Florida Company to Produce Biodiesel
US - Florida-based Freedom Environmental Services Inc., a wastewater services company currently working to develop a waste-to-biodiesel program, has announced it plans to purchase an...

University Opens Biofuel Research Facility
AUSTRALIA - A new, unique biofuel research testing facility at QUT will help speed up the race to drastically reduce Australia's carbon emissions and dependence on fossil fuels.

Plans Move Ahead for Biodiesel Plant
US - Final plans have been put forward for a 4.5 MMgy biodiesel plant in Morgan County, Colorado following the grant of $500,000 dollars to Rocky Mountain Sustainable Enterprises LLC...

Special Use for Biofuel Facility Granted
NEW ZEALAND - The Highland Township Board of Trustees has approved a special use permit that will allow Otomi Biofuels LLC to move forward with creating a biofuel processing facility...

$76,000 Grant for Biodiesel Plant
US - A farmers market established in the old power plant in Andalusia Alabama could soon be the base of a biodiesel plant.

Conversion of Biodiesel Waste into Ethanol
BELGIUM - Researchers have discovered that under the correct conditions, glycerol, a major by-product of biodiesel production, can be turned into ethanol by harmless strains of the...

Bio-diesel: a Portable Solution to Crisis
PAKISTAN - Bio-diesel is an environment friendly fuel, with far less emissions than mineral diesel fuel, and is the perfect solution for the food and fuel crisis, according to NED University...

GM Biofuels: Discovery of Chloroplast Protein
US - Scientists at Michigan State University have identified a new protein necessary for chloroplast development. The discovery could ultimately lead to plant varieties tailored specifically...

Is Vegetable Oil Biodiesel on the Right Track?
US - Want to fill up your Volkswagen or Hummer on renewables, as Arnold Schwarzenegger does? Biodiesel, a vegetable-oil based variant on petroleum diesel, is your fuel.

PetroVietnam Moves into Biofuels
VIET NAM - The Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) has announced the formation of a biofuel production and distribution company.

UK Extend Biodiesel Quality Protocol
UK - WRAP and The Environment Agency have made amendments to the draft Quality Protocol regarding the production and use of biodiesel products created from waste vegetable oil. ...

Electricity from Animal Waste
US - A company based near the Woodlands has broken into the renewable energy market by converting animal and vegetable waste into electricity.

Tyson and Syntroleum Approve Dynamic Fuels Plant
US - Tyson Foods and Syntroleum Corporation have given final approval for plans to build and fund Dynamic Fuels’ first renewable synthetic fuels facility in Geismar, Louisiana.

Biodiesel Waste Converted to Chemicals
US - In a move that promises to change the economics of biodiesel refining, chemical engineers at Rice University have unveiled a set of techniques for cleanly converting problematic...

The Biodiesel and Ethanol Scenario in Korea
SOUTH KOREA - Korea is known to be one of the major importers of oil, besides its other forms of energy, and the government has been nothing but industrious in its endeavor to expand...