by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...Today’s hottest news comes from LanzaTech, and India’s Centre for Advanced Bio-Energy, which have partnered
China
Back TO HOMEOnce-Revered Biofuels Are Finding Political Ground Shifting beneath Them
by Jonathan Kingsman (Platts/The Barrel) Earlier this year BP published its Statistical Review of World Energy 2013 – the 62nd annual
August 14, 2013 Read Full Article
Green Water: Can the U.S. Navy Win the Eco-Arms Race?
by Ray Mabus (Foreign Policy) With domestic oil production up, imports declining, and new oil and gas reserves being discovered,
August 07, 2013 Read Full Article
City Buses to Run on Biodiesel
by Zha Minjie (Shanghai Daily) City buses will run on biodiesel processed from swill oil next year, the Shanghai food and
August 07, 2013 Read Full Article
Biofuels Market in China Is Expected to Reach USD 16.88 Billion by 2016
(SB Wire) Biofuels market in China to grow at a CAGR of 16.88 percent over the period 2012-2016. One of
July 26, 2013 Read Full Article
Africa: Algae Biofuels Deemed Unsuitable for Developing Nations
by Joel Winston (AllAfrica) Significant uncertainties about the development of algae biofuels and a lack of research and development capabilities
July 22, 2013 Read Full Article
How Biobased Energy, Consumer Goods Will Become the Biggest Vertical in Cleantech
by Richard Herbert (Biofuels Digest) Portfolios may be littered with the bones of first generation biofuels startups, but for strategic investors,
July 22, 2013 Read Full Article
DuPont Seeks Cellulosic Ethanol Joint Ventures
by Owen Fletcher (Dow Jones Business News) --DuPont seeks partners for joint ventures in production of cellulosic ethanol --Company is talking
July 22, 2013 Read Full Article
12 Bellwether Biofuels Projects – Where Do They Stand?
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Advanced biofuels – mirage or reality? In January we wrote: “When these 12 projects open
July 22, 2013 Read Full Article
Momentum: 12 Biobased Ventures Raise $435M in Q2 2013; 32 Projects Being Built off the Balance Sheet
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Despite negative press from Bloomberg, biobased investing is surging, both direct and via strategics. The
July 10, 2013 Read Full Article
Seaweed Biofuels: A Green Alternative that Might Just Save the Planet
by Damian Carrington (The Guardian) Producing biofuels in the sea removes at a stroke many of the serious problems with conventional
July 02, 2013 Read Full Article
Green Biologics Inks Iowa Demo Plant Deal with Easy Energy Systems
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Green Biologics heads for scale – pilot complete, demo ready in 2014. The race for
July 02, 2013 Read Full Article
Shanghai Sees Biofuel Gold in Recycled Cooking Oil
(Economic Times/India Times) China's commercial hub Shanghai plans to turn recycled cooking oil, some of it seized by authorities, into an
May 27, 2013 Read Full Article
Duckweed as a Cost-Competitive Raw Material for Biofuel Production
(American Chemical Society) The search for a less-expensive, sustainable source of biomass, or plant material, for producing gasoline, diesel and
May 02, 2013 Read Full Article
China Eastern Airlines to Run Commercial Flights on Biofuel
by Joao Peixe (OilPrice.com) China Eastern Airlines has just announced that it will begin operating commercial flights which run on 100%
April 30, 2013 Read Full Article
IMF Rejects Fossil Fuel Subsidies, Calls for Reform
By Paul Brown (Climate News Network/ClimateCentral.org) Fossil fuel subsidies provided by both rich and poor countries to keep their citizens
April 26, 2013 Read Full Article
China's Self-Developed Biofuel Test Flight Successful
(China Daily) Sinopec, China's top oil refiner, announced the success of the first test flight powered by the company's newly
April 25, 2013 Read Full Article
Researchers Turn Corn Stover into Amylose Starch
by Susanne Retka Schill (Ethanol Producer Magazine) A team of Virginia Tech researchers have adapted existing technologies to make a new product,
April 23, 2013 Read Full Article
CHMC Seeks Farmers to Back $20 Million Brazil Corn-Ethanol Plant
by Stephan Nielsen (Bloomberg) China National Heavy Machinery Corp., the Beijing-based developer of industrial facilities and warehouses, is asking Brazilian
April 05, 2013 Read Full Article
The Hydrogen Problem
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) A numbers of readers responding to “Biofuels from a raging fireball” (Friday’s Top Story, on
April 02, 2013 Read Full Article
The Outlook: Biofuel Expansion in China and the U.S.
