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Israeli scientists create water and air-based jet fuel

Jul 4, 2014

Vietnam set to increase biofuel use

Biofuel is expected to be sold in all localities in Vietnam in 2015. According to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT), large petrol dealers, including the Vietnam National Petroleum Group (Petrolimex) and PVOil, will sell 5% bioethanol (E5) fuel in seven areas starting this year. These areas include capital Hanoi, southern Ho Chi Minh City, northern Hai Phong city, central Da Nang city and…
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Jul 4, 2014

Corn market fragility sparks fears

In mid-June, ethanol production climbed to record high levels, largely as a result of the recent corn market instability. Throughout the late spring and early summer, ethanol plants embraced lower corn prices and healthy profit margins, which led to a production hike. June's developments suggest there is a surplus supply of ethanol and has the industry worried. The industry is unsure as to how…
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Jun 13, 2014

New biofuels facility receives $1.7 million investment

Clinton, Mississippi, has received $1.7 million (€1.3 million) to build a water and waste water infrastructure to aid the new Chemtex cellulosic biofuels plant. This project will use energy grasses to produce up to 20 million gallons per year of ethanol and bio-based chemicals in a bid to lower levels of greenhouse emissions. Its feedstock, Arundo Donax, which was approved in June 2013, will…
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Jun 13, 2014

EU agrees on 7% food-based biofuels cap

EU energy ministers have agreed to limit the production of biofuels made from food crops to 7%. The ministers' compromise is welcomed following last year's deadlock when European Union governments failed to agree on a proposed 5% cap on the use of biofuels based from crops used in transport fuel. The 7% compromise includes a 0.5% target aimed at second generation biofuels, but this is non-binding…
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Jun 13, 2014

Qatar focuses on green future

A research project, initiated at Qatar university (QU), is looking at the use of biofuels sourced from indigenous natural resources. QU vice-president for research Dr Hassan al-Derham hopes that the project, led by Qatar Biofuel project manager Hareb al-Jabri, contributes toward attaining the Qatar National Vision 2030. The project aims to produce clean and environmentally-friendly alternative…
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Jun 16, 2014

Ireland imports used cooking oil to meet EU target

An Taisce, The National Trust for Ireland, has raised serious fears over the European Union's 'unsustainable' biofuels policy. The National Trust says that under the current EU policy, 70 million hectares of land will be needed to grow a sufficient amount of materials to reach the targets set. Ireland is also reliant on imported used cooking oil (UCO) as a source of biofuel, which currently makes…
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Jun 16, 2014

Japanese scientists investigating algae biofuels

As research into alternative energy has grown, Japan is now looking to replace crude oil. Makoto Watanabe, a phycologist and professor at the University of Tsukuba's Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, believes algae is the best alternative to algae. Watanabe works with two species of microalgae, the photosynthetic Botryococcus braunii, and Aurantiochytrium, which feeds on organic…
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Jun 16, 2014

IncBio delivers ultrasonic reactor for South America

IncBio, a Portuguese engineering company specialising in automated ultrasonic biodiesel plants, has delivered a 120,000MT per year ultrasonic transesterification reactor to be installed in South America. The reactor will be used in an existing plant to increase its efficiency, while reducing its operational costs. 'Ultrasonic reactors not only speed up the conversion, by causing a reaction in…
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Jun 17, 2014

Aviation biofuel research soars

Manchester Metropolitan University's biofuel research skyrockets following the longest worldwide commercial flight using sustainable fuels. Researchers at the Centre for Aviation Transport and the Environment (CATE) are members of a European team looking to send biofuel-fuelled planes around the world, which saw last month's flight set a new record. The team's latest flight sourced sustainable…
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Jun 17, 2014

BioVerno renewable diesel sent to Finland

UPM has signed a sales agreement with oil and biofuels specailist, North European Oil Trade (NEOT), for the distribution of UPM's BioVerno renewable diesel. The sustainable energy provider's bioproduct is produced in its Lappeenranta Biorefinery. 'By blending it with fossil fuel we are able to fulfill part of the bio target set for Finnish transport, and increase Finland's energy…
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Jun 18, 2014

ASTM support for new biofuel

Amyris, an industrial bioscience company and energy providers Total have announced their drop-in jet fuel, which contains a 10% mix of renewable farnesane, under a newly revised ASTM standard. The duo have closely coordinated the release of the fuel with Boeing, who aims to see biofuels account for a 1% share in the total jet fuel supply within 10 years. The fuel has been measured for its…
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Jun 18, 2014

First EU ethanol industry report released

The European Renewable Ethanol Industry Association (ePURE) has published its first industry report, detailing both Europe's ethanol production and consumption. It also notes the opportunities and challenges the industry will face in the future and the influence the EU policy will have on the ethanol industry's status and growth. Rob Vierhout, ePURE's secretary general, comments: 'Renewable…
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Jun 19, 2014

Brazil to assess higher ethanol requirement

The Brazilian government gets ready to test a higher percentage of ethanol in commercial petrol. Over the next two months, testers will analyse the viability of increasing the mandatory blend of the biofuel in petrol. Ethanol is currently blended into petrol at the maximum of 25%. Despite no information released on what higher blends will be measured, the cane industry has announced it plans to…
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Jun 19, 2014

US biofuels plant receives $1.8 million investment

A $1.8 million (€1.3 million) federal grant has been awarded to Clinton, North Carolina, for its water and sewer equipment at the city's cellulosic biofuels refinery. The $200 million investment, which looks set to produce 20 million gallons per year of cellulosic biofuels, is expected to start production in October and be fully operational by the end of 2016. The ethanol plant will use the…
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Jun 20, 2014

Waste coffee has potential as second generation biofuel

New research suggests that waste coffee could be used to power vehicles, help improve the sustainability of biofuels and respond to the issue of climate change. Researchers at the University of Bath have released a report published in the ACS Journal Energy and Fuels, detailing findings which show that waste coffee grounds have more potential for creating biofuels than originally thought. With…
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Jun 20, 2014

Newly-approved aviation biofuel

Amyris, a renewable energy provider, has designed microorganisms that convert plant sugars to a molecule called farnesene. Farnesene is then converted into a pure hydrocarbon through a secondary process. The resulting product, farnesane, can be blended with Jet A/A1 at 10% blends, in accordance with the revised ASTM standard. Amyris is currently producing renewable farnesene from sugarcane at…
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