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Food vs Fuel: Can We Get it Off the Table?

by  Robert Vierhout (Ethanol Producer Magazine/EPURE)  ...If a magazine like the Economist is writing that the U.S.A. uses 40 percent of its corn for the production of biodiesel (yes, he said biodiesel), you wonder if the journalist really went any further

September 13, 2012 Read Full Article

France Seeks Biofuels Pause in Global Food Strategy

by Elizabeth Pineau and Sybille de La Hamaide  (Reuters) * France pushes for worldwide pause in biofuel growth * Biofuels push joins Hollande's call for strategic food stockpile * France says will mobilise G20 for better farm coordination A French plan to fight food price volatility

September 13, 2012 Read Full Article

Exclusive: EU to Limit Use of Crop-Based Biofuels - Draft Law

(Reuters) The European Union will impose a limit on the use of crop-based biofuels over fears they are less climate-friendly than initially thought and compete with food production, draft EU legislation seen by Reuters showed. The draft rules, which will need

September 11, 2012 Read Full Article

Bioethanol or Biodiesel: Europe Hesitates over Indirect Impact of Green Fuel

by Jeremy Bowden (Renewable Energy World)  For years Europe has encouraged motorists to use diesel over petrol in its efforts to cut carbon dioxide emissions. Now, as the focus switches to introducing renewable fuels, it is proving far easier to

September 07, 2012 Read Full Article

UFOP Questions Science of Recent GHG Study on Rapeseed Biodiesel

by Union zur Förderung von Oel- und Proteinpflanzen e.V. (UFOP) (Biodiesel Magazine)  Experts from the Union zur Förderung von Oel- und Proteinpflanzen e.V. (UFOP) question the scientific quality of the recent study, “Uncertainties about the GHG Emissions Saving of Rapeseed Biodiesel,” published

September 06, 2012 Read Full Article

Swedish-Kenyan Wins Prize For Kenyan Biofuel Business

(Ventures-Africa)  A 32-year-old Swedish-Kenyan has won the European-African Entrepreneurship Award for a proposal to covert used cooking oils, widely used in the restaurant industry, into biodiesel. The awards were held in The Hague in the Netherlands, with nine African-European entrepreneurs pitching their ideas

September 05, 2012 Read Full Article

Ireland Says Competitive Algal Biofuels within 15 Years

(Algae Industry Magazine)  Mark Keenan writes in The Independent that within 15 years, Irish drivers will be filling up their vehicles with biofuel made from Irish grown algae. The projection comes from Julie Maguire, of Daithi O’Mhurchu Marine Research Station

September 05, 2012 Read Full Article

Ethanol Industry Hits Back over Food Price Claims

(EurActiv)  Europe's biofuel producers are hitting back at claims that they are at fault for this summer’s high food prices and challenge assertions that crops grown for fuel production are a threat to food supplies. Food prices rose 6% overall last month, driven

August 28, 2012 Read Full Article

US Ethanol Imports under Scrutiny by the EU

The European Commission has today published its decision to proceed to the registration of ethanol imports coming from the USA by issuing a new regulation (n°771/2012)1. The decision comes in response to a request within an anti-subsidy case filed by

August 27, 2012 Read Full Article

Biofuels Approval Boost to Scottish Oilseeds

(The Bioenergy Site)  NFU Scotland and Scottish Quality Crops (SQC) have welcomed the announcement that the European Commission has accepted SQC into the sustainability certification scheme for biofuels. That recognition is a huge boost ahead of the Scottish oilseed rape

August 26, 2012 Read Full Article

Biofuels and Agricultural Commodity Prices

(Netzwerk Biotreibstoffe)  IEEP, the Institute for European Environmental Policy, has produced a review of the evidence base on the impacts of EU biofuel policies on global agricultural commodity prices, commissioned by ActionAid. Following up on the debate on indirect land use

August 26, 2012 Read Full Article

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

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

August 10, 2012 Read Full Article

Food and Fuel: Back on the Table

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

August 09, 2012 Read Full Article

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

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

August 09, 2012 Read Full Article

Uncertainties about the GHG Emissions Saving of Rapeseed Biodiesel

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

August 02, 2012 Read Full Article

Soybean Farmers Support Biotechnology in EU

by Colleen Scherer (AG Professional)  Soybean farmers in the United States have joined forces with other soybean farmers in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay in supporting genetically modified soybeans in the European Union. Farmers from these countries represent 90 percent of

July 24, 2012 Read Full Article

Musim Mas Expects More Demand for Certified Palm Oil

by Novan Iman Santosa  (The Jakarta Post)  Palm oil producer Musim Mas Group expects that there will be more demand for certified sustainable palm oil (CSPO), as the company is ready to provide the market with sustainable palm oil and

July 18, 2012 Read Full Article

European Biofuels Technology Platform Says Certain Biofuels Paths Offer “Low-Hanging Fruit”

by Meghan Sapp (Biofuels Digest)  In Belgium, the European Biofuels Technology Platform has released a new report that says certain biofuels production routes could provide “low-hanging fruits” for early, low-cost CCS deployment. A recent study indicated that, globally, Bio-CCS could

July 18, 2012 Read Full Article

Regulatory Uncertainty Key Challenge for EU Biofuels: BP Biofuels CEO

(Platts)  The EU needs to overcome regulatory uncertainty and provide more clarity on its biofuels policies before new investments are poured into greenfield projects across the 27-nation bloc, BP's Biofuels CEO Phil New said at an event in London Tuesday. ...In

July 18, 2012 Read Full Article

Guatemala Farmers Losing Their Land to Europe's Demand for Biofuels

by John Vidal (The Guardian)  Indigenous smallholder farmers are being violently evicted as companies move in to satisfy Europe's hunger for biofuels ...Over the next four days, 10 more villages were cleared. By the end of March 2011, around 800 families

July 06, 2012 Read Full Article

Face the Truth: Europe’s Biofuels Bonanza Causes Hunger in Africa

by David Cronin (New Europe Online)  ...The production of biofuels is a central factor behind the grabbing of land in Africa. Yet rather than using food crops, many of the players in this murky game have recently chosen jatropha, a

July 04, 2012 Read Full Article

EU Revises Horizon 2020 Programme to Make Gas a Green Fuel

(Power-Technology.com)  Gas has been reclassified as a green source of power by Horizon 2020, an €80bn European Union programme unveiled last year, which could have serious repercussions for the renewable energy industry. According to a document seen by the Guardian, a

June 07, 2012 Read Full Article

Aviation Biofuels: Which Airlines Are Doing What, with Whom?