By Josh Rathod (Advanced Biofuels USA) In a recent webinar hosted by the American Council of Renewable Energy (ACORE), biofuel
March 12, 2013 Read Full Article
Thermochemical Conversion of Duckweed Biomass to Gasoline, Diesel, and Jet Fuel: Process Synthesis and Global Optimization
by Richard C. Baliban, Josephine A. Elia, Christodoulos A. Floudas, Xin Xiao, Zhijian Zhang , Jie Li , Hongbin Cao, Jiong
March 08, 2013 Read Full Article
Kittiratt Urges Ethanol for Buses
(Bangkok Post) Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Kittiratt Na-Ranong wants new passenger buses in Thailand to run on ethanol
March 07, 2013 Read Full Article
Beta Renewables Sees 2015 as Boom Year for Cellulosic Biofuels
by Nina Chestney (Reuters) * U.S. cellulosic biofuel goals not reached * Beta sees industry stepping up output by 2015 * New
March 05, 2013 Read Full Article
That Darn Devil, Them Dang Details: What’s Really Driving Food Prices?
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In the new USDA long-term forecasts, rising global meat consumption stands out as a driver
February 15, 2013 Read Full Article
Biodiesel Production from Vegetable Oil Using Heterogenous Acid and Alkali Catalyst
by Junhua Zhang, Shangxing Chen, Rui Yang, Yuanyuan Yan (Fuel/Science Direct) Zanthoxylum bungeanum seed oil (ZSO) with high free fatty acids (FFA)
January 17, 2013 Read Full Article
Transesterification of Soybean Oil to Biodiesel Using CaO as a Solid Base Catalyst
(Fuel) In this study, transesterification of soybean oil to biodiesel using CaO as a solid base catalyst was studied. The
January 17, 2013 Read Full Article
Seaweed-Based Ethanol Technology Gets Boost in Vietnam
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Bio-Refinery Begins Operations Turning Co-Cropping into Fuels, Chemicals Deep in the Mekong Delta of South Vietnam
January 15, 2013 Read Full Article
China Set for Renewable Energy Boom
(Eco-Business.com) ...In its study entitled, “China Renewable Energy” released this week, it said that there are three key drivers behind
January 14, 2013 Read Full Article
Green Star to Build Algae Facilities in China during 2013
(Algae Industry Magazine) ...In October 2012, the Green Star delegation (which included Biotech Research, Inc.) was received by high level
January 04, 2013 Read Full Article
12 Bellwether Biofuels Projects for 2013
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) A long war of opinion has been waged for years between advanced biofuels’ detractors and
January 01, 2013 Read Full Article
Evolving Ethanol to Meet Challenges
by Emily Bruns (Ashton Gasette) In an effort to evolve with the constant changes and challenges within a $50 billion
December 27, 2012 Read Full Article
Biofuels – Bringing Sexy Back?
by Joanna Schroeder (DomesticFuel.com) ... The opinion piece, “How to properly promote biofuels,” was authored by Alkol Bioenergy and focused on a
December 27, 2012 Read Full Article
Asia Special Biofuels Report
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) There’s only one complete region for biofuels where abundant feedstock, lack of oil & gas
December 26, 2012 Read Full Article
Competing with China
by Susanne Retka Schill (Ethanol Producer Magazine) ... Hart Energy’s Tammy Klein wrote a piece, published in the Minneapolis Star Tribune, “Election
December 20, 2012 Read Full Article
Reaping a Mainland Fuel Harvest
by Eric Ng (South China Morning Post) Projects to convert agricultural waste into ethanol are at an early stage on
December 19, 2012 Read Full Article
Advanced Ethanol Council Releases Snapshot of Cellulosic Ethanol Production around the World
(Renewable Fuels Association) The Advanced Ethanol Council this morning released a report giving a snapshot of cellulosic ethanol producers in
December 19, 2012 Read Full Article
Sweet Potatoes-to-Ethanol Plant for Barbados
(Stabroek News) A plant to produce ethanol from sweet potatoes is in the pipeline, according to Dr Leroy McClean, chief
November 29, 2012 Read Full Article
ENN, EADS/Airbus to Collaborate on Algae-based Aviation Fuels
(Algae Industry Magazine) China’s ENN and Europe’s EADS have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to co-develop microalgae-based aviation fuels. The
November 17, 2012 Read Full Article
The GM Tree Plantations Bred to Satisfy the World's Energy Needs
by John Vidal (The Guardian) Israeli biotech firm says its modified eucalyptus trees can displace the fossil fuel industry It's a
November 16, 2012 Read Full Article
Climatic Conditions Make Abu Dhabi Ideal for Commercial Production of Biofuels from Algae
(United Arab Emirates/AMEInfo.com) Abu Dhabi's abundant sunshine and climate make it a near-ideal location for growing algae for commercial production
November 01, 2012 Read Full Article
Bio Architecture Lab, Xunshan Group to Co-Develop Integrated Biorefinery
by Jim Lane (Biobased Digest) Partnership aims for fuels, chemicals & co-products from brown seaweed In California, Bio Architecture Lab announced
October 31, 2012 Read Full Article
The Stampede of Elephants: Biofuels and Big Balance Sheets
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ... Today, we’ll look at the bigger balance sheets to see who is investing what, and
October 23, 2012 Read Full Article
Milestones Reached: Cellulosic Ethanol Is Arriving, with Commissioning under Way and More Than 100 MMgy under Construction.
