Eni and Veritas turn trash to treasure with new bioeconomy agreement
In Italy, Eni and Veritas, a multiutility that collects, recycles and treats waste in the 51 Municipalities of the metropolitan area of Venice, signed...
Red Funnel trials new biofuel and expands fleet
In the United Kingdom, Isle of Wight ferry operator Red Funnel has trialled a biofuel consisting of hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) with positive results....
BURN awarded Bloomberg New Energy Pioneers Award for clean cookstoves
In Kenya, BURN Manufacturing, makers of the Jikokoa and Kuniokoa cookstoves that run on biomass, were awarded this year’s Bloomberg New Energy Pioneers Award....
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...
Indian Oil setting up new ethanol plant utilizing waste gases
In India, Indian Oil Corporation is setting up a new plant with 33,000 liters per annum capacity to use waste gas from refineries for...
Brazil to surpass 1 billion liters of corn biofuel
In Brazil, while debt is hurting sugarcane production and ethanol from sugarcane, corn ethanol is picking up the pace. For the first time ever...
UFOP publishes market report for oilseeds and biodiesel
In Germany, UFOP reports that producer prices for rapeseed firmed slightly in June and sharply in July. The lowering of harvest outlooks made itself...
Algae munches on plants and boosts its potential for biofuel
In New Mexico, researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory and partner institutions published a report of algae using raw plants as a carbon energy...
Natural yeast-derived proteins curb bacterial contamination in ethanol production
In Illinois, researchers at the University of Illinois wondered if they could improve the battle over lactic acid bacteria that is a common issue...
Pertamina falls 62% short of biodiesel target
In Indonesia, three weeks after the government launched a new mandate to boost biodiesel consumption, Pertamina has only received about two-thirds of its targeted...