by Loz Blain (New Atlas) "We can feed black soldier flies straight, dirty trash," says a team that's working to turn insects into landfill-clearing biomanufacturing machines that turn regular, dangerous or contaminated garbage into a range of high-value products. Black soldier flies
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Back TO HOMECouncil Highlights Emerging New-Use Opportunities for Ethanol at Industry Events in Singapore, Australia
(U.S. Grains Council) The U.S. Grains Council’s (USGC’s) Southeast Asia and Oceania (SEA&O) team recently participated in two leading bioenergy conferences in the region, underscoring the pertinent role ethanol can play in emerging new-use areas for transportation decarbonization and how the
May 11, 2024 Read Full Article
Nuseed Targets Cotton Regions for Carinata Trials
by Emma Alsop (Grain Central) Australia's cotton-growing regions are being targeted for trials to grow the non-edible renewable fuel feedstock crop, carinata. Nuseed, the seed division of Australian agricultural chemical company Nufarm, is eyeing trials of carinata this year, according to general
March 27, 2024 Read Full Article
Australian and German Joint Funding Deal to Stimulate Hydrogen Production
(Innovation News Network) A joint funding deal will unite Australian innovation with German expertise to accelerate renewable hydrogen production. -- Australia and Germany are increasing research into renewable hydrogen production through a joint $100m funding deal. The deal, which is part
February 06, 2023 Read Full Article
Diesel-Hydrogen Hybrid Engines to Help Cut Emissions? New Research Says So
by Isaiah Richard (Tech Times) Diesel engines may find a new way to survive in a zero-emissions future. -- Diesel engines may still get a chance to survive in the future because of the latest research and claims from the University
January 23, 2023 Read Full Article
Loop Energy Supplies Hydrogen Fuel Cells for ARCC Buses
by Ariana Fine (NGT News) Loop Energy, a designer and manufacturer of hydrogen fuel cell solutions, is entering the Australian bus market as a supplier of fuel cell modules to Aluminium Revolutionary Chassis Co. (ARCC), the developer and manufacturer of Australia’s first
June 07, 2022 Read Full Article
Mixed Views on Ethanol as Oil Shock Answer
by Marion Rae (Glouster Advocate) Australia's petrol and diesel taxes are already amongst the lowest in the world, potentially throttling efforts to curb price spikes and prompting some to propose ethanol as an option. Biodiesel, bioethanol, and biocrude blends can be
March 15, 2022 Read Full Article
Sweetman Renewables in Talks with Forest Owners over Biomass Residues
(Bioenergy Insight) Australian firm Sweetman Renewables is in advanced negotiations with forest and plantation owners regarding the supply of biomass residues. Sweetman, based in New South Wales, has attracted “strong interest” from sawmills keen to provide the company with plenty
July 29, 2021 Read Full Article
Crop Trial a Forerunner to $1 Billion Renewable Fuel Trial
(LaTrobe University) A cropping trial is now in the ground at Katunga as a forerunner to a $1 billion renewable fuel development. Investment company, AgBioEn, is planning a massive biofuel plant on a 40 ha former dairy farm, which will use agricultural waste. The company
December 23, 2020 Read Full Article
Engineer Aims to Have Biodiesel Plants across Australia within a Decade
by Vernon Graham (Farm Online National) A Toowoomba engineer aims to have all Australia farmers switched to biodiesel within 10 years. Johnny Wapstra has founded a start-up, Seed 2 Diesel, and hopes to have a state-of-the-art biodiesel plant somewhere between Toowoomba and
December 04, 2020 Read Full Article
Calls from Bioenergy Australia for More Ethanol-Industry Support
(Biofuels International) Bioenergy Australia is calling on the federal government to support, and for sanitiser manufacturing businesses to continue to buy, Australian ethanol. As supply lines from China begin to reopen as lockdown measures are lifted, cheaper imports are beginning
June 05, 2020 Read Full Article
USGC Engagement Helps US Ethanol Fill Australian Fuel Needs
(Aberdeen News/U.S. Grains Council) U.S. ethanol is helping meet fuel supply needs in Australia — the result of a domestic supply gap and engagement by the U.S. Grains Council (USGC) and its ethanol industry partners. “U.S. ethanol is not subject to tariffs
April 06, 2020 Read Full Article
Trailblazing Energy Company Links up with National Group in Support of Its Biofuels Agenda
(Biofuels International) A leading Australian firm has become a member of a national energy organisation. Viva Energy Australia has linked up with peak national body BioEnergy Australia with CEO Scott Wyatt saying the decision supports the company’s existing investment in
March 12, 2020 Read Full Article
Licella and BioLogiQ Join Forces to Accelerate Commercialisation of Cat-HTR™ Technology in Australia
(Licella) Licella and BioLogiQ join forces to accelerate commercialisation of Cat-HTR™ technology in Australia, to chemically recycle post-consumption plastic that would otherwise not be recycled. -- Australia consumes 3.4 million tonnes of plastic each year, of which only 9% is recycled1.