by Susanne Retka Schill (Ethanol Producer Magazine) The next five years—the often scoffed mantra of cellulosic ethanol developers—is getting whittled down
October 14, 2012 Read Full Article
Airbus Adds Massive China Link to Global Biofuels Circle
by Ben Sandilands (Crikey) With the West Texas Crude oil price at well under $US 100 per barrel and
September 26, 2012 Read Full Article
Paris Backs Halt in Biofuel Use to Avert Food Shortages
(EurActiv) A French plan to fight food price volatility took further shape yesterday (12 September) with a call to pause
September 17, 2012 Read Full Article
Airbus Announces Chinese Partnership, Opens Student Competition
by Erin Voegele (Biodiesel Magazine) Airbus recently announced a partnership with China-based Tsinghua University to complete a sustainability analysis of
September 13, 2012 Read Full Article
China to Give Subsidies to Domestic Airlines, Plane Makers, to Help in Biofuels Development
(Fuels and Lubes) China will channel part of the Civil Aviation Development Fund (CADF) to support energy-saving campaigns of domestic
September 05, 2012 Read Full Article
Top Ten: Britain's Most Progressive Biofuel and Biochemical Companies
by Matthew Aylott (National Non-Food Crops Centre) NNFCC gives its top ten of Britain's most progressive biofuel and biochemical companies. TMO Renewables
September 04, 2012 Read Full Article
The Top 10 Advanced Biofuels and Biorefining Companies in Asia
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...While the economic growth in China has been drawing virtually all the headlines in recent
September 04, 2012 Read Full Article
Fly the Bio Skies: 10 Milestones in the Summer of Aviation biofuels
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...But in many respects, its been a summer about aviation biofuels – starting with
August 31, 2012 Read Full Article
New Biorefinery Finds Treasure in Starbucks' Spent Coffee Grounds and Stale Bakery Goods
(EurekAlert!/American Chemical Society) With 1.3 billion tons of food trashed, dumped in landfills and otherwise wasted around the world every
August 21, 2012 Read Full Article
COMAC of China, Boeing Open Energy Conservation Technology Center
(Aviation News Portal/PRNewsWire) - Companies to Work on Refining Cooking Oil into Aviation Biofuel - Collaborative Effort Will Support Growth in
August 16, 2012 Read Full Article
FuturaGene Launches Field Trials in China to Couple Desert Reversal and Local Socio-Economic Benefit
(FuturaGene/Yahoo!) FuturaGene, a world leader in the enhancement of yield and sustainability of woody crops for plantation forestry, biopower and
August 10, 2012 Read Full Article
Carbon Credits Gone Awry: Coolant Companies Raise Output of Harmful Gas
By Elisabeth Rosenthal and Andrew W. Lehren (The New York Times) ...But where the United Nations envisioned environmental reform, some manufacturers
August 09, 2012 Read Full Article
Sinopec Unit Ready to Produce Biofuel
by Liang Fei (Global Times) A unit of China Petrochemical Corp (Sinopec Group), China's largest oil producer by sales revenue,
August 08, 2012 Read Full Article
NPulp – "Paper From Straw" – Takes Green Chemistry From Concept To Practice
(Retail Solutions Online) Presentation at 16th Annual Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference Demonstrates Benefits of Revolutionary Straw-Pulp Technology to the Farmers and
July 03, 2012 Read Full Article
Novozymes Partners for Waste-to-Ethanol Project in China
by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine) Novozymes and China’s Shengquan Group have signed a final agreement to work together on
June 25, 2012 Read Full Article
BASF Launches AgBalance in Canada, with First Study to Measure Sustainability in Canola
(BASF) BASF Canada Inc. (BASF) is set to launch a new method to measure sustainability in Canada. The company’s new
June 11, 2012 Read Full Article
Aviation Biofuels: Which Airlines Are Doing What, with Whom?
