A pessimist would say if it wasn’t for bad luck some people would have no luck at all. Good then that the US biodiesel industry remains an assembly of optimists, with the hard times of 2010 no doubt...

The approval means US retailers and producers will be able to sell fuel consisting 85% petrol and 15% ethanol, up-scaling from the current E10 model allowed throughout the country. The EPA, which first...

A few years ago when the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) granted partial waivers for E15 use in vehicle model years 2001 and newer, many wondered what this new fuel would mean for the retail motor...

The US biofuels industry is rejoicing after several potentially harmful amendments were dismissed by the Senate as it completed work on the 2012 Farm Bill in June.   Senators filed hundreds of suggested...

This year is a big one for China as a new generation of leadership prepares to move into key government and communist party positions. The new generation of leadership will be making all key decisions...

On 2 September 2002, over 2,000 people gathered in remote Monroe, Wisconsin to celebrate the opening of Badger State Ethanol, built by the design-build team of Fagen Witchita Falls, Wisconsin, and ICM...

Ethanol is big business in India and is set to become an even more desirable product before the end of this decade. After a hesitant start, when the Indian government withdrew an initial mandatory 5% ethanol...

India, in terms of biofuels, is very much like Europe, the managing partner of software solutions provider Implico, Michael Martens, observes.   Back in 2011 Germany implemented an E10 blend at the...

The number of motorists on China’s roads are to increase dramatically from today’s 130 million to more than 200 million in 2020. This substantial growth will lead to a rise in demand for transportation...

The biofuels sector rarely has a public offering that grabs the world’s attention the way Malaysia’s Federal Land Development Authority did in June. Felda was a market star in early summer,...

It can be difficult when your stock falls in other people’s eyes: the once bright, young thing full of hope and promise that doesn’t deliver expected results; the new kid on the block, full...

BP, ahead of the start of the 2012 Olympic Games in London, announced it will use its position as event partner to springboard its latest advance in biofuels technology.   As the official supplier...

On 2 September 2002, over 2,000 people gathered in remote Monroe, Wisconsin to celebrate the opening of Badger State Ethanol, built by the design-build team of Fagen Witchita Falls, Wisconsin, and ICM,...

According to the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD), US companies spent over $171.5 billion (€136 billion) on learning and development programmes for employees in 2010, the latest...

While many biofuel companies in the Western world speak of helping third world countries grow their economies, many are in fact doing the opposite.   Instead of establishing a local supply chain,...