes. The seeds of the
July 08, 2011 Read Full Article
A Few Questions for Honeywell's Jim Rekoske on Biojet
by Beth Evans (The Barrel) Two significant events this summer should help boost commercial production of bio-based jet fuel: the approval of a new fuel standard and the recent completion of a successful first trans-Atlantic flight. In July, international standards developer
July 07, 2011 Read Full Article
Instalan Planta de Biodiesel Extraído del Piñón en Morelos
(La Jornada) Especialistas del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN) instalaron en Morelos una planta piloto que produce biodiesel a partir de la extracción de aceite de la semilla de la planta silvestre Jatropha Curcas, conocida como piñón mexicano. El proyecto realizado con
July 07, 2011 Read Full Article
Biofuels Land Grab in Kenya's Tana Delta Fuels Talk of War
(Guardian News and Mail) Gamba Manyatta village is empty now, weeds already roping around the few skeletal hut frames still standing. The people who were evicted took as much of their building materials as they could carry to start again
July 05, 2011 Read Full Article
ASTM Aviation Fuel Standard Now Specifies Bioderived Components
(ASTM/PR NewsWire) Renewable fuels can now be blended with conventional commercial and military jet (or gas turbine) fuel through requirements in the newly issued edition of ASTM D7566-11, Specification for Aviation Turbine Fuel Containing Synthesized Hydrocarbons. The revised standard was approved
July 01, 2011 Read Full Article
World Health Energy Holdings Inc. Announces Memorandum of Understanding for Joint Venture With SHK Energy Projects Private Limited for Algae Commercial Farm Development
(MarketWire/World Health Energy Holdings, Inc.) Algae Project to Produce Biodiesel and Commercial Fish Food World Health Energy Holdings, Inc., a public holding company developing joint venture partnerships for algae production for biodiesel and commercial fish food, announced today that the
July 01, 2011 Read Full Article
ASBTA Urges Biofuel Conversion by Airlines to Keep Small Businesses Traveling and Growing
(The American Small Business Travelers Alliance) The American Small Business Travelers Alliance (ASBTA) serves America's 27 million small companies by working to improve service, reduce costs and maintain safety and comfort in air travel. "Public and private sector experts agree that
June 30, 2011 Read Full Article
Africa Power Initiative to Produce Bio-Diesel by 2012
by Emma Onyango (East African Business Week) ...Pegasus Investments and now African Power Initiative have both shown interest in making this diesel. Mr. Sudhir Kumar, the Business Development Manager African Power Initiative said that the company is a renewable
June 30, 2011 Read Full Article
Paris Air Show Highlights Biofuels
by Nicholas Zifcak (The Epoch Times) Biofuels are getting a lot of attention this week at the Paris Air Show.Airlines have shown their support of the technology and its viability with Honeywell and Boeing planes using a blend of biofuel and
June 27, 2011 Read Full Article
Asia Scrambles to Hasten Biofuels Scale-Up
by Joelle Brink (Biofuels Digest Asia) Suddenly it’s scale-up time in Asia and everyone is scrambling for biofuels. Only a few years ago no one believed this could happen. Indian Railways was the only national-scale producer and user of biofuels
June 27, 2011 Read Full Article
Bid to Boost Jatropha Cultivation
(The Assam Tribune) The Department of Agriculture has taken up a scheme to promotejatropha (Bhot Era) cultivation in Assam for production of bio-diesel. Altogether 137.4 ha of land will be covered under this crop, in the districts of Barpeta, Kokrajhar, Kamrup,
June 20, 2011 Read Full Article
The Integrated Biorefinery: The (Re) Rise of BioPower
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...The collapse of the global biodiesel market, and bankruptcies in the US ethanol industry, had as much to do with the facilities as rising feedstock and falling fuel prices. Diversification is the accepted strategy for
June 15, 2011 Read Full Article
AMG Bioenergy Raises $1.47M for Chinese Jatropha Project
by Thomas Saidak (Biofuels Digest) ...AMG plans to use a portion of the proceeds to pay China Zhejiang Biodiesel as a part of a previously announced agreement to purchase a 133 hectare jatropha plantation and a 201
June 10, 2011 Read Full Article