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...(M)ore than 30 airlines now trialing, deploying biofuels – but who’s doing what, exactly? In Brazil, Azul
June 05, 2012 Read Full Article
A Tale of Two Energy Cities
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) A major plant opening by Novozymes in Nebraska and a project announcement from ExxonMobil in
June 04, 2012 Read Full Article
Students Research, Advance Alternative Fuels
by Hosea Sanders (ABC local WLS) ...The Illinois Math and Science Academy in Aurora is a state-supported residential high school
June 04, 2012 Read Full Article
Novozymes Built New Enzyme Plant in U.S. Due to Tax Credit
by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine) Novozymes, a global biotech company, first considered building its newly built enzyme production plant
June 01, 2012 Read Full Article
Waste Lines: The Hottest Trends with Bio’s Coolest Feedstock
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ... Regardless of its naming deficiencies, waste has been hot and getting hotter as a
May 29, 2012 Read Full Article
US Warplanes Can Fly Faster, Carry Additional Weapons Load Using Advanced Fuels and Biofuels: New Data
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) New tests conducted at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base have revealed that US warplanes are capable
May 25, 2012 Read Full Article
China Takes Off
by James Fallows (Popular Science) The largest nation on Earth is flying more people more places than ever before. Its
May 25, 2012 Read Full Article
Parabel, Inc. and CECEP - Chongqing Industry Co., Ltd. Sign Master Framework Agreement
(Parabel (formerly PetroAlgae)) Parabel, Inc. new, economical sources of feed, food, and fuel, today announced that it has finalized a restated Master
May 21, 2012 Read Full Article
TMO Renewables Expands Production of 2G Ethanol with Cassava Stalk
(Business Wire) TMO Renewables (“TMO Group”), a leading technology provider for cellulosic biofuels production, today announced the company has advanced
May 04, 2012 Read Full Article
A.I.M. Interview: Dao Energy's David DuByne
by David Schwartz (Algae Industry Magazine) In 2008 David DuByne helped start and run an algae biodiesel company, Dao Energy,
May 03, 2012 Read Full Article
China New Energy Building Waste-to-Biofuel Plant in China
by Louise Downing (Bloomberg BusinessWeek) China New Energy Ltd., a maker of biofuel technology, signed a letter of intent to
May 01, 2012 Read Full Article
Biofuels and the IMF: Can Three Producer Nations Save the Global Economy?
by Joelle Dent (Biofuels Digest Asia) ...The new boss, acting in the in the person of Brazil, has already wrought
April 25, 2012 Read Full Article
China Seeks to Develop Biofuels Industry Despite Production Difficulties
by Liu Yuanyuan (RenewableEnergyWorld.com) China seeks to promote the development of its biofuels industry through a series of supportive measures
April 25, 2012 Read Full Article
Chinese Researchers Improve Camelina Yields, Growth Rate
by Erin Voegele (Biodiesel Magazine) A group of researchers representing two Chinese universities have published a peer-reviewed research paper in
April 24, 2012 Read Full Article
ADM Funds Distillers Grains Research in China
by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine) Archer Daniels Midland Co. is expanding its research activities related to the use of
March 28, 2012 Read Full Article
JOil Announces Elite Jatropha Varieties Returns Repeatable Yields of over 2 Tons of Seeds per Hectare in First Year of India Field Trials
(JOil) • Tamil Nadu sites achieve first-year flowering in three months and first harvest in five months • Field trials now
March 22, 2012 Read Full Article
Chinese Firm to Export Biofuel Component Derived from "Gutter Oil"
