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Some Steam in the Summer of Algae 2014

(Algae Biomass Organization) Every summer ABO members and supporting organizations make announcements, host events, and tell the story of the algae industry’s exciting growth that is creating new jobs, new sources of domestic fuels, food, feed and other products. Over the past

July 21, 2014 Read Full Article

Algae Underfunded in Energy Hunt

By Kazuaki Nagata ( The Japan times)...While the technology itself is not new, Japanese scientists say they believe oil from aquatic algae could become an important raw material as biomass technology improves and the world looks for oil sources other than

July 18, 2014 Read Full Article

Navy Looks to Biofuels in 2016

by Mark Matsunaga (U.S. Pacific Fleet Public Affairs/The Lemoore Navy News)  Ships and aircraft in the next Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise could be running on biofuels, and they won't even need to know it, according to speakers at

July 18, 2014 Read Full Article

Japan’s Isuzu, Euglena to Begin Biodiesel Development With Algae

by Chisaki Watanabe  (Bloomberg)  Isuzu Motors Ltd. (7202) and Euglena Co. (2931) will work together to develop a new kind of biodiesel using algae, with a goal of establishing the technology by 2018. The companies want to develop a type of

July 02, 2014 Read Full Article

Heliae Expands Global Footprint With First Joint Venture in Japan

(Heliae/MarketWired/Digital Journal)  Heliae, a leader in the development of advanced algae production technologies, today announced a partnership with Japan-based Sincere Corporation, a waste management and recycling company, to form a joint venture and develop a commercial algae production facility in

July 01, 2014 Read Full Article

Japanese Cars Soda Drinks Show Future for Abengoa Biofuel

by Rodrigo Orihuela (Bloomberg)  Abengoa SA (ABG/P), the Spanish renewable energy company investing in biofuels, is in talks with Japanese car manufacturers and soft-drink makers to help them develop products ranging from bottles to chemicals. “All types of companies -- automotive,

June 12, 2014 Read Full Article

U.S. Ethanol Exports Hit 25-Month High; Brazil is Top Customer

by Ann Lewis (Renewable Fuels Association)  U.S. ethanol shipments in January rocketed to 86.2 million gallons (mg), marking the highest monthly export volume since December 2011, according to government data released last week. Exports were up a third from December

March 11, 2014 Read Full Article

The 10 Hottest Trends in Algae

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  Algae has been touted as the ultimate platform for fuels, chemicals, nutraceuticals, proteins — even cancer therapies. There’s been a rate of progress that would impress any devotee of Moore’s Law — and a series of

March 04, 2014 Read Full Article

Vilsack Renews Endorsement of Ethanol in Phoenix

by Susanne Retka Schill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack left no one in doubt regarding his commitment to the ethanol industry in Phoenix on Thursday, Feb. 27. The ethanol producers, farmers and industry representatives at Growth Energy's annual

February 28, 2014 Read Full Article

IHI Biotech Unit Succeeds in Cutting Cost of Growing Oil-Producing Algae

(Japan Times)  Biofuel research firm IHI NeoG Algae LLC, a unit of major heavy machinery maker IHI Corp., has succeeded in cutting the cost of producing oil from algae, an alternative to crude oil-based fuel.  Working at a 100-sq.-meter outdoor

January 15, 2014 Read Full Article

Toyota to Race Biodiesel SUV in 2014 Dakar Rally

(Japan Times)  Toyota Auto Body Co. has entered a team in the 2014 Dakar Rally, the subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corp. said. The team plans to run a Toyota Land Cruiser 200 sport utility vehicle in the roughly 5,500-km off-road race

December 18, 2013 Read Full Article

Algae Tricked into Staying up Late to Produce Biomaterials

by Chris Hanson (Biomass Magazine)  Researchers at the J. Craig Venter Institute in Rockville, Md. and Waseda University in Tokyo have modified cyanobacteria’s biological clock to remain in its daytime state. “We have shown that manipulating cyanobacteria’s clock genes can increase

November 22, 2013 Read Full Article

Bio Diesel Fuel Project Gains Momentum

by Keikantse Lesemela (The Monitor)  In support of the bio diesel fuel project in Botswana, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) donated equipment worth an estimated P2 million. The research project was carried out in April 2011 to reduce carbon emissions by

