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Back TO HOMEMNRE Launches ₹200 Crore Pilot Projects to Boost Green Hydrogen Innovation
by Mohan Gupta (Solar Quarter) The Indian Government has introduced a new initiative through the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy to support special pilot projects for green hydrogen. This step is part of the broader National Green Hydrogen Mission, which
August 11, 2025 Read Full Article
US Hikes India Tariffs to 50%, Putting Focus on Key Food, Fuel, Feedstock Trade Flows
by Samyak Pandey (S&P Global) Indian ag exports, biofuels, refined fuels face among highest US trade barriers; Exports of plant proteins, animal feed additives to face steep pricing pressure; Tariff to apply to all Indian goods entering US in 21
August 07, 2025 Read Full Article
Universal Access to Clean Cooking in Africa: Progress Update and Roadmap to Implementation
(International Energy Agency (IEA)) Clean cooking access is a defining challenge for Africa’s prosperity. While the number of people without access to clean cooking has halved globally since 2010, the number in sub-Saharan Africa continues to rise. This harms health, economic
August 04, 2025 Read Full Article
VTT Gel Fuels Seeks Investors
(VTT Gel Fuels) VTT Gel Fuels is dedicated to providing sustainable, clean, and affordable cooking solutions to households in Sub-Saharan Africa. We propose the introduction of biofuel stoves, which offer numerous health, environmental, and economic benefits compared to traditional cooking
July 20, 2025 Read Full Article
How Kike Technologies Green Energy Network Is Empowering Women with Clean Biofuel Solutions
by Seyi Taiwo-Oguntuase (Independent) Lilian Aremu, Vice President of Operation Green Energy Biofuels and Co-Founder of Kike Technologies, is a social entrepreneur and transformational leader. In this interview with SEYI TAIWO-OGUNTUASE, she speaks on the organisation’s pioneering efforts in expanding access to
July 12, 2025 Read Full Article
Uganda Rolls Out National Biofuels Blending Programme with E5 Launch
(UBC) The Minister of Energy and Mineral Development, Hon. Ruth Nankabirwa, has announced the official rollout of Uganda’s National Biofuels Blending Programme, starting with a 5% ethanol blend in petrol (E5). The announcement was made during a press briefing aimed at
July 01, 2025 Read Full Article
UNFCCC Opens Consultation on Clear Cookstove Methodology – Implications for the Biogas Sector Public Comment DEADLINE July 6
(World Biogas Association) The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has opened a public consultation, closing July 6, on a proposed methodology to support the use of improved cookstoves in cutting carbon emissions and air pollution. The methodology, known as CLEAR (Comprehensive
July 01, 2025 Read Full Article
Kondayama Biofuel Investment Looking for Investors, Supporters, Partnerships for Clean Cook Stove Project in Sierra Leone
(Kondayama Biofuel Investment) Promoting Clean, Affordable & Locally-Made Cooking Solutions Proposal for Clean Cooking Energy Campaign in Sierra Leone "Clean Flame Sierra Leone: Advancing Health, Environment, and Women's Empowerment through Ethanol Cookstoves" 1. Background For more about Moses Moseray and the Sierra Leone Project, click here. Over 90%
June 21, 2025 Read Full Article
Eni Expands Partnership with Mozambique on LNG and Biofuels
(MENAFN) Mozambican President Daniel Francisco Chapo met with Eni CEO Claudio Descalzi in Maputo to review the company's ongoing and planned activities in the country, reaffirming the partnership between Eni and Mozambique, Trend reports. The two sides discussed the progress of the
June 14, 2025 Read Full Article
Biogases’ Benefits for Energy Security, Local Economies and Reducing Emissions Are Drawing Renewed Interest
(International Energy Agency (IEA)) First-of-a-kind geospatial assessment in new IEA report finds huge untapped potential for biogases, equivalent to a quarter of global natural gas demand As policy makers look for opportunities to simultaneously bolster energy security and economic competitiveness, biogases –
May 29, 2025 Read Full Article
Kondayama Biofuels Investment Team Ethanol Cook Stove Training in Allen Town
by Moses Moseray (Kondayama Biofuels Investment Team) In collaboration with Empower Sierra Leone Foundation, We trained and distributed 50 ethanol cookstoves to women in the Allen Town Community, Freetown Sierra Leone. Moses Moseray with ethanol cook stoves and bottles of ethanol fuel
May 26, 2025 Read Full Article
What You Can Do for Earth Month and Beyond! Cook with Renewable Fuel!
Do you use charcoal, wood or kerosene for cooking? The United Nations supports transitioning to clean cooking fuel like ethanol for cleaner burning, healthier cooking. New Research Shows the Health Benefits of Ethanol-Fueled Cookstoves Around the world, there are initiatives to transition
April 27, 2025 Read Full Article
What You Can Do for Earth Month and Beyond! Help a Small Business in Sierra Leone Inspire Clean Cooking
Do you want to help a small business in Sierra Leone enable the transition to clean cooking fuel? See what Kondayama Biofuel Investment is doing to make that happen. You can help. Get in touch with this company. And see what other
April 14, 2025 Read Full Article
The Digest 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to KOKO Networks
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) KOKO Networks aims to achieve universal access to clean fuels by promoting bioethanol for cooking in emerging countries. Bioethanol offers lower capital expenditure and faster time to market, along with environmental, health, and gender benefits. Kenya
April 01, 2025 Read Full Article
The East African Corn Belt: Feeding and Fueling Africa’s Future
by Gerard J. Ostheimer and Douglas L. Faulkner (Biofuels Digest) The East African Corn Belt runs from South Africa, north and east through Zambia, Tanzania and into Kenya and Ethiopia (see map). We believe that this area is poised to become
March 12, 2025 Read Full Article
TECNIMONT, Paradeep Municipality and NITK - Surathkal Held Ceremony to Launch the Biogas Plant Project in Paradeep, India
(TECNIMONT) The one-ton-per-day biogas plant aims to support community kitchens in providing cooking gas using food and vegetable waste as feedstock -- Tecnimont Private Limited (TCMPL), the Indian subsidiary of TECNIMONT, Paradeep Municipality and the National Institute of Technology of Karmataka Surathkal (NITK)
February 17, 2025 Read Full Article
Carbon Credit Buyers Need Options — Including Avoidance and Reductions
by Margaret Morales (Trellis) Why carbon removals aren’t always better. -- ... The shift toward removals has led some companies away from projects that avoid or reduce global emissions — for example, by keeping the planet’s existing forests standing, providing clean cooking stoves
