Palm Oil Effectiveness Claim from Indonesia
US & INDONESIA - After the EPA announced that palm oil did not meet the requirements of the US renewable fuels standard earlier this year, new research claims that it could reach the 20 per cent...

Investors Play Crucial Role in Sustainable Palm Oil
GLOBAL - WWF is urging investors to do more to promote sustainable palm oil, backed by findings from a new survey released during a high-level meeting of investors and producers in Singapore...

Malaysian Oil Palm Biomass Center Opened
MALAYSIA - Yesterday Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak launched the Oil Palm Biomass Center (OPBC) in the Malaysian Parliament. OPBC is a Malaysian public-private partnership aiming...

Palm Oil May Test Support, Rise
MALAYSIA - Malaysian palm oil futures on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives exchange ended higher on Friday on prospects of erratic weather hurting production despite renewed worries about the euro zone...

Best Investor Award for Cargill
INDONESIA - Cargill was presented with the Best Investor Award by Indonesia’s Ministry of Trade and Industry, and the Investment Coordinating Board of Indonesia at a ceremony held on November...

Argus US Biodiesel Swap Futures Contract Launched
US - CME Group has listed the first-ever US biodiesel swap future (subject to the rules and regulations of the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX)) based on Houston biodiesel prices published...

Malaysian Oil Palm Biomass Center Established
MALAYSIA - Yesterday Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak announced the launch of the National Biomass Strategy at the BIO Malaysia Conference and Exhibition in Kuala Lumpur.

Doubts Cast on Biofuels' Air Quality Claims
GLOBAL - When the European Commission began pressing for a dramatic expansion in the use of biofuels in transport and energy several years ago, it was seen as a win-win situation: a way to help...

Study: EU Biofuels as Carbon Intensive as Petrol
UK - University of Leicester research into greenhouse gas emissions from oil palm plantations provides robust measures now being used to inform international policies on greenhouse gas emiss...

Co-operative Moves on Palm Oil
UK - The Co-operative has become the largest UK supermarket to certify all of its palm oil use as sustainable.

Development of Plants Engineered to Replace Oil
US - Arcadia Biosciences, Inc., yesterday announced that it has received a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency worth around $950,000 to develop technology...

Italy's Biodiesel Production Drops Almost 20 Per Cent
ITALY - In Italy, production capacity is predicted to drop by 18 per cent as growing quantities of cheap imports continue to impact the country's output.

New Lab for Testing Upcoming Biomass Boilers
DENMARK - With the establishment of a large laboratory for testing and developing new biomass boilers, scientists at AU Foulum are well prepared to meet the rising interest in biofuels.

Neste Oil Expands Renewable Raw Material Base
FINLAND - Neste Oil will expand the raw material base used to produce NExBTL renewable fuel with jatropha and camelina oils. By introducing these new raw materials in its feedstock base, Neste...

CME Europe Introduces Alt Fuel, Veg Oil Contracts
EU - CME Clearing Europe, CME Group's European clearing house, today announced that it will begin clearing a new alternative fuel product, German Specification T2 Ethanol Swaps, and a new vegetable...

Smallholders Receive Premiums for Sustainable Palm Oil
INDONESIA – Smallholders at Cargill’s oil palm plantation, PT Hindoli, have received their first premiums for the certified palm oil they produced.

Palm Oil Insulation to Transform Transformers
UK - Research by a University of Leicester student has identified an environmentally alternative to a major industrial use of oil. Abdelghaffar Abdelmalik has discovered a way to treat palm kernel...

Mission Expected to Benefit from B5 Official Launch
MALAYSIA - Mission NewEnergy is pleased to announce that the Malaysian government has officially launched the much-awaited B5 PALM OIL BIODIESEL blending mandate.

TBEC Invests in Bt120m Biogas Project in Laos
LAOS - Thai Biogas Energy Co, in collaboration with Duangphasuk Co in Laos, expects to open a biogas plant using waste water from a cassava starch plant next March.

Environmentally Friendly Biodiesel Now on Sale
MALAYSIA - Biodiesel is now available in the market. Beginning this month until October, the supply of the new fuel will be available in stages starting at Putrajaya followed by Malacca, Negri...

Research Feeding CO₂ to Algae
AUSTRALIA - Melbourne-based private equity company MBD Energy is looking to James Cook University to provide a range of green technologies that will fuel profits for its shareholders.

Current Biofuels Policies are Unethical
EU - Current UK and European policies on biofuels encourage unethical practices, says a report by the Nuffield Council on Bioethics following an 18-month inquiry.

Biogas Potential at Palm Oil Mills to be Studied
MALAYSIA - Sime Darby Plantation Sdn Bhd, a unit of Sime Darby Bhd, yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Malaysia's national power producer, Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB), and...

Compusory Biodiesel Content to be Raised in April
THAILAND - Energy Minister Wannarat Charnnukul said today that the ministry is ready to raise the compulsory biodiesel content from 2 per cent to 3 per cent in April, if palm oil supply is sufficient...

Palm Oil to Stay Put; Conflict over Biodiesel
THAILAND - The National Oil Palm Policy Committee yesterday resolved to maintain the price of bottled palm oil at Bt47 per litre. It also instructed the Energy Ministry to consider raising the...