Entries from The Big Biofuels Blog tagged with 'report'

India's biofuel market: a report

There's a new report on the outlook for India's biofuels market. The key take-away for me is that despite a growing ethanol industry, India is going to have an ethanol deficit until at least 2017 as demand outstrips supply by...

Biofuels offer considerable scope for catalysts

The Catalyst Group says that biofuels offer considerable scope for catalysts, which could help improve yields and reduce reaction times. It's not on the Catalyst Group's website yet... so here's what they said in an email... The Catalyst Group Resources...

Cellulosic biofuel could lower US carbon emissions by 370 megatons by 2030

"Lower carbon fuels, such as celluosic biofuels, could abate between 100 and 370 megatons of emissions, though this potential is highly dependent on innovation rates and near-term commercialisation of these technologies"With the kicker about the US Auto industry that:"Improved fuel...

Trees could be the future for biofuels

Trees could be the biofuel of the future, according to this analysts report from Jeffries & Company which examines clean technology and industrial biotech following the BIO's Industrial Biotechnology conference in the US recently. Key quotes for me are Forestry...

Oh Jatropha

There's a lot of talk about Jatropha as being a suitable plant to produce biofuels in the future, mostly because it can grow on bad soil in pretty dry conditions and the nut is not edible. But there's a note...

Ethanol is not always good, in Barbados

Ethanol is not always a good idea, in countries like Barbados. That is the story the Barbados Free Press has on-line, about the visit of some European Union advisors to the country, who were sent to look into the suitability...

Chemsystms biogasoline report

ChemSytems, a petrochemical consultancy has published a biogasoline report....

Corn is not the solution for ethanol

According to a report in the New Scientist magazine, corn is not the best solution for biofuels and may be damaging the environment in the US and ethanol has been dangerously oversold. It's worth checking out the Rush to Ethanol...

Ethanol Fuel Markets

Ethanol Fuel Markets are studied in a new report from researchandmarkets based in Dublin, Ireland. It can be yours for Euro 2831 as a PDF....

No joined up thinking about biofuels

There's no joined up thinking on biofuels at the UN, according to Global Dashboard reporting on the Guardian Newspaper this morning. This needs more work than I can give it at the moment, and I'm not sure why the UN should...

A new Asia Biodiesel report due

A new Asia Biodiesel report from ICIS is due on  21st March. The report will feature an FOB SE Asia assessment for Palm-based biodiesel (PME), much of which is being exported to Europe. (Disclosure: I work for ICIS: About ICIS) ICIS pricing...