Biofuels

Advanced biofuels can be produced extremely efficiently claim Swedish researchers

Monday, 21 May 2018 Robin Whitlock Scientists from Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden say that an array of new technological achievements via the widespread gasification of biomass has huge potential for the switch to renewable ...

Industrial Consortium Receives EU Funding for Biofuel Demonstration

Friday, 18 May 2018 Dan McCue Global Bioenergies will conduct a three-year project to demonstrate a new value chain combining its Isobutene process with technologies developed by Sekab and Neste Engineering Solutions. The aim is to ...

New Report States Biofuels Essential to Success of Canada’s Clean Fuel Standard

Thursday, 10 May 2018 Dan McCue

Renewable Industries Canada and Advanced Biofuels Canada recently released the results of a new study on the economic impact of Canada’s upcoming Clean Fuel Standard.

International Companies Partner to Fuel Buses with Hydrogen

Monday, 07 May 2018 Dan McCue Buses in Rennerod, Germany, will be powered by an environmentally friendly hydrogen energy system next year. The system was designed and implemented by an international team of companies using technology ...

UK Ferry Operator Red Funnel to Trial Biofuels

Friday, 04 May 2018 REM Red Funnel, the 'Original Isle of Wight ferry operator' according to its website, has announced it is trialing the use of Green D+ fossil-free fuel on its ro-pax fleet of ships which operate between Southampton ...

New RNG Production Facility to Open in Iowa

Thursday, 03 May 2018 REM GAIN Clean Fuel and Nebraska-based BioResource Development are partnering on a renewable natural gas (RNG) production facility located at Water and Resource Recovery Center in Dubuque, Iowa. The state-of-the-art ...

Successful Off-Road Test for Global Bioenergies Renewable Gasoline

Wednesday, 25 April 2018 Dan McCue French company, Global Bioenergies, and German carmaker, Audi, have successfully tested an EN228-compliant gasoline blend containing over 34 percent renewable compounds to fuel a car on the Montlhéry ...

Air Canada to Participate in Biofuel Demo Project

Friday, 20 April 2018 Dan McCue

This Earth Day, Air Canada will take part in a biofuel demonstration project at Toronto-Pearson Airport, saving an estimated160 tonnes of carbon on 22 domestic flights.

Colorado State University Biofuel Project Gets DOE Support

Thursday, 19 April 2018 REM

A Colorado State University project to grow and harvest ocean macroalgae for biofuel production has received support from the Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy

Companies Partner to Build Biocoal Production Plants

Wednesday, 18 April 2018 Dan McCue A partnership of international companies is set to start construction of facilities for the production of biocoal. Biocoal can be used as sustainable fuel in power plants and heating installations. ...