February 12, 2025 Read Full Article
How My Wife, I Produced Biofuel Gel from Moringa Roots – 83-Year-Old Retired Teacher
by Ayoola Olasupo (Punch) Retired teacher and scientist, Chief Samuel Oluwatoye, narrates to Ayoola Olasupo, the exciting experience of being among the first set of National Youth Service Corps members, his career progression as a teacher to discovering moringa leaves
January 26, 2025 Read Full Article
Kondayama Biofuel Investment Team Provided Two Days Training of Trainers for Women's Network for Environmental Sustainability (WoNES)
by Moses Moseray (Kondayama Biofuel Investment Team) I am thrilled to announce that, Kondayama Biofuel Investment team has just concluded two days training of trainers for Women's Network for Environmental Sustainability (WoNES),its partners and representatives from 120 communities in Western
January 14, 2025 Read Full Article
Moses Moseray, Founder and Chief Innovator of Kondayama Biofuel Investment (KBI) Honored to Receive Students Union Award
by Moses Moseray (Kondayama Biofuel Investment) I am truly honoured and deeply humbled to have received this prestigious award from the Moyamba District Students Union (MoDSU) (VIDEO at 1:01:48). This recognition is not only a testament to my individual efforts but also
December 30, 2024 Read Full Article
The Energy Transition and its Pivotal Role in the G20 and COP29 Meetings
by Jefferson dos Santos Estevo* (Advanced Biofuels USA) Earlier this year, two pivotal global conferences were held: the G20 in Brazil and COP29 in Azerbaijan. Both gatherings placed significant emphasis on the topic of energy transition, highlighting the urgent need
December 11, 2024 Read Full Article
We've Completed Construction of Our World-First Green Gas Network
(SGN) We have reached a key milestone on our H100 Fife project, with the completion of the construction of the world’s first domestic hydrogen gas network in Levenmouth, Fife. Green hydrogen gas, created using renewable electricity from a local 7MW offshore wind
December 06, 2024 Read Full Article
Pivot Clean Energy Podcasts: How the World Cooks
(Pivot Clean Energy) Pivot has expanded visibility for bioethanol clean cooking over the past three years, and is playing a critical role in establishing this fuel as a key part of the energy transition. We connect partners across sectors and participate in global
November 16, 2024 Read Full Article
COP29 Countries Endorse Global Carbon Market Framework
by Virginia Furness and Kate Abnett (Reuters) Countries green-light global carbon credit market rules; Campaigners say rules fail to protect human rights; Aim to fund CO2-cutting projects in poorer nations -- Countries at the two-week COP29 climate summit gave the go-ahead on
November 12, 2024 Read Full Article
Asia Feeling the Heat of Climate Change
(Biofuels International) The potential for biofuels to play a leading role in Asia’s under-pressure energy mix appears to be on the rise. Nailing down that potential will take time, effort and investment, but opportunities for sector growth are being strengthened by policy
November 04, 2024 Read Full Article
Host Country Agreement Signed between India and the Global Biofuels Alliance
(India Ministry of External Affairs) Shri Dammu Ravi, Secretary (ER), Ministry of External Affairs and Shri Pankaj Jain, Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas as Interim Director General of GBA signed the Host Country Agreement (HCA) between the Government of
October 14, 2024 Read Full Article
IEA Predicts 20% Growth in Renewable Fuels by 2030, but Says More Substantial Growth Is Needed to Meet Net-Zero Goals
by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine) The International Energy Agency on Oct. 9 published its annual Renewables market report, which for the first time includes a chapter focused on renewable fuels that outlines expected growth in liquid biofuels, including sustainable aviation
October 11, 2024 Read Full Article
Port of Montreal’s Grand Quay Powers up with 100% Renewable Energy
(Montreal Port Authority) The Montreal Port Authority (MPA) is pleased to announce that since January 1, 2024, the Port of Montreal’s Grand Quay has been surpassing a carbon footprint milestone it set by opting for a new energy supply solution.
August 16, 2024 Read Full Article
Biofuel Growth Driven by Increasing Use in Transport in China and Emerging Economies, New Report Reveals
(Biofuels International) This year’s Energy Outlook by bp is focused on two main scenarios – the current trajectory and net-zero. These scenarios, as highlighted in the 107-page report, are not predictions of what is likely to happen or what bp would
July 11, 2024 Read Full Article
U.S. Department of Energy Releases Request for Information on Renewable Propane and Other Gaseous Intermediates DEADLINE August 5, 2024
(U.S. Department of Energy) The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) has released a Request for Information (RFI) on Renewable Propane Production Technologies and Uses to better understand the supply chains for production and uses of renewable propane and other renewable gaseous
July 09, 2024 Read Full Article
Nigeria Boosts Bio-Energy Sector with New Cassava Ethanol Plant
by Hadiza Ndadama (Voice of Nigeria) In a significant move to bolster Nigeria’s bio-energy sector, the Federal Ministry of Innovation, Science, and Technology, in partnership with Montserrado Investments Limited and the Federal Institute of Industrial Research Oshodi (FIIRO), has signed a Memorandum
July 08, 2024 Read Full Article
2024 a Turning Point for Clean Cooking Access in Africa
(Bioenergy International) The first-ever high-level Summit focused on providing clean cooking access to the more than 1 billion people in Africa who currently lack it has delivered a breakthrough financial commitment for addressing one of the world’s most persistent and deep-seated
May 20, 2024 Read Full Article
Ener-G-Africa’s New Stove and Cookware Factory in Paarl Has Big Expansion Plans
by Edward West (IOL) Ener-G-Africa, a Malawi-based company that operates in 14 countries, yesterday opened a factory in Paarl (South Africa) that produces advanced clean-burning, fuel-efficient stoves and cookware for local and other African markets, and there are plans to set
May 13, 2024 Read Full Article
Farnek’s Biogas Initiative Improves Lives of Rural Nepalese Families
(Far Eastern Agriculture) Top executives from the ESG (Environment, Social & Governance) team of leading UAE-based smart and green facilities management (FM) company Farnek, revisited Nepalese families that received Farnek biogas plants In 2015, the plants were installed by Farnek technicians to
May 08, 2024 Read Full Article
MasterChef Australia Goes Gas-tronomic!