Runway Cleared for Aviation Biofuels Surge in 2012
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ASTM gives preliminary OK to Bio-SPK fuel spec; path to 58B gallon aviation biofuels market comes clearer, closer In Washington, Bloomberg is reporting that ASTM has given preliminary approval to the blending of biofuels produced from algal,
June 10, 2011 Read Full Article
Investor Yet to Meet conditions for Licensing of Jatropha Project
By Mazera Ndurya and Daniel Nyassy (Daily Nation) The environmental watchdog has not licensed a controversial multi-million shilling jatropha project because the investor has not complied with some of the conditions set by the government. Although the government has not out
June 08, 2011 Read Full Article
Namibia Bans Large-Scale Jatropha Plantations as It Plans Further Study
by Chamwe Kaira (Bloomberg) Namibia has banned large scale jatropha-based biofuel projects in its north east until a study on its impact is undertaken, according to the country’s communications ministry. ...The Namibian government’s study will “determine the suitability of jatropha plant
June 03, 2011 Read Full Article
Request for Proprosals: EnAsia 2011-Enabling Energy Dialogue December 5-6 New Delhi, India Abstracts Due June 30
Green World Conferences Ltd and Cerebral Business Research (CBR) will be holding the prestigious EnAsia 2011 – Enabling Energy Dialogue conference and exhibition in New Delhi on 5-6 December 2011. The event will include AWARD: Advanced World Algae Research and Development
May 31, 2011 Read Full Article
European Commission Sued for Lack of Transparency on Biofuels Policy
(Client Earth) The European Commission has been sued, accused of violating European transparency laws. Environmental law organisation ClientEarth, Friends of the Earth Europe (FOEE), FERN and Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) filed the lawsuit following the Commission’s refusal to provide access
May 27, 2011 Read Full Article
Brazilian Jet Biofuel Ventures Blossom as Jatropha 'Field to Wing' Platform Adds a New International R&D Partner
(GreenAirOnline) Global industrial crops technology company Quinvita is the latest to join a new biofuel alliance that has come together to produce sustainable jet biofuel from Brazilian-grown jatropha. The Brazilian Bio-Jetfuel Platform is a collaboration led by Curcas Diesel Brasil
May 24, 2011 Read Full Article
Bio Energy of Malawi to Build $18 Million Jatropha Plant, Daily Times Says
by Frank Jomo (Bloomberg) Bio Energy Resources Ltd. of Malawi plans to build an $18 million plant to produce bio-fuels from jatropha seeds, the Daily Times reported, citing Chief Executive Officer Lourie Webb. The company plans to start trial output in the final
May 20, 2011 Read Full Article
Brazil: Attitude before Altitude, Part 3
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...In part 3, we look at 12 companies and compare and contrast the Brazilian and US paths to advanced biofuels. Does Brazil have a “must emulate” model? ...What we found is a stable, straightforward system of
May 19, 2011 Read Full Article
$70 Billion Investment Required to Meet Aviation Biofuel Ambitions, although Industry denies Setting Target
(GreenAirOnline) An investment of up to $70 billion will be required to meet aviation biofuel targets, and is needed now, said Mitch Hawkins, the CEO of BioJet International, a company that aims to become a leading global feedstock producer and
May 17, 2011 Read Full Article
Beyond Food vs. Fuel: FAO Finds Integrated Food and Energy Farming Could Save the Poor and the Planet
by Joelle Brink (Biofuels Digest Asia) Before the advent of cheap petroleum, farmers often had their own “fuel patch” of local oilseed crops that served as feedstock for the biodiesel needed to power pumps, generator sets, tractors and other farm
May 17, 2011 Read Full Article
Biodiesel Has a Bright, Multicolored Future
by Clayton McNeff (Biodiesel Magazine/BioCat Fuels) In the near future, “multifeedstock” and “nonfood-based” will provide the basis for salvation of the U.S. biodiesel industry. This change will occur through necessity and it must occur quickly in order for our industry
May 16, 2011 Read Full Article
Biofuels Project Wins $1 Million Competition
