The recently completed Shanghai biodiesel plant, owned by Gushan Environmental Energy Limited, came on stream this week (28th June) adding an additional 50,000 tons to the company's annual biodiesel production capacity. The new plant brings the company's annual production capacity

The EU looks set to abolish mandatory set-aside following a meeting of the Special Committee for Agriculture on yesterday (30th June). In a statement released today, the outgoing Presidency of the EU Council said that it believed the vast majority

A $5 million sponsored research agreement with the Colorado Center for Biorefining and Biofuels (C2B2) has been announced today (1st July) by ConocoPhillips. The research programme is to concentrate on developing new ways to convert biomass into low-carbon transportation fuels.