Mariann Fischer Boel, the European Commissioner responsible for Agriculture and Rural Development, took the media to task this week for using biofuels as a scapegoat for the food price crisis. Speaking at the Policy dialogue on biofuels organised by European

A $300 million investment commitment, to fund the construction of four, next generation, bio-refining facilities, has been made by the private equity group First Reserve Corporation to Osage Bio Energy We are extremely excited about this milestone and our partnership

A lack of investment in agriculture over a long period has contributed to the current global food crisis, according to a United Nations expert. Speaking at a news conference in New York yesterday (6th April) Kathleen Abdalla, of the UN's

Finnish oil company Neste has launched Neste Green diesel onto the Finnish market. The product is, a mix of Neste's NExBTL and standard diesel is, says the company, the first renewable diesel that suits all diesel engines. Neste Green diesel

A three-year research project, designed to enhance the oil production in soybeans for biodiesel feedstock, has been unveiled by the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center in St Louis today (30th April). The project is being supported to the tune of

Blade Energy Crops, a seed brand specifically designed as energy crops, was launched by Ceres at the BIO World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology in Chicago (29th April). Announcing the launch of the brand Ceres ceo and president, Richard Hamilton, said;

Reducing the renewable fuels standard (RFS) will not provide an easy fix to the current escalating fuel prices said Toni Nuernberg, executive director of the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council (EPIC) in a statement released today (2ndMay). In a trenchant

A strategic relationship to develop cellulosic ethanol was announced by General Motors and the Mascoma Corporation today (1st May). The relationship, which includes an undisclosed equity investment by GM, complements an earlier investment by GM in a cellulosic ethanol startup

Speaking at a press briefing yesterday (30th April), John Holmes, the recently appointed head of the UN task force on the Global Food Crisis said that it was important to avoid a knee-jerk reaction over biofuels. Holmes, who is also

The results of a nationwide poll, shows that Canadians overwhelmingly support the national renewable fuels strategy. The national Praxicus Public Strategies Inc. poll conducted April 23-27 shows that 74% support the 5% national standard for ethanol and the 2% national

German engineering companies Süd-Chemie AG and Linde Group have announced an agreement to co-operate to develop and market plants for the production of second-generation biofuels.