(University of Hawaii) A two-pronged University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa project to advance the use of biofuels in the Islands has won a $1 million sustainability research competition. The two-year project, led by Michael J. Cooney from UH Mānoa’s Hawai‘i Natural
May 16, 2011 Read Full Article
SG Biofuels Signs Customers for 250,000 Acres of Hybrid Jatropha Seed
(SG Biofuels/PRNewsWire) SG Biofuels, a bioenergy crop company using breeding and biotechnology to develop elite hybrid seeds of Jatropha, today announced it has signed customers for the deployment of 250,000 acres of Jatropha using its JMax™ hybrid seeds. Jatropha is
May 16, 2011 Read Full Article
Biodiesel 2011: The Real Opportunity
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) An interview with James Garton, president of Mission Biofuels USA subsidiary. We look at the jatropha 1.0 catastrophe, actual biodiesel capacity in the US, palm biodiesel, the RFS, and more. ...The company broke into the US
May 12, 2011 Read Full Article
Aviation Fuel from Ohio Grown Algae Tested
(Independence Bio-Products/PR Web) Independence Bio-Products (IBP) of Dublin, Ohio has produced algae oil, which has been converted to jet fuel and then tested by the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright Patterson Air Force Base. The algae was grown in
May 11, 2011 Read Full Article
World Health Energy Holdings, Inc. Announces Signing of Memorandum of Understanding for Development of 250 Acre Algae Farm for Biodiesel Production
(World Health Energy Holdings/MarketWire) World Health Energy Holdings, Inc., a public holding company operating in the alternative energy sector, announced today that the company's wholly-owned subsidiary, GNE-India, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Prakash Anthony for a joint
May 09, 2011 Read Full Article
Mission Makes Crude Jatropha Oil Sale, Expanding Geographic Market And Customer Base
(The Street/BusinessWire) Mission NewEnergy Limited , a global leader in providing energy from renewable sources, is pleased to announce that it has sold a further 280 barrels (38 tons) of unrefined Jatropha oil to a new customer in Southeast Asia. Mission
May 05, 2011 Read Full Article
Interjet and Airbus Conduct First Biofuel Flight in Mexico
(Travel Daily News) The Consejo de Promocion Turistica de Mexico praised Mexico’s domestic carrier, Interjet, and Airbus for joining the ranks of Air New Zealand and Continental Airlines in leading the way for the international aviation industry by using more
May 04, 2011 Read Full Article
Mexican Biofuels Seen Meeting 3% Blending Target In 2012
by Ivan Castano (Renewable Energy World) "I think it can be done," says Raul Felix, climate change and renewable energy practice coordinator at Baker & McKenzie in Mexico City. "However, Pemex is going to have to pay much more to make [supply]
May 03, 2011 Read Full Article
QUINVITA and the Brazilian Bio-Jetfuel Platform Sign a Strategic Alliance Agreement on Jatropha curcas R&D
The Brazilian Bio-Jetfuel Platform and the Industrial Crops Technology Company, QUINVITA announces today they entered into a strategic alliance on Research and Development of Jatropha production and processing. Under the signed agreement, QUINVITA joins the Brazilian Bio-Jetfuel Platform and will
April 29, 2011 Read Full Article
Mozambique: Italian Company to Grow Jatropha in Moamba
(AllAfrica.com) The Italian company "BioEnergy" is to invest 20 million dollars to grow the shrub Jatropha in Sabie, in the southern Mozambican district of Moamba. The jatropha seeds will be exported to Italy to be processed and transformed into biodiesel. The cultivation
April 29, 2011 Read Full Article
Tanzania: Expert Faults Commercial Jatropha Investments
(AllAfrica.com) Jatropha should not replace any crops in arable farms and instead should be cultivated by smallholder farmers as hedges for farms, an expert has warned. Pamoja Inc Co-Director Jonathan Otto said in Dar es Salaam recently that jatropha as a
April 29, 2011 Read Full Article
Mission Mode Programme on Biofuels and Bioenergy
(India.gov.in) The Department of Biotechnology has launched a mission programme on biofuel from biomass. The thrust is on developing ethanol using Lignocellulosic waste as a raw material, identifying recombinant microbial strains for enhanced ethanol recovery, producing high quality raw material
April 29, 2011 Read Full Article
So You Want to Be a Biofuels Investing Rock Star?
