Sep 16, 2013
New approach to upstream verification of waste materials released
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Sep 13, 2013
The so-called Visegrad Four – Slovakia, Hungary, Czech Republic and Poland – has called on European decision makers to support sustainable biofuels this September.
The four claim to be able to produce and supply the EU with an additional 8 billion litres of biofuel a year between them, with Hungary’s national agricultural chamber believing that amount... [Read More]
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Sep 12, 2013
Incbio, a Portugal-based biodiesel technology provider, has signed a contract with Biokast Energy to supply an 8,000 tonne capacity a year ultrasonic biodiesel plant for installation in Tunisia, North Africa.
The pair expect the plant, to be located in Tunis, to be completed in January 2014 with local Tunis restaurants providing used cooking oil as feedstock.
‘After... [Read More]
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Sep 11, 2013
Denmark's Port of Frederikshavn has entered into a partnership with technology company Steeper Energy and Aalborg University in Denmark to develop a biomass-based plant to produce sustainable marine fuel.
The new plant will initially produce between 50 and 100,000 tonnes of sulphur-free renewable fuel a year for the several thousand vessels passing through the port annually.
It... [Read More]
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Sep 11, 2013
The vote at the European Parliament concerning proposed changes to the Renewable Energy Directive (RED) and the Fuel Quality Directive (FQD) was taken on 11 September.
The use of crop-based biofuels for land transportation has been capped at 6% of the total 10% aimed for by 2020 and MEPs also agreed to pass a 2.5% share from second generation biofuels. The final... [Read More]
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Sep 10, 2013
The US Department of Energy has distributed millions of dollars towards funding towards biofuel research.
New Mexico State University was handed $5 million, while Cal Poly is to receive $1.5 million (€1.1 million) to continue research and development into algae-based biofuels.
The additional money for Cal Poly is in addition to the $1.3 million grant Algae Technology... [Read More]
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Sep 10, 2013
The Renewable Energy Association (REA) is calling on MEPs to support the UK and European biofuels industry by voting against a cap on the use of agricultural biofuels, due on 11 September.
The European Commission’s proposals to address indirect land use change (ILUC) would, REA believes, put at severe risk not just climate change and renewable energy targets, but... [Read More]
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Sep 10, 2013
Biodiesel made via jatropha has been cleared for field trials on trains in India.
The Research Design Standard Organisation, a division of Indian Railways, has passed the fuel developed by the Central Salt Marine and Chemical Research Institute to be potentially used on some railways still using diesel powered locomotives where electric lines have yet to be introduced
‘The... [Read More]
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Sep 9, 2013
Lignol Energy, an advanced biofuels technology company, will acquire a 40% equity stake in Neutral Fuels, plus a controlling 51% stake in Neutral’s Australia and New Zealand operations.
A total of AU$4.07 million (€2.8 million) will be funded which will help deploy the next phase of planned biorefineries throughout Asia Pacific, the Middle East and Africa region,... [Read More]
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Sep 9, 2013
Brazilian ethanol and sugar trader Copersucar has received a bank loan to invest in renewable fuel storage plans.
The $217.7 million (€164.9 million) will come via the Brazilian Development Bank’s PASS credit line, split between four lenders.
It is believed Copersucar traded around 1.2 billion of ethanol during the last harvest season, which accounts for 20%... [Read More]
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Sep 6, 2013
A new law has been passed in New York City new law for a 5% blend of biodiesel to be used in the city’s vehicle fleet beginning next year.
The new law comes into effect 1 July 2014 plus the city will also launch a pilot programme prior to 1 December 2016 to study year round usage of B20 with no fewer than 5% of its fleet.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg signed the legislation... [Read More]
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Sep 6, 2013
Aemetis, an advanced fuels and renewable chemicals company, has been granted US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approval to produce ethanol using grain sorghum and biogas.
The move means the plant’s existing combined heat and power system can generate higher-value D5 advanced biofuels renewable identification numbers (RINs).
The EPA approval also includes D5... [Read More]
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Sep 6, 2013
A multi-university study into biomass-to-energy has claimed to have found a new lignin gene which could aid conversion.
A research project involving universities in Scotland, the US and Belgium used the model plant Arabidopsis thanliana and identified an enzyme called caffeoyl shikimate esterase (CSE), which fulfils a central role in lignin biosynthesis.
The research says... [Read More]
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Sep 5, 2013
Algae International Group (AIG) and Syngar Technologies signed a joint venture using the Syngar technology to stimulate the growth of algae cell mass.
AIG will use Syngar’s PlusWave technology to increase the amount of oil harvest for extraction by upwards of 24% as it affects any fermentation process by applying an ultrasound frequency, generated over a range... [Read More]
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Sep 5, 2013
Flagship VentureLabs has announced Midori Renewables is to deploy a new catalyst technology which melts non-food biomass into low-cost sugar.
The technology, branded Breaking the Biomass Barrier, is a solid material, not an enzyme, micro-organism or aqueous acid, that can be separated from the reaction and reused for the production of renewable products and animal feed.
‘We... [Read More]
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Sep 5, 2013
A new study by energy consultancy Ecofys shows ethanol is not causing food price increases.
The study, Biofuels and Food Security: Risks and Opportunities, highlights that the impact of EU biofuels demand up until 2010 only increased world grain prices by about 1-2%. The Ecofys study examines the casualty between biofuels production, global crop commodity prices and implications... [Read More]
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Sep 5, 2013
With the vote on whether to cap first generation biofuel in transport fuel at 5.5% is due around the start of Biofuels International conference the timing couldn't be better.
This is your last chance to register and hear from top biofuel producers, regulators and experts for only €300 a day (when two delegates attend)
Topics covered will include whether a 5.5%... [Read More]
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