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More bioplastic news

Here are more green plastic news from last week. Incidentally, I am preparing for a bioplastic article for ICIS Chemical Business so watch out for that in June. First stop is Coca-Cola's announcement of its new plant-based plastic bottle, 30% of which...

Published 18 May 2009 16:01 by Green Chemicals

Filed under: Biodiesel, Company initiatives, Products, R&D, bioplastic, additives
NW Biodiesel Network Forum in May

I've just come across the NW Biodiesel Network. It will be holding a forum in Seattle on May 2 0. The East Side Chapter has meetings at the North Bend Railroad Depot every second Wednesday. (Which looks a lot better than it sounds) Read More...

Published 30 Apr 2009 11:30 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: America, USA, US, Biodiesel, Conference, seattle, Trade Association, event, state, Washington, NW, Network
Linde develops hydrogen from glycerine

Glycerine [or glycerin] is actually the first topic that I covered when I started working for the chemical publishing industry so this subject is somewhat near and dear to my heart. A lot changed in this industry since September 2000 and one of them is...

Published 22 Apr 2009 18:51 by Green Chemicals

Filed under: Biodiesel, Company initiatives, Investments, R&D, glycerine, hydrogen, propylene glycol, synthetic
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 see the Ogallala aquifer getting a mention...

Published 26 Mar 2009 15:43 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: America, USA, US, ethanol, Policy, biofuel, biofuels, Biodiesel, Biodisel, Bioethanol, Ogallala, Sierra, Club, Worldwatch
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...

Published 18 Mar 2009 9:50 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: ethanol, biofuel, biofuels, technology, Biodiesel, Companies, Bioethanol, Shell, strategy
EU puts tarrif on US Biodiesel

The European Union has started applying tariffs to biofuel exported from the US to the E U. The EU says that American biodiesel is being sold at less than the true cost of production in the US because of local, state and national subsidies to producers...

Published 13 Mar 2009 10:25 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: America, USA, US, tariff, Policy, biofuel, biofuels, Biodiesel, EU, Trade
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
AMFI enewsletter arrives

I've just been sent a copy of the AMFI enewslette r. The AMFI is the group which is implementing the Agreement on Advanced Motor Fuels of the International Energy Agency. It appears four times each year, apparently, and gives around up of some of...

Published 25 Feb 2009 11:05 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: ethanol, Policy, biofuels, fuel, Biodiesel, newsletter, report, Bioethanol, IEA, AMFI
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
Green chemicals of the month

2009 started with a lot of new green chemical offerings ranging from the cleaning industry, to automobile and construction. Here are some of the selected ones mostly in the plastic arena. Hint: If you want your newly launched green chemicals/technology...

Published 3 Feb 2009 16:04 by Green Chemicals

Filed under: Biodiesel, Company initiatives, Products, plastic, paint, surfactant, additives
Could Moringa be the new Jatropha?

It is not that I'm bored by Jatropha yet, in the same way that I'm bored by some of the feverishness about corn ethanol, but there is another protential tropical biofuel from a tree called Moringa. Wikipedia sugests the trees could produce 112...

Published 19 Jan 2009 10:21 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: biofuels, Biodiesel, Trees, tropical, Veg Oil, Moringa
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
Food vs fuel the debate rumbles on

Its 2009 and some things don't change... the its your fault, no its your fault arguments over how much the biofuel industry is to blame for high food prices is one argument that is bringing some heat to this frigid January in London. The heat is coming...

Published 6 Jan 2009 12:17 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: America, USA, US, biofuels, Board, Biodiesel, Food, Today, Kraft
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

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