August 15, 2013 Read Full Article

A New Use for Algae in Biofuel Production

by Joanna Schroeder (DomesticFuel.com)  According to an article in the journal Phycologia, a recent research study examined a promising freshwater algal strain for possible genetic engineering applications that could make it a viable biofuel. The research, conducted by a research team in

July 30, 2013 Read Full Article

Africa: Algae Biofuels Deemed Unsuitable for Developing Nations

by Joel Winston (AllAfrica)  Significant uncertainties about the development of algae biofuels and a lack of research and development capabilities make this potential energy source an unsuitable option for developing countries, according to researchers from the UN University in Japan. The

July 22, 2013 Read Full Article

Expanding Trade Opportunities in South Korea and Japan

by Kelly Davis (Renewable Fuels Association)  As part of the RFA’s commitment to increasing ethanol export markets, I recently had the unique opportunity to join the U.S. Grains Council on a trade mission to South Korea and Japan. We visited

May 30, 2013 Read Full Article

G8 under Pressure to Rethink Biofuel Mandates

(EurActiv) Leaders of the EU and their partners in the G8 nations are under mounting pressure to reconsider their support for biofuel targets amid concern that plant oil production competes with food output in poor countries. Britain, which chairs the G8 this

May 09, 2013 Read Full Article

Japanese Sewage Plant Extracting Algal Oil for Fuel

(Algae Industry Magazine)  The Japan News reports that in Miyagino Ward, Sendai, a project has started at a sewage treatment facility to extract a biofuel ingredient from wastewater using algae. This first of its kind project in Japan is part

May 06, 2013 Read Full Article

New Plant Protein Discoveries Could Ease Global Food and Fuel Demands

by Kim McDonald   (University of California at San Diego)  New discoveries of the way plants transport important substances across their biological membranes to resist toxic metals and pests, increase salt and drought tolerance, control water loss and store sugar can have

May 06, 2013 Read Full Article

Japan's JX to Start Selling ETBE-Blended Gasoline in Northeast from May

by Takeo Kumagai (Platts)  Japan's largest refiner JX Nippon Oil & Energy is set to start selling ETBE-blended gasoline from its branded service stations in the northeast of the country, taking the number of outlets at which it sells gasoline containing

April 23, 2013 Read Full Article

International Regulation of Microorganisms for Biofuel or Chemical Production: Europe, Asia and Australia

by David Glass (DGlassAssociates.com)  In two blog entries in 2010, I described the possible regulatory regimes that might affect the use of genetically modified microorganisms or plants in the production of biofuels or bio-based chemicals, focusing on Canada and Europe. In a post last

March 26, 2013 Read Full Article

Beta Renewables Sees 2015 as Boom Year for Cellulosic Biofuels

by Nina Chestney (Reuters)  * U.S. cellulosic biofuel goals not reached * Beta sees industry stepping up output by 2015 * New players could emerge from eastern Europe Biofuels made from wood waste and sugarcane have languished well below expectations for years but

March 05, 2013 Read Full Article

Sugar Company Expands to Biofuel and Electricity

by Tassia Sipahutar (The Jakarta Post)   State-owned sugar and tobacco plantation firm PT Perkebunan Nusantara (PTPN) X is expanding into biofuel production and electricity this year in an effort to offset increasing sugar manufacturing costs. The firm needs additional income from other

February 11, 2013 Read Full Article

Mazda's Newest Race Cars Are Powered By Chicken Guts

by Joann Muller (Forbes)  When the grueling 2013 Rolex 24 endurance race kicks off at Daytona International Speedway on Jan. 26, the field will include three Mazda6 race cars powered by an unusual type of renewable fuel. The ultra-clean, synthetic diesel fuel is made from

January 21, 2013 Read Full Article

The Potential of Di-Methyl Ether (DME) as an Alternative Fuel for Compression-Ignition Engines: A Review

by Constantine Arcoumanis, Choongsik Bae, Roy Crookes, Eiji Kinoshita (Fuel/Science Direct)  This paper reviews the properties and application of di-methyl ether (DME) as a candidate fuel for compression-ignition engines. DME is produced by the conversion of various feedstock such as natural

January 17, 2013 Read Full Article

Evolving Ethanol to Meet Challenges

by Emily Bruns (Ashton Gasette)  In an effort to evolve with the constant changes and challenges within a $50 billion industry, Rochelle’s Illinois River Energy ethanol plant began producing and industrial corn oil on Nov. 27. This corn oil byproduct, which

