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The Malaysian Minster of Plantation Industires on sustainability

The Malaysian Minister of Plantation Industries spoke exclusively to the World Refinning Association ahead of the Asian Biofuels Roundtable to be held in Malaysia at 23-25 March. It is interesting that there is no discussion of prior informed consent...

Published 27 Feb 2009 9:23 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: Policy, Agriculture, Association, biofuels, politics, Biodiesel, World, Oil, Refining, Malaysia, Conference, palm, minsiter, Peter Chin, WRA
Will water be the limiting factor in biofuel production?

I have blogged in the past about the relationship between water and biofuels . There can't be conventional grain-based biofuels without water. But there was an interesting post on EurActive a little earlier today in response to the annual Davos meeting...

Published 23 Feb 2009 11:40 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: ethanol, Water, Agriculture, biofuels, Biodiesel, EU, World, crops, Bioethanol, forum, Economic, EurActive, DAVOS
Two Jatropha projects in India

Two Jatropha to biofuels projects have got under way in India in the past two days. According to the India's Business standard 100 million Jatropha saplings have been planted in Chhattisgarth. Meanwhile Sulekha.com has Bharat Petroleum to invest Rupee...

Published 12 Feb 2009 10:20 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: Agriculture, Biodiesel, India, Jatropha, Bharat, Chhattisgarth
Emami Biotech in commercial jatropha biofuel production

Emami Biotech is using Jatropha in commercial jatropha biofuel production according to the Bioenergy site. If this is the case, and the report is a little garbled, then could it be the first commercial application of that technology? Read More...

Published 16 Jan 2009 15:12 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: Agriculture, Biodiesel, India, Jatropha, Biotech, Emami, Halida
A Short Essay on Biofuels and Related Matters

This is a guest post from Professor David B. Benson (retired), who is a regular commenter on The Big Biofuels Blog. David's contact details: dbenson@eecs.wsu.edu Biofuel ------- Photosynthesis uses only a very small fraction of the available sunlight...

Published 24 Dec 2008 9:34 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: ethanol, Policy, biofuel, Agriculture, biofuels, Biodiesel, Food, waste, Benson, methane, Bioethanol, algae, butanol, biochar, bioagasse, torrefaction, fertlizer
Life on Myanmar's biofuels plantation

Tidied up Life on a Myanmar biofuels plantation is explore d and found to be pretty rosy in this article from Singapore's Straights Times. Well it would be, its the Straights Times and its a Singaporean investment. Didn't look around at any others...

Published 10 Dec 2008 10:42 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: biofuel, Agriculture, biofuels, Biodiesel, Jatropha, carbon, credit, Burma, Myanmar
Journal of Conservation Biology slams palm oil plantations

According to a report on the BBC today , the Journal of Conservation Biology says that palm oil plantations are bad for biodiversity in countries such as Indonesia and Malaysia. It takes a higher degree, a research grant and the whole peer-review process...

Published 2 Dec 2008 9:53 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: Agriculture, Environment, Biodiesel, Oil, Malaysia, palm, of, Indondesia, Journal, Conservation, Biology
USDA wants biorefinery grant requests for new technologies

The USDA wants requests for loans to build biofuel plants that do not use corn starch as the raw material starting point. The Biorefinery Assistance Program provides loan guarantees for the development, construction and retrofitting of viable commercial...

Published 1 Dec 2008 11:55 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: USA, US, ethanol, Agriculture, biofuels, Biodiesel, usda, Bioethanol, American, biorefinery, biodiesel., funds, loans
Biofuels are sticking point for EU renewable policy

According to ReutersThompson Biofuels have deadlocked the EU'a renewables policy. Read More...

Published 1 Dec 2008 11:29 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: ethanol, Policy, biofuel, Agriculture, biofuels, politics, Biodiesel, EU, Bioethanol, renewables, European Union
FAO wants biofuel support examined and outlines world biofuel capacity

The United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organisation wants subsisidies, tariffs and tax-breaks for biofuels production examined and possibly reduced in a press release which marks the publication of its annual report The State of Food . That report...

Published 8 Oct 2008 11:40 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: ethanol, Policy, Agriculture, cassava, wheat, biofuels, politics, FAO, UN, Biodiesel, Science, Food, gasoline, petrol, maize, rice, report, Sugar, sorghum, beet, Organisation, cane,
Now Silkweed is a potential biofuel

Silkweed is a potential biofuel , according to a website connected to a local TV station in Vermont. Silkweed is good for butterflies. It will be planted by Innovation Fuels, which it will turn into biodiesel. Read More...

Published 7 Oct 2008 11:41 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: Agriculture, New, York, biofuels, Biodiesel, innovation, Fuels, state, silkweed, butterflies, vermont
Rape seed plants can clean up toxic soil with a bacterial injection

Rape seed plants can clean up toxic soil with a bacterial injection, according to my colleague Doris De Guzman on Green Chemicals Blog . The with suitable injections of bacteria, the plants grow faster and can help remove heavy metal residues such as...

Published 16 Sep 2008 11:38 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: Agriculture, technology, Biodiesel, Oil, chemicals, green, bacteria, seed, rape
1000 entries and what have we learned?

Put out the flags. I've reached the 1000 post mark. I started this in October 2006 with an open if sceptical mind. Its been a lot of fun so far. I've met a whole bunch of people who have commented on what I've written and offered suggestions...

Published 16 Jul 2008 12:50 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: ethanol, Agriculture, wheat, Corn, biofuels, generation, Biodiesel, farming, Food, Jatropha, Oil, lobby, vehicles, automotive, farm, efficiency, Bioethanol, farmer, algae, sorghum, Gallagher, second, CAFE, subsidy, Blog roundup, Pongamia

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