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...Biofuels investing is not for the faint of heart – even high-flyers like Gevo, up more than 33 percent since its debut earlier this year, have been volatile – and a number of small-cap advanced
April 29, 2011 Read Full Article
Global Food Crisis, Biofuels and Land Grabs in Ghana
by Bright Owusu (Ghana mma) The time has never been riper for the people of Ghana to speak out about the terrible negligence of consecutive governments who have allowed horrendous land grabs by foreign nationals for the production of questionable
April 29, 2011 Read Full Article
Germany Joins up with Lufthansa to Sponsor Biofuel Six Times Worse than Fossil Fuel
by William McLennan (The Ecologist) Campaigners are outraged over airline Lufthansa and German government funding for jatropha biofuels trial The German government is financing a leading European airline’s biofuel trials despite claims from environmental groups it could cause emissions six time
April 29, 2011 Read Full Article
Role of Nanoadditive Blended Biodiesel Emulsion Fuel on the Working Characteristics of a Diesel Engine
by J. Sadhik Basha and R. B. Anand (Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy) Biodiesel emulsions are considered as the propitious alternative fuels for diesel engines. The need of biodiesel emulsion fuels for the diesel engines is to curtail the dependency
April 29, 2011 Read Full Article
CSMCRI in Talks with Companies Regarding Jatropha Biodiese
(Biocommodity.com) Bhavnagar based research institute Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute(CSMCRI), is likely to initiate talks with oil companies for manufacturing jatropha-based biofuel on a commercial scale. “We have recently been granted the US patent for our technology, and now
April 29, 2011 Read Full Article
Vietnam Joins Race for Biofuel
(vnbusinessreg.com) Vietnam said it has intensified efforts to promote biofuel production in the country under the plan on biofuel development to 2015 with a vision to 2025. According to country’s energy ministry, Vietnam is focussing on production of ‘green gasoline’ from
April 15, 2011 Read Full Article
D1 Oils: Siemens Biodiesel Ferry Trial Fuels 40 pct Share-Price Rally
by Jamie Ashcroft (Proactive Investors) Shares in D1 Oils shot up over 40 percent today as it revealed an exciting crude Jatropha oil (CJO) trial with German engineering firm Siemens (ETR:SIE). In the trial Siemens will use D1’s CJO biodiesel
April 13, 2011 Read Full Article
Transformers: 8 Technologies To Rock the Bio World
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Game changer, breakthrough, revolution, quantum leap. A lot of technologies arrive on the Digest’s doorstep wrapped in one of those descriptors, or another. Sometimes wrapped in all of them. But what are technologies that would really
April 12, 2011 Read Full Article
Boeing, Yale University Conduct Jatropha Sustainability Study
by Bryan Sims (Biodiesel Magazine) Boeing issued research conducted by Yale University’s School of Environmental Studies that showed significant potential for jatropha-based aviation fuel. The study showed that, if cultivated properly, jatropha could deliver strong environmental and socioeconomic benefits in
April 08, 2011 Read Full Article
Key Players: Advanced Biofuels
by David Beattie (Renewable Energy World Magazine) ...Importantly, and what sets these latest fuels apart from their first-generation predecessors, is the fact that they are produced using feedstock that would normally be classed as waste or non-food. These include parts
April 05, 2011 Read Full Article
Interjet and Airbus Test First Biofuel Flight in Mexico
(Biofuels International) Interjet and Airbus tested their first Jatropha-based biofuel flight in Mexico on 1 April 2011, using an Airbus A320 aircraft. The biofuel comes from the local region’s Jatropha plant which is harvested in the southern state of Chiapas,
April 04, 2011 Read Full Article
Mozambique: Major Biofuel Project Under Way in Nacala-a-Velha
(AllAfrica.com) A project to grow the shrub jatropha for ethanol production is providing jobs for about 500 people in the northern Mozambican district of Nacala-a-Velha, according to the district administrator, Daniel Chapo. The investor is the company Aviam, which is owned
March 31, 2011 Read Full Article
Focus on Cost and Sustainability Issues as Aviation and Biofuel Sectors Meet Face to Face in Rotterdam