December 27, 2012 Read Full Article

Asia Special Biofuels Report

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  There’s only one complete region for biofuels where abundant feedstock, lack of oil & gas production, rising energy demand and supportive government policy come together — and that is Asia. We’re never quite sure which factor

December 26, 2012 Read Full Article

NIA in Joint Cassava Ethanol Plant Project

(Bangkok Post)  The National Innovation Agency (NIA) joined hands with Japan's New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) to support the first pilot plant for ethanol production from cassava pulp in Thailand. ...A feasibility study was conducted, showing Thailand is

December 19, 2012 Read Full Article

Idemitsu, Cambodia Sign Biofuel Production Deal

(Daily Yomiuri)  Idemitsu Kosan Co. said Monday it has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Cambodian government to promote biofuel production in the Southeast Asian country. The move is part of plans by the Japanese energy firm to produce bioethanol

December 11, 2012 Read Full Article

IHI Unveils Algae Biofuel Test Facility

(Daily Yomiuri Online)  IHI Corp. on Wednesday unveiled to reporters its facility to test the cultivation of algae for biofuel in Yokohama.  The company hopes to mass-produce the biofuel for use in jet fuel, with a target of practical use

November 09, 2012 Read Full Article

New Technology to Produce Ethanol from Sago

(The Star)  A Japanese technology, which is still in its pilot stage, may be used on sago to produce ethanol. Kansai Chemical Engineering Company Limited of Bio-Energy Corporation presdent Dr Hideo Noda said in Japan, several projects on bio-ethanol production from

November 01, 2012 Read Full Article

ZeaChem Completes Construction of Cellulosic Ethanol Biorefinery

(ZeaChem)  ZeaChem Inc., developer of highly-efficient biorefineries, today announced that it has completed construction of its 250,000 gallons per year (GPY) cellulosic ethanol biorefinery in Boardman, Oregon. The project was completed on budget and is expected to begin production of

October 30, 2012 Read Full Article

Transesterification of Vegetable Oil into Biodiesel Catalyzed by CaO: A Review

by Masato Kouzu, Jyu-suke Hidaka (Fuel)  Vegetable oil is one of the biomass resources generated from carbon dioxide and water with the aid of photosynthesis, and is converted into an alternative to fossil diesel fuel by transesterifying with methanol. The

September 20, 2012 Read Full Article

The Top 10 Advanced Biofuels and Biorefining Companies in Asia

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...While the economic growth in China has been drawing virtually all the headlines in recent years, the “Tiger” economies of Southeast and South Asia have been fast-growing for a long time, and with resources including

September 04, 2012 Read Full Article

Japanese Group Plans to Employ OriginOil’s Algae Harvesting Systems at More Than 100 Sites

(OriginOil)  Algae has the unique potential in Japan to both provide renewable fuels and help eliminate radioactive materials OriginOil, Inc., the developer of a breakthrough energy production process for the oil and algae industries, announced today that its longstanding research partner in

September 04, 2012 Read Full Article

Japanese Air Cargo Carrier To Undertake Biofuel Flights With New Freighter

(Handy Shipping Guide)  Nippon Buy Boeing Again Quoting Environmental and Economic Advantages Aircraft manufacturer Boeing has announced that it has delivered a 747-8 Freighter to Narita-based air cargo transporters, Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA), marking the Japanese debut for this model. ...The environmentally focused Nippon

July 27, 2012 Read Full Article

Asian Researchers Develop Oil Palm Waste-to-Ethanol Process

by Susanne Retka Schill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Researchers in Southeast Asia have identified an approach to producing ethanol using an abundant waste feedstock that could potentially add a significant source of biofuel production from oil palm plantations. Oil palm empty fruit

July 03, 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

Boeing, ANA Celebrate First 787 Biofuel Flight

(Boeing)  Boeing and All Nippon Airways (ANA) made aviation history today as a 787 Dreamliner flew for the first time powered in part by sustainable biofuels. "The 787 is the most environmentally progressive jetliner flying today, combining fuel efficiency and comfort

April 20, 2012 Read Full Article

Japan, the Pentagon, and the Future of Renewable Energy: Battle Lines Form

by Andrew DeWitt (The Asia-Pacific Journal)  ...The Republicans think they see their chance to throw a wrench in the works. They recently decided to open congressional hearings to try, through focusing on Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, to put a political face on

