Biofuels

Boeing, South African Airways launch aviation bio-fuel effort

Wednesday, 16 October 2013 REM

Boeing and South African Airways (SAA) have agreed to work together to develop and implement a sustainable aviation bio-fuel supply chain in Southern Africa, a first for the continent.

Report: china Eastern Airline completes successful bio-fuel test flight

Tuesday, 30 April 2013 Dan McCue A china Eastern Airlines A320 aircraft successfully completed an 85-minute test flight last week using a new palm oil-based bio-fuel developed by the Sinopec Zhenhai Refining and Chemical Company, according ...

OECD official’s comments on biofuels “misguided”, says GRFA

Friday, 21 September 2012 REM The biofuels industry has been on the back foot this month, with increasing pressure being exerted on the sector by critics, who argue biofuels increase food prices and are unsustainable. This week, the ...

Algal biofuel in spotlight at Berlin Airshow

Wednesday, 12 September 2012 Toby Price Sourcing sustainable aviation biofuels at-scale is a major theme at this week’s ILA Berlin Airshow. The event will host a dedicated Alternative Aviation Fuels Pavilion, designed to showcase the latest ...

Asia

Singapore at heart of clean energy debate in coming months

Wednesday, 12 September 2012 Toby Price Clean energy experts are meeting this week in Singapore to discuss how to step up efforts to grow renewable energy sources in Asia. Meanwhile, top-notch algae multinationals will be heading to Singapore ...

Virgin to fuel planes using waste gases from steel industry

Tuesday, 18 October 2011 Toby Price Virgin Atlantic has announced the development of a “world-first low carbon aviation fuel”. The ground breaking partnership with LanzaTech represents a breakthrough in aviation fuel technology that ...

Virgin Atlantic, LanzaTech form low-carbon fuel partnership

Tuesday, 11 October 2011 REM

Virgin Atlantic has announced the development of a low carbon aviation fuel with just half the carbon footprint of the standard fossil fuel alternative.

Is Asia ready for commercial algae production?

Wednesday, 21 September 2011 Toby Price This is one of the questions that will be raised at November's 4th Algae World Asia Conference in Beijing (china). Delegates at the conference will debate whether the resource potential, experience and ...

Biofuels comeback to reach all-time high

Thursday, 15 September 2011 REM Global production of biofuels increased 17 percent in 2010 to reach an all-time high of 105 billion litres, up from 90 billion litres in 2009. According to research conducted by the Worldwatch Institute’s ...

Brazil

Finnish biomass researchers head to Sao Paulo

Thursday, 14 April 2011 Increasing demand for biomass and sustainable development technologies brings a Finnish research centre to Sao Paulo in Brazil. VTT Technical Research Centre’s objective is to “optimise the ...