(GreenAirOnline) Sustainability and economics dominated debate at last week’s World Biofuels Market (WBM) event in Rotterdam as airlines gathered to make the case for aviation biofuels commercialisation to a wider biofuels industry audience. In a keynote speech, KLM Managing Director
March 28, 2011 Read Full Article
Plant to Extract Oil from Jatropha for Bio-Diesel
by Surbhi Khyati (IndianExpress.com) The state department of science and technology is establishing a bio-diesel plant here for extraction of jatropha oil and its conversion into bio-diesel. The plant, funded by the department of science and technology, Government of India, will
March 25, 2011 Read Full Article
Update from the International Sustainability & Carbon Certification Association
(Task 39) Around 140 guests followed the invitation of ISCC to the first General Assembly and discussed the status quo and development of sustainability certification with speakers like Ron van Erck from the European Commission and Dr. Hans-Jürgen Froese
March 25, 2011 Read Full Article
Jatropha Biofuels More Harmful than Oil
by Ricardo Sequeiros Coelho (CoolTheEarth) A report by ActionAid, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and Nature Kenya revealed that using biofuels from jatropha results in more greenhouse gas emissions than using oil (PDF). More specifically, taking into
March 24, 2011 Read Full Article
Boeing and Algae Fuels, a Euro Perspective
(Algae Industry Magazine) In the aviation biofuels market, as goes Boeing, so goes the industry. Boeing was a founding member of the Algal Biomess Organization (ABO) and is committed to a future of renewable fuels. “Without biofuels we cannot get
March 22, 2011 Read Full Article
Jatropha to Be Planted in Jordan
by Raed Omari (The Jordan Times) An oil producing plant which can generate bio-fuel will be cultivated in the Kingdom on an experimental basis as part of a Jordanian-Brazilian partnership, an agriculture official said on Tuesday. Ministry of Agriculture Spokesperson
March 21, 2011 Read Full Article
Firm Eyes Sarawak for RM555mil Move to Help Natives Plant Jatropha on NCR Land
by Stephen Then (The Star Sarawak) A leading biofuel company with global links wants to turn Sarawak into a producer of green jet fuel, diesel and petrol and is willing to invest RM555mil in the state for the purpose. Bio Oil
March 21, 2011 Read Full Article
Swazi Biofuels Strategy Complete, Awaiting Cabinet Approval
by Winile Mavuso (The Swazi Observer) ...Director of Energy Henry Shongwe said the document was basically a policy which would guide companies which want to venture into the bio fuels industry. Such companies include among others; D1 Oils and others.
March 17, 2011 Read Full Article
Delay to Certification of Aviation Jet Biofuels May Damage Investor Confidence, Claims Lufthansa
(GreenAirOnline) The approval of Bio-SPK jet fuels for use in commercial aircraft operations is not now expected until the middle of the year at earliest and could possibly be delayed until the end of 2011, says the FAA representative on
March 16, 2011 Read Full Article
SG Biofuels Advances Jatropha Biotech Platform with Application of Genetic Markers to Reference Genome: Library of Diverse Genetic Material Expands to 12,000 Unique Genotypes
(SG Biofuels) SG Biofuels, a bioenergy crop company using breeding and biotechnology to develop elite hybrid seeds of Jatropha, today announced it has applied more than 1.6 million genetic markers (SNPs) for Jatropha curcas toward the development of marker assisted
March 14, 2011 Read Full Article
SG Biofuels Expands into India
(Biofuels International) In the US SG Biofuels, a bioenergy crop company, located in San Diego, California, is expanding its operations into India and has named Subhas Pattnaik as director of operations for the market. ...In India Pattnaik's new role will see
March 10, 2011 Read Full Article
Kenya: NEMA Orders New Study On Biofuel Tree
by Mazera Ndurya (AllAfrica.com) A team of specialists has been set up to study the viability of the controversial jatropha trees after renewed interest by foreign investors to start the project. The team was formed by the National Environment management Authority
March 10, 2011 Read Full Article
D1 Oil: Crude Jatropha Oil Demand Continues to Outweighs Supply, Harvests Hit by Heavy Rains
by Jamie Ashcroft (Proactive Investors United Kingdom) D1 Oils revealed that demand is out-pacing supply for its Crude Jatropha Oil (CJO)... D1 said that it is continuing to experience demand for greater quantities of CJO than it is able