(BioEnergy Australia) Season 16 Sizzles With Carbon Neutral Biomethane And Hydrogen Gases. -- This season of MasterChef Australia is taking a new approach to 'cooking with gas' with a world-first partnership for the franchise using carbon neutral biomethane in the kitchen and
April 24, 2024 Read Full Article
BLACK (Soot) – A 5-Letter Word for EARTH MONTH
The GREEN economy aims to foster sustainable development by promoting environmentally friendly practices and technologies across various industries. One significant challenge in this pursuit is the presence of BLACK soot, also KNOWN as BLACK carbon, WHICH contributes to air pollution
April 22, 2024 Read Full Article
Cassava Value Chain from Seed to Products
by Moses Moseray* (Kondayama Biofuel Investment/special for Advanced Biofuels USA) The cassava value chain refers to the process of production: processing and marketing of cassava and its co-products. It involves the entire lifecycle of cassava, from planting and cultivation to
April 18, 2024 Read Full Article
The Digest’s 2024 Multi-Slide Guide to the Global Policy Context for BIO-LPG
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) A decarbonization path for the LPG sector continues to increase in importance as a response to political forces which affect regulatory survivability and access to capital. Global North LPG marketers are responding to the lack of
April 15, 2024 Read Full Article
The Digest’s 2024 Multi-Slide Guide to Futuria Fuels and DME
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Dimethyl-ether is a single molecule that can be produced from a wide range of renewable feedstocks. It can be blended with LPG and used in existing applications. It is chemically similar to propane and butane, and
April 12, 2024 Read Full Article
U.S. Grains Council Supports Biofuel-Based Decarbonization Initiatives Worldwide
by Mackenzie Boubin (U.S. Grains Council) As part of its efforts to promote decarbonization, the U.S. Grains Council is increasing its focus on market opportunities outside the transportation sector. This includes household cooking alternatives that use clean-burning ethanol as opposed to polluting
April 11, 2024 Read Full Article
Summit on Clean Cooking in Africa --- May 14, 2024 --- Paris, France
The IEA is convening global leaders for a Summit on Clean Cooking in Africa to make 2024 a turning point for progress on ensuring clean cooking access for all. Today, nearly four in five Africans still cook their meals over open
April 08, 2024 Read Full Article
Pivot: Global Bioethanol Coalition Clean Cooking Podcasts
(Pivot) Expanding knowledge around bioethanol and clean cooking is critical to engaging with government, private sector, and individuals in ways that spur actual change. Pivot is dedicated to building awareness and educating in a variety of ways to ensure that bioethanol
April 08, 2024 Read Full Article
BioLPG Production at Scale in Sub-Saharan Africa: Key Elements Needed for Its Development and Efficient Use as a Clean Cooking Fuel
(The Global LPG Partnership (GLPGP), Modern Energy Cooking Services (MECS), Loughborough University) ... The confluence of Global South development needs, inadequate progress on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the rapidly evolving “just transition” debate between Global North and Global South has
March 20, 2024 Read Full Article
US Grains Council and Cooperators Announce Partnership to Support Ethanol-based Cooking, Transport in Mozambique
(U.S. Grains Council/Club of Mozambique) On February 29, the U.S. Grains Council (USGC) convened high-level U.S. and Mozambican government officials, industry professionals and other stakeholders to discuss the benefits and challenges of using ethanol biofuel to meet the country’s clean energy
March 01, 2024 Read Full Article
Naturgy Speeds up Renewable Gas Penetration in Households along with Hercesa | hi! Real Estate
(Nedgia/Group Naturgy) The two groups sign a partnership to facilitate the supply of biomethane in homes and promote the decarbonisation of residential consumption. The first 175 homes with this renewable gas will be in Barañain (Navarre) and building will begin in January
February 15, 2024 Read Full Article
UNIDO, TIB to Enhance Tanzania’s Bioenergy Sector with $899,000 Grant
(Daily News) The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the Tanzania Development Bank (TIB) are set to award a significant grant of $899,000 to support entrepreneurial initiatives in country’s bioenergy sub-sector. At a well-attended event featuring a dummy cheque presentation in
February 14, 2024 Read Full Article
The President of the Republic of Indonesia Joko Widodo Met Eni Chief Executive Officer Claudio Descalzi in Jakarta
(Eni) The President of the Republic of Indonesia Joko Widodo met Eni Chief Executive Officer Claudio Descalzi in Jakarta today (February 2, 2024), to discuss the company’s ongoing activities in the country and to outline initiatives in the areas of energy
February 08, 2024 Read Full Article
Instead of Bickering over Fossil Oil, Use the Energy to Make Biofuels
by Joachim Buwembo (The East African) Rather than, or besides fighting over control of the poison being sold to them by rich international dealers, Uganda and Kenya could put the health of their people, vehicles and wallets first, and jointly develop better
January 29, 2024 Read Full Article
Global Bioenergy Partnership Annual Wrap-Up
(Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) ... 2023 was an important year for GBEP, as it was the first time that Partners and Observers met in person for the governance meetings since the COVID-19 pandemic. It was a chance
December 19, 2023 Read Full Article
Nigerians Look to Biofuel as Cost of Cooking Gas Soars
Kadiatou Sakho (AFP/Macao Business) Hairdresser Shola Abiodun Adeyemi begins preparing lunch by pouring out a glug of bright green biofuel gel into her stove, as many Nigerians seek to reduce cooking expenses. The cost of living has skyrocketed in Nigeria since President
November 28, 2023 Read Full Article
The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Futuria Fuels
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Futuria Fuels was founded by SHV Energy to lead the global advocacy of sustainable molecules, aiming to deliver viable sustainable fuel to off-grid customers. Through collaboration, we are building partnership and investment opportunities which will directly
November 28, 2023 Read Full Article
GTI Energy’s Cool LPG Technical Paper Awarded Best Presentation Honor at LPG Week Global Science Conference
(GTI Energy) Significant recognition by industry leaders in Rome demonstrates technical success in deploying renewable LPG to meet decarbonization goals -- GTI Energy announced today that a technical paper focused on its Cool LPG technology won an award for “Best Presentation” at
November 21, 2023 Read Full Article
Dairy Farmers in India to Install Small-Scale Digesters
(BioCycle Magazine) HomeBiogas, a manufacturer of small-scale, on-site biogas systems, announced an agreement with SKG Sangha, a nonprofit organization working in the energy, sustainable farming, waste management and climate change fields, to install over 7,000 HomeBiogas systems with dairy farmers in
November 21, 2023 Read Full Article
Ammongas Installs Biogas Upgrading Facility in New York
(EE North America/Globe Newswire) A biogas upgrading facility that transforms biogas from agricultural waste to biomethane has been installed by Ammongas in the state of New York -- Ammongas, a part of European Energy, is pleased to announce the successful installation of
November 17, 2023 Read Full Article
Smokeless Biofuel Stoves Introduced to Ghanaian Senior High Schools by SESA
by Anita Serwaa Adzoga (My Joy Online) Smart Energy Solutions for Africa (SESA) has begun deploying smokeless fuel energy innovation in some senior high schools in the Ashanti region. In partnership with the Akenten Appiah-Menka University, the project seeks to reduce the use
October 18, 2023 Read Full Article
Utilizing Bagasse Waste to Battle Deforestation
Cornelius Van Tonder (BARA Industrial Plant Consultants/Biomass Magazine) ... Being that it must be cost effective, as most of Malawi is far below the global average poverty line, the solution must outperform in the market with the charred wood product.
