Entries from The Big Biofuels Blog tagged with 'Australia'
Tallow too pricey for australian biofuel group
Tallow, a kind of animal fat, is too pricey for an Australian biofuels group, which has decided to mothball at least one plant. The Australian Biodiesel Group (ABG) made an announcement to the Australian Stock Exchange yesterday ABG listing a...
One Australian Senator's view of high oil prices
She wants 90% of petrol demand to be replaced by biofuels and electicity using lignocellulose and waste by 2050...Get with the greens to oil proof Australia....
Comparing unleaded and e85 Australian style
Team Ethanol are trying to compare the fuel efficiency of running a Saab from Darwen to Alice Springs (about 930miles/1498km) and running it on e85 (there) and unleaded (back) in the World Solar Challenge, which is more about endurance than...
Wheat prices up and Brazil worries about ethanol
Rich pickings today on Planet Ark, the price of wheat in Europe is soaring, apparently because of a drought in Australia. Didn't know we imported much wheat from Australia, mostly lamb. The absolute prices for wheat in the US quoted...
D1 chairman talks about biofuels in Australia
Lord Ron Oxborough, who I met briefly at the House of Parliament the other day, was in Australia on Tuesday talking about biofuels. You can listen to Ron Oxborough (from 13 minutes into the broadcast) from ABC. He gets to...
Lets talk trees
Lets talk trees for a bit. There is a growing realisation that diverting corn or other food sources into fuel is likely to have severe impacts on the world's ability to feed itself, or at least that the price of food...
Australia to push for more bioethanol
According to Australia's National news Nine's website Transport Minister Mark Vaile has urged Australia's petrol retailers to increase the availability of cheaper ethanol-blended fuel, as motorists face a fresh spike in petrol prices. Vaile said the government would meet with...
Ethanol and gesture politics
Trollhattan Saab says Queensland's Premier Peter Beattie has ordered a biofuel Saab 9-5 that can run on up to 85 per cent bioethanol, a fuel made primarily from grain or cane sugar. But there's a catch. While the Saab can...
Saab launches biofuel versions in Australia
According to Trollhatten Saab, Saab will be launching a range of biofuel powered cars in Australia next year. Saab Australia Director, Parveen Batish, says with BioPower coming to Australia, Saab can help overcome the ‘chicken and egg’ dilemma of supply...
Biofuels and subsidies
Biofuels feature strongly in this blog from the Sustainable Transport Coalition of Western Australia. One thing that strikes me is that biofuels are competitive with big oil only when there are tax-breaks and other kinds of featherbedding for producers. That’s...
Biofuels and subsidies
Biofuels feature strongly in this blog from the Sustainable Transport Coalition of Western Australia. One thing that strikes me is that biofuels are competitive with big oil only when there are tax-breaks and other kinds of featherbedding for producers. That’s...
Australian biofuel association
Austraila is coming closer to having a biofuels users organisation, which is on the point of incorporation, if all goes well this will happen next week. I'll be watching with interest...
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