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

A two-year project announced today (24th November) sees Ceres and CHOREN joining forces to optimize energy crops for thermochemical conversion to advanced low-carbon biofuels. The joint project, funded in part by a grant from the US Department of Energy, will

An agreement to further develop and optimize the process and the enzymes for converting plant residues to fuel has been signed Inbicon and Novozymes. The deal says the company paves the way for a profitable green technology.

Mercuria Energy has acquired 3B Biofuels Gmbh Co. KG, a leading European bio-diesel refinery with 250,000 MT of fully operational production capacity it was announced today (23rd November). The plant is located in Brunsbuttel, Germany, at the confluence of the

A deal to produce biofuels to replace up to 20% of Rwanda's fossil fuel requirement was signed today (23rd November) by US company Eco-Fuel Global and the Rwandan government. The agreement estimated to be worth in excess of $250m will

A biofuel test flight by KLM Royal Dutch Airlines today (23rd Novermber) also marked the unveilling of the SkyEnergy consortium set up jointly by the airline, North Sea Petroleum and Spring Associates. The test flight, the first for KLM, used

Bob Dinneen, President of the Renewable Fuels Association, took Vice President Al Gore to task this week over what it sees as the inaccuracies about biofuels in his new book, 'Our Choice'. In the book Vice President Gore expresses his

Allegations of an unrestricted and exploitative land grab in Papua to develop a biofuels industry have been made by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) in a report, 'Up for Grabs: Deforestation and Exploitation in Papua's Plantations Boom ' published yesterday

A project by Ceres to increase biomass yields of several energy grasses has attracted a $5 million advanced research grant form the US Department of Energy. Commenting at the announcement of the award yesterday (10th November) Ceres chief scientific officer

The Dutch airline KLM will operate a demonstration flight on bio-kerosene using Boeing 747 equipment on 23rd November it was announced last week. According to the airline, during the test flight, one of the aircraft engines will be running on

A memorandum of understanding covering collaboration on a range of biofuels technologies and projects in China has been signed by the China National Petroleum Corp. and UOP LLC, it was announced today (4th November). Under the terms of the agreement,

An order which includes equipment and engineering solutions for an ethanol production plant in northern Vietnam has been placed by the PetroVietnam Group with Alfa Laval it was announnced last week (29th October). The order, worth in the region of

A second NGO has now called into question the veracity of the palm oil campaigns set up by some green campaigners. In a straight talking statement released yesterday (1st November), Tim Wilson, Director of the Intellectual Property and Free Trade

Aston University's Bioenergy Research Group (BERG) has secured €736,000 (£670,000) towards its role in DIBANET (Development of Integrated Biomass Approaches Network), which aims to produce a sustainable diesel miscible biofuel (DMB) for use in Europe and Latin America. The 42

The Indonesian Ministry of Agriculture has confimed that the use of protein from PetroAlgae's proprietary micro-crop production technology can be used as a raw material in animal feed. The protein has also been cleared for importation as a raw material