October 12, 2023 Read Full Article
EPM Begins Operating Colombia’s First Biomethane Plant
(Bioenergy Insight) Empresas Públicas de Medellín (EPM), a state-owned, industrial and commercial public utilities organisation in Colombia, has begun operating the country's first biomethane plant as it seeks to diversify its clean energy portfolio. Located in Itaguí, in the greater metropolitan area
October 11, 2023 Read Full Article
Production of Clean Cooking Energy in Sierra Leone October 2023 and March/April 2024 Updates
by Moses Moseray* ( (Kondayama Biofuel Investment/special to Advanced Biofuels USA) I have made modifications of my stove based on the request and suggestions from those that have used it and those that are interested to have it and to trial it.
October 02, 2023 Read Full Article
Subsidy Removal: Rise in Fuel Price Presents Biofuels as Viable Option – Environmentalists
by Henry Nnaemeka (Daily Post) The removal of fuel subsidy by the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led government has no doubt caused untold hardship for many Nigerians. However, clean energy advocates and environmentalists, have described the situation as a blessing in disguise for
September 25, 2023 Read Full Article
African Nations Set to Visit India for Ethanol Blending, Biogas Studies
by Subhayan Chakraborty (Business Standard) Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda keen to replicate India's ethanol blending, biogas initiatives -- Close on the heels of its historic outreach to African nations and the successful launch of the Global Biofuel Alliance (GBA), India will soon welcome
September 21, 2023 Read Full Article
Energy Transitions to and from Gas Cooking: A Global Perspective --- October 11, 2023 --- ONLINE
This webinar focuses on a comprehensive perspective on energy transitions in cooking, encompassing both the adoption of gas as well as alternative methods worldwide. This webinar offers insights into the evolving clean cooking arena, presenting diverse viewpoints on the benefits
September 20, 2023 Read Full Article
IRENA Virtual Knowledge Exchange Series on Renewables-based Clean Cooking: Key Messages and the Way Forward
(Clean Cooking Alliance) The Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG 7) target of achieving universal access to clean cooking fuels and technologies remains elusive. The 2023 SDG 7 Tracking Report highlights that, despite the progress, some 2.3 billion people still used polluting fuels
September 20, 2023 Read Full Article
Biogas Plant to Solve Agricultural Waste Problem in West Lombok, Indonesia
(Bioenergy Insight) The West Lombok Regency community in Nusa Tenggara Barat (NTB), Indonesia, is set to begin construction of a biogas plant that can treat local agricultural waste from corn production. The plant is slated to begin operating in 2025, and it
August 30, 2023 Read Full Article
Cooking in Toxic Smoke: The Bioethanol Solution to Replace Polluting Fuels
(Pivot Clean Energy) ... This article outlines the health and environmental risks posed by the usage of solid fuels as energy sources in cooking applications, and explores the viability of bioethanol-based alternatives. Solid & Fossil Fuels: The Hazards ... The Health and Environmental Toll ... Additionally,
August 09, 2023 Read Full Article
Providing a Roadmap: Standards Development for Clean Cooking
(Pivot Clean Energy) ... A growing area of interest for bioethanol is for use as a household energy source, primarily in cooking applications. This renewable fuel has the necessary attributes to be a viable, clean energy source for household cookstoves in
August 09, 2023 Read Full Article
Woman Flaunts Special Biofuel Gel She Uses to Cook as Cooking Gas Prices Hike
by Muyela Roberto and Wycliffe Musalia (Tuko)A lady using biofuel gel in a cooker has stirred massive reactions online when she said it could serve as an alternative to cooking gas; After putting some amount of the gel through the
July 31, 2023 Read Full Article
Dimeta and Enerkem Collaborate on Large Scale Waste-to-DME Projects in Europe and the USA
(Enerkem) Enerkem, the first company in the world to produce bio-methanol from mixed waste at commercial scale, and Dimeta, a joint venture between two of the largest off-grid energy suppliers, have announced that they are initiating feasibility studies for the development
July 27, 2023 Read Full Article
Pivot Clean Energy: Accelerating Household Transitions to Bioethanol
(Ethanol Producer Magazine) Produced by Ethanol Producer Magazine, Pivot’s Alicia ElMamouni discusses the movement to increase access to bioethanol for the billions of people currently lacking access to modern, clean household energy. Recorded live at the 2023 FEW in Omaha, Nebraska.
