Spain
Royals show interest in algal biofuels
Friday, 01 April 2011 His Royal Highness The Prince of Asturias and His Royal Highness The Princes of Wales visited the Repsol Technology Centre in Móstoles (Madrid) yesterday, where the oil company is conducting cu...
Cancer research leads to improved biofuel production process
Wednesday, 30 March 2011 VG Energy, a subsidiary of Viral Genetics, Inc., has called in alternative energy producer, BioProcess Algae, LLC to verify lab results on a large scale for the development of commercial production of...
New report tracks aviation bio-fuels collaboration
Tuesday, 29 March 2011 The Air Transport Action Group (ATAG), an independent collation of industry stakeholders based in Geneva, Switzerland, has released a new report, Powering the Future of Flight, which tracks progress i...
Obama visit to Brazil gives biofuel a boost
Thursday, 24 March 2011 Two important announcements involving renewable energy were made recently during US President Barack Obama's official visit to Brazil, both directly relevant to Brazil's successful sugarcane ethanol i...
Boeing and EPFL join forces to harmonize standards for aviation bio-fuels
Tuesday, 22 March 2011 The Boeing Co. and the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) today announced the creation of the Sustainable Biomass Consortium, a research initiative focused on increasing collaboration bet...
Stakeholder group unveils bio-fuels certification system
Tuesday, 22 March 2011 The Roundtable on Sustainable Bio-fuels, an international, multi-stakeholder initiative to develop standards for the sustainability of bio-fuels, has launched the first global third-party certificatio...
Romanian biofuel attracts Airbus
Tuesday, 22 March 2011 Aircraft maker, Airbus, has joined forces with the airline, TAROM Romanian Air Transport, to launch what the company describes as “Europe’s first biofuel value-chain”. The project ai...
Germany
Industry vows to allay concerns about e10 biofuel
Tuesday, 15 March 2011 Last week, Renewable Energy Magazine reported that European biofuel industry representative, ePURE, was striving to reassure German consumers concerned about the compatibility of their vehicles with t...
Brazil
BP in $680 million deal to acquire Brazilian bio-ethanol firm
Sunday, 13 March 2011BP has entered into a $680 million (€486.7 million) agreement to acquire majority control of Companhia Nacional de Acucar e Alcool (CNAA), the Brazilian bio-ethanol and sugar producer.
Europe
Blending mandates and tax incentives critical to biofuels roll-out
Thursday, 10 March 2011 GBI Research has published a new report, the title of which (“Biofuel Market in Europe to 2020 - Blending Mandates and Tax Incentives Will Accelerate Biofuel Demand in Europe") gives a clear ind...
ritesh pothan
A perspective on Indian renewables
India
The Indian biomass sector (part 1) - The story thus far
Nova Scotia unveils plan to have tidal energy meet 10 percent of its energy needs
Follow us on 