March 03, 2011 Read Full Article
Study Confirms Viability of Jatropha Plant Oil for Electric Power Generation and Industrial Heating
(SG Biofuels) SG Biofuels and Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) released results of a study revealing the performance and emissions benefits of using Jatropha oil as a drop-in replacement for diesel fuel in industrial furnaces used for electric power generation and
February 27, 2011 Read Full Article
Study Confirms Viability of Jatropha Plant Oil for Electric Power Generation and Industrial Heating
(SG Biofuels) SG Biofuels and Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) today released results of a study revealing the performance and emissions benefits of using Jatropha oil as a drop-in replacement for diesel fuel in industrial furnaces used for electric power generation
February 23, 2011 Read Full Article
Jamaica Looks at Castor Oil as a Biofuel
(Jamaica Information Service) A $10.3 million research partnership agreement for a small scale biodiesel pilot project, using Jamaican oilseed bearing plants to produce fuel, was signed Friday February 11 between the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica’s Centre of Excellence for Renewable
February 22, 2011 Read Full Article
Iran Produces Biodiesel Fuel
(Trend) Iranian experts and scientists for the first time managed to produce biodiesel fuel using the oil extracted from Jatropha curcas plant cultivated in Southern Iran, FARS news agency reported. "Iran could produce biodiesel fuel through extracting oil from Jatropha plant
February 21, 2011 Read Full Article
Jatropha - Green Biodiesel from African Tree
by Bård Amundsen/Else Lie. Translation: Darren McKellep/Carol B. Eckmann(The Research Council of Norway) Jatropha has been championed as a major environmental opportunity for developing countries with a semi-arid climate and marginal soil. Scientist Karl Hilding Thunes of the Norwegian Forest
February 21, 2011 Read Full Article
Jatoil Reaches Shipping Milestone
(Biofuels International) On 3 February 2011 energy company Jatoil achieved production of 200 tonnes of crude jatropha oil, all of which will be shipped and used as feedstock for biojet aviation fuel for use by commercial airlines. ...'Currently, only limited supplies
February 21, 2011 Read Full Article
Biodiesel Roars Back with Mandate, Tax Credits, B20 OKs
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...“The EPA has said that they are going to enforce the 800 million gallon volume RFS2 requirement” said National Biodiesel Board CEO Joe Jobe to Biodiesel magazine, “and we will have the tax credit in
February 07, 2011 Read Full Article
Environment - The Growth of Biofuels.
by International Aviation Transport Association (4Hoteliers) Biofuels offer the greatest hope for aviation to reduce its carbon emissions, savings of up to 80% are on the table if the industry can get it right, however if airlines wait until the
February 06, 2011 Read Full Article
Air China and Boeing Make Plans for the First Trans-Pacific Sustainable Biofuel-Powered Flight
(GreenAir Online) Air China and Boeing have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the intention of carrying out a trans-Pacific biofuel flight between China and the US, and will follow China’s first biofuel demonstration flight planned for the second half
February 06, 2011 Read Full Article
Successful Jatropha Planting Season Expanding New Acreage by Over 30%
(Mission NewEnergy Ltd.) Mission NewEnergy Limited, a vertically integrated biodiesel producer and one of the world’s largest Jatropha plantation companies, is pleased to announce results of the Jatropha planting season as follows: Outperformed projected new Jatropha planting target; Increased overall productive
February 04, 2011 Read Full Article
BioJet Receives $1.2 Billion Funding Facility
(BioJet International Ltd.) BioJet International Ltd. announced that it has received a US $1.2 Billion funding facility from Cayman based Equity Partners Fund SPC. The funding structure is a 3 year facility, further terms of the funding were not disclosed. BioJet
February 04, 2011 Read Full Article
Do You Know the Way to San Jose (dos Campos)? Total, and Its Biofuels Babies