July 20, 2023 Read Full Article
The Urgent Need for Ethanol Cooking in Africa
by Douglas L. Faulkner (“The Cleantech Conservative”) and Gerard J. Ostheimer (Clean Energy Ministerial Biofuture Campaign) (Biofuels Digest) We have argued in the Digest that bio-based fuels, chemicals, and materials ought to be a cornerstone of the modern African economy. In
July 12, 2023 Read Full Article
The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Oberon Fuels
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Rebecca Boudreaux, CEO of Oberon Fuels, was special guest this past week on ABLC Connect, and she took us through Oberon’s promise and progress, milestones achieved and the next ones down the road, on the journey
July 12, 2023 Read Full Article
Production of Clean Cooking Energy in Sierra Leone
by Moses Moseray (Kondayama Biofuel Investment/special to Advanced Biofuels USA) We all know that the world is moving from the bondage of using dirty energy (wood, charcoal, kerosene, etc.) to a clean cooking energy solution in order to save life,
May 31, 2023 Read Full Article
Digesting the North: Balance BioGas Is Bringing Digesters to Remote Communities
by Maria Church (Canadian Biomass Magazine) A Yukon company has developed small-scale biodigesters designed specifically to decarbonize rural and remote communities. Balance BioGas is commercializing its solutions along with a new dashboard tool. Made in the North, for the North. That’s a
May 30, 2023 Read Full Article
Modern Bioenergy Provides Opportunities for Developing Countries
(IEA Bioenergy) At the online event ’Opportunities of bioenergy and biofuels in developing economies‘, organized on 22 and 23 May by the IEA Bioenergy Technology Collaboration Programme (IEA Bioenergy) and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), more than 500
May 24, 2023 Read Full Article
Unlocking the Bioethanol Economy
(United Nations Industrial Development Organization) A Pathway to Inclusive and Sustainable Industrial Development in Developing Countries -- ... Developing a bioethanol industry and value chain, by leveraging a vibrant agriculture sector and agro-industries in developing, least developed, and small island
May 23, 2023 Read Full Article
The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to SHV Energy
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) SHV Energy is a leading global distributor of off-grid energy, such as LPG, LNG, hydrogen, bioLPG and rDME. The company serves 30 million business and residential customers in 24 countries across 4 continents. The ambition
May 05, 2023 Read Full Article
Turkey Plans to Bolster Biogas Production
(Bioenergy Insight) Turkey's Agriculture and Forestry Ministry is working on projects aimed at utilising geothermal energy resources, particularly in urban agriculture, while officials are looking into ways to boost biomass production in rural areas, according to Daily News. ... Meanwhile, Turkey's Agriculture Ministry
May 04, 2023 Read Full Article
The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to GTI Energy
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) GTI Energy is an organization dedicated to advancing the economy-wide transformation needed to deeply decarbonize energy systems while supplying the energy needed to support rising standards of living and economic growth worldwide. CEO Paula Gant
May 04, 2023 Read Full Article
The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to BioLPG and the Global LPG Partnership
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) The Global LPG Partnership is a United Nations-backed, non-profit Public-Private Partnership formed in 2012, under the UN Sustainable Energy for All initiative. Its remit is to assist developing countries and their stakeholders to plan, finance
April 18, 2023 Read Full Article
Telangana Generates Electricity from Vegetable Waste ~PM Modi Praises Hyderabad’s Bowenpally Sabzi Mandi Innovative Efforts at ‘Man Ki Baat
(Government of India Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs) The Bowenpally Vegetable Market has caught Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s attention for its innovative waste management system. PM praised the one-of-its-kind bioelectricity, biofuel and bio-manure generation project during one of Mann Ki
April 11, 2023 Read Full Article
How the Biomass Pellet Industry Could Grow 10-Fold, and Help Save the Planet
by Michael Shepard (Bioenergy International) ... The opportunity lies in the kitchens of the nearly four billion people who cook some or all of their food with smoky fires burning wood, charcoal, or dung. The costs of this problem are well
April 11, 2023 Read Full Article
WS29: Opportunities of Bioenergy and Biofuels in Developing Economies --- May 22-23, 2023 --- ONLINE Recorded Presentations Available Free
e-Workshop organized by IEA Bioenergy, in collaboration with UNIDO Over the past decades and in multiple countries, bioenergy has supported the development of local economies, while helping to reduce the dependency on imported fossil fuels. If biomass resources are produced sustainably,
April 04, 2023 Read Full Article
Everything, Everywhere, All At Once: The African Bio-Economy Story
by Douglas L. Faulkner and Gerard J. Ostheimer (Biofuels Digest) With a nod to the Oscar winning movie of the same name, we want to convey a sense of where the African Bioeconomy is now, where it could be headed, and
March 28, 2023 Read Full Article
The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to SHV Energy and rDME technology
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) SHV Energy is a leading global distributor of off-grid energy, such as LPG, LNG, hydrogen, bioLPG and rDME. The company serves 30 million business and residential customers in 24 countries across 4 continents. The ambition
February 15, 2023 Read Full Article
The African Bioeconomy Comes into Focus
by Gerard J. Ostheimer and Douglas L. Faulkner (Biofuels Digest) GOOD NEWS -- Steady growth of the African bioeconomy is a “good news” story hiding in plain sight. Recent commercial successes combined with ambitious investments are helping to bring a vision for
February 10, 2023 Read Full Article
My Hometown, Onitsha, “The Dirtiest Place in the World”
Achukwu Onyinye Jane of Anambra State, Nigeria writes about efforts to solve problems with disposal or management of human waste by collecting it to convert to renewable fuel via anaerobic digestion. The group seeks training and equipment required to achieve
February 02, 2023 Read Full Article
Vegetable Oil Is Gaining Traction as a Biofuel
by Felicity Bradstock (OilPrice.com) - Biofuels have grown increasingly popular in recent years as a way to reduce emissions when it comes to both transport and heating. -In the UK, around 1.7 million homes still rely on kerosene heaters, and
January 17, 2023 Read Full Article
Innovative Biogas Technology from Sistema.bio gets MNRE Govt of India Approval
(Sistema.bio/The Week Magazine) - Sistema.bio's flexi biogas technology, ranging from 1 to 25 cubic meter per day, is certified under the National Biogas Programme. - The MNRE approval for Sistema.bio biogas plants will contribute to impact millions of dairy farmers
December 30, 2022 Read Full Article
Osaka Gas USA, Tallgrass & Green Plains Partner to Advance Japan’s Climate Objectives
(Green Plains/Business Wire) Green Plains Inc. (NASDAQ:GPRE), Tallgrass and Osaka Gas USA, a wholly owned subsidiary of Japan-based Osaka Gas, today announced the commencement of a joint feasibility study to evaluate the production of up to 200,000 tons per year of synthetic
December 23, 2022 Read Full Article
The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to SHV Energy
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) SHV Energy is a leading global distributor of off-grid energy, such as LPG, LNG, hydrogen, bioLPG and rDME. We serve 30 million business and residential customers in 24 countries across 4 continents. Our ambition is
December 23, 2022 Read Full Article
SUEZ and Waga Energy Commission Fifth Biogas Unit
(Bioenergy Insight) SUEZ and Waga Energy have commissioned a new Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) production unit at the Madaillan landfill in Milhac-d’Auberoche (southwestern France) - the fifth RNG production unit to be commissioned jointly by SUEZ and Waga Energy. Recovering RNG
December 21, 2022 Read Full Article
The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Dimeta and rDME, Accelerating the Off-Grid Energy Transition
