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Monday, Jan 18
Aviation bioenergy research programme launched
An agreement to establish a major aviation bioenergy research institution and demonstration project in Abu Dhabi was unveilled today (18th January) by Boeing, the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, Etihad Airways and Honeywell's UOP. The Sustainable Bioenergy Research Pr...
Tuesday, Jan 12
UK scientists win award for biofuel bioreactor
A team of scientists has developed an air-lift loop bioreactor which, it says, will make the production of biofuels more energy efficient, has won the Moulton Medal from the Institution of Chemical Engineer. The team, from Sheffield University, has worked on developing a new more energ...
Monday, Dec 21
UK ethics body asks: how green are new biofuels?
The Council will consider how the policies of governments and international organisations affect biofuel production and research. ...
Friday, Dec 11
Novel cellulosic biofuel technology to be commercialized
A cellulosic biofuel technology developed at the Energy Environmental Research Center (EERC) at the University of North Dakota, and described by the company as novel and groundbreaking , is about to be commercialized by EERC and the Whole Energy Fuels Corporation, it was announced to...
Thursday, Dec 10
PRAJ and Novozymes collaborate on advanced biofuels
In an agreement announced today (10th December) PRAJ and Novozymes have said they will collaborate to optimize the enzymatic hydrolysis processes and the use of enzymes in the production of advanced biofuel. The collaboration agreement was signed in Copenhagen by Pramod Chaudhari, C...
Thursday, Dec 3
AEA wins Scottish algae biofuel programme work
A contract covering the foresighting and economic modelling work for Scottish Enterprise's recently integrated ITI Energy Seaweed Anaerobic Digestion (SAD) programme has been awarded to AEA, it was announced today (3rd December). The £3.7 million R D programme aims to exploit the pot...
Friday, Nov 27
Lord Mandelson welcomes biofuels centre in Hull
A joint venture biofuel technology centre planned for Hull will help to grow the UK's economy and enhance its reputation as a world-class centre for innovation and research, Lord Mandelson said during a visit to the region today (27th November). The centre, which will be run by Kingston R...
Thursday, Nov 26
Aberystwyth Uni unveils biofuel project
A three year project to develop a more sustainable biofuel feedstock by focusing on sugar-rich varieties of perennial ryegrass was unveilled by Aberystwyth University today (26th November). The Grassohol project brings together the expertise of eight partners who are leaders in the...
Monday, Nov 23
Mercuria acquires German biofuel plant
Mercuria Energy has acquired 3B Biofuels Gmbh Co. KG, a leading European bio-diesel refinery with 250,000 MT of fully operational production capacity it was announced today (23rd November). The plant is located in Brunsbuttel, Germany, at the confluence of the Elbe River and the Kiel ca...
Wednesday, Nov 4
Alfa Laval wins order for Vietnamese biofuel plant
An order which includes equipment and engineering solutions for an ethanol production plant in northern Vietnam has been placed by the PetroVietnam Group with Alfa Laval it was announnced last week (29th October). The order, worth in the region of SEK 100 million ($14.2m), will see Alfa L...
Sunday, Nov 1
Aston University secures €0.74m funding for Dibanet project
Aston University’s Bioenergy Research Group (BERG) has secured €736,000 (£670,000) towards its role in DIBANET (Development of Integrated Biomass Approaches Network), which aims to produce a sustainable diesel miscible biofuel (DMB) for use in Europe and Latin America. The 42 mont...
Monday, Oct 5
Biofuels should not be subject to Double Jeopardy says BIO
The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) today (5th October) released a letter to Sen. Barbara Boxer, chair of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, asking that recently drafted cap-and-trade legislation be amended to clearly state that biofuels, including th...
Thursday, Oct 1
UOP to produce 600,000 gal of biofuel for US military
Process technology, developed by UOP, will be used to produce up to 600,000 gallons of renewable jet fuel from algae, animal fats and camelina for the US Navy and Air Force according to a statement eleased by the comapny today (1st October). The deal, awarded by the Defense Energy Support C...
Tuesday, Sep 15
Halophytic algae touted as biofuelf feedstock
Salt-loving algae could be the key to the successful development of biofuels as well as being an efficient means of recycling atmospheric carbon dioxide, according to Professor John Cushman of the University of Nevada. Speaking at the Society for General Microbiology meeting at Herio...
Monday, Sep 14
Biofuels sustainability scorecard updated by IDB
A new version of its Biofuels Sustainability Scorecard, which will enable users to better anticipate the impacts of potential biofuel projects on sensitive issues such as indigenous rights, carbon emissions from land use change, and food security has been released by the he Inter-Am...
Wednesday, Sep 9
DoD signs Navy biofuels development deal
A contract to research, develop, and demonstrate commercial scale production of algae-derived advanced biofuel for the United States Navy has been awarded Solazyme by the US Department of Defense, it was announced today (9th September). The contract calls for the company to provide r...
Thursday, Jun 4
Bioenergy makes heavy demands on water supplies
Journal Watch UK A significant cause is that in the case of the former, the whole plant is used and in the case of the latter, only the sugar, starch or oil from the seeds is used. As regards the new generation of biofuels, ethanol can also be made from the stalk and ... Dry At The Pump Journal Watch
Friday, May 29
Ardent signs deal with Ethiopia on biofuels plantation
A memorandum of understanding covering the transfer of 15,000 hectares of land for the cultivation of jatropha and castor for biofuel feedstock has been signed by Ardent Energy and the Ethiopian Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. The 15,000 hectares outlined in the MoU is i...
Air New Zealand releases biofuel test flight results
Up to 1.4 tonnes of fuel can be saved on a twelve-hour long haul flight powered by a 50/50 blend of second generation jatropha sustainable biofuel and traditional Jet A1, according to test flight results released by AIr New Zealand. The result is one of the key findings from the company's Boe...
Tuesday, May 26
Wärtsilä completes successful biofuel trials
A series of tests using vegtable and animal based oils as a fuel for its engines, has been completed by Finnish manufacturer Wärtsilä. In the tests, conducted between February and April of this year at the VTT technical research centre in Espoo, Finland, a Wärtsilä Vasa 4R32 engine succes...