(XINHUANET.com)Twenty tonnes of oil refined from leftover cooking oil will be exported from China to the Netherlands to be processed
March 12, 2012 Read Full Article
Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China and Boeing Sign Collaboration Agreement to Partner in Areas Advancing Commercial Aviation Industry Growth
(Boeing) Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China (COMAC) and Boeing (NYSE: BA) today announced a collaboration agreement to partner in areas
March 09, 2012 Read Full Article
Chinese Investors to Launch Biofuel Production in Sumy Region
(Kyiv Post) Chinese investors are to change the line of business of a distillery in the Village of Popovka in
March 07, 2012 Read Full Article
American Jianye Greentech Holdings in Marketing Partnership with Gulf Coast Energy Ltd. to Accelerate Retail Expansion in United States
(The Business Journals/American Jianye Greentech Holdings, Ltd.) American Jianye Greentech Holdings, Ltd., a leading developer, manufacturer and distributor of alcohol-based
March 05, 2012 Read Full Article
DSM Chief Seeks Poet-Style Ethanol Tie-ups From Brazil to China
by Alex Morales (Bloomberg) Royal DSM NV, the Dutch enzyme maker which last month set up a cellulosic ethanol venture
March 01, 2012 Read Full Article
China-Made Biofuel To Meet 1/3 Of Jet Fuel Needs By 2020 -Official: Sinopec
(Dow Jones Newswires/Fox Business) China's aviation regulator has begun deliberating China Petroleum & Chemical Corp.'s (SNP) application to produce aviation biofuel commercially,
March 01, 2012 Read Full Article
Sino-Swedish Biomass Fuel Research Project Fruitful
(Shanghai Daily) A bilateral cooperative project on the study of biomass fuel sponsored by the Chinese and Swedish governments has
February 28, 2012 Read Full Article
U.S. ‘Losing Momentum’ in Biofuels Makes Novozymes Target Brazil
by Justin Doom (Bloomberg) Novozymes A/S (NZYMB), the world’s biggest maker of enzymes for biofuels, is focusing its expansion efforts in Europe, China and
February 20, 2012 Read Full Article
Beijing to Build Disposal System for Waste Edible Oil
(People's Daily) Beijing recently introduced a set of measures for accelerating building a renewable resources recycling system, and announced that a standard disposal system for thewaste edible oil and fat of all restaurants in the city will be completed by 2015. Experts believe that the disposal system will help root out gutter oil, or illegally recycled cooking oil. Beijing will deploy oil-water separators, collection containers, and other facilities in allrestaurants in the city, in order to improve the collection of waste edible oil and fat. Beijing will assign the task of collecting and transporting waste edible oil and fat tocertain qualified companies, and make these companies’ business scope, license period, and service standards known to the public. ...In addition, the municipal government will encourage cooperation between the wastecollection and transportation companies and biodiesel companies as well as chemicalscompanies, in order to ensure stable disposal of waste edible oil and fat. READ MORE
February 20, 2012 Read Full Article
Ethanol Fuelling Growth
by Peter Hemphill (Weekly Times Now) ...While ethanol production has become the largest use of the corn crop, it has
February 16, 2012 Read Full Article
China Slowing Ethanol Growth Will Spur Feed Imports, Group Says
by Jeff Wilson (Bloomberg) China’s five-year plan to slow domestic production of grain-based ethanol will mean tighter supplies of a
February 13, 2012 Read Full Article
Building a World Market from Scratch
by Alvaro Cordero (Ethanol Producer Magazine/U.S. Grains Council) From a barely recognized feed alternative 10 years ago, distillers dried grains
January 26, 2012 Read Full Article
And Now, a Word from Davos: “Moving towards a Next-Generation Ethanol Economy”.