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Dimeta is accelerating the energy transition in off-grid areas. They are advancing the production and use of renewable and recycled carbon Dimethyl Ether “rDME”), a low-carbon sustainable liquid gas, to support the de-fossilization of the
December 08, 2022 Read Full Article
West Africa Dialogue on Ethanol Clean Cooking Solutions: Social, Health, Economic, Environmental and Climate Impacts
(ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE)) The Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to UN of several countries is lagging behind in achieving 2030 SDG commitments and actions. The pandemic became a bottleneck in the development process of the
November 21, 2022 Read Full Article
Ethanol Clean Cooking Solutions: Social, Health, Economic, Environmental and Climate Impacts --- November 29, 2022 --- ONLINE
West Africa Dialogue on Ethanol Clean Cooking Solutions: Social, Health, Economic, Environmental and Climate Impacts The objectives of this dialogue are; 1. Introduce ethanol clean cooking solutions leading to better social fabric, health, economy and environment outcomes. 2. Promote innovative delivery opportunities for
November 21, 2022 Read Full Article
Biogas Ever More Popular in Rural Botswana Due to UNDP Project
(Bioenergy Insight) At a cattle post settlement called Gatuma located near Mmathethe village, south of Botswana, Goemeone and Mpho Kagiso have over the past year embraced biogas energy and are enjoying more than just the financial relief it brings, reported Xinhua, "Biogas
November 03, 2022 Read Full Article
Hot Spots: The 50 Hottest Project Development & Deployment Spots in the Advanced Bioeconomy
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Here are the 50 Hottest Project Development & Deployment Spots in the Advanced Bioeconomy for 2022, as selected by the Digest’s editors. READ MORE
October 28, 2022 Read Full Article
India to Pitch for Global Biofuels Alliance at G20 - Oil Minister
by Mohi Narayan (Reuters) India plans to pitch for a global alliance on biofuels among members of the group of 20 major economies, oil minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Wednesday, as the world's third biggest oil consumer bids to boost
October 24, 2022 Read Full Article
Food Waste Turns Biofuel for Preparing Noon Meal in Coimbatore School
by R Aishwaryaa (The Hindu) Students of the Government High School in Gandhinagar, here, turn food waste to bio-gas to prepare noon meal. The school inaugurated the bio-gas kit, which was set up by the Rotary Club of Coimbatore Town for ₹30,000
October 17, 2022 Read Full Article
Kiambu Dairy Farmers Embrace Biogas Installation
by Fridah Chomba and Victor Muchiri (Kenya News Agency) Kiambu is an agriculture-based County that has adopted Biogas as a renewable source of energy. Biogas is affordable, reliable and environmentally friendly. As one of the top five leading counties in dairy
October 04, 2022 Read Full Article
Indian Police Department to Use Biogas to Feed “Huge Dog Squad”
(Bioenergy Insight) The City Armed Reserve (CAR) campus in Adugodi has become the first in the city's police department to have a waste management facility, according to the New Indian Express. The biogas generated through wet waste will soon be used
August 31, 2022 Read Full Article
National Grid Identifies Robust Stocks of RNG, Hydrogen
(National Grid/Biomass Magazine) National Grid has located robust stocks of renewable natural gas (RNG) and hydrogen potentially available for its customers in Massachusetts and New York through the company’s first-of-its kind Northeast clean energy request for information (RFI) issued in May.
August 19, 2022 Read Full Article
Africa Faces Rising Energy Demands
by Colin Ley (Biofuels International) Assessing the state on biofuels development across Africa with any degree of accuracy or fairness is always a challenge, given the vastness and diversity of the continent. The complexity of the task is even greater at
August 18, 2022 Read Full Article
Biogas Production Begins in Chipinge, Zimbabwe
(Bioenergy Insight) Chipinge Town Council, Zimbabwe, has began a biogas digester project to produce biogas using biodegraded waste from the marketplace to meet the energy needs of local businesses and residents, according to The Manica Post. The project is conducted in
August 09, 2022 Read Full Article
IWK, EMB to Pioneer Production of Ethanol and Biogas from Wastewater
by Shafiqqul aliff (Malaysian Reserve) Indah Water Konsortium Sdn Bhd (IWK) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) and collaborated with EMB Business Sdn Bhd to pioneer the production of ethanol and biogas generated from wastewater processing for commercial purposes. Environment And
August 09, 2022 Read Full Article
NGO Helps Rural Residents Install Biogas Plants
(Bioenergy Insight) Koodugal, which is an Indian NGO, has started helping villages in India install biogas plants and achieve energy self-sufficiency. As a result, villages including Chaparthi and Thaliyur, Kaveripattinam block in Krishnagiri district, now have biogas plants that have
July 19, 2022 Read Full Article
Green Fuel Alternative to EV Charging Stations
by Rajesh Ayyappasur (GPS Renewables/Express Mobility) ... While the electric mobility industry is doing quite a commendable job of ushering in a new age of green transportation and its widespread implementation, there is no hiding from the fact that the
July 11, 2022 Read Full Article
Roadmap for Ethanol Blended Petrol (EBP) in India
(The Statesman) ... For the past two decades, India has been making progress towards putting in place an ecosystem to increase the quantities of fuel-grade ethanol blended into petrol under the Ethanol Blended Petrol (EBP) program for its use in
June 06, 2022 Read Full Article
Indian Railways Prepares Food from Biogas Plant at Electric Loco Training Centre
(Bioenergy Insight) Indian Railways is taking a big step towards the conservation of energy. According to the Railway Ministry, a biogas plant has been set up by the Southeast Central Railway zone at Electric Loco Training Centre at Uslapur Adarsh
May 31, 2022 Read Full Article
Anaerobic Digestion Plant to Supply Attleborough Town with Green Gas-VIDEO
(Privilege Finance) Construction work at a Norfolk-based anaerobic digestion (AD) plant will provide households in the south-east town of Attleborough with 10MW of biomethane per hour – enough to supply 4,000 homes, and guarantee green gas for most of the
May 11, 2022 Read Full Article
Commercial Availability! Oberon Fuels Drives Down Emissions from Propane with New rDME/Propane Blend
by Helena Tavares Kennedy (Biofuels Digest) ... Oberon Fuels announced commercial availability of a new approach to drive down emissions across the propane industry: a blend of propane and Oberon’s renewable DME (dimethyl ether) and that Suburban Propane is the first
May 02, 2022 Read Full Article
WORLD – a BONUS 5-letter Word as We Reflect on EARTH MONTH.
Sustainable, renewable FUELS are key to achieving the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development GOALS to transform our WORLD. Food, feed and fuel co-products OFTEN result from sustainable, renewable fuel production; and using climate SMART agricultural practices to produce feedstock WHILE
May 01, 2022 Read Full Article
Zeroing in on rDME, Renewable Dimethyl-Ether: The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Dimeta
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Rebecca Groen from Dimeta shared this illuminating slide guide at ABLC last month and now’s your chance to see what she had to say about renewable and recycled carbon DME as a fuel that can
April 29, 2022 Read Full Article
Brazil’s Ethanol Journey: From ‘a Fuel of the Future’ to the ‘Future of Fuel
(Economic Times Energy World) Brazil's experience of creating an ethanol economy has the potential to support others in developing their strategies and selecting the best pathways. ... Biofuels have been a part of Brazil’s National Energy policies for nearly half a century.
April 20, 2022 Read Full Article
ASHES Webinar - Combating Household Air Pollution with Clean Energy Solutions in Ghana --- April 20, 2022 --- ONLINE
Despite a growing economy and increasing urbanization, wood and charcoal remain Ghana’s primary source of energy for cooking, with over 80% of rural households and more than half of urban households relying primarily on these fuels. This translates into high
April 11, 2022 Read Full Article
STOVE—a 5-letter word for EARTH MONTH.