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...(M)ore than 30 airlines now trialing, deploying biofuels – but who’s doing what, exactly? In Brazil, Azul Airlines announced that Amyris’s innovative renewable jet fuel sourced from Brazilian sugarcane has passed all required testing and will be used during

June 05, 2012 Read Full Article

Only Biofuels Will Cut Plane Emissions

by Ben Caldecott  (The Guardian)   We need something that can deliver emission reductions from existing fleets of planes – and the solution already exists ...The positive progress on including aviation in Europe's carbon trading scheme this week is welcome, but neither that nor more

May 29, 2012 Read Full Article

BRISK Accepting Proposals for Biofuels Research

by Kevin Billinghurst  (KTH)  The KTH-led, 26-member consortium BRISK has begun accepting proposals from researchers studying improved production methods for biofuels and thermal biomass conversion. Financed by €11 million in EU research funds, the project emphasises international mobility, inviting students

May 21, 2012 Read Full Article

"Biofuels Fuelling Europe’s Economic Recovery", Echoes ePURE

(Renewable Energy Magazine)  The European renewable ethanol industry is contributing substantially to the European economy according to ePURE, the European Renewable Ethanol Association, in response to a new report published today. The report “Contribution of Biofuels to the Global Economy”, published by

May 21, 2012 Read Full Article

EU Biodiesel Makers Expect to Boost Sales in Spain

by Martin Roberts (Reuters)  ...European biodiesel makers will be able to sell an additional one million tonnes a year in Spain after new measures which effectively shut out Argentine and Indonesian imports, an industry spokesman said. Spain decreed on April 20

May 02, 2012 Read Full Article

EU Biofuels' Indirect Carbon Emissions Debate To Move Forward

(Wall Street Journal/Governors Biofuels Coalition)  Top European Union policy makers will next week be faced with one of Europe's most controversial climate policies, as they consider whether biofuels do more harm than good when it comes to greenhouse gas emissions. The

April 30, 2012 Read Full Article

EU Report Questions Conventional Biofuels' Sustainability

(EurActiv)  Conventional biofuels like biodiesel increase carbon dioxide emissions and are too expensive to consider as a long-term alternative fuel, a draft EU report says. The study ‘EU Transport GHG [greenhouse gases]: Routes to 2050’ estimates that before indirect effects are counted,

April 25, 2012 Read Full Article

UK Climate Advisers Recommend International Aviation Emissions Be Included in National Carbon Budgets

(GreenAir Online)  The Committee on Climate Change (CCC), which advises the UK government on national carbon targets, has recommended international aviation and shipping emissions be included in carbon budgets and the UK’s 2050 overall target to reduce emissions 80 per

April 23, 2012 Read Full Article

Biofuels Lobbying Could Pay off This Harvest

(NFU Online)  The updated Red Tractor farm assurance scheme for crops and sugar beet is on the verge of being officially accepted across the EU in time for this year’s harvest, the NFU said today. The move is designed to help give crops

April 20, 2012 Read Full Article

EU Requires Sustainable Biofuels: How U.S. Ethanol Producers Can Become Certified

by Antje Grzesik (Ethanol Producer Magazine/ISCC System GmbH)  ...The EU Renewable Energy Directive (Directive 2009/28/EC) establishes a common framework for the promotion of energy from renewable sources in the European Union. In the area of biofuels and liquid biomass for electricity

April 16, 2012 Read Full Article

ADM Introduces Sustainable Grower Program for Canadian Canola

by Erin Voegele   (Biodiesel Magazine)   Archer Daniels Midland Co. Agri-Industries Lloydminster oilseeds processing facility recently announced the introduction of its Sustainable Grower Program in connection with the sustainability certification it has earned from the International Sustainability and Carbon

March 27, 2012 Read Full Article

Alternative Fuels for Aviation Overview on Current Initiatives and Identified Research Needs

(Netzwerk Biotriebstoffe)  The report deals with the question "why sustainable alternative fuels are important for aviation, shows technology options, initiatives, links, documents and further research needs. The objective of the meeting between experts of both sides was to have an

March 27, 2012 Read Full Article

EU to Recognize Ensus as Biofuel Certification in 'Matter of Weeks': Source

(Platts)  A decision in favor of recognizing Ensus, a UK biofuel sustainability certification scheme, will be taken in "a matter of weeks," a European Commission source said Monday. UK bioethanol producer Ensus received the support of EU member states' experts on

March 27, 2012 Read Full Article

Airplane Rivals Launch Joint Biofuel Project

(Wisconsin Bioenergy Initiative/PhysOrg)  Plane makers and bitter rivals Airbus of Europe, Boeing of the US and Embraer of Brazil announced on Thursday a joint plan to develop affordable biofuels for the airplane industry. The airplane sector leaders agreed to seek opportunities

March 27, 2012 Read Full Article

European Airlines Enter the Biofuels Market

by Eric van den Heuve (Edofys)  Biofuels might offer opportunities for achieving improved balance of power to the European airlines in their high competitive market. It faces high rivalry and increasing fuel costs due to rising oil prices. Moreover, from

March 20, 2012 Read Full Article

ILUC: The ‘Soap’ Continues

by Robert Vierhout   (ePURE/Ethanol Producer Magazine)  ...In my opinion, the delay in putting a bill on the table is caused by the fact that the ILUC ‘science’ is simply not conclusive. A study by the International Food Policy Research Institute

