Indian state gets big biofuel push by government
In India, the state of Chhattisgarh can become a biofuel production hub, according to Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari who told The Economic...
Fiberight pushes back open date
In Maine, Fiberight CEO Craig Stuart-Paul and colleagues held the “first in a series” of town hall meetings to talk about the delays in...
EPA seeks scientific expert nominations for Science Advisory Board and 4 SAB committees
In Washington, D.C., the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) invites nominations of scientific experts from a diverse range of disciplines to be considered for...
7 Central and Eastern European nations react to EU’s RED II
In the United Kingdom, the biofuel associations of seven Central and Eastern European nations condemned the EU’s RED II (Renewable Energy Directive) proposal to...
Corncob ethanol a low-emission fuel and better option for China
In Texas, Iowa State University researchers conducted a biofuels, bioproducts and biorefining study and found that using ethanol from corncobs for energy production may...
Visegrad 4 team up to promote crop-based biofuels
In Slovakia, the Visegrad 4 (Czechia, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia) and 31 biofuel companies and associations from Bulgaria, Latvia and Lithuania issued a joint...
Missouri Senator visits biofuel plants on primary day
In Missouri, Senator Claire McCaskill (D) visited biofuel plants on the state’s primary election day. She stopped at MidAmerica Biofuels as well as other...
NNPC signs MoU with Chinese companies to expand biofuel in Nigeria
In Nigeria, the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation signed an MoU with a consortium of Chinese companies to build biofuel plants in Nigeria. The plan...
Methane leaks from natural gas questions its “clean fuel” status
In Washington, D.C., the World Gas Conference was held recently where natural gas companies like Total SA said natural gas is a solution for...
NNPC pledges 5M jobs with biofuels soon
In Nigeria, the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation pledged that more than five million jobs would soon be created to alleviate the unemployment levels in...