How ABOUT a cook STOVE that can use CLEAN, GREEN renewable ethanol as fuel instead of DIRTY, SMOKY charcoal, wood or dung. Photo from Project Gaia. LEARN more: https://advancedbiofuelsusa.info/tag/cook-stoves/ Each day throughout EARTH MONTH in 2022, Advanced Biofuels USA will highlight
April 09, 2022 Read Full Article
Spark+ Africa Fund Reaches Its First Financial Close with $40 Million to Invest in Clean and Modern Cooking Solutions in Africa
(Groupo Banco Africano de Desenvolimento) The Spark+ Africa Fund has raised over $40 million in a first close, it was announced on Wednesday. The Fund is the world’s first impact investment fund focused on financing the value chains of clean and
March 17, 2022 Read Full Article
BCB Are Looking for Funding and Advice for a Sustainable ‘Future 4 Fuel Is Solid’ Project on New Solid Ethanol Technology for an African or Asian Country
(Joint-Forces.com) BCB International are looking for funding and advice for an exciting sustainable project, to conduct a longer follow-on study on our new solid ethanol technology to an African or Asian country, at scale. This ‘Future 4 Fuel Is Solid’ (FFIS) project
February 03, 2022 Read Full Article
Suburban Propane Partners, L.P., Oberon Fuels and Empresas Lipigas Announce Collaboration to Evaluate Renewable Dimethyl Ether + Propane Blends in Latin America
(Oberon Fuels) Three leaders in their respective industries announce a collaboration to test a clean, innovative low carbon fuel blend in residential and commercial applications in Latin America. The collaboration includes Suburban Propane Partners, L.P. (NYSE: SPH) – the third largest retail propane distributor
January 27, 2022 Read Full Article
Competitive Edge: WESAF Energy Solutions
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ... We decided to set up WESAF ENERGY as there is a glaring gap in the African energy matrix which is heavily dominated by Oil and Gas. This however has still left millions in Sub-Saharan
January 21, 2022 Read Full Article
New Research Explores ‘Toilet-Linked’ AD Potential
(Bioenergy Insight) Research by the University of Stirling will help decision-makers understand and overcome the barriers preventing the uptake of 'toilet-linked' biogas technologies. One pioneering process enables home toilets to be connected to an anaerobic digester, which converts the waste
January 18, 2022 Read Full Article
300,000 Kenyan Household Subscribers on KOKO's Clean Fuel Platform
(KOKO Networks) Team KOKO today celebrated the company's latest sales milestone, with more than 300,000 household subscribers on our clean fuel and carbon platform in Kenya. KOKO Fuel was launched to the market in late 2019, and has battled major supply-side and
December 31, 2021 Read Full Article
Congressman Neguse Introduces Bipartisan, Bicameral Bill to Improve Global Health, Economic, and Environmental Wellbeing through Clean Cooking
(Office of Congressman Joe Neguse (R-CO 2nd)) Congressman Joe Neguse introduced the Clean Cooking Support Act,bipartisan, bicameral legislation that would address the health, environmental, and economic problems caused by exposure to smoke from traditional cookstoves and open fires. The Clean Cooking Support
December 20, 2021 Read Full Article
New HEI Report Examines Major Sources of PM and Impacts on Global Health
(Health Effects Institute) A new report published by HEI brings together for the first time comprehensive global estimates of the most common sources of fine particulate matter (PM) air pollution and its impacts on global health. Key findings in the report, Global Burden
December 16, 2021 Read Full Article
Can Ireland Warm Homes and Cook Dinners with Hydrogen?
(Gas Networks Ireland) Whether we will be able to warm our homes and cook our dinners with hydrogen in the future is a question that researchers from University College Dublin’s Energy Institute (UCDEI) are hoping to answer as part of a
November 18, 2021 Read Full Article
SoCalGas’ Biomethanation Reactor System to be Used in Maine Dairy Digester
(SoCalGas) The reactor is part of a $5 million project funded by the Department of Energy -- SoCalGas’ biomethanation reactor system will be used to help produce renewable energy as part of a power-to-gas demonstration. This system will be installed at
October 19, 2021 Read Full Article
Nairobi's Fuel Dispensers Replace Charcoal, Kerosene with Biofuel
(Today/Reuters) In Kenya's capital Nairobi, restaurant owner Miriam Kamau lifts a steaming ladle of food from a stove burning locally produced ethanol - a fuel made from the byproducts of sugar production. She is one of about 200,000 customers of three-year-old Kenyan
October 05, 2021 Read Full Article
From a Nuisance to a Benefit, ‘World’s Worst Weed’ Finds New Use as Biofuel
(South Africa Today) • A startup in western Kenya has developed a process of making bioethanol from water hyacinths, addressing both the need for a clean fuel alternative to charcoal and fuelwood, and the spread of the invasive hyacinths. Proponents
September 09, 2021 Read Full Article
Going Global: Expanding the Reach and Impact of GTI’s Cool LPG Technology as a Clean Fuel Alternative
(GTI) GTI is pleased to announce it has recently entered into licensing agreements with the Global LPG Partnership (GLPGP) and BioLPG, LLC (BioLPG), for GTI’s Cool LPG technology that indicates utility for decarbonizing energy systems and supplying green LPG for
July 28, 2021 Read Full Article
Going Biofuel Will Help Fight Climate Change, Secure Energy Supply-Swestep Boss
by Hassan Muaz (The Eagle Online) ... Well, some years ago in Rivers State, the National Association of Anatomy Students organised a conference, and we later went on a field trip to Songhai Farm. There I saw how agricultural waste was
June 21, 2021 Read Full Article
Biogest Receives Orders for Two Agricultural Biomethane Plants
(Bioenergy Insight) Biogest has received orders to build two biomethane (RNG) plants using agricultural waste and by-products from chicken farms in western France. Biomethane (RNG) production from animal, agricultural and food waste is one of the most rapidly expanding sectors
June 08, 2021 Read Full Article
United States Announced as Chair of Multilateral Biofuture Platform during Biofuture Summit II
(Biofuture Platform/PR Newswire) - Policy Blueprint was also unveiled to urgently accelerate the growth of the global bioeconomy; - The IEA's Net Zero by 2050 report published last week has highlighted the critical role that sustainable bioenergy will play in the clean
May 26, 2021 Read Full Article
Earth Day 2021 Series Day 3: Renewable Liquid Fuels: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
by Hannah DelSordo* (Advanced Biofuels USA) Take yourself back to an earlier time, when we relied on horses, oxen and other renewably fueled animals for mobility and work. (They ate corn, wheat, oats and other bio-plants, didn't they?) Now move ahead a
April 03, 2021 Read Full Article
Refugees in Sudan Reap Benefits of Clean Cooking Energy