March 14, 2012 Read Full Article

The Palms Of Controversy

by Joelle Brink (Biofuels Digest Asia) Palms are said to be a symbol of peace and prosperity, but you can’t prove it by the past few weeks of heated debate over palm biofuel. Last week, we looked at the discrepancy between

March 13, 2012 Read Full Article

US Legislation to Prohibit Airlines from Joining EU ETS Moves a Step Closer as Senate Bill Receives Bipartisan Support

(GreenAirOnline)   A bill introduced into the US upper house by Republican Senator John Thune that would prohibit US aircraft operators from participating in the EU ETS has received backing from Senator Claire McCaskill, a Democrat. As the Democrats hold

March 09, 2012 Read Full Article

Are We Really Exporting Ethanol So It Will Not Compete With Imported Gasoline?

by Stu Ellis (FarmGateBlog)  Every day supertankers full of $100 per barrel oil are docking at US ports where other supertankers full of $1 per gallon ethanol have just departed for overseas markets.  While some folks have trouble understanding the

March 08, 2012 Read Full Article

ANALYSIS-Doubts about Biodiesel Threaten the EU's Green Targets

by Charlie Dunmore and Ivana Sekularac (Reuters)  The European Union will almost certainly not meet their targets for cutting emissions of fuels in the transportation sector if policymakers act on the basis of scientific warnings about the impact of biofuels

March 08, 2012 Read Full Article

Aqualia Eyes Large-Scale Algae Biofuel Production

by Nina Chestney (Reuters)  Water management company Aqualia plans to launch a commercial-scale demonstration project using waste water to cultivate algae for biofuel production, which could fuel 400 vehicles, the firm said on Monday. Spain's Aqualia, owned by construction and services

March 06, 2012 Read Full Article

EU Seeks Tighter CO2 Grip on Farms, Forests -Draft

by Francesco Guarascio and Barbara Lewis (Reuters)  The EU forestry and farming sectors will have to monitor and report from 2013 any changes to land use that could affect greenhouse gas emissions as part of the bloc's measures to curb climate change,

March 05, 2012 Read Full Article

DSM Chief Seeks Poet-Style Ethanol Tie-ups From Brazil to China

by Alex Morales (Bloomberg)  Royal DSM NV, the Dutch enzyme maker which last month set up a cellulosic ethanol venture with Poet LLC, is seeking similar tie-ups in Brazil, China and Europe, Chief Executive Officer Feike Sijbesma said. DSM last month said it’s providing

March 01, 2012 Read Full Article

Is Double Counting a Double Whammy?

by Robert Vierhout (ePURE/Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Between April 2010 and April 2011, the U.K. used 428 million liters of used cooking oil (UCO) for the production of biodiesel. It has become the primary source for biofuel used in U.K. transportation

February 27, 2012 Read Full Article

U.S. ‘Losing Momentum’ in Biofuels Makes Novozymes Target Brazil

by Justin Doom  (Bloomberg) Novozymes A/S (NZYMB), the world’s biggest maker of enzymes for biofuels, is focusing its expansion efforts in Europe, China and Brazil and isn’t pursuing new projects in the U.S. because of the lack of political support. “The policy signals sent to

February 20, 2012 Read Full Article

Airlines Set to Win Carbon Credits from Biofuel Flights

(EurActiv)  The European Commission has asked airlines to report on "the amount of biomass" they use so that biofuels can be accounted as "zero emission" in the greenhouse gas emissions reports they are requested to produce each year under the

February 15, 2012 Read Full Article

Commission Adopts its Strategy for a Sustainable Bioeconomy to Ensure Smart Green Growth in Europe

(European Commission)  The European Commission has today presented its strategy and action plan for a sustainable bioeconomy in Europe, called “Innovating for Sustainable Growth: a Bioeconomy for Europe”. The goal is a more innovative and low-emissions economy, reconciling demands for sustainable agriculture

February 14, 2012 Read Full Article

International Air Transport Association Stresses Congestion In Emissions Spat

by Leithen Francis (Aviation Week)  The International Air Transport Association’s target of carbon neutral growth from 2020 can still be achieved, but the airline industry “can’t do it on our own,” says IATA head Tony Tyler. ...Tyler also called on governments

February 13, 2012 Read Full Article

EU-Produced Ethanol Keeps Petrol Prices Down

(Renewable Energy Magazine)  Recent studies commissioned by NGOs Friends of the Earth and ActionAid claim that biofuels, including ethanol, will cost EU consumers €126 billion at the petrol pump between now and 2020. ePURE, the European Renewable Ethanol Association, considers the

February 09, 2012 Read Full Article

Reducing the Impacts of Biofuels on Biodiversity

(Netzwerk Biotreibstoffe)  There is mounting concern that increasing biofuels production is having significant biodiversity impacts. A study by the International Food Policy Research Institute estimated that achieving the EU target would lead to a global increase in cropland of more

February 09, 2012 Read Full Article

As EU Ramps Up Biofuels, Climate Debate Intensifies

By Alessandro Torello (Wall Street Journal)  ...But this plant, with a capacity of 800,000 metric tons a year, and others built by different companies around Europe face a new challenge: a possible shift in EU policy that could undermine their

February 06, 2012 Read Full Article

EU Biofuels Targets to Cost $166 Billion, Study Says

by Alex Morales (Reuters)  European Union policies to promote the use of biofuels for transportation will cost consumers as much as 126 billion euros ($166 billion) between now and 2020, two environmental groups said. The fuels, gasoline substitutes derived from plants,

February 06, 2012 Read Full Article

Biodiesels Pollute More than Crude Oil, Leaked Data Show

(EurActiv)  Greenhouse gas emissions from biofuels such as palm oil, soybean and rapeseed are higher than those for fossil fuels when the effects of Indirect Land Use Change (ILUC) are counted, according to leaked EU data seen by EurActiv. The default

January 31, 2012 Read Full Article

Building a World Market from Scratch

by Alvaro Cordero  (Ethanol Producer Magazine/U.S. Grains Council)  From a barely recognized feed alternative 10 years ago, distillers dried grains with solubles continues to gain recognition and markets. DDGS is now widely recognized internationally, where its use continues to evolve. Forty-four

January 26, 2012 Read Full Article

Cyprus Wants to Grow Tiny Algae and See if They Are a Good Biofuels Alternative to Diesel

(Balkans.com)  Cyprus Agricultural Research Institute, a non-profit branch of the Agriculture Ministry, wants to grow tiny algae and see if they are a good biofuels alternative to diesel reports Cyprus Mail. ...A solution seems to be growing microalgae - present

January 25, 2012 Read Full Article

And Now, a Word from Davos: “Moving towards a Next-Generation Ethanol Economy”.