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...And, today, the story of advanced biofuels in Brazil amped up considerably yesterday with the announcement that TAM Airlines in conjunction with Airbus, jatropha biofuel producer Brasil Ecodiesel, and AirBP (the specialized aviation division of
February 02, 2011 Read Full Article
Chinese Company to Grow Biofuel Plant in Congo Republic, Xinhua Reports
(Bloomberg) A Chinese company plans to produce jatropha ... in the Democratic Republic of Congo,...Greater Kingdom Group, has asked for 10,000 hectares in each of the provinces... READ MORE
January 19, 2011 Read Full Article
The Formation of The Center for Sustainable Energy Farming, a Non-Profit Research Foundation, Was Announced by Global Clean Energy Holdings, Inc., a Leader in Jatropha and Energy Farming
(Globe Newswire) Global Clean Energy Holdings announced the establishment of a new non-profit research organization: The Center for Sustainable Energy Farming (www.CfSEF.org). The Center's mission is to perform cutting-edge plant science research in genetics, breeding and horticulture, and further develop technologies to allow
January 10, 2011 Read Full Article
Confederation of Indian Industry Proposes Bio-Diesel Price Hike
(The Economic Times) The government should raise the price of bio-diesel obtained from the jatropha plant to support the bio-diesel industry's sustainability efforts, the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) says. ...The study estimates that if the industry becomes sustainable and
January 06, 2011 Read Full Article
Biofuels Developers Get a Taste for Waste
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...a lot of strong commentary from the readership on the potential for Fischer-Tropsch technologies. And brought out some very strong feelings about waste. On F-T, one reader wrote: “Expansion of FT? Hardly. Its the narrowing of
January 04, 2011 Read Full Article
Top 10 Biofuels Predictions for 2011
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...For our 2010 batch of predictions, we give ourselves 6 marks out of 10. We gave ourselves 1 full mark for predicting the spread of Low Carbon Fuel Standard activity, the boom in renewable chemicals, a
December 31, 2010 Read Full Article
Mission NewEnergy and JOil to Collaborate in Growing New Elite High Yielding Jatropha Varieties
(Mission NewEnergy) Mission NewEnergy Limited, a vertically integrated biodiesel producer and one of the world’s largest Jatropha plantation companies, is pleased to announce that it has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with JOil (S) Pte Ltd ("JOil"), a joint
December 27, 2010 Read Full Article
Hydrotreated Renewable Jet Fuel Close to Certification but Scale-Up Challenges Remain
by Jeffrey Decker (FlightGlobal) Commercial production of jet biofuels could find authorisation in December under fuel specification amendments being considered by certificating body ASTM International.Enormous investments and economies of scale are far behind testing that consistently confirms the safety and
December 22, 2010 Read Full Article
Kanchanfur Forests Farm Jatropha for Bio-Diesel
(The Himalayan Times) Two community forests of Kanchanpur district have started growing Jatropha (Sajeevan) from which biofuel can be produced. Basanta Community Forest and Sri Krishna Community Forest are into sajeevan farming with the technical and financial assistance of Crystal Bio Energy
December 20, 2010 Read Full Article
Airbus Supports TAM Airlines, Curcas and Brasil Ecodiesel to Establish Renewable Jet Fuel Processing Plant and Biofuel ‘Value-Chain’ in Brazil
(WebWire) Airbus together with TAM Airlines and a group of specialist companies are working to establish a bio-kerosene jet-fuel processing plant in Brazil, aiming to gradually substitute fossil fuel in aviation with biofuel. On November 22nd a major milestone was accomplished
December 12, 2010 Read Full Article
Biofuels Shine amid Conflict and Confusion at COP 16
by Joelle Brink (Biofuels Digest Asia) The Cancun climate summit in Mexico kicked off last week at the same time as a “Cablegate” revelation that motorists buying fossil fuels at the pump are unwittingly funding terrorism in their own countries. The
December 09, 2010 Read Full Article
Ethiopia Sets its Sights on Biodiesel
by Denis Gathanju (Renewable Energy World) Could this poverty-stricken country become the world's largest biodiesel producer? Policy-makers in Ethiopia, challenged by fluctuating oil prices and poverty, are seeking solutions that will improve the living conditions of its people and boost its