March 22, 2012 Read Full Article

Sojitz, Hitachi Zosen to Create Bioethanol from Potato Starch Residue

by   Saroj Shrestha (JCN Network)   Sojitz Corp. and Hitachi Zosen Corp. have launched a model project for production of bioethanol from potato starch residue in the Keshan State Farm in Harbin City, in China's Heilongjiang Province. The project is being conducted

March 02, 2012 Read Full Article

Biofuel Said a Sustainable Fuel Source

(UPI)  Growing crops for fuel as opposed to refining fossil fuels and substituting bioethanol for gasoline is a sustainable energy strategy, Japanese researchers say. In a study published in the International Journal of Foresight and Innovation Policy, researchers analyzed the overall

February 27, 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

Japan's Toyo to Build 10,000 mt/year Ethanol Plant in Malaysia by Q2 2013

(Platts)  Japanese Toyo Engineering Co is to build a 10,000 mt/year industrial-grade ethanol plant in Johor Baru, Malaysia by Q2 2013, the company said in a statement Wednesday. The plant, to be run by a joint venture comprising US firm Glycos

January 19, 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

Oil-Yielding Algae Show Promise as Domestic, Export Energy Trove

(Japan Times)  Not many people imagine that resource-poor Japan might one day become an oil exporter. But someone who does is Makoto Watanabe, a leading expert in research on producing oil from microscopic algae. Research into creating biofuel from so-called microalgae

January 12, 2012 Read Full Article

Japan: New Venture to Pursue Mass Production of Algae Biofuel

(Algae Industry Magazine)  rom the Denki Shimbun Electric Daily News comes a story about three Japanese companies: IHI Corporation, Gene and Gene Technology (G>), and the Neo-Morgan Laboratory Incorporated (NML) that have just announced establishing a joint company to research

December 30, 2011 Read Full Article

Sony's Bio Battery Turns Waste Paper into Electricity

(BBC)   Sony has unveiled a paper-powered battery prototype in Japan. The technology generates electricity by turning shredded paper into sugar which in turn is used as fuel. ...The process works by using the enzyme cellulase to decompose the materials into glucose sugar.

December 30, 2011 Read Full Article

National Science Foundation, Japan Science and Technology Agency Issue New Joint Awards To Reduce Pesticide Pollution And Promote Biofuel

(Red Orbit)  The carbon footprint of humans will be reduced by four awards for plant and microbial research issued under a new joint U.S./Japanese program Four joint United States and Japanese research teams have been awarded funding totaling about $12 million

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

Iowa State University Scientists Part of US-Japan Team Set to Research Gene Chemistry to Enhance Biofuel, Biochemical Technology

(PressZoom/Iowa State University)   An Iowa State University research team is collaborating with scientists at the Samuel Roberts Nobel Foundation and also with scientists in Japan to develop an international partnership to help make strides in the technologies needed towards

December 08, 2011 Read Full Article

Japanese Researchers See Future of Oil in Beakers of Algae

(The Mainichi Daily News)  Could Japan become a major oil-producing nation? That's the dream of researchers at IHI NeoG Algae LLC, which is working on extracting oil not from new holes in the ground, but from algae. The company -- a

November 16, 2011 Read Full Article

Toyota Develops New Yeast For Cellulosic Ethanol Production

(Biofuels Journal)  Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) held an event Oct. 4 at its Toyota Biotechnology and Afforestation Laboratory in Aichi prefecture to showcase technologies developed there as part of its biotechnology and afforestation businesses. Technology on display included a newly developed yeast that

October 04, 2011 Read Full Article

Traffic Jams Reduce Hydrolytic Efficiency of Cellulase on Cellulose Surface

by Kiyohiko Igarashi, Takayuki Uchihashi, Anu Koivula, Masahisa Wada, Satoshi Kimura, Tetsuaki Okamoto, Merja Penttilä, Toshio Ando, and Masahiro Samejima (Science Magazine)   A deeper mechanistic understanding of the saccharification of cellulosic biomass could enhance the efficiency of biofuels development. We report here the real-time visualization of crystalline

September 08, 2011 Read Full Article

Experiment to Extract Hydrocarbons from Algae to Start in Quake-Hit Sendai

(The Mainichi Daily News)  An experiment to extract hydrocarbons, a main component of petroleum, from algae is set to get under way in the autumn in this quake- and tsunami-hit city. The Sendai Municipal Government, the University of Tsukuba and Tohoku

