(Heriot-Watt University) A company that helped design how astronauts grow and recycle food in space is working with Heriot-Watt University to tackle the problem of dairy waste here on Earth. Take Root Bio worked with the International Centre for Brewing and Distilling
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Back TO HOMEAnnual Reports Reveal Shipping Companies' Biofuel Consumption
by Konica Bhatt (Engine) Several shipping companies reported using biofuels across their fleets in 2025, with B100 emerging as the most commonly disclosed grade alongside blends such as B6, B24 and B30. Bermuda-based tanker owner Teekay Tankers used biofuels on selected voyages
July 24, 2026 Read Full Article
Turning Food Waste into Carbon Captors
by Samuel Schlaefli (ETH Zurich) The removal of CO₂ from the atmosphere is considered an important tool in the fight against climate change – but has so far been an energy-intensive and expensive process. Now, researchers have developed a new method that
July 01, 2026 Read Full Article
Circular Bossa Nova: The Global Longing for Nature’s Leavings as the Source of Energy
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ... The bossa nova — literally, “new trend.” ... I. The Rhythm of Renewal ... Every time a biorefinery turns residue into revenue or a digester converts methane into molecule value, it’s the same refrain — structure and improvisation, sense
October 08, 2025 Read Full Article
State Awards $800K to Navitas Global to Revive Long-Idle Ethanol Plant in Portales
by Natalie Robbins (Albuquerque Journal) Renewable energy company Navitas Global will receive an $800,000 grant from the New Mexico Economic Development Department to hire staff and revive a dormant ethanol production facility in Portales, state officials announced this month. The funds will
July 22, 2025 Read Full Article
Gujarat Banks Big on Biofuels
by Prashant Rupera (Times of India) Last month, India's dairy major Amul, otherwise known for milk production, achieved a significant milestone by successfully conducting its first large-scale trial to produce bioethanol from whey, a byproduct of cheese and paneer production. Buoyed by the
June 17, 2025 Read Full Article
Homegrown Fuels Podcast with Keith Kor
by Sue Retka Schill (Ethanol Producer Magazine) Long time ethanol manager Keith Kor recounts the early days of ethanol production, in what would now be considered primitive facilities. READ MORE/LISTEN includes transcript
May 27, 2025 Read Full Article
Who’s Tackling the Challenges in Biobased Chemicals and Biomaterials? Looking at EUBCE 2025
by Jim Spaeth (Biofuels Digest) Renewable chemicals and biomaterials are no longer niche—they are the future of carbon. Europe stands at the threshold of massive opportunity, from decarbonized manufacturing to circular materials innovation. But crossing that threshold? That’s another story. The
May 09, 2025 Read Full Article
The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to the Virtual Institute of Feedstocks of the Future
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) This presentation deck outlines the Virtual Institute on Feedstocks of the Future (VIFF), a collaborative initiative funded by the Schmidt Sciences philanthropy and the Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR). The initiative aims to accelerate
January 27, 2025 Read Full Article
New Life Planned for Former Abengoa Ethanol Plant
by Grant McGee (The Eastern New Mexico News) The Portales City Council on Tuesday heard of a plan to bring the former Abengoa ethanol plant on U.S. 70 on the south side of town back to life. Edward Zaydman, chief executive officer
January 26, 2025 Read Full Article
Advancing Circular Bioeconomy with Biomass Feedstocks
(Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research) Teams of researchers working to develop the science to create energy, animal feed, and other essential products from sustainable materials have been selected to join the Virtual Institute on Feedstocks of the Future (VIFF). The institute is
July 26, 2024 Read Full Article
Updated Algae Report Analyzes National-Scale Prospects for Converting Microalgae to Biofuels and Bioproducts
(U.S. Department of Energy) A new report from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratories investigated the economic and environmental sustainability implications of siting and deploying large-scale microalgae farms for cultivation and conversion to biofuels and bioproducts. The report, “Economic,
July 24, 2024 Read Full Article
Funding Boosts Capacity to Transform Organic Waste into Renewable Energy
(Sustainbility Victoria) Organic waste destined for landfill will be transformed into renewable energy thanks to funding from Sustainability Victoria, delivered on behalf of the Victorian Government. The $8 million Waste to Energy – Bioenergy Fund is Victoria’s largest investment in
June 29, 2023 Read Full Article
New Biogas Plant in Puglia Fed with the Prickly Pear Plant
(News Italy 24) Sebigas, a company specializing in the design and construction of biogas and biomethane plants, signs a contract with Wakonda SpA, an innovative agricultural startup from Lecce, for the construction of a biogas plant powered by Opuntia (prickly pear)
