Biofuel Company Starts Production
INDIA - Emami Biotech Limited has started commercial production of bio-fuel at its Haldia plant.

N-Viro Biofuel Plant for MSU
US - Michigan State University and environmental and materials operating company N-Viro International Corporation are to build a biofuel processing plant next to the T.B. Simon Power...

State Grants for Biofuel Production and Research
US - Three Connecticut universities will share a total of more than $900,000 in grants to test biofuel quality and study different production methods and feedstocks, while a total of...

Bioenergy for Sustainable Electricity
GERMANY - Bioenergy has the potential to sustainably meet around 10 per cent of the world’s medium-term energy requirement.

Greener Biodiesel Production
JAPAN - A Japanese research group succeeded has developed pilot-scale production of biodiesel at a test plant for the "non-catalytic superheated methanol method".

Biodiesel Refinery Launched
US - Batchelder Biodiesel Refineries was officially unveiled in Nashua, New Hampshire this week.

Fuel From Fat
US - When the cost of diesel skyrocketed to more than $4 a gallon, Travis Sweat fought back.

New Catalyst and Reactor Technologies Combine
UK - The successful commercial production of liquid fuels from waste by means of the Fischer-Tropsch (FT) reaction depends on the marriage of two key technologies: small scale FT microchannel...

USDA Invites Applications for Biorefinery Loans
WASHINGTON - Applications are being accepted in the US for loan guarantees under the Biorefinery Assistance Program (Section 9003), authorised by the Food, Conservation, and Energy...

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...