The UK government's announcement that the duty differential for Used Cooking Oil biodiesel will continue for two years from April 2010, made in last week's Pre Budget Report, has been welcomed by UK Sustainable Biodiesel Alliance (UKSBA). In an announcement

Cetrel and Novozymes have announced a research partnership to develop the sugarcane to fuel stream in Brazil. Using Cetrel's knowledge in waste-stream treatment and Novozymes' biotech expertise, the partners aim to enable sugar and ethanol production plants in Brazil to

A core group of ATA airlines has signed, what they describe as, a groundbreaking memoranda of understanding with two different producers - AltAir Fuels and Rentech - for a future supply of alternative aviation fuel it was annopunced yesterday (14th

A $25 million loan to support an innovative private biofuels project currently being developed in the department of Piura, Peru, has been approved by the Inter-American Development Bank it was announced today (15th December). The deal is the initiative of

Recent campaigns by Western environmental groups against palm oil produced in developing countries are bogus and also potentially devastating for millions of poor in those regions according to a report released today by the NGO World Growth. The report -

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

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

The alternative energy industry's equity compensation practices are behind those of historically high-growth technology and life sciences industries, according to a new analysis by Radford. Although investors believe that parallels can be drawn between the alternative energy industry to the

Foster Wheeler AG's Global Engineering and Construction Group and PetroAlgae have signed a Memorandum of Understanding covering engineering services which, they say, will allow for the production of dry biomass at an unprecedented scale. The agreement will see the two

A joint company for upgrading biogas to a liquefied biogas (LBG) will be established by Terracastus Technologies, a Volvo Technology Transfer's subsidiary, and Nordvästra Skånes Renhållningsbolag following the signing of a letter of intent today (7th December). The upgrading venture

Grant awards totalling $564 million, to 19 biorefinery projects across the USA, were unveilled late on Friday (4th December) afternoon by US Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. The grant aid came from he American

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

In a new study of the European Union's biofuels policy, economist Fredrik Erixon shows how biofuels policy, once motivated by environmental concerns and the desire to shift away from fossil fuels, has become an industrial policy using various measures to

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today (1st December) put off the decision on the 15% ethanol waiver requested by Growth Energy in March this year. In making the announcement the EPS confirmed that it expects to make a final

Endicott Biofuels and TransAlgae, Ltd today (30th November) signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the development of algae as a potential transportation fuel and renewable chemical feedstock source. Endicott sees the potential link with TransAlgae as an natural extesion of

A multi-party Memo of Understanding to pursue the licensing, development, and construction of a biomass refinery in North Dakota was signed today by Danish company Inbicon and Otoka Energy, a U.S. developer of renewable energy projects, and Great River Energy,

A demonstration cellulosic bioethanol plant based at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries's Kobe Shipyard is about to go into continuous operation, the company said at an official launch today (30th November). The plant, jointly built by MHI, the Hakutsuru Sake Brewing Co,

Commercial production of crude jatropha oil (CJO) has started at GEM BioFuels Plc, and the company expects to make its first shipment of CJO early next month, it was announced this week. Whilst the value of the initial shipment is,

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).

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