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  Bloomberg New Energy Finance launched its report “Moving towards a next-generation ethanol economy”. Commissioned by Novozymes, the report estimates the socioeconomic prospects of deploying advanced biofuels in eight of the highest agricultural-producing regions in the world, i.e.

January 25, 2012 Read Full Article

A Pragmatic Approach to Fuel Taxation

by Robert Vierhout (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  One would think that a relatively easy way for governments to promote biofuels would be to tax biofuels less than fossil fuels—avoid lengthy debates on mandates and simply change the taxation structure in such

January 16, 2012 Read Full Article

Certifying Sustainability: Ethanol Bound for the EU Undergoes New Scrutiny

by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  ...In July 2011, the European Union belatedly approved the first seven voluntary sustainability schemes for biofuels as required by the Renewable Energy Directive. The directive, commonly referred to as RED, requires all 27 EU

January 16, 2012 Read Full Article

Who’s in the Lead? Algae around the World

by Jonathan Williams (Biofuels Digest)  Who’s in front in the development of algal-based fuels and biomaterials? India, China, Japan, Australia, Taiwan, Israel, the EU, or the US. The NAABB’s globe-trotting chief parses it out. In New Mexico, Dr. Jose Olivares is

January 12, 2012 Read Full Article

Lufthansa Ends Biofuel Trial with U.S. Flight

by Victoria Bryan  (Reuters)  German carrier Lufthansa is ending the trial use of a biofuel mix for its planes because it has used up stocks of certified biofuel and no other reliable supplies are available. The trial, which ran on flights between

January 10, 2012 Read Full Article

New Biofuel Production Technologies: Overview of These Expanding Sectors and the Challenges Facing Them

(IFP Energies Nouvelles)  The numerous research programmes looking at new-generation biofuels that were initiated over the last ten years are now starting to bear fruit. Although no plants are producing and marketing biofuels yet, the large-scale, industrial feasibility of second-generation biofuel production at

December 30, 2011 Read Full Article

Boosting Biofuels for Sustainable Energy and Environment

(European Commission CORDIS)  Europeans believe in a sustainable environment, and a way of ensuring its future is to promote and build energy resources based on residual biomass. Supporting this objective is the BIOBOOST ('Biomass-based energy intermediates boosting biofuel production') project. Set

December 28, 2011 Read Full Article

Control Union's Verkerk Says Biofuels Will Grow Europe Canola Market

by Scott Larson   (The Star Phoenix)  A new market for canola growers is opening up in Europe, says a representative for Control Union, a Netherland-based company that certifies supply chains for products entering Europe. While Canadian canola has been shut

December 28, 2011 Read Full Article

EU Sets Out Plans for Cutting emissions by over 80% without Disrupting Energy Supplies and Competitiveness.

(European Commission)  Committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions to 80-95% below 1990 levels by 2050, the EU is exploring the challenges of decarbonisation. In March this year the EU published its low-carbon roadmap covering all sections of the economy. It is

December 28, 2011 Read Full Article

Airlines Must Pay for Carbon Emissions on European Flights, High Court Rules

by Juliet Eilperin (The Washington Post)  Europe’s highest court ruled Wednesday that the European Union has the legal right to force foreign airlines to pay for their greenhouse gas emissions, a decision that could boost ticket prices but also encourage

December 23, 2011 Read Full Article

Solving ILUC by Thinking Out of the Box

by Robert Vierhout (Ethanol Producer Magazine/ePURE)  In various circles, the current thinking on indirect land use change (ILUC) is very much driven by negative perceptions. In the EU, the concern is that biofuel policy is counterproductive to what policymakers want

December 08, 2011 Read Full Article

By Train, By Truck, or By Boat: How Ethanol Moves and Where It’s Going

by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  ...In September, Ed Hubbard, legislative counsel for the Renewable Fuels Association, addressed the topic of ethanol exports during a presentation at an ethanol logistics conference held in New Orleans. He noted that the amount

December 08, 2011 Read Full Article

Swedish Sustainability Certification for Biofuels

(The Bioenergy Site)  Starting February 1, 2012, a Sustainability Decision from the Swedish Energy Agency is required for biofuels in order to be eligible for tax incentives or to count for mandatory national renewable energy targets in Sweden. Sweden was one

December 08, 2011 Read Full Article

US Airlines Test Bio Fuel Flights

by John Terrett  (AlJazeera)  Some US airlines have begun testing enviromentally friendly fuel. And while the efforts may help the environment, unlike in the European Union, the US government does not force airliners to go green. The ecological benefits would be

December 04, 2011 Read Full Article

Concerns EU’s Renewable Energy Directive Breaks Rules Of Free Trade

(Eurasia Review)  The European Union renewable energy regulation may became a subject of dispute in the World Trade Organization (WTO),  warned Monday the Globalization Institute, adding that lack of transparency and discrimination towards foreign biofuel suppliers cause the Renewable Energy

December 02, 2011 Read Full Article

Study Shows High Emissions from Growing Biodiesel from Palm Oil

(Transport & Environment)  Biofuels produced from palm oil grown in tropical peatlands are a significant source of greenhouse gases. This is the finding of a new study done for the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) which, if taken on

