(Casterra Ag/PR Newswire) This first shipment, valued at approximately US$1 million, is part of a framework agreement with a world-leading oil and
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Back TO HOMEHow the Biomass Pellet Industry Could Grow 10-Fold, and Help Save the Planet
by Michael Shepard (Bioenergy International) ... The opportunity lies in the kitchens of the nearly four billion people who cook
April 11, 2023 Read Full Article
The Daily Digest’s Biofuels Mandates around the World 2023
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In Florida, the Daily Digest today released its annual review of biofuels mandates and targets
January 03, 2023 Read Full Article
How Much Mining Is Needed to Save the Planet?
by Jael Holzman (E&E News/Greenwire) With climate change pushing the U.S. toward more rapid adoption of new technologies, many Republicans and
October 14, 2022 Read Full Article
Government to Setup Ethanol Plants in Provincial Centres
(Lusaka Times) The Government will next year start constructing ethanol plants in provincial centres for blending fuel, as a measure
August 23, 2022 Read Full Article
Biden Administration Launches $500 Million Program to Transform Mines Into New Clean Energy Hubs
(U.S. Department of Energy) DOE Seeks Public Input on Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Program for Clean Energy Projects That Will Help
July 06, 2022 Read Full Article
Sunbird Bioenergy Zambia in Kawambwa Is Set to Start Ethanol Processing in August
(Lusaka Times) Sunbird Bioenergy Zambia in Kawambwa district in Luapula Province has disclosed that the company is scheduled to have its
June 03, 2022 Read Full Article
Complete Global Guide: The Digest’s Biofuels Mandates Around the World 2022
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) 65 countries have targets or mandates--how much, where, when and what? READ MORE Commodities 2022: European
January 04, 2022 Read Full Article
Ethanol, Petrol Blending to Start In 2022
by Michael Kaumba, Lucky Phiri (ZNBC) Government says plans are underway to start blending locally produced ethanol with petrol to in
December 14, 2021 Read Full Article
Felix Leach and Kelly Senecal on Racing Toward Zero: The Untold Story of Driving Green
by Tammy Klein (Transport Energy Strategies) For this video podcast, I spoke with Dr. Felix Leach, Associate Professor of Engineering Science
August 09, 2021 Read Full Article
New Report: 21st Century Agriculture Renaissance: Solutions from the Land
(Solutions from the Land) “There has never been a greater need for an Agricultural Renaissance. The many voices of farmers, echoing
February 18, 2021 Read Full Article
The Digest’s Biofuels Mandates Around the World 2021
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In Florida, the Digest today releases its annual review of biofuels mandates and targets around the
January 08, 2021 Read Full Article
Sunbird to Supply Indeni with Ethanol for Fuel Blending
by Michael Kaumba (ZNBC) ZANIS-Indeni Petroleum Refinery Company Limited has engaged Sunbird Bioenergy Africa in Kawambwa to supply the first consignment
October 30, 2020 Read Full Article
From Americas to EU, Asia, Africa, Who’s Got What?: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to Biofuel Mandates Around the World 2020
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Today, biobased mandates around the world. Where are the markets you can count on, how
September 07, 2020 Read Full Article
Sunbird Bioenergy Africa Recruits 1 700 Local Farmers in Kawambwa, but Needs More Farmers to Reach Target of 20 000
(Lusaka Times) About 1700 out of the targeted 20,000 cassava out-grower farmers for the 2019/20 farming season have been captured by
March 04, 2020 Read Full Article
The Digest’s Biofuels Mandates Around the World 2020
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) 64 countries have targets or mandates - but how much where, and when, and what? Besides
January 02, 2020 Read Full Article
Zambia Looks to Brazil for Help in Biofuel Industry
(Lusaka Times) Zambia’s Ambassador to Brazil, Dr. Alfreda Kansembe has held bilateral talks with Brazil’s Sugar, Ethanol and Energy companies
December 16, 2019 Read Full Article
Chinese Firm Launches Ethanol Processing Plant in Central Zambia
(Xinhua) A Chinese firm on Wednesday launched an ethanol processing plant in central Zambia, which the government says will go a
July 26, 2019 Read Full Article
$1.2 Million Ethanol Plant Set for September
(Zambia Daily Mail Limited) The operation of the US$1.2 million ethanol plant is expected to start in September after the Energy
June 11, 2019 Read Full Article
Biodiesel Blending Ratio Established
by Joshua Jere and Cindy Mulomba (ZNBC) Energy Minister Matthew Nkhuwa says government has made strides towards growing and diversifying the energy
May 08, 2019 Read Full Article
UN Food and Agriculture Organization Highlights Climate Smart Agriculture