December 08, 2010 Read Full Article
Air & Space Smithsonian Interview: Richard Altman, Executive Director, Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative
by Paul Hoversten (Air & Space Smithsonian) Richard Altman, who spent 39 years as a propulsion engineer at Pratt & Whitney, is executive director of the Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative. The industry-government alliance was formed in 2006 to push development
November 30, 2010 Read Full Article
Se Utilizarán Vehículos con Biodiesel en Cumbre de Cancún: Calderón
(La Jornada en Internet) "El transporte de todos los participantes se va a hacer no sólo en camiones chiapanecos sino con biodiesel hecho en Chiapas", destacó el mandatario al inaugurar la primera planta del combustible en el país. READ MORE and MORE (Biofuels
November 30, 2010 Read Full Article
China's CNOOC Sells Its First Biodiesel Product
(Alibaba.com) State-owned China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC) has sold out its first batch of biodiesel on the island province of Hainan, the company said on Wednesday. The fuel was blended into normal diesel and offered to drivers starting from
November 26, 2010 Read Full Article
Pennycress, French Weed, Fanweed: by Any Name, a Biofuel Rose
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...“How do get growers to grow if there’s no market? How do you get a market if there are no growers?” Arvent CEO Sudhir Seth summed up the problem. ...The problem is in the feedstock. or
November 26, 2010 Read Full Article
Big Isle Farm Promises Rich Biofuel Source
by Alan Yonan Jr. (Star Advertiser) ...As the algae companies slowly move forward with their research and development, however, another source of renewable energy is blossoming -- literally -- on the Big Island. Hawaii Pure Plant Oil, or HIPPO, is
November 23, 2010 Read Full Article
Kingdom’s Biodiesel Plans on Hold as Jatropha Disappears
(The Phnom Penh Post) NTC Jacam Energy has halted plans to produce biodiesel because of a lack of raw materials, particularly jatropha, according to the firm’s chairman. The firm had planned to more than triple its production to 2,000 litres of
November 22, 2010 Read Full Article
Drive toward Energy Independence
by Jason Armstrong (West Hawaii Today) Within a year's time, Big Island truckers will be able to run their diesel engines with a sustainable, locally produced fuel made from used cooking oil. That's the goal of Big Island Biodiesel, which on
November 22, 2010 Read Full Article
Traction: 13 Companies Gaining Momentum in Advanced Bioenergy
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...Today, we look at companies that, in the month of November, have made material strdes towards commercialization – through securing of funding, commencement of construction, offtake deals, or in other ways. AE Biofuels – ethanol from cellulosic
November 22, 2010 Read Full Article
AMG Bioenergy Resources Holdings Ltd Signs Letter of Intent With China Zhejiang Biodiesel Co, Ltd ("CZBC")
(Digital Journal/Marketwire) AMG Bioenergy Resources Holdings Ltd. (The Company) announced that it has just signed a Letter of Intent with China Zhejiang Biodiesel Co, Ltd ("CZBC") to acquire the Eucalyptus and Jatropha Plantation assets that CZBC has developed in Guangdong province,
November 21, 2010 Read Full Article
Thailand to Shift Focus on Jatropha for Biofuel
(Financial Express) Shifting focus to its biodiesel programme, Thailand is planning to open large scale jatropha seed based plants to produce the much needed commodity. Analysts said long-neglected jatropha ready for a starring role and a rival to palm oil as
November 21, 2010 Read Full Article
GreenGold Ray Energies to Benefit From Europe's Bio-Diesel Inceased Demand
(Marketwire) GreenGold Ray Energies announced today that due to the increase target by the European Union of 10% of fuel sold at the pump be bio-diesel by 2020, the company will expedite its land acquisition. According to GreenGold Ray Energies, the current
November 12, 2010 Read Full Article
SG Biofuels and Bunge Form Strategic Alliance to Process Jatropha Seeds Into Sustainable Crude Oil
(PR Newswire) SG Biofuels, a bioenergy crop company developing and producing elite seeds of Jatropha, today announced it has established a strategic partnership with Bunge North America, the North American operating arm of Bunge Limited, to research and develop a model