Biofuels

MINSHIP Embarks on Bulk Carrier biofuel Trial

Wednesday, 22 April 2020 REM Bavarian ship management company MINSHIP and its subsidiary MINMARINE have announced that a bulk carrier in their fleet of managed vessels, M/V Trudy, has successfully bunkered biofuel at the Port of Rotterdam. ...

Bipartisan Group of Senators Seek COVID-19 Relief for biofuel Industry

Wednesday, 08 April 2020 Dan McCue A bipartisan group of 15 U.S. Senators wrote Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue Tuesday, asking him to direct some of the department's coronavirus relief aid to struggling biofuel producers. In their letter, ...

Making biofuels Cheaper by Putting Plants to Work

Tuesday, 07 April 2020 REM biofuels are an important part of the broader strategy to replace petroleum-based gasoline, diesel, and jet fuels that we use today. However, biofuels have so far not reached cost parity with conventional ...

Mazda supports carbon-neutral biofuel research

Monday, 30 March 2020 Robin Whitlock Automotive company Mazda has become involved in joint research projects and studies as part of an ongoing industry-academia-government collaboration to promote the wide-spread adoption of biofuels from ...

LowCVP guide highlights sustainable fuel opportunities for decarbonization of commercial fleets

Monday, 23 March 2020 Robin Whitlock A new guide from the Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership (LowCVP) for fleet operators shows how renewable fuels can immediately cut greenhouse gas emissions in road transport, particularly from commercial vehicles ...

A Novel biofuel System for Hydrogen Production From Biomass

Thursday, 12 March 2020 REM A research team, led by Professor Jungki Ryu of the School of Energy and Chemical Engineering at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology in South Korea, presented a new biofuel system that uses ...

Gevo Signs Agreement with Viva Energy to Develop Renewable Hydrocarbons in Australia

Tuesday, 10 March 2020 REM Colorado-based company, Gevo, Inc., has signed a Heads of Agreement (HOA) with Viva Energy Australia Pty Ltd, one of Australia’s leading energy companies and the exclusive supplier of Shell fuels and ...

Italy

TO-SYN-FUEL project Advisory Board meets in Ravenna, Italy

Tuesday, 03 March 2020 Robin Whitlock The University of Bologna hosted the second Advisory Board meeting of the Horizon 2020 project TO-SYN-FUEL at the Fondazione Flaminia offices in Ravenna, Italy, on 18th of February 2020, with discussions ...

IEA Bioenergy publishes a new report on the potential for advanced biofuels cost reduction

Thursday, 20 February 2020 Robin Whitlock

IEA Bioenergy has published today a new report on the potential for advanced biofuels cost reduction carried out under Task 41 with contributions from Germany, Netherlands and Sweden.

FORGE Receives Investment from Shell Ventures

Tuesday, 18 February 2020 REM FORGE Hydrocarbons, a Canadian biofuel start-up, has received an equity investment from Shell Ventures and a follow-on contribution from Valent Low-Carbon Technologies, which will help build a first-of-its-kind ...