September 06, 2011 Read Full Article

Hitachi Zosen to Convert Waste into Biofuel

(TheBioenergySite.com)  Hitachi Zosen has teamed up with the city of Kyoto and Kumamoto University to begin converting municipal waste into ethanol on a trial basis. ...The biofuel produced will be used to fuel cars and as boiler fuel for factories.  READ

August 24, 2011 Read Full Article

Stress Protection: How Blue-Green Algae Hoard Energy

(Science Daily/Ruhr-Universitaet-Bochum)  Under normal conditions, cyanobacteria, also termed blue-green algae, build up energy reserves that allow them to survive under stress such as long periods of darkness. They do this by means of a molecular switch in an enzyme. By

August 12, 2011 Read Full Article

Giant King Grass Pellets Tested By Korea Forest Research Institute

(PRNewsWire/Viaspace)  - VIASPACE Inc., a clean energy company growing Giant King™ Grass as a low-carbon, renewable biomass crop and its subsidiary VIASPACE Green Energy Inc., provided results of testing of Giant King Grass energy pellets by the Korea Forest Research Institute

July 25, 2011 Read Full Article

A New Japanese Venture to Pursue Mass Production of Algae Biofuel

(The Denki Shimbun) Three Japanese companies of IHI Corporation, a biotechnology venture Gene and Gene Technology (G>) based in Osaka Prefecture, and the Neo-Morgan Laboratory Incorporated (NML) based in Kawasaki City announced July 7 that they would establish a joint

July 22, 2011 Read Full Article

Qteros and UMass Amherst Bolster Patent Portfolio for Ethanol-Producing Microbe With Issued and Allowed Patents in the United States and Japan

(PR NewsWire)  Qteros, Inc., the developer of a unique and highly efficient Consolidated Bioprocessing (CBP) platform for the lowest-cost production of cellulosic ethanol, and the University of Massachusetts Amherst, today announced two significant intellectual property (IP) advances that extend the patent estate

June 29, 2011 Read Full Article

Biofuels, Ecosystem Services and Human Wellbeing: Putting Biofuels in the Ecosystem Services Narrative

by Alexandros Gasparatos, Per Stromberg and Kazuhiko Takeuchi (Science Direct) First generation biofuels provide a number of ecosystem services (e.g., fuel, climate regulation) but they also compromise other ecosystem services (e.g., food, freshwater services) which are of paramount value to

June 10, 2011 Read Full Article

Ethanol from Seaweed Project to Get a Major Boost

(Jagran Post)  The project of deriving ethanol, a bio-fuel for blending with petrol, from a seaweed is all set to get a major boost, with the Central Salt and Marine Chemical Research Institute (CSMCRI) deciding to ramp up off-shore production

May 31, 2011 Read Full Article

MHI Establishes Technology to Produce Biofuel Locally at Low Cost from Rice and Barley Straws

(JapanCorp.net)  Project to Make Efficient Use of Soft Cellulose Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has successfully established technology to produce ethanol for automobile fuel, satisfying the standards of the Japanese Automotive Standards Organization (JASO), from lignocellulose (soft cellulose) such as rice

April 29, 2011 Read Full Article

Isuzu Debuts Biodiesel-Compatible Van

by John Davis (DomesticFuel.com)  Japan-based auto maker Isuzu has debuted a utility van that will be more compatible with higher blends of biodiesel. This company press release says the new Reach will not only be green, but it will last a

March 23, 2011 Read Full Article

Airline Industry Last in Line to Sign up for Algae Fuel: Sapphire CEO

by Kerry Reals   (FlightGlobal)   One or two pioneering airlines may begin using jet fuel derived from algae and use it to create a competitive advantage in the nearer term, but the commercial airline industry as a whole will

March 22, 2011 Read Full Article

Biofuel from Olive Cake - Spain

(agra-net.com)   Cardiles Oil plans to produce more than 12 mln litres of biofuel annually from olive cake at a project in Canete de las Torres, Cordoba.  READ MORE and MORE and MORE (Biofuels Digest)

March 16, 2011 Read Full Article

Japan's First Plant for Manufacturing Ethanol from Tangerine Residue Reaches Completion

(Japan for Sustainability)  A pilot plant for manufacturing bioethanol fuel from the residue from tangerine juice production was completed on October 25, 2010, at the Matsuyama Factory of Ehime Beverage Inc., a manufacturer of citrus juice. The technology for manufacturing bioethanol

