Second Generation Biofuels Set to Grow
UK - The production of bioethanol based on woody plant materials (so-called second-generation biofuels) will grow by over 50% a year over the next five years according to a new report by Innovation...

Order for Waste-to-Energy Plant on Sint Maarten
NETHERLANDS ANTILLES - Waste2Energy Holdings has received an order for preliminary engineering and layout design from Terra Navita Inc for a 300 tonnes per day waste-to-energy plant on the Caribbean...

Japan Funds Vietnamese Biomass Project
VIET NAM - The Japanese government is funding a $5 million study in Viet Nam to develop biofuels from biomass.

Biodiesel from Used Tea Leaves
PAKISTAN - Researchers in Pakistan are looking at the potential for using used tea leaves to produce biodiesel.

Investment for Waste Management and Enerkem
CANADA - Waste Management Inc is to amke a strategic investment in Enerkem Inc as part of Enerkem’s new financing round.

Minister Opens Biomass Power Plant in Muktsar
PUNJAB, INDIA - Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah inaugurated a 14.5- MW biomass plant in Channu village in Muktsar on Friday.

New Technique for Extracting Biodiesel Developed
TUNISIA - A country that has placed stakes on its human resources, Tunisia is reaping the fruits of its efforts, as Tunisian researchers continue to hit the headlines as a result of their innovative...

Organic Feedstock for Anaerobic Digester
CANADA - Organic Resource Management Inc. is to supply organic residuals to a farm-based Anaerobic Digester ("AD") at the Delft Blue, "Corner Farm", a division of Grober Group Inc., located near...

Waste to Cheaper, Cleaner Ethanol
US - Scientists may have just made the breakthrough of a lifetime, turning discarded fruit peels and other throwaways into cheap, clean fuel to power the world’s vehicles.

Process of Biodiesel Production Revolutionised
US - Sachtleben, a unit of Rockwood Holdings Inc. and the leading producer of specialty titanium dioxide and functional additives has developed catalytically active particles that stand to revolutionise...

Biofuel Plant Plan for Laval City
CANADA - The Canadian city of Laval has put forward plans to build a C$121.3 million biofuel plant using organic waste as a feedstock.

Biochar: a Solution to Poultry Manure Problem?
US - Biochar from chicken farm waste offers a green power solution.

Sweet Success for Sustainable Biofuel Research
UK - Scientists have found a way to increase fermentable sugar stores in plants which could lead to plant biomass being easier to convert into eco-friendly sustainable biofuels. Their research...

Turning Beef Fat into Biofuel
PORTUGAL - To recover the waste of meat that is produced daily in the industry is the aim behind the R&D project "FatValue”, backed by the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP),...

UOP Awarded Grant For Biomass Plant
US - UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today it has been selected for negotiation of a $25 million award from the US Department of Energy (DOE) to build a demonstration unit in Hawaii...

Quebec City To Get Biofuel Plant
CANADA - The construction of a new $57 million waste transformation plant in Quebec City will help reduce green-house gas emissions, officials announced earlier this week.

AD Firm to Build Biogas Plant in Cumbria
UK - A farm near Silloth has been earmarked for an environmentally-friendly power generation scheme which will help the UK tackle climate change.

Everbright Lands Business in Anhui Province
CHINA - China Everbright International Limited has signed an investment cooperative framework agreement with the Dangshan Municipal Government in Suzhou City, Anhui Province to invest in environmental...

ICCI Says Biomass Could Solve Energy Dilemma
PAKISTAN - The Pakistan government should be making use of the biomass being produced through agricultural residues and waste solids to produce electricity, according to the Islamabad Chamber...

Biogas Know-How from Calveslage
GERMANY - Tierzuchtgut Losten in Bad Kleinen in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern is one of the most modern pig farms in Germany. In future, this innovative business enterprise will be heating its housing...

NC's First Poultry Litter-Powered Plant Goes Ahead
NORTH CAROLINA, US - The debate over alternative methods for the disposal of poultry litter is hotting up as Fibrowatt pushes ahead with plans to set up the first biomass-fuelled power plant...

Glycerol Improves Economics of Anaerobic Digestion
CANADA - Researchers at the University of Manitoba have identified a strategy to help North American livestock producers improve the economics of using anaerobic digestion to produce energy.

Paragon Prepares for Poultry Power
BANGLADESH - Poultry company, Paragon Group, is to set up three of the country's largest biogas plants.

Hubei to Build 21 Clean Energy Plants
CHINA - Hubei Province intends to build 21 clean-energy plants within three years to reduce the use of traditional thermal power plants and thus reduce carbon dioxide emissions.

Hawaiian Electric Chooses REG for Biodiesel
HAWAII - Hawaiian Electric Company has signed a contract with a subsidiary of Iowa-based Renewable Energy Group to supply three to seven million gallons of renewable biodiesel per year for two...