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Bloomberg New Energy Finance launched its report “Moving towards a next-generation ethanol economy”. Commissioned by Novozymes, the
January 25, 2012 Read Full Article
LanzaTech Raises $58M in Series C Round; Petronas Becomes Strategic Investor
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...In India, LanzaTech is working with Indian Oil and Jindal Power and Steel Limited on
January 23, 2012 Read Full Article
2012 Merger Mania Gets Underway: Green Biologics, Butylfuel Merge
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In the UK, Green Biologics Limited announced the merger between GBL and butylfuel Inc., a
January 20, 2012 Read Full Article
Algae.Tec, Shandong Kerui for Algal Biofuels JV in China
by Meghan Sapp (Biofuels Digest) In China, Australia’s Algae.Tec has signed a binding MOU for a 50/50 equity joint venture (JV) in
January 19, 2012 Read Full Article
Who’s in the Lead? Algae around the World
by Jonathan Williams (Biofuels Digest) Who’s in front in the development of algal-based fuels and biomaterials? India, China, Japan, Australia,
January 12, 2012 Read Full Article
Biomass Power to Help Push Mitr Phol Revenue to Bt100 bn in Three Years
by Nalin Viboonchart (The Nation) Mitr Phol Group targets revenue of Bt100 billion within three years, driven by sugar-related businesses
January 12, 2012 Read Full Article
DDGs Use to Exceed Supply
(AllAboutFeed) ...Despite initial concerns about the capacity of US or foreign livestock feeders to utilise DDGs, they are now the
January 09, 2012 Read Full Article
Profiles in Scale-up: China, Nigeria Ink Deal to Invest $2.55B in 15 Integrated Biorefinery Projects
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In Nigeria, Bloomberg and several local outlets are reporting that the Nigerian government has signed a
January 06, 2012 Read Full Article
New Biofuel Production Technologies: Overview of These Expanding Sectors and the Challenges Facing Them
(IFP Energies Nouvelles) The numerous research programmes looking at new-generation biofuels that were initiated over the last ten years are now
December 30, 2011 Read Full Article
China Initiative to Curb Illegal Use of Waste Vegetable Oil
by Erin Voegele (Biodiesel Magazine) A crackdown in China aimed at eliminating the illegal practice of using waste cooking oil
December 14, 2011 Read Full Article
Mario Garnero Addresses Council on Foreign Relations and Columbia on 'Powerhouse Nations'
(MarketWatch) Mario Garnero, Chairman of Brasilinvest, Brazil's pioneer merchant bank, stated that BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China) can
December 12, 2011 Read Full Article
China to the Rescue: U.S. Project Developers Look to China for Financial Support
by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine) The U.S. federal government continually names China as being a country to beat in
December 08, 2011 Read Full Article
FuturaGene Opens R&D Centre in China
(Biofuels International) FuturaGene, a woody crop plantation company for the bioenergy and biofuel markets, has opened a new biotech R&D
December 08, 2011 Read Full Article
Africa's Farmland in Demand: 'Is There a Better Place than This?'
by Rick Westhead (The Star) ...Indian industrialist Sai Ramakrishna Karuturi has his eye on this lush scenery, too, but he
December 05, 2011 Read Full Article
AMG Bioenergy Resources Holdings Ltd.: Update on Acquisition of Plantations
(AMG/MarketWire) AMG Bioenergy Resources Holdings Ltd. (the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:ABG), a Canadian publicly traded company, wishes to provide an update
November 28, 2011 Read Full Article
Monster Mash, or the Case of the Micro-Spider’s Web
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...Philippe Marlière, co-founder of Global Bioenergies and president of its Scientific Advisory Board, comments: “Carbon
November 28, 2011 Read Full Article
The 10 Biofuels Priorities for 2012
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In California, more than 350 delegates gathered at Advanced Biofuesl Markets to set industry priorities
November 10, 2011 Read Full Article
China Completes First Biofuel Jet Test Flight
by John C.K. Daly (http://oilprice.com) On 28 October Air China conducted its first trial flight of a passenger jet powered
November 02, 2011 Read Full Article
Maple Leaf Reforestation to Build Biodiesel Plant in Canada
(Biofuels International) Energy company Maple Leaf Reforestation (MLR) is to open a biodiesel facility in British Columbia, Canada, using next
November 02, 2011 Read Full Article
BlueFire Renewables Signs Financing MOU for Its Fulton, Mississippi Biorefinery and Other Projects in the U.S. and China
(PR NewsWire) BlueFire Renewables, Inc., a company focused on changing the world's transportation fuel paradigm through the production of renewable
October 31, 2011 Read Full Article
Air China, Boeing and Industry Partners Conduct First Chinese Sustainable Biofuel Flight
(PR NewsWire) Air China, Boeing , and Chinese and U.S. aviation energy partners today conducted China's first sustainable biofuel flight. The two-hour
October 28, 2011 Read Full Article
UBE Signs B2.4bn Ethanol Deal with China
(Bangkok Post) Ubon Bio Ethanol Co (UBE), an affiliate of Bangchak Petroleum Plc (BCP), has won a deal to ship
October 27, 2011 Read Full Article
Henan Tianguan Expands the Capacity of Cellulosic Ethanol
(SB Wire) Henan Tianguan Fuel Ethanol Co., Ltd. (Henan Tianguan) plans to launch cellulosic ethanol plants to expand its capacity
October 17, 2011 Read Full Article
Uganda: Planned Sweet Sorghum Project to Create 250 Jobs
by Dennis Picco (Esse Community) Up to 250 jobs are expected to be created in Kayunga District, Uganda, after the launch
October 14, 2011 Read Full Article
FuturaGene and GXAS Collaborate for Sustainable Biofuel Production
(Biofuels International) FuturaGene, a company dedicated to enhancing the yield and sustainability of woody crops for biofuels and biopower, and
October 12, 2011 Read Full Article
Air China Announced to Join SAFUG
(Air China/Bernama/MREM) Recently, Air China officially announced to become a member of Sustainable Aviation Fuel Users Group (SAFUG). Being the first
October 10, 2011 Read Full Article
Is Asia Ready for Commercial Algae Production?