June 26, 2023 Read Full Article
UW–Madison Research Key to Decarbonization Plan
by Chris Hubbuch (Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center) Researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison are working to develop plant-based fuels that are a key piece of the nation’s blueprint for decarbonizing transportation. ... That will require sustainable alternatives to gasoline,
February 07, 2023 Read Full Article
Spinning Food Processing Waste into 'Gold' -- Study Proposes Profitable Ways to Repurpose Industrial Waste
by Emily Caldwell (Science Daily/Ohio State University) Scientists have taken the first step at estimating the best large-scale uses for food processing waste, first analyzing its contents and, based on those findings, proposing production opportunities ranging from sustainable fuels, biogas and
January 30, 2023 Read Full Article
The King Uses Biofuel in His Cherished Classic Aston DB6
by Sam Hollier (St. George and Southerland Shire Leader) While tributes to Queen Elizabeth II almost all mentioned her driving a military truck at the end of WWII, I'm going to focus on our King and his interest in finding
September 21, 2022 Read Full Article
Can King Charles Save the Planet?
by Arianna Skibell (Politico's Power Switch) ... The new king has a long history of advocating for the planet dating back to the 1970s, as POLITICO’s E&E News reporter Sara Schonhardt writes. He also has a family history in the arena — his late
September 12, 2022 Read Full Article
Prince Charles Reveals Car Runs on Cheese and Wine Biofuel
by Thomas Bywater (New Zealand Herald) ... Called E85, the fuel is a potent cocktail of distilled bioethanol from waste wine and fermented dairy solids. The vintage Aston Martin DB6 which has been in the prince's possession for 51 years was modified
October 12, 2021 Read Full Article
Comments on New Zealand’s Blending Policy Show Ethanol’s Role in GHG Reductions
(U.S. Grains) Ethanol’s greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction benefits could help New Zealand lower emissions by 30 percent by 2030, reaching net zero by 2050, the U.S. Grains Council (USGC) and industry partners told that country’s policymakers in comments submitted last month. A
August 16, 2021 Read Full Article
Weltec Biopower Builds Biomethane Plant for Spanish Dairy Farm
(Bioenergy Insight) Weltec Biopower is building a biomethane plant for Spanish dairy farm Torre Santamaria. Since the first 250 kW biogas plant went live in 2011, the Catalan family business has covered its entire energy demand from its residues. The
May 18, 2021 Read Full Article
Mexican University Makes Biofuel from Wine and Cheese Waste
by Phoebe French (The Drinks Business) The National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) is using waste products from the wine and cheese industries to produce hydrogen and methane. -- Researchers working in the university’s engineering department in the Mexican state of
April 16, 2021 Read Full Article
Biofuel Company Anticipates February Start
By Ron Warnick (Quay County Sun) The president of a Tucumcari biofuels company said he anticipates construction will begin in February to convert a closed ethanol plant on the city's north side into a methane-gas plant that will create 40 jobs
January 02, 2020 Read Full Article
Zero-Emission Hydrogen Beer Trucks, Algae to Generate Clean Water, Cheesy Biogas, Algae Backpacks, Bamboo Toothbrushes, and More: The Digest’s Top 10 Innovations for the Week of August 30th
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Pumpkin spice everything is already appearing in stores across the U.S. and so is beer for Oktoberfest, but Anheuser-Busch’s beer will be delivered using zero-emission hydrogen beer trucks! Have some cheese with that beer as cheese
August 30, 2019 Read Full Article
Greenbelt Resources and New Age Renewable Energy Team Up for Joint Project Sales Collaboration
(Greenbelt Resources/Globe Newswire) The dairy processing industry may have just gotten a boost to its bottom line from a collaboration between two small but accomplished innovators in cleantech. Greenbelt Resources Corporation (OTC: GRCO) (Greenbelt), the developer of an award winning sustainable ECOsystem model
July 03, 2019 Read Full Article
Company Hopes to Convert Ethanol Plant to Methane
(Quay County Sun) If all goes according to plan, a long-closed ethanol plant in Tucumcari may be converted into a methane plant and become fully operational by mid-2020. Tucumcari Bio-Energy Co. is hunting for investors and may begin converting the plant to
October 08, 2018 Read Full Article
NCDA&CS Grant Supports Research of Biochar Combined with AD
(Appalachian State University/Biomass Magazine) Thanks to a $98,599 grant from the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (NCDA&CS), a team of professors in Appalachian State University’s Department of Sustainable Technology and the Built Environment, along with Hei-Young Kim, research assistant in
July 11, 2018 Read Full Article
Project Focus: Converting Dairy By-Products into High Value Bio-Based Chemicals.