by Sylvia Nabanoba and Vanessa Zola (UNHCR) A switch to ethanol reduces risky trips in search of firewood, slows reforestation and creates healthier home environments for refugees in White Nile state. -- The glow from a matchstick lights up Alisa Deng’s
March 01, 2021 Read Full Article
UMD Collaborates Internationally to Convert an Invasive Weed into Biogas and Animal Feed in Nigeria
(University of Maryland) Research and Extension project addresses environmental and human health concerns, providing new economic opportunities to the Hadejia Valley region -- As part of an ongoing project years in the making, Richard Kohn of Animal and Avian Sciences
February 25, 2021 Read Full Article
WEBINAR: ASHES STAR #2: Experimental Interventions to Facilitate Clean Cookstove Adoption, Clean Indoor Air, & Mitigate Climate Change --- February 24, 2021
Reason for concern: 3.8 billion people (49% of the global population) still rely on traditional energy sources to support household needs such as cooking, heating, and lighting. Due to this, household air pollution is a top-ten risk factor for global
February 06, 2021 Read Full Article
New Online Educational Series about Renewable Fuels—“30/30” Package Includes 30 Minute Online Presentation plus Materials for Directed Discussion about Renewable Fuels and the Circular Economy
(Advanced Biofuels USA) Need to learn or teach about renewable fuels and the circular economy? About biofuels? Find what you need in this new series of 30 minute recorded presentations that come with a package of supporting materials for 30
February 02, 2021 Read Full Article
“Just a Minute” Educational Series Presents Episode 4, Biofuels: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow -- A Look into the Historical and Common Uses of Biofuels
by Hannah DelSordo* (Advanced Biofuels USA) The fourth episode of “Just A Minute or So about Renewable Fuels” focuses on how biofuels have been used throughout history, and their uses as technology progresses. This video is a great tool for
January 14, 2021 Read Full Article
WEBINAR: ASHES STAR Series #1 "Cookstove Emissions, Climate, & Health Impacts: Integrated Lab, Field, & Modeling Study" --- January 14, 2021
Reason for concern: 3.8 billion people (49% of the global population) still rely on traditional energy sources to support household needs such as cooking, heating, and lighting. Due to this, household air pollution is a top-ten risk factor for global
December 21, 2020 Read Full Article
Energy Transitions in Emerging Economies: What Success Looks Like and How to Replicate It
by Lachlan Carey and Nikos Tsafos (Center for Strategic and International Studies) Can emerging economies grow while reducing their greenhouse gas emissions, either on an absolute basis or against some business-as-usual baseline? The Energy Security and Climate Change Program at the
December 10, 2020 Read Full Article
The Use of Biogas at the Dickinson College Farm
by Hannah DelSordo* (Advanced Biofuels USA) In recent years, Dickinson College of Carlisle, PA, has been interested in innovative environmental practices that will improve the community and foster a hands-on learning experience for the students. In 2008, students and staff
December 09, 2020 Read Full Article
ATM-Style Machines Used to Dispense Bioethanol in Kenya
(Biofuels International) Vending machines are being used to dispense liquid bioethanol to customers across Nairobi in Kenya. Designed and built by KOKO Networks, these machines are being installed inside local shops to provide fuel in small quantities for daily cooking. These
December 03, 2020 Read Full Article
Turning Waste into Energy: How Banana Skins and Manure Are Being Re-Used to Help Power Homes
by Anmar Frangoul (CNBC) Blessed with a wide variety of landscapes, the African country of Uganda produces everything from bananas and coffee to tea and cocoa. ... Vianney Tumwesige is managing director of Green Heat International, a firm which wants
September 11, 2020 Read Full Article
50,000th Nairobi Household Switched on by IoT & KOKO Fuel
by Sid Chudasama (CIO East Africa) The solution provides a safer, more eco-friendly alternative to domestic cooking, without the need for firewood or charcoal. -- KOKO fuel from KOKO Networks Limited is one of the only, and most prominent, agrofuel in
September 08, 2020 Read Full Article
USGC Sees Potential for Ethanol Exports in Industrial Uses
by By Mark Dorenkamp (Brownfield Ag News) The U.S. Grains Council is taking a harder look at promoting ethanol for industrial use. USGC CEO Ryan LeGrand says value-added products like hand sanitizer have helped buoy ethanol exports as fuel demand falls off. “People started
July 30, 2020 Read Full Article
IEA Offers World Governments a Sustainable Recovery Plan to Boost Economic Growth, Create Millions of Jobs and Put Emissions into Structural Decline
(International Energy Agency) Based on analysis conducted in cooperation with the IMF, new IEA report outlines energy-focused policies and investments to move the world towards a cleaner and more resilient future -- The International Energy Agency is today presenting a
June 19, 2020 Read Full Article
Clean Cooking Alliance Selects Portfolio Companies for Industry Acceleration Program
(CISION/PR Web/Clean Cooking Alliance) A diverse portfolio of 33 companies, operating mainly in Africa, will be supported by the Clean Cooking Alliance’s new Venture Catalyst (VC) program. The program focuses on building an investment-ready pipeline through venture-level interventions, to deliver
May 26, 2020 Read Full Article
SoCalGas Unveils Program to Help Californians Access Renewable Gas
(Southern California Gas Co./NGV Journal) Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) announced it and other important stakeholders have agreed on details of a proposed plan to offer renewable natural gas to customers, and have filed that agreement with the California Public
April 27, 2020 Read Full Article
PTG Earmarks B5bn for Pumps, Expansion
by Yuthana Praiwan (Bangkok Post) ...PTG is also allocating another 500 million baht for the PPP Green Complex, a palm oil plant in Prachuap Khiri Khan, to make cooking oil and biodiesel. This project is a joint venture between PTG,
March 18, 2020 Read Full Article
In Kenya, Herders Turn an Invasive Cactus into Biofuel
by Robert Kibet (Deutsch Welle) The prickly pear cactus has taken over thousands of hectares of grazing land in arid parts of Kenya. Now herders, NGOs and scientists are teaming up to fight back against the prickly menance that's deadly
March 13, 2020 Read Full Article
Methanol as Fuel, Chemical Feedstock and Liquid Hydrogen Carrier: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to Methanol as Fuel and Feedstock
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Methanol is versatile – it can be used as turbine fuel, cooking fuel, and as a fuel for solid oxide fuel cells. But G.K.Surya Prakash from University of Southern California shares in this illuminating presentation other
March 13, 2020 Read Full Article
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