Tuesday, 21 May 2013
Brazil
UNICA calls for expansion of Brazilian sugarcane industry
Monday, 11 July 2011 Toby Price The Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA) reports that investments in the country’s sugarcane industry need to increase dramatically over the next decade to avoid a sugarcane deficit ...
Panama
Sweet sorghum for bioethanol
Monday, 11 July 2011 REM Researchers at the Agricultural Research Institute of Panama (IDIAP) are testing the use of sweet sorghum to produce ethanol. Fifteen different varieties of the grass have been grown to assess which o...
Termite power a possible breakthrough for biofuels
Friday, 08 July 2011 Toby Price Termite spit may soon be helping to power our vehicles, after researchers at the University of Florida and Purdue University in Indiana isolated two enzymes termites use to break up lignin, a tough pl...
Virgin Australia forms consortium to develop new bio-fuel
Wednesday, 06 July 2011 REM Aviation group Virgin Australia has partnered with Australian bio-fuel company Renewable Oil Corporation, Canadian energy business Dynamotive Energy Systems and Australian farming body the Future Farm...
Sustainable biojet fuel initiative launched in Latin America and the Caribbean
Thursday, 30 June 2011 Toby Price The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has announced the approval of a regional cooperation project to help public and private institutions develop a sustainable biojet fuels industry employing dif...
Abengoa reports significant demand for bioethanol from Mediterranean oil industry
Tuesday, 28 June 2011 Toby Price Abengoa Bioenergy has revealed that it is to provide more than 400 million litres of bioethanol to the Mediterranean region under sales contracts signed with dozens of clients including oil and petroc...
Europe
Industry welcomes G20 endorsement of biofuels
Thursday, 23 June 2011 Toby Price ePURE, the voice of European ethanol producers, has welcomed the decision by G20 agriculture ministers to maintain support for biofuels policies at the G20 meeting in Paris. In May a policy report pre...
Europe
Two million tonnes of special biofuels for aircraft in 2020
Thursday, 23 June 2011 Toby Price The European Commission, Airbus, and representatives of leading European airlines and biofuel producers have presented a joint commitment to develop this type of biofuels for civil aviation. The Europ...
First bio-powered transatlantic flight lands
Wednesday, 22 June 2011 Toby Price Honeywell announced that its Green Jet Fuel has successfully powered the first transatlantic biofuel flight, which landed on Saturday at Paris-Le Bourget Airport. The Gulfstream G450 became the first ...
More calls for G20 to focus on real cause of food price hikes: oil prices
Wednesday, 22 June 2011 Toby Price Yesterday, the Global Renewable Fuels Alliance (GRFA) quickly followed ePURE in urging the G20 agriculture ministers to focus on the primary cause of high global food prices as they meet in Paris toda...
World Wind Energy Association report says UK dominates the offshore wind sector
A land speed world record: Relive the electrifying attempt
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