Biodiesel- Ethanol
Advanced Biofuels Industry Roundtable in Washington D.C.
An Advanced Biofuels Industry Roundtable in Washington D.C. on May 18, 2012 will be co-hosted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture - along with the Department of Energy, and the Department of Navy
The European Market for Biofuel Plants
Over the past five years, the European market for biofuels has become one of the largest throughout the world. In early 2012, about 380 biofuel plants with a production capacity of about 1,055 PJ were operational.
BIOFUELS-2G - 2nd generation biofuels for urban environment (Life+)
The core aim of the project is to study, develop and implement at pilot level advanced 2nd generation biofuels production schemes driven by local/regional public private partnerships between a Municipality, a research organization and a university, with a major mobilization of local enterprises which will provide the raw material for the fuel production.
The Obama administration is investing in biofuels production from algae
In Washington, the Obama Administration outlined a new $14 million round of R&D grants for algal biofuels, as the US President highlighted algal biofuels in a speech at the University of Miami which focused on energy policy.
Enerkem and GreenField Ethanol Announce Quebec's First Waste-to-Biofuels Production Facility
Canada points the sustainable direction: municipal waste used for producing ethanol in a way that does not adversely affect the food chain.
Airlines set to win carbon credits from biofuel flights
The European Commission has asked airlines to report on "the amount of biomass" they use so that biofuels can be accounted as "zero emission" in the greenhouse gas emissions reports they are requested to produce each year under the EU's carbon scheme for the aviation sector.
Funding the use of biomass for the production of advanced biofuels
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the availability of funds for Fiscal Year 2012 for two key programs to encourage the use of renewable biomass and production of advanced biofuels. About $25 million will be made available through each program.
The world’s first biorefinery producing wood based biodiesel
UPM is to invest in a biorefinery producing biofuels from crude tall oil in Lappeenranta, Finland. The industrial scale investment is the first of its kind globally
New catalyst for algal biodiesel produces higher-grade fuels
In Germany, researchers created a new catalyst for algal biodiesel production that leads to higher-grade fuels.
Brazilians push for B20 biodiesel standard
In Brazil, local biodiesel producers are pushing the government to raise the biodiesel blend rate to B20 from the current B5 over the next decade.
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