Biofuels

Obama takes commitment to biofuels one step further

Monday, 09 July 2012 REM The Energy Department, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the US Navy have announced $30 million in federal funding to match private investments in commercial-scale advanced drop-in biofuels ...

Book launched to encourages algae entrepreneurs

Wednesday, 06 June 2012 REM algae biofuels is a growing business and Information Specialists Corp are encouraging new entrepreneurs to get involved while it is still relatively new. “With more and more people understanding the ...

United States

Fuelling the future with renewable gasoline and diesel

Monday, 23 April 2012 REM $2.00 a gallon gasoline in the US may be a thing of the past, but according to Gas Technology Institute, it can also be part of the very near future, as the company unveils its new advanced biofuels technology ...

Norway

Biofuels “promising” method for cutting carbon emissions says Norwegian airport operator

Wednesday, 11 April 2012 Toby Price Norway’s Avinor, which is responsible for planning, developing and operating the Norwegian airport network, is working with a number of airlines to study biofuel production because it wants to be “a ...

Sapphire Energy secures $144 million in backing for its algae-based crude initiative

Monday, 02 April 2012 REM

Sapphire Energy, Inc., a leading proponent of turning algae in green crude oil, has secured the final tranche of a $144 million Series C investment funding.

OriginOil's algae-to-crude oil technology to be deployed in Paris

Wednesday, 14 March 2012 REM OriginOil, Inc., developer of a technology to convert algae into renewable crude oil, will supply its algae Appliance™ harvester and other components to a joint venture in Paris that is exploring the ...

Spain

Green miracle: from toilet to tank bioenergy

Tuesday, 06 March 2012 REM aqualia has launched a new EU-backed algal biofuel demonstration project, ‘All-Gas’, constructing the first algal culture ponds at a waste water treatment plant in Southern Spain. According to the ...

Bio-inspired “electric leaf” being developed in Scotland

Monday, 05 March 2012 Toby Price Scientists have once again turned to biomimicry for inspiration, this time in Scotland, where a team of researchers at the University of Glasgow have come up with an “electric leaf”. The technique ...

Giant grass boosts biofuel yield 12-fold

Wednesday, 29 February 2012 REM Cool Planet BioFuels, which is backed by Google, has announced today that it has made a major breakthrough in converting biomass to gasoline. The company achieved 4,000 gallons/acre biomass to gasoline ...

Certain aviation biofuels could be competitive by 2020, says Bloomberg NEF

Monday, 13 February 2012 REM World airlines could start sourcing a proportion of their fuel from vegetable-oil-based alternatives within the next few years. Research from analysis company Bloomberg New Energy Finance, published to ...