January 09, 2020 Read Full Article
Australian Tyre Recycler Signs Deal for First US Plant
(Green Distillation Technologies) Australian tyre recycler Green Distillation Technologies, which has developed world-first technology that recycles end-of-life tyres into oil, carbon and steel, has signed a deal to build their first plant in the United States, The agreement provides funding of up
January 08, 2020 Read Full Article
Tyre Recycler Signs Deal to Turn Their Carbon into High Value Graphite
(Green Distillation Technologies) Tyre recycler Green Distillation Technologies, has signed a deal with New Zealand’s CarbonScape to enhance the value of the carbon produced by its process, turning it into high value graphite. GDT’s world-first tyre recycling process turns end-of-life car, truck and
October 21, 2019 Read Full Article
Scientists in Australia Develop Graphene Filter to Extract Methane from Biogas
(Bioenergy Insight) Scientists at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Australia have designed a graphene filter to purify methane from biogas. The research team, led by Dr Rakesh Joshi of the UNSW School of Materials Science and Engineering, found
October 15, 2019 Read Full Article
Convert CO2 into Raw Materials Using Nanoparticles
(Ruhr University Bochum (Google Translation)) Enzymes use cascade reactions to produce complex molecules from comparatively simple raw materials. The principle was copied by researchers. An international research team has converted carbon dioxide into raw materials using nanoparticles. The scientists at
September 30, 2019 Read Full Article
CO2CRC to Investigate Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reducation in Steel Manufacturing
(CO2CRC) CO2CRC has been awarded funding to conduct important research into reducing greenhouse gas emissions in steel production. The year-long study has been made possible by a grant from the NSW Department of Planning and Environment (Coal Innovation NSW Fund). The
March 28, 2019 Read Full Article
The Wonders Down Under: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to Australia and the Bioeconomy
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) IEA Bioenergy Task 42’s goal is to contribute to the development and deployment of integrated biorefineries as part of highly efficient sustainable value chains (co-)producing food/feed ingredients, chemicals, materials, fuels, power and/or heat out of sustainably sourced
December 26, 2018 Read Full Article
Federal Minister for Environment and Energy, Josh Frydenberg, Considers Biofuel Future of Heron's Creek Sawmill
(Camden Haven Courier) Sawmill waste from Herons Creek Timber Mill near Port Macquarie could soon be converted into biodiesel for vehicles and bitumen for roads. Federal Minister for Environment & Energy, Josh Frydenberg, is visiting the mill with Lyne MP Dr
August 27, 2018 Read Full Article
Big Australia Is Back: Oz’s ARENA, China’s JTL Go Big with a Cellulosic Biofuels Bet
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ... (T)he Australian Renewable Energy Agency has made its single largest direct investment in second-generation biofuels via $11.9M in funding support for Ethtec to complete the development and demonstration of its advanced biofuel production technology. ... But times are changing in
December 06, 2017 Read Full Article
Hunter Valley Biofuel Facility to Advance Ethanol Production
(Australian Renewable Energy Agency/Ethanol Produce Magazine) The Australian Renewable Energy Agency recently announced $11.9 million in funding for Australian biofuel company Ethanol Technologies Ltd. to complete the development and demonstration of its groundbreaking advanced biofuel technology. As part of a $48 million project, Ethtec aims
December 01, 2017 Read Full Article
Australian Researchers Lead Way in Developing Sustainable Biofuel Technology
by Cecilia Connell (ABC News) An Australian-first biofuel demonstration facility in the New South Wales Hunter Valley has been touted as a game-changer in the food versus fuel debate, that has overshadowed the production of ethanol for some time. The Federal Government,
November 21, 2017 Read Full Article
Tire Trash-to-Cash in the Aussie Outback
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ... There are no tires in Nevertire because Green Distillation Technologies, some 20 clicks up the road in Warren, is operating its Destructive Distillation technology at pilot scale and is recycling used tires into oil, carbon and steel wire
November 09, 2017 Read Full Article
Ethanol Fuel Market Size Worth $115.65 Billion by 2025 | CAGR: 6.7%: Grand View Research, Inc.