by Toby Price (Renewable Energy Magazine) ...Government-subsidised researchers are hunting for local algae strains, while clean tech companies are
October 07, 2011 Read Full Article
XTL, the Path to Scale: Accelergy CTO Rocco Fiato
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) A major trend emerging from the conference was a broad agreement on the strong potential
October 04, 2011 Read Full Article
Bright Future of Cellulosic Ethanol in China
(SBWire) CCM’s September Issue of Industrial Biotechnology China News has come out recently, revealing there is huge potential in China’s
October 03, 2011 Read Full Article
COFCO Accelerating Construction of Cellulosic Ethanol Producion Line
(SBWire) COFCO's first phase of the cellulosic ethanol production line will lay a foundation in Zhaodong, in December 2011. The
September 26, 2011 Read Full Article
Geithner Slams China's Intellectual Property Policies
(Fox News/Reuters) Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Thursday that China is holding to its decades-old strategy to steal American intellectual property,
September 23, 2011 Read Full Article
Conversion Pathways for Bioenergy: Upgrading of Intermediates: Hybrid Routes to Fuels and Chemicals
Laurel Harmon (LanzaTech Inc.) LanzaTech, Inc., was founded in January 2005 by CSO Dr. Sean Simpson in New Zealand. Funds
September 20, 2011 Read Full Article
China is Interested in Biofuels – Why Not the West?
by John C.K. Daly (OilPrice.com/Clean Techies) ...According to PetroChina’s Petrochemical Research Institute deputy chief engineer Fu Xingguo, China is
September 15, 2011 Read Full Article
AMG Bioenergy Launches Jatropha, Eucalytpus Venture in China
(StreetInsider.com/AMG Bioenergy) AMG Bioenergy Resources Holdings Ltd., ... a Canadian publicly traded company, announces that it has incorporated AMG Bioenergy
September 10, 2011 Read Full Article
It’s All about Sugar as Prices Surge and Supply Fears Grow
by Joelle Brink (Biofuels Digest Asia) ...We imagine “food vs fuel” in terms of grain shortages, but where food and
September 08, 2011 Read Full Article
GBL and Songyuan Laihe Chemical Company (Laihe) Enter into a Technology Collaboration Agreement
(Green Biologics) GBL and Laihe Chemical Co. a company focused on producing bio-fuels and bio-chemicals from non-food bio-mass resources
September 02, 2011 Read Full Article
China’s Vision for Renewable Energy: The Status of Bioenergy and Bioproduct Research and Commercialization
Elizabeth R. Nesbitt, Paul Thiers, Johnway Gao, Sharon Shoemaker, Manuel Garcia-Perez, Julie Carrier, Joy Doran-Peterson, John Morgan, Guangyi Wang, Pierre Christian Wensel, Shulin Chen (Journal of International Commerce and Economics)
August 30, 2011 Read Full Article
China and Biofuels - Stir-Fry or Fly?
by Dr. John C.K. Daly (IBTimes) While biofuel production is one of the rising energy stars of the 21st century,
August 30, 2011 Read Full Article
Biofuels and the Policy Implications for China
Qi Wang and Zhihong Tian (Crawford School of Economics and Government, The Australian National University and Blackwell Publishing Asia Pty Ltd. The
August 18, 2011 Read Full Article
Streamlining a Community-Scale Solution
by Erin Voegele (Biodiesel Magazine) ...According to Greg Springer, president of Green Fuels America Inc., interest in community-scale biodiesel production
August 17, 2011 Read Full Article
Have We Seen the End of Jatropha as a Potential Biofuel?
