$1m Grant for SF Grease to Biodiesel Facility
US - A $1 million grant to build San Franciso's first pilot grease to biodiesel plant, was announced last week (29th May) by the city's mayor, Gavin Newsom, according to Biofuel Review....

Companies Collaborate to Develop Grease for Viable Biodiesel Feedstock
US - Planet Resource Recovery, Inc. and Affordable Bio Feedstock are cooperating to come up with a process that utilises PetroLuxus products for the separation and recovery of oils...

U.S. Farm Bill to Aid Cellulosic Ethanol Production
Washington, D.C. - The US recently passed a farm bill that includes US $1 billion in funds for renewable energy programs and new feedstock production for bioenergy, reports Renewable...

Fayetteville to Hold Biodiesel-Promotion Workshop
US - It is now possible for farmers to make their own fuel, reports the FayObserver.

The Quest for the Next Green Biofuel
WISCONSIN - Eric Apfelbach is happy to talk about the promise of using plant sugars to produce synthetic gasoline. But anyone wanting to take a tour of Virent Energy Systems, his Madison-based...

Building Phase of World’s First Commercial BTL Plant Complete
GERMANY - German Chancellor Angela Merkel and more than 100 other guests today marked the completion of the building phase of the world’s first commercial production plant to convert...

Land - a Scarce Resource
DENMARK - This is a summary of a report published by the Danish Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries which shows that Denmark can boost the production of bioenergy from biomass...

Biofuels Production Holds Promise
US - According to a Biofuels expert the Michigan states economy could be revived by producing energy plants such as switchgrass.

Company Launch: From Waste Cooking Oil to Ethanol
TEXAS, US - West Texas BioEnergy, Inc. opened for business on the eve of the celebration of the 1836 Declaration of Texas Independence, on the banks of the San Saba River in Menard,...

East Bay utility nears biofuel milestone
US - A dream of producing a million gallons of biodiesel fuel a year from local restaurant sewage is closer to reality for a small group of scientists thinking big at the East Bay Municipal...

Centia™ Biofuels Process Produces Bio-gasoline Similar to Traditional Unleaded Gasoline
ARIZONA - Diversified Energy Corporation announced today that the Centia™ process, during a recent demonstration, produced a bio-gasoline fuel very similar to traditional unleaded...

Grease is the word in biodiesel energy
US - The North Shore's fondness for fried clams is helping to fuel a boom in biodiesel energy. more stories like thisThe vegetable oil drained from the deep fat fryers, once considered...

Researchers Fuelling the 'Hydrogen Economy'
UK - Scientists at the University of Leeds are turning low-grade sludge into high-value gas in a process, which could make eco-friendly biodiesel even greener and more economical to...

Biodiesel plant gets go-ahead
MICHIGAN - Warren will be home to the first company in Macomb County to produce alternative fuel.