US
Obama commits funds to biofuels industry to enhanced energy security
Tuesday, 23 August 2011 Toby PriceDepartment of Agriculture, Department of Energy and Navy partner to advance biofuels to fuel military and commercial transportation, displace need for foreign oil, and strengthen rural America.
US
Abengoa gets DOE backing for “first of a kind” commercial scale biorefinery
Monday, 22 August 2011 REM Abengoa Bioenergy has been selected by the US Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office to receive an offer of a conditional commitment for a $133.9 million federal loan guarantee for the cons...
Researchers say alligator fat – yes, alligator fat -- could be used to make bio-diesel
Friday, 19 August 2011 Dan McCue Oil extracted from the fat alligators harvested for food in the Southeastern US meets nearly all of the standards for high-quality bio-diesel, according to researchers at the University of Louisiana a...
Europe
EU biofuel consumption up 13% in 2010, but growth has slowed
Monday, 15 August 2011 Toby Price EurObserv’ER’s latest biofuels barometer shows Europeans consumed 13.6% more biofuel in 2010 than in the previous year. This represents a slowdown in biofuel consumption, which rose by mor...
World Health Energy Holdings forms JV to produce algae-based bio-diesel
Thursday, 28 July 2011 REM World Health Energy Holdings, Inc., a public holding company involved in algae-based for bio-diesel production, has signed a letter of Intent for a comprehensive joint venture with Eco Green Fuels, Pv...
New tool launched to accelerate bio-energy research
Friday, 22 July 2011 REM Elsevier has launched an online search and discovery tool intended to provide bio-fuel managers and research development professionals instant access to the highest level of scientific, industrial, an...
European Union
EU Sets Biofuel Sustainability Standards
Friday, 22 July 2011 Dan McCue The European Union has established what it is calling the “highest sustainability standards in the world” for certification of bio-fuels. The seven voluntary schemes endorsed by the Europe...
United States
Bio-fuel grasses should replace corn as a method of producing ethanol, study says
Wednesday, 13 July 2011 Dan McCue A new study by researchers at Colorado State University in the US suggests bio-fuel grasses have the potential to replace corn as a method of producing ethanol in the nation’s “Corn Belt.&...
UK
Thomson becomes first airline to fly customers on biofuel
Tuesday, 12 July 2011 REM Thomson Airways is making aviation history by becoming the first UK airline to fly customers on sustainable biofuel at the end of the month. It has also urged the airline industry and government to wo...
Brazil
Report: Shell to focus on exporting ethanol to US
Monday, 11 July 2011 REM Royal Dutch Shell is preparing to become the biggest exporter of ethanol to the US, investing heavily in its joint venture in Brazil in anticipation of Washington lawmakers scrapping bio-fuel subsidie...
Crown Estate to lease more wave and tidal sites for technology development
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