by Brian Westenhaus (OilPrice.com) According to Promode Kant from the Institute of Green Economy in India and Shuirong Wu of
August 10, 2011 Read Full Article
Phase Shift: 12 Hot Gas-Based Biofuels Technologies
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...But a new generation of technologies is coming along fast, primarily in advanced biofuels, which
August 09, 2011 Read Full Article
China Clarifies Consumption Tax Exemption for Biodiesel Production
(China Briefing) Following its announcement in December last year that pure biodiesel made from waste plant and animal oil is exempt
August 09, 2011 Read Full Article
Biofuels' Potential to Transform the Global Economy
by John C.K. Daly (Oilprice.com) After years of existing largely as an environmentalist's fantasy, commercial production of biofuels for the
August 09, 2011 Read Full Article
China to Finance Biofuel Projects in Malaysia; but see: Lestari: No Intention to Solicit Funds from the Public
by Liz Lee (The Star) Lestari, Arter Group to build 616 plants Lestari Pasifik Bhd, in an unprecedented joint venture with
August 09, 2011 Read Full Article
Algae Oil in China
by Riggs Eckelberry (OriginOil/Algae Industry Magazine) ecently, Australia’s largest ethanol producer, Manildra, diversified its biofuel portfolio by entering into algae
August 03, 2011 Read Full Article
New Standards Are Here, But How Will Aviation Biofuel Market Evolve?
by Steve Leone (Renewable Energy World) ...In August, Air China will embark on its first flight with biofuels grown in
July 26, 2011 Read Full Article
Is China for You? Part II: The Resources and Investor Perspective
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...The drivers for biofuels and cleantech as a whole? According to the 2010 China Statistical
July 25, 2011 Read Full Article
Is China for You? The Opportunities, the Risks, the Way
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...A combination of industrial biotech know-how, an array of biomass feedstocks (particularly lignocellulose), a strong
July 22, 2011 Read Full Article
Seambiotic’s Algae Plant in China to Open September 2011
by Jonathan Williams (Algae Industry Magazine) In December 2009, Seambiotic announced that they would be building an algae production plant that
July 19, 2011 Read Full Article
China's Hunger for Corn Turns Market on Ear
by Tom Polansek, Ian Berry and Scott Kilman (Wall Street Journal) Demand From Beijing Augurs Higher Food, Futures Prices A
July 12, 2011 Read Full Article
The Rising Tigers of the China Bioenergy Trade
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ... That the freighters out of China contain low-cost manufactured goods would surprise no one.
July 05, 2011 Read Full Article
China New Energy's Big Plans for Biofuel
(CheckBioTEch) A CHINESE green energy specialist is joining Aim in a move valuing the business at £21million. ...It is looking to
June 27, 2011 Read Full Article
Honeywell: The Lindbergh of Aviation Biofuels
by Mark Halper (SmartPlanet) Jet biofuels should get a boost this Friday, when Honeywell has scheduled a trans-Atlantic flight heading
June 15, 2011 Read Full Article
Zhengzhou, China Accelerates Big Plans for Biodiesel Sector
by Liu Yuanyuan (Renewable Energy World) The municipal government of Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan province, has been creating a
June 14, 2011 Read Full Article
AMG Bioenergy Raises $1.47M for Chinese Jatropha Project
by Thomas Saidak (Biofuels Digest) ...AMG plans to use a portion of the proceeds to pay China Zhejiang Biodiesel
June 10, 2011 Read Full Article
PetroVietnam to Export 85% of Fuel Ethanol Production over 2011-2013
by Michelle Ho (Platts) State-owned refiner PetroVietnam plans to export around 85% of its fuel-grade ethanol production upon its startup
May 25, 2011 Read Full Article
TMO Renewables Enters Joint Testing Programmes in China
(TMO Renewables) Leading Chinese corporations, COFCO and CNOOC, select TMO as second generation ethanol technology partner TMO Renewables Ltd, a leading
May 10, 2011 Read Full Article
Chu Addresses Renewable Energy
by Casey Aylward (The Dartmouth) ... (United States Secretary of Energy Steven) Chu said he is optimistic that the United States
May 05, 2011 Read Full Article
Europe May Introduce Land Use Sustainabilty Criteria
by Joelle Brink (Biofuels Digest Asia) This was one of the best weeks yet in the Asian biofuels industry. China
May 05, 2011 Read Full Article
China Set to Increase Use of Biofuels
by Wang Xiaotian (China Daily) The nation has plans to reduce CO2 emissions by up to 45 percent by
May 02, 2011 Read Full Article
Germany Joins up with Lufthansa to Sponsor Biofuel Six Times Worse than Fossil Fuel
by William McLennan (The Ecologist) Campaigners are outraged over airline Lufthansa and German government funding for jatropha biofuels trial The German
April 29, 2011 Read Full Article
Nation Urged to Hike Ethanol Production
by Bao Chang (China Daily) New process uses bio-waste instead of grains to make gasoline additive China should boost its fuel