November 28, 2011 Read Full Article

Biofuels and Other Bioliquids—Facts and Perspectives

by Igor Dormuth and Elena Schmidt (Biomass Power and Thermal/TÜV SÜD Industrie Service)   New EU sustainability criteria for biofuels and other bioliquids must be complied with and verified by an independent third party at every stage of the production

November 11, 2011 Read Full Article

New Energy Farm's New Planting System Speeds up Miscanthus Development

by Anna Austin (Biomass Power and Themal)  Energy crop developer New Energy Farms says it has developed a new system for establishing miscanthus that takes one-third the time of previous planting methods. ...The first is a bulked up miscanthus breed that

November 10, 2011 Read Full Article

Biofuel Rules Could Price Older Car Drivers Off the Road

(The Green Car Website)  ...According to reports, nearly one million motorists could suffer as the government prepares to increase the biofuel content in unleaded fuel from five per cent to ten per cent as directed by the EU. Some older models, made before 1993,

November 08, 2011 Read Full Article

Skeptics Question Airline Biofuels

by Robert Wall (AviationWeek)  When it comes to operating airliners with a biofuel blend, it is becoming difficult to find a name-brand airline that has not conducted a demonstration flight. The problem is, it may all be for naught. Air France

November 04, 2011 Read Full Article

European Union Biodiesel Production Slumps in 2011

by John C.K. Daly (http://oilprice.com)   Greening the European Union has suffered a setback. The European Biodiesel Board is reporting that the European Union biodiesel industry production forecasts are noting a 2011 decrease in output, the first since data has been gathered,

November 04, 2011 Read Full Article

Is There Too Much Land in Europe?

by Robert Vierhout (Ethanol Producer Magazine/ePURE)  ...Even if that extra demand would not exist, why would European politicians want to increase idled land, knowing that year-on-year, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, arable land in

November 02, 2011 Read Full Article

Biofuels Growth Stifled by EU Policy Delays: BP

by Nina Chestney  (Reuters)  Biofuels for use in transport are becoming more competitive compared with oil but the pace of growth has slowed due to a lack of regulation and sustainability standards in Europe, the chief executive of BP's biofuels

October 27, 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

EU Votes in Favor of Hiking Import Taxes for High Ethanol Blends

(Platts)  The EU's Customs Code Committee approved Wednesday a draft regulation to raise import taxes for high ethanol blends, a source close to the matter told Platts. The decision could result in increased domestic prices for renewable fuels as it would

October 14, 2011 Read Full Article

Instant View - EU Announces Shake-Up of Farm Policy

(Reuters)  The European Union's executive finalised proposals for a shake-up of the bloc's 55 billion euro-a-year (48 billion pounds) farm policy on Wednesday. Following are reactions to the proposals: MARCO CONTIERO, GREENPEACE EU AGRICULTURE POLICY DIRECTOR "What Europe needs to save its food

October 13, 2011 Read Full Article

Industry Split Emerges over Biofuels' Indirect Impact

by Charlie Dunmore   (Reuters)  European bioethanol producers have broken ranks and urged EU policymakers to introduce rules on the indirect climate impacts of biofuels that distinguish between "good and bad biofuel pathways," Reuters has learned. ...In a letter to the

October 06, 2011 Read Full Article

Greenergy Digs Deeper into Waste to Make Biodiesel

by Nigel Hunt and Ikuko Kurahone (Reuters)   Major British independent oil firm Greenergy sees its future as an exploration company, but one that hunts for fuel in piles of stale pork pies and cakes rather than under the ground or from

September 29, 2011 Read Full Article

European Association Formed to Promote and Standardize Waste to Renewable Biodiesel Production

(Zlokower Consulting)     Four major European waste to biodiesel producers, each representing a different country, have announced the formation of The European Waste to Renewable Biodiesel Association (WtoRB). The founding members are Veolia Environmental Services (France), Petrotec Biodiesel AG (Germany), DP

September 29, 2011 Read Full Article

From Feedstocks to Finance: Upscaling Sustainable Biofuels

(Netzwerk Biotreibstoffe News)  Deployment of innovative biofuels technologies, possible, but requires strong political commitment, say European biofuels stakeholders. The annual meeting of European biofuels stakeholders stressed that advanced biofuels technologies are now available and called for robust support to ensure

September 23, 2011 Read Full Article

Members of the European Parliament Call for Cuts in Non-CO2 Greenhouse Emissions

(European Parliament)   Great efforts have been made to reduce CO2 emissions in Europe and internationally, but a number of other substances are also causing Arctic ice-melt and on Wednesday MEPs called for action against so-called non-CO2 emissions including the

September 19, 2011 Read Full Article

‘Serious’ Error Found in Carbon Savings for Biofuels

by James Kanter (New York Times)  The European Union is overestimating the reductions in greenhouse gas emissions achieved through reliance on biofuels as a result of a “serious accounting error,” according to a draft opinion by an influential committee of

September 16, 2011 Read Full Article

EU Biofuel Rules 'Skewed against Imports' – Academic

(Agra-net.com)  Carbon savings from biodiesel produced using imported palm oil are being deliberately underestimated by the EU, a researcher has claimed. Dr Gerot Pehnelt, a member of the academic advisory board to the European Forum for Sustainable Development (EFNE) - which lobbies on behalf

September 14, 2011 Read Full Article

Sugar Could Be Produced Again, Says Minister

SEÁN Mac Connell (Irish Times)  Ireland could be producing sugar and ethanol again when the European Commission ends its current quota system in 2016, the Agricultural Science Association annual conference in Maynooth heard yesterday. Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney said figures in

September 13, 2011 Read Full Article

Exclusive: EU to Delay Action on Biofuels' Indirect Impact

by Charlie Dunmore  (Reuters)  The European Union's top climate and energy officials have agreed to delay by up to seven years rules that would penalize individual biofuels for their indirect climate impacts, details of the dealshowed. The political compromise is designed to

