Entries from The Big Biofuels Blog tagged with 'biofuel'
Greenpeace protests against Neste's palm biofuel plans
Greenpeace is objecting to Neste's plans to become the world's largest consumer of plam oil as it ramps up biofuels production, according to a report on ICIS news. Disclosure (I work for ICIS. About ICIS) Neste disputes the pressure group's...
California looks at emissions from crop to tail pipe and legislates
California's newly adopted low-carbon fuel standard may mark the beginning of the end of ethanol, according to a report on Planet Ark. The new legislation examines the carbon impact from seed to tailpipe, which seems sensible. ...
Times twigs that biofuel policies have environmental impacts too
This article in the Sunday edition of the Times understands that there are environmental costs to biofuel policies. ...
"first economical way to produce biodiesel from algae oil"-researcher
A study scheduled for presentation at the 237th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society will show "the first economical way to produce biodiesel from algae oil," according to lead researcher Ben Wen, Ph.D., vice president of United Environment and...
Smart Choices for Biofuels
I missed this about a month ago, but it is worth looking at, The Sierra Club and World Watch Institute produced Smart Choices for Biofuels.It rounds up quite a lot of stuff we've gone over here. It is good to...
Who will benefit from biofuel industry distress?
The question: Who will benefit from biofuel industry distress? will be answered in a webcast on Thursday 2 April at 1pm to 2:30 pm Eastern Standard Time. There is a fee....
Shell puts all of its renewables eggs into the biofuels basket
Shell will concentrate on biofuels in its future alternative energy investments, according to a story in the Guardian online. I have been slightly surprised that Shell has invested in wind, solar and hydrogen technologies. Shell really understands liquid fuels and...
Verenium: BP responds
I've just had this email from the press office at BP about its joint venture with Verenium which was mentioned in an earlier post today.We remain focused on commercializing the technology that we are developing jointly with Verenium and continue to progress...
Arkansas: promised land for biofuel
Could Arkansas be a promised land for biofuel. This article from Delta Farm Press seems to think so. Of course it doesn't explain how all the biofuel that could be producecd in the state could be got to the markets...
The right cellulosic biofuels might help protect the environment
Biofuels from cellulosic feedstock could help to protect the environment by reducing the amount of nitrogen that runs off into rivers and by providing coverage that helps protect the land against wind and rain erosion. That is one of the...
Two Michigan Universities gain grants to study sustainable biofuel from trees
Two universities in Michigan have won grants to study how to use the state's forests sustainably to make biofuels.Hopefully it will add some clarity to the current concern in the state about there being enough suitable timber in the forests...
EU puts tarrif on US Biodiesel
The European Union has started applying tariffs to biofuel exported from the US to the EU. The EU says that American biodiesel is being sold at less than the true cost of production in the US because of local, state...
UK has enough land for non-food biofuels -- study
A study in the Journal of Applied Ecology says that there is enough land in the UK for non-food biofuels. The abstract, which is copied on envirolation.org says that there is 3.1m Ha of acceptable land in the UK, that's...
Algae biofuels at around $33/gal
A piece on Greentech Media puts the cost of biofuels from algae at around $33/gal(US). That leaves plenty of room for process/growth/yield optimisation then. ...
Wal-Mart is using biofuel and reclaimed cooking oil in truck fleet
Wal-Mart is using biofuel and reclaimed cooking oil in truck fleet, that's according to Tree Hugger. Now if a firm the size of Wal-Mart starts getting really serious about used cooking oil then the price is going to hit the...
London to get ring of biofuel power stations
London is to get a ring of veg oil fueled electricity generation stations, according to a report on the BBC. What is not clear from the report, which says the company planning to build up to eight stations, is the...
Nexant Chem Systems looks at algae for biofuels
Nexant ChemSystems, a petrochemical consulting firm, is setting up a multi-client study into algae for biofuels. It will be thorough....
Biofuel Box Corp wants to turn sludge into biofuel
Story over on the Sacremento Business Journal about the Biofuel Box Corporation's plans to turn sludge from animal processing into biofuel.Biofuel Box Corp's business model is: "We put the plant in for free. We own it. We operate it, and...
Obama wants to double renewables production
Over on Greentech media, there's a piece about Obama wanting to double renewable energy production and make public buildings more energy efficient, create three million new jobs. Through his Recovery and Reinvestment Plan with strategic investments as a down payment...
U.S. Biofuels : Near-term challenges and prospects
This is a guest post from Pradeep Indrakanti a regular contributor to this blog and author of the Energy Engineering Blog. Introduction: Recent high crude oil prices reaching 140 $/barrel and federal incentives have spurred biofuel production. Additionally, as...
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