Biofuels

Sustainable Biofuels Now More Widely Available for European Inland Shipping

Friday, 26 January 2018 Dan McCue The sustainable biofuels from GoodFuels Marine are now available in the port of Rotterdam and along the inland routes in the Netherlands via the bunker network of REINPLUS FIWADO Bunker, a subsidiary of ...

DOE Grant of $1.5 Million Will Aid Biofuel Research

Wednesday, 10 January 2018 Dan McCue The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded a three-year, $1.5 million grant to Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to improve the growth and efficiency of biofuel-producing algae through the alteration ...

Veolia Helps Scottish Water Achieve Energy Self-Sufficiency

Thursday, 04 January 2018 Dan McCue Veolia is assisting Scottish Water in its quest to achieve energy self-sufficiency at its Seafield wastewater Treatment Works. The plant is the largest treatment works in the east of Scotland. Since ...

Energy Works Research Academy Completed

Wednesday, 03 January 2018 Dan McCue The Spencer Group team has now completed the Energy Academy, a learning, research and development facility created in partnership with the University of Hull in England. The company has steered the £200 ...

Washington University Receives $3.9 Million Grant for Biofuel Research

Thursday, 14 December 2017 Dan McCue Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have received a $3.9 million grant from the Department of Energy to develop bacteria that manufacture renewable biofuels — energy sources made from plants ...

Scotland

Celtic Renewables to Build Whiskey Residue Biofuel Plant

Wednesday, 13 December 2017 Dan McCue Celtic Renewables Ltd., the Scottish company providing next generation biofuel, has secured planning permission from Falkirk Council to build a commercial demonstrator plant, which will produce over half ...

Australia

Australian Researchers Work to Develop Sustainable Biofuel Technology

Tuesday, 21 November 2017 Dan McCue In partnership with the University of Newcastle, Newcastle Institute for Energy and Resources (NIER) and Muswellbrook Shire Council, Ethanol Technologies (Ethtec) has received $11.9 million in funding ...

London, England

London Buses to Run on Coffee Grounds

Monday, 20 November 2017 Dan McCue

Shell and London-based clean technology company bio-bean have partnered to power some of London’s iconic red buses using a biofuel made partly from used coffee grounds.

Pacific Biodiesel Signs Contract With Hawaiian Electric

Wednesday, 15 November 2017 Dan McCue Maui-based biofuel company Pacific Biodiesel Technologies will supply biodiesel to Hawaiian Electric Company for the 50 MW Schofield Generating Station, 8 MW Honolulu International Airport Emergency Power ...

Renewable Energy Lab Delivers Solid Biofuel

Monday, 13 November 2017 Dan McCue Scientists at the National Resources Research Institute (NRRI) at the University of Minnesota have been able to produce solid biofuels that perform at comparable energy values to coal in fossil coal-burning ...