September 10, 2011 Read Full Article

Mission Signs Biodiesel Supply Deal with Global Oil Major

(Clean Technology Business Review)  Mission NewEnergy has signed a contract to supply sustainability-certified biodiesel to a global oil major. The six-month contract will begin in January 2012 and is expected to generate revenue in excess of $40m. Mission NewEnergy group CEO Nathan

September 08, 2011 Read Full Article

It’s All about Sugar as Prices Surge and Supply Fears Grow

by Joelle Brink (Biofuels Digest Asia)  ...We imagine “food vs fuel” in terms of grain shortages, but where food and fuel actually collide is on the global sugar markets. “While sugar is widely available in the west and its price

September 08, 2011 Read Full Article

European Partnership to Unlock the Potential of Algal Bioenergy

by Dr Matthew Aylott   (National Non-Food Crops Centre)  A major new €14 million (£12.3 million) initiative - bringing together experts from across North West Europe to develop the potential of algae as a source of sustainable energy - has been

September 07, 2011 Read Full Article

Merkel Coalition Partners Attack 'Failed' Government Biofuel Rollout

(Deutsche Welle)  Angela Merkel's junior coalition partners, the liberal Free Democrats, have criticized the botched introduction of the E10 biofuel. The party called on the environment minister to revise its policy on green fuels. The pro-business Free Democrats (FDP), Angela Merkel's

August 31, 2011 Read Full Article

Joint Nature Conservation Committee Publishes "Indirect Land Use Change from Biofuel Production: Implications for Biodiversity"

by Monika Bertzky, Valerie Kapos & Jörn P.W. Scharlemann (Joint Nature Conservation Committee)  Inference from production statistics and modelling studies suggest that iLUC has occurred, is likely to increase with increasing demand for biofuels and needs to be considered when assessing the

August 30, 2011 Read Full Article

EU Biofuels Policy Driving Regional Product Demand

by Caroline Henshaw  (Drovers CattleNetwork)  Europe's stringent biofuels policy is driving growing interest in region-specific ethanol and rapeseed oil hedging products, a senior executive for CME Group Inc (CME) in Europe said Friday. The global exchange provider said its new German-Spec

August 29, 2011 Read Full Article

Assessing Opportunities and Constraints for Biofuel Development in Sub-Saharan Africa

by Graham von Maltitz, William Stafford    (Center for International Forestry Research)    Sustainable biofuel production should provide opportunities for sub-Saharan African countries and their inhabitants, especially in impoverished rural areas. Biofuel feedstock production has the potential to bring job opportunities

August 29, 2011 Read Full Article

EU Approval of Certification Standards for Biofuels Brings Transparency and Supports Planning by Sugar-Energy Industry

(UNICA)  The European Commission’s approval of certification schemes for biofuels, announced on July 19th, is an important step to add transparency to the issue and help Member States meet reduction targets for greenhouse gas emissions. The measure will also benefit

August 10, 2011 Read Full Article

European Biodiesel Board Slams EU Thinking on Biofuel Land Use Impacts

(Argus Media)  Europe's biodiesel producers have commissioned an independent review of a policy document on biodiesel's indirect effects on land use change, which the European Biodiesel Board (EBB) maintains has skewed the European Commission's thinking on the subject to the

August 10, 2011 Read Full Article

Phase Shift: 12 Hot Gas-Based Biofuels Technologies

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...But a new generation of technologies is coming along fast, primarily in advanced biofuels, which is gasifying biomass at the front end along its path towards making fuels, chemicals or other biomaterials – or in

August 09, 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

EurObserv’ER Biofuels Barometer Available: The Growth in Biofuel Consumption Slowed Down in 2010

(EurObserv'ER) ...The EurObserv’ER Barometer regularly publishes indicators reflecting the current dynamics in renewable energies (solar, wind, hydropower, geothermal and biomass, biogas, biofuels) worldwide and within the European Union. In ‘The State of Renewable Energies in Europe’ two additional technologies have been assessed: solar thermal electricity,

August 04, 2011 Read Full Article

Rosetta Green Joins Project to Develop Algal Proteins and Chemicals

(Algae Industry Magazine)  Kim Chapman reports that Rosetta Green, of Rehovot, Israel, will take part in an EU-funded consortium, led by the Microalgal Biotechnology Laboratory at Ben-Gurion University, and will identify MicroRNA genes to develop algae with improved traits, and

August 04, 2011 Read Full Article

Biofuels: What Do the Experts Think?

by Matthew Knight (CNN)  It wasn't so long ago that biofuels were being heralded as the savior of the planet and a thoroughly green solution to our climate woes. But fair winds have been replaced by persistent storms of criticism.

July 29, 2011 Read Full Article

SWAFEA Final Report Lays Groundwork for the Deployment of Sustainable Aviation Biofuels in Europe

(GreenAirOnline)  Although the aviation sector has a good track record in reducing its environmental impact through efficiency gains, it is highly unlikely to reduce or even stabilise its emissions through this means alone, but biofuels present a real potential for

July 29, 2011 Read Full Article

Biofuels Mandates Around the World

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...The bulk of mandates comes from the EU-27, where the Renewable Energy Directive (RED) specifies a 10 percent renewables content by 2020 across the entire membership – though 7 percent of that will come from

July 21, 2011 Read Full Article

PTTAR Shelves Jet Biofuel Project

by Nalin Viboonchart  (The Nation)  PTT Aromatics and Refining (PTTAR) has put on hold its US$150-million (Bt4.5 billion) jet-biofuel project, given the exorbitant production cost and the likelihood that the price of the fuel would deter potential buyers. Prajya Phinyawat, chief operating

July 20, 2011 Read Full Article

Will the EU Reveal Judging Criteria for Biofuel Bodies?

by Jessica Shankleman Green groups slam Commission's "back room" processes for approving sustainable biofuel certification schemes Green groups will today learn if the European Commission is ready to lift the lid on the methods it used to decide whether biofuels can be certified as

July 19, 2011 Read Full Article

Analysis: EU Cushions Biodiesel from Damning Carbon Research

by Charlie Dunmore  (Reuters)  The EU will protect existing investment in its $13 billion biodiesel sector even as it acts on new evidence that suggests making the fuel from food crops can do more harm than good in fighting climate

July 18, 2011 Read Full Article

SCS Offers Sugarcane Certification Program

by Joanna Schroeder  (DomesticFuel.com)  ...Brazil’s sugarcane industry is also accused of not producing the crop, nor the fuel, in a sustainable manner. As a result, the EU Renewable Energy Directive was created to address concerns including labor and environmental issues.