March 09, 2011 Read Full Article

New Technique to Extract Bio-Ethanol from Noodles

(The Mainichi Daily News)  A machinery maker here has launched a facility to extract bio-ethanol from udon noodles. Machinery manufacturer Chiyoda Seisakujo is set to run tests at its bio-ethanol extraction plant in Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture, sometime soon. The residue remaining after

January 25, 2011 Read Full Article

Malaysia's Sime Darby, Japan's Mitsui Engineering Sign Biofuel Deal

(Japan Today)  Malaysia’s Sime Darby Plantation is collaborating with Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding Co to construct and operate a bioethanol demonstration plant in Malaysia’s Selangor State. The plant will convert oil empty palm fruit branches, available year-round and in abundant

January 04, 2011 Read Full Article

Tokyo Institute of Technology and Industrial Partners to Build Floating Offshore Algae Farms

(Green Car Congress)  The Nikkei reports that Tokyo Institute of Technology, Takenaka Corp. and other partners are planning to build an offshore pilot plant to grow algae for use in biofuel production. ...The wide-ranging project aims to develop technology to absorb

December 31, 2010 Read Full Article

New Miscanthus Hybrid Discovery in Japan Could Open Doors for Biofuel Industry

(Science Blog)  In the minds of many, Miscanthus x giganteus is the forerunner in the race of viable feedstock options for lignocellulosic bioenergy production. But researchers believe “putting all their eggs in one basket” could be a big mistake. Scientists at

December 22, 2010 Read Full Article

Toyota's DNA Analysis Tech to Boost Sugar-Cane Biofuel Output

(Japan Today)  Toyota Motor Corp said Monday the company has developed a technology to analyze the DNA of plants to shorten the time needed to improve varieties of sugar cane with an eye to boosting bioethanol production. The technology—developed with the National

December 09, 2010 Read Full Article

Railway in Hyogo Unveils Biodiesel-Fueled Train

(The Japan Times)  Japan's first train to run on biodiesel fuel, in this case refined edible oil, has taken to the tracks in Hyogo Prefecture. Hojo Railway Co., a third-sector entity financed by the city of Kasai and other organizations, started

October 20, 2010 Read Full Article

Japanese Invests in $120-M Ethanol Plant in Isabela

by Melody M. Aguiba  (Manila Bulletin Publishing)  The biggest in the Philippines tochu Corp. of Japan is investing $120 million in an ethanol plant in San Mariano, Isabela, which is expected to become the Philippines’ biggest and the only integrated biofuel

October 11, 2010 Read Full Article

Biodiesel Mix to Fuel Hybrid Transit Bus in Trials

(The Financial/EIN News)  Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC), Hino Motors Ltd. (Hino) and Showa Shell Sekiyu K. K. (SSSKK) announced on June 30 they plan to begin trials on July 1 of a diesel-electric hybrid transit bus fueled by a CO2 emissions-reducing mixture

July 02, 2010 Read Full Article

Scientists Try Algae ‘Alchemy’ to Grow Oil in Paddies

by Shigeru Sato and Yuji Okada (Bloomberg Business Week)  As Japan’s rice fields turn fallow and its farming communities decline, a new army of workers is preparing to make the countryside fertile again. This time the crop is motor fuel and

April 20, 2010 Read Full Article

Nippon Oil and Hitachi Aim at Mass-Producing Microbe-Derived Biofuel

by Serkan Toto (Crunch Gear)  Major Japanese oil wholesaler Nippon Oil and Hitachi subsidiary Hitachi Plant Technologies are developing a technology that’s supposed to make it possible to mass-produce eco-friendly jet fuel from Euglena, single-celled organisms that live in ponds

March 16, 2010 Read Full Article

Recent Progress in Biofuels in Japan

by Professor Shiro Saka  (IEA Bioenergy Task 39 Newsletter)  ...  According to our research in recent years, approximately 370 million tons of biomass resources are annually produced in Japan. Among these, approximately 77 million tons are disposed of without effective

October 24, 2009 Read Full Article

Vietnam Produces First Batch of Ethanol

(ChinaView.cn)  Vietnam successfully produced the country's first batch of 2,000 tons of ethanol, a bio-fuel for motor vehicles, local newspaper the People reported Friday.    The fuel is made from sugar cane and cassava.  ...The plant is expected to turn out 100,000

September 08, 2009 Read Full Article
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