Biofuels

Industrial Consortium Receives EU Funding for biofuel Demonstration

Friday, 18 May 2018 Dan McCue Global Bioenergies will conduct a three-year project to demonstrate a new value chain combining its Isobutene process with technologies developed by Sekab and Neste Engineering Solutions. The aim is to ...

New Report States biofuels Essential to Success of Canada’s Clean Fuel Standard

Thursday, 10 May 2018 Dan McCue

Renewable Industries Canada and Advanced biofuels Canada recently released the results of a new study on the economic impact of Canada’s upcoming Clean Fuel Standard.

UK Ferry Operator Red Funnel to Trial biofuels

Friday, 04 May 2018 REM Red Funnel, the 'Original Isle of Wight ferry operator' according to its website, has announced it is trialing the use of Green D+ fossil-free fuel on its ro-pax fleet of ships which operate between Southampton ...

Air Canada to Participate in biofuel Demo Project

Friday, 20 April 2018 Dan McCue

This Earth Day, Air Canada will take part in a biofuel demonstration project at Toronto-Pearson Airport, saving an estimated160 tonnes of carbon on 22 domestic flights.

Colorado State University biofuel Project Gets DOE Support

Thursday, 19 April 2018 REM

A Colorado State University project to grow and harvest ocean macroalgae for biofuel production has received support from the Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy

Companies Partner to Build Biocoal Production Plants

Wednesday, 18 April 2018 Dan McCue A partnership of international companies is set to start construction of facilities for the production of biocoal. Biocoal can be used as sustainable fuel in power plants and heating installations. ...

Engineers from NUS Discover Greener Method for biofuel Production

Monday, 09 April 2018 REM A team of engineers from the National University of Singapore recently discovered that a naturally occurring bacterium, Thermoanaerobacterium thermosaccharolyticum TG57, isolated from waste generated ...

Enerkem Produces New High-Octane biofuel

Wednesday, 21 March 2018 Dan McCue Canadian company, Enerkem, has succeeded in producing a new high-performance biofuel that could potentially improve the octane rating of fuels currently on the market and reduce their carbon footprint. ...

Renewi Opens Closed-Loop biofuels Plant in Canada

Tuesday, 20 March 2018 Dan McCue UK based Renewi has officially opened its Organics biofuels Processing Facility in the Port Kells industrial area of Surrey, British Columbia. This facility creates the first fully integrated closed-loop ...

DOE Grants $10.6 Million to Research Increased Production of biofuels

Thursday, 08 March 2018 Dan McCue The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded the University of Illinois a $10.6 million, five-year grant to transform two of the most productive crops in America into sustainable sources of biodiesel and ...