(Grand View Research/CISION PR Newswire) The global ethanol fuel market is expected to reach USD 115.65 billion by 2025, growing at a CAGR of 6.7%, according to a new report by Grand View Research, Inc. Asia Pacific is estimated to witness a fast paced growth during
September 26, 2017 Read Full Article
Ethanol Mandate Blamed for Stinging Motorists $143m a Year
by Sean Nicholls (Sydney Morning Herald) The controversial NSW ethanol mandate costs motorists more than $143 million a year by forcing them to purchase more expensive premium petrol, a new analysis suggests. It also estimates Australia's largest producer, Manildra, last year made $4.4 million
August 31, 2017 Read Full Article
Report Discusses Future Growth of Australian Ethanol Industry
by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine) A report filed with the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service’s Global Agricultural Information Network predicts Australian biofuel production will reach 290 million liters (79.61 million gallons) this year, including 250 million liters of ethanol. That
August 22, 2017 Read Full Article
Ethanol Policy Shaping up as a de Facto Tax on Sydney Drivers
by Sean Nicholls (Sydney Morning Herald) ... (Innovation and better regulation minister Matt Kean) Kean inherited a policy championed by his predecessor Victor Dominello to boost ethanol sales in NSW via E10 – a blend of ethanol and regular unleaded – at
August 10, 2017 Read Full Article
Queensland Mandate Key to Biofuels Boost
(My Sunshine Coast) The Australia biodiesel industry is still trying to negotiate deals with oil companies to ramp up production, despite the introduction of a second State mandate, Chief Executive Officer of the Biofuels Association of Australia, Mark Sutton said. There
August 03, 2017 Read Full Article
BAA Rejects Productivity Commission Claims
(Biofuels Association of Australia) The Biofuels Association of Australia strongly rejects claims by the Federal Productivity Commission that the industry fails to support the agriculture sector or the community. The NSW and Queensland Governments have not forced motorists to buy E10 or
March 30, 2017 Read Full Article
Australia’s Productivity Commission Says Biofuels a Bad Deal All Around
by Meghan Sapp (Biofuels Digest) In Australia, the federal government’s economic advisor—The Productivity Commission—has called on New South Wales, Queensland and commonwealth governments to drop biofuel blending, saying the polices unnecessarily increase fuel prices for consumers. It also dismissed out
March 29, 2017 Read Full Article
Ethanol Mandate Comes into Force Today
(Sydney Morning Herald) Queensland fuel outlets will be required to meet the state government's new ethanol mandate from Sunday, as part of a raft of legislative changes taking effect in the new year. Large fuel retailers will be required by
January 03, 2017 Read Full Article
Queensland RFA Allays Fears over Ethanol Mandate Concerns
(Biofuels International) ... Rose (Larissa Rose, managing Director of the Queensland Renewable Fuels Association) said the comparison of the Queensland and NSW mandates was misleading. "When NSW introduced its mandate in 2007, consumers were unsure about filling up with E10,
November 30, 2016 Read Full Article
E10 Education Key to Delivering Benefits for Motorists
(Biofuels Association of Australia) Many motorists are opting for expensive premium fuels unaware that E10 is compatible with their car, the Biofuels Association of Australia said today. Chief Executive Officer, Mark Sutton, said E10 delivers many of the benefits of
November 30, 2016 Read Full Article
What is Australia’s Biofuel Future?
(Ecogeneration) With growing interest in Australia in the production of liquid biofuels, bio-refining experts Geoff Bell, CEO of Australian company Microbiogen, and Ed de Jong, vice-president of development at Dutch renewable chemicals company Avantium, consider the drivers of biofuels production
November 07, 2016 Read Full Article
Petrol Retailers Slam New Ethanol Rule
by Sean Nichols (Sydney Morning Herald) Angry fuel retailers are accusing the NSW government of doing the bidding of a political donor and putting motorists at risk of higher fuel prices over plans to boost the sale of E10 petrol. Better Regulation Minister Victor Dominello has
November 07, 2016 Read Full Article
Biofuels Developments in Australia
by Susan van Dyk and Stephen Schuck (IEA Bioenergy Task 39 and Bioenergy Australia) ... While Australia has large energy resources, it is a net importer of crude oil and refined petroleum products. In 2013, net product imports were 325,000 bbl/d, according to the Australia
September 30, 2016 Read Full Article
Biofuels: Pumped but Facing an Uphill Struggle
(Ecogeneration) It’s a hard road for the Australian biofuels industry, which turns out bioethanol (or E10 as it’s known at the pump) and biodiesel. Until motorists instinctively reach for the bio-blend pumps the sector has had to rely on “government
September 14, 2016 Read Full Article
Biofuels Developments in Australia
by Susan van Dyk and Stephen Schuck (IEA Bioenergy Task 39/Bioenergy Australia) Australia’s primary energy consumption is heavily dependent on fossil fuels, with renewables contributing about 7% (including hydroelectricity, wind, solar and biomass) (Figure 1) (US EIA). While Australia has large energy resources, it is
September 12, 2016 Read Full Article
CleanTech Biofuels, Inc. Announces Acquisition
(PR NewsWire/CleanTech Biofuels, Inc.) CleanTech Biofuels, Inc. (OTC: CLTH), an early stage development company focusing on producing cellulosic biomass from municipal solid waste for conversion to combined heat and power, advanced biofuels, and bio-based chemicals, has acquired a 99% membership