(UN Food and Agriculture Organization) Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is an approach that helps to guide actions needed to transform and reorient
January 03, 2019 Read Full Article
Ethanol Project to Create 1,000 Jobs in Kawambwa
(Zambia Daily Mail Limited) Over 1,000 jobs are expected to be created from the US$800 million ethanol project by Sunbird Bio-Energy
January 02, 2019 Read Full Article
Biofuels Mandates around the World 2019
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In Florida, the Digest today (January 1, 2019) releases its annual review of biofuels mandates and
January 02, 2019 Read Full Article
Agri-Tech Can Turn African Savannah into Global Food Basket – African Development Bank
(African Development Bank Group) The African Development Bank is championing a new regional and global effort to transform the African Savannah
October 31, 2018 Read Full Article
Biofuel to Supplement Oil Supplies
by Tryness Tembo (Zambia Daily Mail Limited) For any economy to grow, stable supply of fuel at affordable prices should be guaranteed
March 07, 2018 Read Full Article
What’s Needed in African Agriculture Before Technology
by Louisa Burwood-Taylor (AgFunderNews) “A lot of what’s needed in African agriculture is quite low-tech if tech at all,” says Gary Vaughan-Smith,
January 04, 2018 Read Full Article
Biofuels Mandates Around the World 2018
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In Florida, the Digest today releases its annual review of biofuels mandates and targets around the
January 02, 2018 Read Full Article
Perspectives on Biofuels in Sub-Saharan Africa
by Susan van Dyk, Emile van Zyl, Brett Pletschke (International Energy Agency Bioenergy Task 39) This short contribution provides some perspectives on
December 22, 2017 Read Full Article
Sunbird Bioenergy Africa Launches Cassava Out-Grower Programme for Bioethanol Project
(Biofuels International) Sunbird Bioenergy Africa has commenced work on a cassava out-grower programme to provide sustainable feedstock for a bioenergy
August 03, 2017 Read Full Article
Zambian Mine in First-of-a-Kind Tailings Dump Site Rehab, Hopes to Eventually Produce Biodiesel
by Mia Breytenbach (Mining Weekly) Zambia’s largest integrated copper producer, Konkola Copper Mines (KCM), owned by global conglomerate Vedanta Resources,
April 25, 2017 Read Full Article
Potential Biofuel Feedstocks and Production in Zambia
by Paul C. Samboko, Mitelo Subakanya, Cliff Dlamini (United Nations University-WIDER) The need for energy security and climate change mitigation have increased
April 19, 2017 Read Full Article
CEC to Conduct Biodiesel, By-Product Survey
(Zambia Daily Mail) Copperbelt Energy Corporation Plc (CEC) intends to conduct a survey for biodiesel and its by-product to enable
November 08, 2016 Read Full Article
CEC to Commercialise Biodiesel Plant
by Kelly Njombo (Zambia Daily Mail) THE Copperbelt Energy Corporation (CEC) is to commercialise its biodiesel plant after approval from Zambia
September 22, 2016 Read Full Article
GRFA Supports Adoption of National Policies to Reduce Emissions
(Global Renewable Fuels Alliance/Ethanol Producer Magazine) Bliss Baker, president of the Global Renewable Fuels Alliance, recently sent letters to the
April 19, 2016 Read Full Article
EEP Southern and East Africa Issues Call for Project Proposals DEADLINE: April 25, 2016
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In South Africa, the Energy and Environment Partnership Programme with Southern and East Africa (EEP S&EA)
April 04, 2016 Read Full Article
Biofuels Mandates Around the World: 2016
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Who mandates what in biofuels? 64 countries have targets or mandates — but how much where,
January 04, 2016 Read Full Article
Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform: From Rhetoric to Reality
by Shelagh Whitley and Laurie van der Burg (New Climate Economy) The research underpinning this New Climate Economy Working Paper was
December 22, 2015 Read Full Article
CNE and Sunbird to Develop Bioethanol Facilities in Zimbabwe and Zambia
(Biofuels International) China New Energy has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with Sunbird Bioenergy Africa for the development of
December 10, 2015 Read Full Article
British Firm Partners Government to Set up $150mln Ethanol Plant
(The Source/New Zimbabwe) ... Sunbird Bioenergy has partnered government to set up a $150 million ethanol operation in Zimbabwe next year,
October 20, 2015 Read Full Article
Zambian Entrepreneur on Running a Biodiesel and Soap Production Business
by Kate Douglas (How We Made It In Africa) Soon after Mutoba Ngoma finished studying aeronautical engineering in the UK,
September 14, 2015 Read Full Article
Illovo Says Policy Certainty Key to Unlocking Sugar’s Cogeneration Potential