July 15, 2011 Read Full Article

Exclusive: Climate Impact Threatens Biodiesel Future in EU

by Charlie Dunmore  (Reuters)  Europe's biodiesel industry could be wiped out by EU plans to tackle the unwanted side effects of biofuel production, after studies showed few climate benefits, four papers obtained by Reuters show. Europe's world-leading $13 billion biodiesel industry,

July 13, 2011 Read Full Article

Commission Study Questions Carbon Dioxide Benefits from EU Biofuel

(E-Energy Market/European Voice)  Biofuel from palm oil, soybean and rapeseed produces more greenhouse-gas emissions than fossil fuel, once the environmental side-effects of its production are taken into account, an impact assessment prepared by the European Commission has found.  READ MORE

June 29, 2011 Read Full Article

European Advanced Biofuels Flight Path Initiative

(European Commission)  The European Commission's services, in close coordination with Airbus, leading European airlines (Lufthansa, Air France/KLM, & British Airways) and key European biofuel producers (Choren Industries, Neste Oil, Biomass Technology Group and UOP), have launched an exciting new industry

June 27, 2011 Read Full Article

Honeywell: The Lindbergh of Aviation Biofuels

by Mark Halper (SmartPlanet)  Jet biofuels should get a boost this Friday, when Honeywell has scheduled a trans-Atlantic flight heading to Paris from Morristown, N.J., powered by Honeywell-branded Green Jet Fuel. The corporate jet, a Gulfstream 6450, will carry executives from

June 15, 2011 Read Full Article

National Farmers Union Rejects Biofuel Criticism

(National Farmers Union)  Biofuels can help to create a strong and sustainable agricultural sector in Europe, NFU policy director Martin Haworth stressed this week. Speaking at an international food security conference in Brussels this week Mr Haworth criticised campaign groups for painting

June 02, 2011 Read Full Article

Mina-Made Ethanol Heading to Brazil

by Jeff Natalie-Lees  (Aberdeen News)  Export options help facility weather weaker domestic demand Ethanol produced in Mina is helping Brazil avoid a fuel crisis after a weak sugar cane crop cut that country's ethanol production. When the sugar cane crop — the

May 31, 2011 Read Full Article

EU Rules on Biofuel Concern Soybean Growers

by Philip Brasher (Des Moines Register)  The European Union has set new environmental and labor standards for the crops used to make biofuels there, angering U.S. farmers who worry that such restrictions could spread to other products and countries. The standards

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

Opportunities for Australia as Europe Seeks More Biofuel

(ABC Rural)   The European Union wants more of its transport fuel to be made from renewable biomass like canola oil. ...EU member states can't supply enough canola or soy oil to meet the demand, so there's an opportunity to increase

May 26, 2011 Read Full Article

European Commission Funds Global Project to Produce Ethanol, Biodiesel and Bioproducts from Algae

(PR-Inside)  Nine partners from seven countries have joined in an innovative project to show that ethanol, biodiesel and bioproducts can be produced from algae on a large scale. The BIOfuel From Algae Technologies (BIOFAT) project, largely funded by the European Commission’s Seventh Framework

May 24, 2011 Read Full Article

Europe May Introduce Land Use Sustainabilty Criteria

by Joelle Brink (Biofuels Digest Asia)  This was one of the best weeks yet in the Asian biofuels industry. China decided to promote 2G biofuels production and reduce its CO2 emissions by up to 45 percent by 2020. India moved to

May 05, 2011 Read Full Article

Maple Plant to Produce Ethanol in Fourth Quarter in Peru as Costs Rise

(Bloomberg)  Maple Energy Plc, a Lima-based oil and natural-gas producer, expects costs at an ethanol project under construction in northwest Peru to be higher than an earlier forecast. ...Most of the initial shipments will be to the Netherlands, Maple said today.

May 05, 2011 Read Full Article

Europe's Biofuel Dispute Splits the Industry

by Pete Harrison  (Reuters)  A divisive European debate over the green credentials of biofuels has stalled investment and threatens the future of some producers, but could also create lucrative opportunities, companies said on Tuesday. After a two-year investigation, the European Commission

May 04, 2011 Read Full Article

European Roadmap to Cut Transport Carbon Emissions by 60% by 2050 marks out a less ambitious route for Aviation

(GreenAirOnline)  The landmark White Paper on EU transport policy through to 2050, presented recently by the European Commission, unveiled a roadmap for reducing carbon emissions by 60 per cent across all transport sectors relative to 1990. However, it now appears

May 02, 2011 Read Full Article

Germany’s E10 Introduction—A Drama Not to Be Repeated

by Robert Vierhout (Ethanol Producer Magazine/ePURE)   ...In early 2009, France was the first to introduce E10 fuel, once it was allowed in the EU. All BP filling stations offered the new fuel almost overnight. There were no problems reported

April 27, 2011 Read Full Article

EU Proposes 'Greener' Energy Tax

by Andrew Willis  (EUObserver.com)  EU taxes on motor and heating fuels will focus on carbon emissions and energy content in the future, under draft rules published by the European Commission. The proposed overhaul of the bloc's energy taxation directive is designed

April 15, 2011 Read Full Article

Vision 2050: a European Future Where Society Has Recognised Travel by Air is Environmentally Friendly

(GreenAirOnline)   The public in the year 2050 is informed, understands and is convinced that the aviation sector has made the utmost progress in mitigating its environmental impacts and therefore considers air travel is environmentally sustainable. So says a new