(AgriChemWhey/Biobased World News) ... Producers that can access plentiful feedstocks with the minimum of fuss can have the best of both worlds – exactly the position that Ireland finds itself in. The country is in the midst of a bio-based revolution
March 21, 2018 Read Full Article
Tomorrow’s Alcohol Can Be Made from Surplus Milk Sugar
(Technical University of Denmark) New technology from DTU can convert milk sugar (lactose) in dairy by-products into alcohol. The newly established company behind the technology has received start-up capital from CAPNOVA. Dairies' production of cheese generates considerable amounts of the by-product whey.
February 13, 2018 Read Full Article
Yogurt Maker Fage Sues over Stalled Ethanol Plant
by John Cropley (Daily Gazette) More than $20 million is sought -- Fage has filed a lawsuit seeking more than $20 million from a company that agreed to buy waste whey from its massive yogurt factory in Johnstown. In the complaint
August 22, 2017 Read Full Article
Costa Ricans Seeking to Produce Biodiesel from Whey
(Revista Summa (Google Translation)) In order to generate an alternative and friendly fuel with the environment, a group of graduates biotechnologists Technology of Costa Rica (TEC) is, for four years, conducting research with whey and its transformation potential in biodiesel. This entrepreneurial
November 25, 2016 Read Full Article
Car Care: Biodiesel a Viable, Green Choice
(AA Motoring/Driven) Biodiesel offers motorists a choice -- Like the cars we drive, fuels have evolved — to the point that it feels like we have more choice than before. As car manufacturers strive to reduce the impact of their vehicles
October 04, 2016 Read Full Article
Business Owner, NMSU’s Arrowhead Center Hope to Create Jobs, Ecosystem with Biorefinery
(El Paso Herald Post) ... On June 15, through a LEDA grant from the City of Tucumcari, ERD purchased the former ethanol plant at 1600 Rock Island Road. In partnership with Robert Lopez, a Tucumcari farmer, the company plans to reconfigure
July 05, 2016 Read Full Article
Beer-Based Fuel: It's One for the Road
by Susan Strongman (New Zealand Herald) In what is claimed to be a world first, from today Aucklanders can top up their cars with Brewtroleum. Kiwis can now use a beer byproduct to fill their cars, with a new biofuel being unveiled
July 06, 2015 Read Full Article
University of Wyoming Researchers Advance Biorenewable Energy Prospects
(University of Wyoming) After graduating from Northern Kentucky University with bachelor’s degrees in chemistry and accounting, Allen Morris decided to pursue graduate studies at the University of Wyoming for two primary reasons: the Rocky Mountain lifestyle, and an attractive stipend
September 18, 2014 Read Full Article
Biofuel Drive Will 'Fundamentally Change' Dairying
(Radio New Zealand) /...Stuart Locke, who heads Waikato University's Institute of Business Studies, says the need to free up land to produce ethanol will put pressure on farmers to house cattle and feed out supplements, rather than graze cows on