by Terence Creamer (Engineering News) ... For Illovo, meanwhile, electricity generation forms part of a larger downstream diversification strategy, designed to
May 30, 2015 Read Full Article
Zambia: ZDA Okays U.S.$150 Million Ethanol Plant
(AllAfrica/Times of Zambia) THE Zambia Development Agency (ZDA) has given Sunbird Bio-energy Africa an investment licence to set up a
March 31, 2015 Read Full Article
Biofuels Mandates Around the World: 2015
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Who mandates what in biofuels? 64 countries have targets or mandates — but how much
January 05, 2015 Read Full Article
Set up Biofuel Fund, Government Urged
by Kennedy Mupeseni (Times of Zambia) An energy expert has said Government should establish a low interest-rates biofuel fund to be
November 14, 2014 Read Full Article
Mahtani Group to Build $150m Ethanol Plant
by Kalonde Nyati(Zambia Daily Mail) Mahtani Group of Companies has partnered with Sunbird Group of the United Kingdom to develop
August 14, 2014 Read Full Article
Zimbabwean Investor Keen to Launch $500 Million Ethanol Plant
(Biofuels International) A Zimbabwean investor is looking to plough $500 million (€360 million) into an ethanol production plant in Kawambwa,
May 13, 2014 Read Full Article
Biofuels Mandates Around the World: 2014
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In Florida, the Digest today releases its annual review of biofuels mandates and targets around
January 02, 2014 Read Full Article
Zambia Sugar Can Produce 10 p.c. Fuel Needs
(BlackSeaGrain) Zambia Sugar has said it can supply up to 10 per cent of the country’s fuel requirement using its
August 08, 2013 Read Full Article
Zambia Sugar to Set Up Ethanol Plant
by Maimbolwa Mulikelela (AllAfrica) ZAMBIA Sugar Plc has pledged to support Government's efforts in mitigating the high cost of fuel and
July 18, 2013 Read Full Article
Zambia: Govt Resorts to Ethanol Fuel
by Judith Namutowe (AllAfrica.com) Government has said it will start importing ethanol from Zimbabwe with a view to lowering the high
May 28, 2013 Read Full Article
Community Level Production and Utilization of Jatropha Feedstock in Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe
by Enos Shumba, et al (World Wildlife Fund for Nature) The bio-fuel debate has largely focused on large feedstock plantations
May 14, 2013 Read Full Article
VayuGrid Signs Agreement for Biofuel Zones in Zambia
(VayuGrid/PR NewsWire) EEP-SEA Selects VayuSap™ Among 168 Other Projects for a Grant of Over $1 Million India-based VayuGrid and Zambia-based BetterWorld Energy have
February 15, 2013 Read Full Article
Zambia: CEC Starts Bio-Diesel Blending
(AllAfrica.coom) Copperbelt Energy Corporation (CEC) has this year projected to produce 600,000 litres of bio-diesel from crude jatropha oil to
January 06, 2012 Read Full Article
Implications of Biodiesel-Induced Land-Use Changes for CO2 Emissions: Case Studies in Tropical America, Africa, and Southeast Asia
by Achten, W. M. J., and L. V. Verchot (Ecology and Society) Biofuels are receiving growing negative attention. Direct and/or indirect
December 07, 2011 Read Full Article
China Completes First Biofuel Jet Test Flight
by John C.K. Daly (http://oilprice.com) On 28 October Air China conducted its first trial flight of a passenger jet powered
November 02, 2011 Read Full Article
Jatropha a 'Disappointment', D1 Oils Admits
(Agrimoney.com) D1 Oils put its hands up to out-of-pocket investors in jatropha, admitting that the once-lauded oilseed had been a "disappointment", as
October 04, 2011 Read Full Article
Illovo Sugar Plans to Produce Ethanol From Molasses in Tanzania by 2013
by Niki Moore (Bloomberg) Illovo Sugar Ltd. (ILV), Africa’s largest producer of the sweetener, plans to start making potable ethanol from
July 20, 2011 Read Full Article
Biofuels Boom in Africa as British Firms Lead Rush on Land for Plantations
by Damian Carrington and Stefano Valentino (The Guardian) British firms have acquired more land in Africa for controversial biofuel plantations than
June 01, 2011 Read Full Article
Zambia: Investor Sets Up Biofuel Plant
(AllAfrica) Black Power Investment has set up a refinery plant which produces 3,000 litres of biofuel a day. ...Mr Sheriff said
May 25, 2011 Read Full Article
AGZAM to Invest $251M in Sugar, Ethanol in South Africa
by Nicholas Bariyo (Dow Jones Newswires) South Africa-based AGZAM Project Developers Ltd. is planning to invest at least $251 million to
April 07, 2011 Read Full Article
D1 Oil: Crude Jatropha Oil Demand Continues to Outweighs Supply, Harvests Hit by Heavy Rains
by Jamie Ashcroft (Proactive Investors United Kingdom) D1 Oils revealed that demand is out-pacing supply for its Crude Jatropha
March 03, 2011 Read Full Article
Biofuels Association of Zambia Urges Govt to Set up Biofuels Fund
by Mutale Kapekele (The Post Online) The government should set up a biofuels fund, Biofuels Association of Zambia (BAZ) chairperson