April 12, 2011 Read Full Article

The Class of 2011

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  Will these biofuels projects make the expected steps towards commercialization? There was a strong response to yesterday’s Top Story about technologies that were  approaching make-or-break milestones in 2012. But what about 2011, asked some? What

April 08, 2011 Read Full Article

EU's Airline Emission Goals under Scrutiny

(Euractiv.com)   When the European Commission unveiled plans to slash transport CO2 emissions by 60% by 2050 last week, many assumed the figure would apply to road, rail and air travel in the same way. But EurActiv has learned that

April 05, 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

EU Not Supporting NGOs Against Palm Oil

by Rupa Damodaran   (Business Times)    The European Union is not using environmental non-government organisations as a "fifth column" to help it achieve its Renewable Energy Directive (RED) which places palm oil for biofuel at a disadvantage, says Trade Commissioner Karel

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

US Oilseed Growers Protest EU Biofuel Requirement

by John Davis (DomesticFuel.com)   Oilseed growers, led by the American Soybean Association (ASA), have raised concerns with U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack and U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Ron Kirk over the European Union’s (EU) Renewable Energy

March 17, 2011 Read Full Article

Diester Sees No Respite for EU Biodiesel Industry

by Sybille de La Hamaide (Reuters)  Overcapacity, squeezed margins and massive imports should continue to hurt Europe's biodiesel industry this year and lead to further consolidation, the chief executive of EU giant Diester Industrie said on Monday. Several biodiesel firms in

March 17, 2011 Read Full Article

Mission NewEnergy Limited Announces Asia’s First Fully Integrated Sustainability & Carbon Certified Palm Biodiesel Supply Chain

(Daily Markets/PRNewswire)  Multi-Media Enterprises is reporting that Mission NewEnergy Limited has announced the establishment of Asia’s first fully integrated Sustainability & Carbon Certified palm biodiesel supply chain. The announcement was made in Australia in the following news release: Mission NewEnergy Limited

March 15, 2011 Read Full Article

European Biofuels Technology Platform Adds Reports to Library

(European Biofuels Technology Platform)  The mission of the European Biofuels Technology Platform (EBTP) is to contribute to the development of cost-competitive, world-class biofuels technologies, to the creation of a healthy biofuels industry and to accelerate the deployment of sustainable biofuels

March 04, 2011 Read Full Article

Report Criticises the UK over Its Refusal to Earmark EU ETS Carbon Revenues for Financing Green Projects

(GreenAirOnline)  According to a report by carbon offsetting company Carbon Retirement, the United Kingdom has earned more than one billion euros ($1.35bn) from the auction of EU Allowances since its first auction in Phase II of the EU Emissions Trading

February 25, 2011 Read Full Article

Alternative Fuels Could Replace Fossil Fuels in Europe by 2050

(EMM NewsBrief)  Alternative fuels have the potential to gradually replace fossil energy sources and make transport sustainable by 2050, according to a report presented to the European Commission today by the stakeholder expert group on future transport fuels. The EU

February 01, 2011 Read Full Article

European Commission Approves State Support for Development of Second Generation Biofuel

(Chemrec)  The European Union has  approved the SEK 500 million (€55 million, $75 million) R&D  grant  awarded by the Swedish Energy Agency towards the industrial scale demonstration biofuels plant based on Chemrec’s gasification technology at the Domsjö Fabriker biorefinery in

January 28, 2011 Read Full Article

Spinning ILUC Policy the European Way

by Robert Vierhout  (ePURE/Ethanol Producer Magazine)  It took the European Commission several stakeholder meetings, two public consultations and many more economic modelling studies to conclude that the indirect land use change (ILUC) effects of biofuel demand are not that obvious.

January 18, 2011 Read Full Article

The Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development of the European Commission Has Published “Prospects for Agricultural Markets and Income 2010-2020”.

(IEA Bioenergy Task 39)  The outlook consists of a set of market and sector income prospects elaborated on the basis of specific assumptions regarding macroeconomic conditions, the agricultural and trade policy environment, weather conditions and international market developments. The medium term

January 18, 2011 Read Full Article

EU Wants Answers over German Animal Feed Dioxin Scandal

by Gregg Benzow (Deutsche Welle)  ...The poisonous chemical dioxin was discovered in eggs and poultry last week and is believed to have stemmed from animal feed contaminated with industrial fats. ...The German feed manufacturer Harles & Jentzsch in Schleswig-Holstein said on Tuesday

January 07, 2011 Read Full Article

'Beauty' Project Developing Better Biofuel Engine

(Europa.eu)  An EU-funded collaboration between universities and industry is overcoming limitations in current technologies to develop new bioethanol engines. Driven by the need for more sustainable and less polluting sources of energy, the European Union is now more determined than ever to

December 27, 2010 Read Full Article

Biofuels: Europe Adopts Report on Indirect Land Use Change

by S.C.  (TeatroNaturale International)   The Commission published today (December 22, 2010) a report on indirect land use change related to biofuels and bioliquids. The report acknowledges that indirect land use change can reduce greenhouse gas emissions savings associated with biofuels,

December 23, 2010 Read Full Article

BIOLYFE Newsletter Announces Preliminary Research Results of EU Second Generation Ethanol Production Project

(BIOLYFE)  The BIOLYFE project aims at improving critical steps of the second generation bioethanol production process and at demonstrating the whole supply chain, from feedstock sourcing via fuel production to product utilisation. The main result will be the construction of an

December 21, 2010 Read Full Article

Palm Oil May Gain More Users from EU Biofuel Rules-Neste Oil

by Niki Koswanage   (Reuters)  Palm oil has production audit in place unlike other vegoils; Green palm oil production capacity growing. European Union rules requiring vegetable-oil based biofuels to come from eco-friendly sources may boost palm oil use in the sector as

December 08, 2010 Read Full Article

Uniting Producers

By Robert Vierhout   (Ethanol Producer Magazine)   The eBIO brand is no longer. For five years it served the European fuel alcohol industry well. In those years, the industry has changed. Few players became many players and small players became big

November 22, 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
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